Karanvir Bohra, also known as Manoj Bohra, is an Indian television and film actor, producer and designer. He starred in the TV shows Kasautii Zindagii Kay, Dil Se Di Dua... Saubhagyavati Bhava?, Shararat, Naagin 2 and Qubool Hai and also in the films Kismat Konnection and Mumbai 125 KM. He participated in the reality shows Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6, . Bohra also owns a local clothing brand, Pegasus. He was a contestant on the reality show Bigg Boss 12 in 2018, and emerged as 4th runner-up.
Bohra married model-VJ Teejay Sidhu at the Sri Sri Ravishankar Ashram, Bengaluru in 2006. In 2007, Bohra changed his name from Manoj to Karanvir. Earlier Bohra and his wife lived at Lokhandwala in Andheri, Mumbai, and in 2014, he shifted to Goregaon, a locality in the Mumbai Suburban district. Bohra has been involved in cleanliness and meditation activities. In June 2016, Bohra and Sidhu announced that they were expecting their first child. On 19 October 2016, they became parents of twin girls, Vienna Bohra and Raya Bella Bohra.
Career
Bohra's first acting role was as a child artist in Tejaa. He played the role of Kabir in DJ's a Creative Unit's Just Mohabbat. Later he worked as an assistant to B. P. Singh working on the detective series C.I.D and later for Achanak 37 Saal Baad. He had his first leading role with Ronnie Screwvala's Shararat where he played Dhruv. Bohra also played minor parts in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu ThiKkusum. In 2003, Bohra joined the star cast of the showKasautii Zindagii Kay. He played the character of Prem Bajaj, a spoilt brat. later he quit to pursue his Bollywood career. In 2008, Bohra hosted Ek Se Badhkar Ek with Tina Parekh. In the same year Bohra participated in dance reality shows like Nach Baliye 4 with his wife Teejay Sidhu and in Kabhi Kabhii Pyaar Kabhi Kabhii Yaar with his wife Sidhu and Tina Parekh. In 2009, Bohra did a cameo role in Aziz Mirza's film Kismat Konnection playing the character of Dev Kataria, a spoilt brat and businessman. Taran Adarsh of the entertainment portal Bollywood Hungama wrote of his performance, "Bohra acts well". In 2011, Bohra made his comeback to television with Dil Se Di Dua... Saubhagyavati Bhava? He played the role of Viraj Dobriyal, a psychotic lover who has mood swings and suffers from obsessive–compulsive disorder for cleanliness. The show ended on 18 January 2013. Alongside doing Dil Se Di Dua... Saubhagyavati Bhava?, he contested in Welcome – Baazi Mehmaan Nawazi Ki, a food reality show and in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6, a dance reality show. However he was eliminated from Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. Whilst, he was doing Saubhagyavati Bhava, Bohra also did his debut regional Punjabi film, Love Yoou Soniye with his wife Teejay Sidhu. Bohra and Sidhu themselves produced the film. In 2013, he did Telugu director Hemant Madhukar's Mumbai 125 KM, alongside Veena Malik and Vedita Pratap Singh. The film grossed domestically. In June 2012, he launched his own line of clothing for men, Pegasus, in association with fashion designer Ammy Billmoria. In March 2014, Bohra with his wife Sidhu contested in '. However, he failed to be a finalist in the stunt based reality show. In 2014, he replaced Abhay Deol in Balaji Telefilms documentary show ' as the host of the season 4. However, Bohra quit the show in May 2015, as the show was facing a financial crunch and the makers were asking him to reduce his monies. In April 2014, Bohra entered Zee TV's Qubool Hai opposite Surbhi Jyoti. He played Aahil Raza Ibrahim, who is snobbish, unpredictable, volatile, rebel biker with a dry sense of humor. In March 2015, he decided to leave the show citing that taking his character further would just be stretching it. Although, later he decided to return to the show. Later Bohra quit the show in July 2015 as the production house of the show planned a 20 years leap. The show Qubool Hai ended in January 2016. In 2016, he started shooting for the film Hume Tumse Pyaar Kitna, co-starring Priya Banerjee and Samir Kochhar, directed by Lalit Mohan and produced by his father, Mahendra Bohra. In October 2016 he joined the cast of Naagin 2 as Rocky Mahendra Pratap Singh, opposite Mouni Roy and Adaa Khan. Bohra is also going to feature opposite Priya Banerjee in the short film named Ijjazat, based on the love story of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. Bohra will to play the role of Rajiv Gandhi in this short film. He also hosted the reality television showIndia's Best Judwaah on Zee TV. Bohra was a celebrity contestant in the twelfth season of the Indian version of the reality TV showBig Brother, Bigg Boss. He entered the house on 16 September 2018. Karanvir from The Casino web series is going to debut on the Digital platform Karanvir starring as a main character of Vicky. The web series will debut on Zee5 Originals from 12 June 2020.
