Purab Kohli is an Indian model, VJ and actor.

He started his career as an actor with the popular tv show Hip Hip Hurray (Mazhar) and earned recognition through video jockeying on Channel V

Channel V

Channel [V] is the brand name for multiple international music television networks owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels, fully owned subsidiaries of News Corporation.-Channel [V] International:...

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Kohli has also featured in ads for Colgate

Colgate-Palmolive

Colgate-Palmolive Company is an American diversified multinational corporation focused on the production, distribution and provision of household, health care and personal products, such as soaps, detergents, and oral hygiene products . Under its "Hill's" brand, it is also a manufacturer of...

, Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut is an American restaurant chain and international franchise that offers different styles of pizza along with side dishes including pasta, buffalo wings, breadsticks, and garlic bread....

, Compaq Presario

Compaq Presario

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, Amaron Batteries, and Castrol.
He made his acting debut with Bus Yuhin (2003) opposite Nandita Das

Nandita Das

Nandita Das is an award-winning Indian film actress and director. As an actress, she is known for her performances in Fire , Earth , Bawandar , Kannathil Muthamittal and Aamaar Bhuvan . As a director, she is known for her directorial debut Firaaq , which has won a number of national and...

. He has also acted in Supari (2003), Vastu Shastra

Vastu Shastra

Vastu Shastra is an ancient doctrine which consists of precepts born out of a traditional and archaic view on how the laws of nature affect human dwellings. The designs are based on directional alignments...

 (2004), and 13th Floor (2005), but it was My Brother Nikhil

My Brother Nikhil

My Brother… Nikhil is a 2005 Indian film set in Goa. The movie portrays the life of the protagonist, Nikhil, from 1987 to 1994, when AIDS awareness in India was considerably low...

(2005) which proved lucky for him.
From then on he starred in Mahesh Bhatt

Mahesh Bhatt

Mahesh Bhatt , is a prominent Indian film director, producer and screenwriter.Bhatt's early directional career consisted of acclaimed films, such as Arth, Saaransh, Janam, Naam and Zakhm....

's Woh Lamhe

Woh Lamhe

Woh Lamhe... is a 2006 film starring Shiney Ahuja and Kangna Ranaut and directed by Mohit Suri. The film is a based on the true story of Parveen Babi's life, her battle with schizophrenia and her relationship with Mahesh Bhatt to whom she was a lover as well as a mentor in his struggling days.Bhatt...

(2006) and as a villain again in Bhatt's Awarapan

Awarapan

Awarapan is a 2007 Bollywood film from the makers of one of the biggest musical hits, Woh Lamhe. It is the first Indian and Pakistani joint production film. It stars Emraan Hashmi, Shriya Saran and Mrinalini Sharma. Awarapan released in India on June 29, 2007 under the banner of Vishesh Films...

(2007). He also acted in Rock On!! (2008) along with Farhan Akhtar

Farhan Akhtar

Farhan Akhtar is an Indian filmmaker, script writer, actor, playback singer, lyricist, film producer in Hindi cinema and a television host.His directorial debut Dil Chahta Hai won a National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi...

, Luke Kenny

Luke Kenny

Luke Kenny is an Indian ex-video jockey, critic, musician, director, producer and actor.- Early life :Born in Calcutta on 14 June, Kenny moved to Bombay when he was a small child. His great-grandparents were Irish. They moved to Burma, where his grandfather was born. After World War II, his...

 and Arjun Rampal

Arjun Rampal

Arjun Rampal , born 26 November 1972, is an award-winning Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films, as well as a fashion model.- Film career :...

. Kohli's work in Rock On garnered him a Special Jury Mention at the 2009 Filmfare Awards

Filmfare Awards

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 in March 2009.

In 2010 he anchored the Zee TV

Zee TV

Zee TV is an India-based satellite television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, which broadcasts various programmes in Hindi and other regional languages of India. Broadcasting is also present in various nations of South Asia, Europe, the Middle East,...

 music talent hunt Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar

Hero Honda - Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar is the 4th installment of the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge series which premiered on August 13, 2010 on Zee TV. This series is hosted by Manish Paul, although the first shows were hosted by Purab Kohli...

. He is also the host in the upcoming show - Terra Quiz on National Geographic Channel

National Geographic Channel

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Personal life

He is married to Yamini Namjoshi, who is a theatre actress. He is also the nephew of filmmaker Shekhar Kapur

Shekhar Kapur

Shekhar Kapur is an Indian film director and producer. A critically acclaimed director, he rose to popularity with the movie Bandit Queen...

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He supports an NGO called Toybank, and ran the half marathon in the 2011 Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon to spread awareness for Toybank

Filmography

• Bus Yuhin (2003)
• Supari (2003)
• Vastu Shastra
  Vastu Shastra
  Vastu Shastra is an ancient doctrine which consists of precepts born out of a traditional and archaic view on how the laws of nature affect human dwellings. The designs are based on directional alignments...
  
  (2004)
• 13th floor (2005)
• My Brother Nikhil
  My Brother Nikhil
  My Brother… Nikhil is a 2005 Indian film set in Goa. The movie portrays the life of the protagonist, Nikhil, from 1987 to 1994, when AIDS awareness in India was considerably low...
  
  (2005)
• Woh Lamhe
  Woh Lamhe
  Woh Lamhe... is a 2006 film starring Shiney Ahuja and Kangna Ranaut and directed by Mohit Suri. The film is a based on the true story of Parveen Babi's life, her battle with schizophrenia and her relationship with Mahesh Bhatt to whom she was a lover as well as a mentor in his struggling days.Bhatt...
  
  (2006)
• Awarapan
  Awarapan
  Awarapan is a 2007 Bollywood film from the makers of one of the biggest musical hits, Woh Lamhe. It is the first Indian and Pakistani joint production film. It stars Emraan Hashmi, Shriya Saran and Mrinalini Sharma. Awarapan released in India on June 29, 2007 under the banner of Vishesh Films...
  
  (2007)
• Rock On!! (2008)
• Hide & Seek (Released 12 March 2010)
• Turning 30
  Turning 30
  Turning 30!!! is a 2011 Bollywood film produced by Prakash Jha and directed by Alankita Srivastav - a long time assistant of Jha.The movie features Gul Panag, Siddharth Makkar and Purab Kohli, with music composed by the music director duo of Sidharth-Suhas, whose past works include Dil Dosti and...
  
  (2011)
• I Am
  I Am (film)
  I Am is a 2010 Indian anthology film by Onir. It consists of four short films: "Omar", "Afia", "Abhimanyu", and "Megha". Each film shares the common theme of fear and each is also based on real life stories. The film was financed by donations from more than 400 different people around the world,...
  
  (2011)
• Jal (2012 film) (2012)

External links

• Purab-Kohli at exploto