Ayush Mehra

Ayush Mehra
Mehra in 2023
Born
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Occupations
  • Actor
  • host
Years active2010–present
PartnerAashna Vijay[1]

Ayush Mehra is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi films and web shows. He made his debut in the film Isi Life Mein...! (2010) and his television debut in Love By Chance (2014). He made his web debut with Mom and Co and hosted Myntra Fashion Superstar, both in 2019.[2]

Mehra went onto establish himself with successful web shows including Minus One, Please Find Attached and Operation MBBS and the television show Life Lafde Aur Bandiyan.[3]

Personal life

Since 2006, Mehra is in a relationship with Aashna Vijay.[1]

Career

Debut and early career (2010-2018)

Mehra made his acting debut in 2010 with the Hindi film Isi Life Mein...! portraying Sunil. He then portrayed Raj in the 2012 Hindi film Bittoo Boss.

He made his television debut in 2014 with Love By Chance portraying Dhruv opposite Shivangi Joshi. In 2015, he appeared in the final episode of the show, portraying Onil Chakravarty opposite Priya Chauhan.

In 2015 and 2016, he portrayed Aditya and Aarav in Yeh Hai Aashiqui respectively, both opposite Shrishti Ganguly Rindani.[4] The same year, he portrayed Rishabh Bhalla in his first fiction show Life Lafde Aur Bandiyan.[5]

Breakthrough and success (2019-2021)

The year 2019 proved as a major turning point in his career. He first worked as an assistant director in Uri: The Surgical Strike. He then made his web debut with Mom and Co portraying Aditya Joshi alongside Neelima Azeem.

Mehra appeared in other web shows the same year including, Love On The Rocks portraying Nikhil and When You Meet Your Ex portraying Karan opposite Shreya Gupto. He also hosted Myntra Fashion Superstar.

Since 2019, Mehra is seen portraying Varun in Minus One opposite Aisha Ahmed and is seen portraying Shaurya Singh in Please Find Attached opposite Barkha Singh.

In 2020, he portrayed Dhruv Singh in the short film Phone Call. From 2020 to 2021, he portrayed Nishant Singh in Operation MBBS alongside Anshul Chauhan and Sarah Hashmi.[6]

In 2021, he appeared in Call My Agent: Bollywood portraying Mehershad. He was also seen in Life Love Siyaapa portraying Rishab opposite Shanice Shrestha.

Recent work (2022-present)

In 2022, Mehra portrayed Akash in the reel series How To Fall In Love opposite Tanya Maniktala. He then portrayed Pranav in the short film Recommended For You.

Mehra will next make his film debut with Kacchey Limbu opposite Radhika Madan. The film premiered at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival.[7][8]

He will also appear in the second season of Minus One.[9]

Filmography

Films

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2010 Isi Life Mein...! Sunil
2012 Bittoo Boss Raj
2019 Uri: The Surgical Strike — Assistant director
2020 Phone Call Dhruv Singh Short film
2022 Recommended For You Pranav [10][11]
2023 Kacchey Limbu Kabir Saini [12]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 Love By Chance Dhruv Episode: "Boys Not Allowed"
2015 Onil Chakravarty Episode: "Desi VS Videshi"
Yeh Hai Aashiqui Aditya Episode: "Best Friends Forever"
2016 Aarav Episode: "Heartly Yours" [13]
Life Lafde Aur Bandiyan Rishabh Bhalla

Web series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2019 Mom and Co Aditya Joshi
Love On The Rocks Nikhil Episode: "Doodho Nahao Pooto Phalo"
Minus One Varun
Myntra Fashion Superstar Host Season 1
2019–2021 When You Meet Your Ex Karan
2019–2022 Please Find Attached Shaurya Singh 3 seasons [14]
2020–2021 Operation MBBS Nishant Singh 2 seasons [15]
2021 Call My Agent: Bollywood Mehershad [16]
Life Love Siyaapa Rishab
2022 How To Fall In Love Akash [17]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2022 Indian Television Academy Awards Popular Actor - OTT Call My Agent: Bollywood Nominated [18]
Please Find Attached 3 Nominated
2023 Filmfare OTT Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Web Original Film (Male) Kacchey Limbu Nominated [19]

References

  1. ^ a b "In Bed With Ayush Mehra: "My girlfriend proposed to me online!"". Hindustan Times. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  2. ^ "'We only focus on small things, not the bigger aspects of life': Ayush Mehra - Exclusive". Indian Express. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Call My Agent: Bollywood's actor Ayush Mehra: I've no shame in being called a web actor". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Bindass.com - Yeh Hai Aashiqui Siyappa Ishq Ka (Season 2), Hosted By Rithvik Dhanjani". Bindass.com. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Bindass.com - WATCH! Ayush Mehra's 'Life Lafde Aur Bandiyan' (Bindass Original)". www.bindass.com.
  6. ^ "Global Pandemic Made Us Realise the Value of Doctors: Operation MBBS's Ayush Mehra". News18. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Kacchey Limbu at TIFF". TIFF. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Kacchey Limbu officially selected at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival". Bollywood Hungama. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Cameras start rolling for Ayush Mehra and Aisha Ahmed's 'Minus One' season 2". Times Of India. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Ayush Mehra: Addiction To Social Media And Video Games Is A Real Problem". Outlook India. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Recommended For You: Five reasons why you MUST watch Ayush Mehra's short film!". Zee News. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Radhika Madan, Rajat Barmecha, and Ayush Mehra starrer 'Kacchey Limbu' to have its world premiere at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival". Mid-day. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Bindass.com - Yeh Hai Aashiqui (Season 4) Hosted By Mrinal Dutt". Bindass.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  14. ^ "Web series are here to stay: Barkha Singh". Deccan Herald. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  15. ^ "Ayush Mehra talks about his web series Operation MBBS". Mid-day. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  16. ^ Kanyal, Jyoti (1 November 2021). "Call My Agent Bollywood: Netflix series is all about the cameos". India Today. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  17. ^ Taneja, Parina (14 January 2022). "How To Fall In Love!: Ayush Mehra's got us falling in love with him". India TV News. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  18. ^ "22nd Indian Television Academy Awards Nominations - Vote Now". Indian Television Academy Awards. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  19. ^ "Nominees for Filmfare OTT Awards 2023". filmfare.com. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
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