Karan Singh Grover
Born	Karan Singh February 23, 1982 (1982-02-23) (age 28) India
Other name(s)	Karan Grover Dr. Armaan Malik Karan Singh Grover KSG
Occupation	Model, Actor, Anchor
Years active	2004 - present

Karan Singh Grover (born 23 February 1982) is a popular Indian television actor and model. He began his television career in Ekta Kapoor's Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi on MTV India. He is most recognized for playing the role of Dr. Armaan Mallik in Dill Mill Gaye Season 1 & 2 on STAR One.

Personal life

Karan was born in Delhi, India but later his family moved to Saudi Arabia, and he lived there for twelve years. He spent his childhood and schooling days in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. He did his schooling in International Indian School of Dammam. He had a band during his college days called Thousand Decibels. In 2000 he moved back to Mumbai and pursued a degree in Hotel Management from IHM Mumbai, Dadar Catering College. ^[3] After completing his degree Karan moved to Muscat in Oman where his family was located and started working at the Sheraton Hotel as a marketing executive for about a year.^[3] He later returned to India to pursue his acting career and participated in the Gladrags Mega Model Manhunt contest in 2004 and won the award for 'Most Popular Model'. He started his acting career with Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi for Balaji Telefilms on MTV India after being selected from a nation wide talent hunt. Karan is from a Punjabi Sikh family hailing from Ambala, Haryana. Currently Karan's parents stay in Delhi. Karan currently lives in Mumbai along with his brother Ishmeet Singh. Earlier, from 2004 to mid 2006, he dated Indian television actress Barkha Bisht, his co-star from Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi. They were even engaged but broke up in mid 2006. In April 2007, he started dating television actress Shraddha Nigam. On 2 December 2008 the couple got married in a private ceremony in Goa at a Gurudwara.^[4] Near the end of 2009 they decided to part ways because of certain personal problems.^[5] He has four tattoos and Jaskaran Singh, who plays Uday in Miley Jab Hum Tum, is Karan's real-life cousin brother.

Television career

Before starting his television acting career he did many modeling assignments, ramp shows, advertisements and even hosted a radio show. Later he entered the Gladrags Mega Model Manhunt Contest in 2004 and ended up winning the award for the 'Most Popular Model.' ^[3] Then through a nationwide talent hunt contest by Balaji Telefilms he, along with five others, got selected to play leads in an MTV show Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi. Then followed Princess Dollie Aur Uska Magic Bag finally ending up in Kasautii Zindagii Kay in a negative role. After that, he did Solhah Singaarr on Sahara One and some short stints on C.I.D. and Parrivaar, before doing the role of Dr. Armaan Mallik in Dill Mill Gaye which made him a household name with lots of fan following. He anchored the STAR One reality television show Zara Nachke Dikha. He was the second runner-up in the dance reality show - Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Season 3. From September-December 2009 he co-hosted the show Idea Rocks India on Colors TV. Currently he is playing the role of a senior doctor in the 2nd season of Dill Mill Gayye.

TV shows and appearances

Year	Serial	Role	Channel	Notes
2004 - 2005	Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi	Arnav Deol	MTV India	Karan's debut serial. One of the lead characters of the show.
2005	Princess Dollie Aur Uska Magic Bag	Aman	Star Plus	Fantasy Show. He played main lead Dollie's love interest for a little while.
2005 - 2006	Kasautii Zindagii Kay	Sharad Gupta	Star Plus	Initially a positive role opposite Jennifer Winget their characters get married and later his role turns negative.
2006 - 2007	Solhah Singaarr	Abhimanyu	Sahara One	Initially it was the role of the main lead opposite character of meera. But later the story changed meera got married. His character re-entered the show in mid 2007 again for a little while and then exited in August 2007.
2007	C.I.D.	Rahul and Sameer(Sid)	Sony Entertainment Television	Only in two episodes. One he played a victim and in the other he played the role of the killer.
2007	Parrivaar	Adhiraj shergill	Zee TV	Brief role only for about a week.
2007 - Present	Dill Mill Gaye Season 1&2	Dr. Armaan Malik	STAR One	Main Lead as Season 1 Intern. Senior Doctor Season 2
2008	Nach Baliye 3	Himself	Star Plus	Special dance Performance in one Episode with Shraddha Nigam
2008	Global Indian TV Honors Awards	Himself	9X	Small dance performance sequence with Shilpa Anand on Rock & Roll Soniye
2008	Zara Nachke Dikha	Host	STAR One	Co-hosted the show with Shweta Gulati
2009	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa	Himself	Sony Entertainment Television	Second runner-up in Season 3
2009	Idea Rocks India	Host	Colors TV	Co-hosted the show with Mansi Parekh

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role	Notes
2008	Bhram	as Carleton friend of main lead	Released; Minor Role
2008	I am 24	character role	Completed since 2008, Yet to Release; small comic role
2009	But Adi Loves Sanjana	main lead	oh hold; planned with Karan Singh Grover and Hussain Kuwajerwala as the two main leads.
2010	Bhaag Johnny	Male lead	oh hold; produced by Vikram Bhatt, and directed by Deepak Tijori.

Awards

Year	Award	Given By
2004	Most Popular Model Award	Gladrags Manhunt Contest 2004[3]
2007	Most Promising Actor	Kalakar Awards Foundation Kolkata
2007	Hottest Actor on Indian Television	GR8 Magazine

Nominations

Year	Award Nomination	Show and Character	Given By
2008	GR8 Face Male Of The Year	Dill Mill Gayye as Doctor Armaan	ITA Awards 2008.(Indian Television Academy Awards)
2008	Best Actor Male	Dill Mill Gayye as Doctor Armaan	Indian Telly Awards 2008.
2008	Best Anchor	Clinic All Clear Zara Nach Ke Dikha nominated with Shweta Gulati	Indian Telly Awards 2008.