Thursday, 15 January 2015

Karan Singh Grover

Karan Singh Grover Karan Singh Grover (born 23 February 1982)is an Indian actor and model who has appeared in a number of television shows including Dill Mill Gayye and Qubool Hai.
Grover was born in in New Delhi, India to a Punjabi Sikh family.He has one younger brother. When he was young his family moved to Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. He did his schooling at International Indian School Dammam. In 2000, he moved to Mumbai, India, and pursued a degree in Hotel Management from IHM Mumbai, Dadar Catering College. After completing his degree he worked as a Marketing Executive in the Sheraton Hotel in Oman.

JasKaran Singh is his first cousin.

In 2004 he pursued a career in modelling and participated in the Gladrags Manhunt Contest and won the award of the most popular model. In 2013, Grover was featured at number 13 in Asia's top 50 Sexiest Man on the Planet list.In 2014 he was featured at number 12 in Asia's top 50 Sexiest Man on Planet list.He has been featured multiple times in iTimes top 50 most desirable men list. In 2010, he was at number 24, 29 in 2011, 39 in 2012 and was listed at number 18 in 2013.
In the end of 2012 Grover returned to daily soaps with 4 Lions Films' Qubool Hai[25][26] and won two Best Actor Awards for his portrayal of Asad Ahmed Khan.[27][28] Grover's work at Qubool Hai ended at the end of 2013.[29] The channel, Zee TV, said that it had fired him because of his unprofessional behavior.[30][31] He denied the allegations, saying that the channel was trying to defame him, and stated that he left because his contract ended[32] and due to ill health.[33] Fans protested to bring Grover back on to the show.[34] Grover's exit caused a sizeable drop in the viewership figures of the show.[35]

In May 2014 Grover became a producer with 4 Lions Films. Currently he is shooting for the Indian Film Alone which co-stars Bipasha Basu, and is directed by Bhushan Patel, it is set to release in January 16th 2015. Business of Cinema reported that the trailer had two million hits on YouTube, becoming the video in under 48 hours with a 95% "like" ratio.
Grover married actress Shraddha Nigam on 2 December 2008. The marriage ended in divorce after 10 months, allegedly due to Grover's extramarital affairs. Grover married Jennifer Winget, his co-star from Dill Mill Gayye and Kasautii Zindagii Kay, on 9 April 2012.In November 2014 Winget stated that she and Grover had separated.

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