Abhinav Shukla


Abhinav Shukla is an Indian model and television and film actor. He has acted in many TV shows. He is known for playing Rajdeep Thakur a negative character in color's TV silsila badalte risthon ka.

Early life

Abhinav was born in Ludhiana, Punjab. His father, Dr. K.K. Shukla, worked as an entomologist at Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana and his mother, Mrs. Radha Shukla was a teacher at Guru Nanak Public School.
He passed out of Guru Nanak Public School in 2000, and completed his Bachelor of Technology in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Lala Lajpat Rai Institute of Engineering and Technology in 2004. In 2004 he participated in the Tryst-2004, a technical festival organised by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, and won the Best Design Award.

Career

He started his career in the Indian television industry with Jersey No. 10. Later he went on to play praiseworthy roles in Geet, Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai, Jaane Kya Baat Hui, Chotti Bahu – Sindoor Bin Suhagan and Hitler Didi. In December 2010 he opted out of Geet, in a mutual decision with the production house.
He was one of the 22 castaways in Season 1 of Survivor India. He won immunity twice in a row and reached the final five, but was voted out in Episode 21. He played a cameo in Zee TV's show Badalte Rishton Ki Dastaan.
In 2018 he opted to play a negative role on Colors TV show Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka.

Personal life

Abhinav Shukla who is a self-confessed adventure junkie successfully climbed the peak of Stok Kangri in pure Alpine style along with his brother on 23 July 2017 and announced that this marked his foray into mountaineering. In 2016 he along with his brother completed a 7-day trek from Chandra Taal to Bara-lacha la in alpine style. A year before he had cycled from Manali to Leh solo in six days.
He is known for his outdoor and adventure activities, whenever not shooting or working he likes to trek and camp out in the woods. On 4 January 2014 while on a trek to a fort in Matheran forests of Maharashtra he got stuck on a ledge of a rock face and had to be rescued by a team of rock climbers. He said he had mentally prepared himself for days of survival, even had stored his urine for emergency.
Shukla married actress Rubina Dilaik on 21 June 2018. Rubina changed her surname to Shukla and she is better known by this surname.

Filmography

Television

YearSerialRoleChannelNotes
2008–2009Jaane Kya Baat HuiShantanuColors TV
2008–2009Chotti Bahu – Sindoor Bin SuhaganVikramZee TV
2007Jersey No. 10Arjun RaiSab TV
2010–2011Geet Dev Singh KhuranaSTAR One
2011–2012Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna HaiDr. MananSTAR Plus
2012Hitler DidiSumer Singh ChoudharyZee TV
2012Survivor India HimselfSTAR Plus
2013Badalte Rishton Ki DastaanAnirudh Balraj AsthanaZee TV
2015MTV Big F NSG Commando Vikram RathodMTV
2016Diya Aur Baati HumOm RathiStar Plus
2018Silsila Badalte Rishton KaRajdeep ThakurColors TV
2019Khatra Khatra KhatraHimselfColors TV

Films

YearFilmRoleLanguage
2014Jai HoUnknownHindi
2014PunditHindi
2017Aksar 2Ricky KhambataHindi
2019Luka ChuppiNaseem KhanHindi