Tanuj Virwani
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Tanuj Virwani | |
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 Virwani at an event for Luv U Soniyo, 2013 | |
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| Years active | 2013–present |
| Spouse | Tanya Jacob (m. 2023) |
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Tanuj Virwani is an Indian actor and model active in the Bollywood industry. He is best known for his role of Vayu Raghavan in the 2017 Amazon Original television series Inside Edge. He has also played integral roles in Alt Balaji's Code M opposite Jennifer Winget and ZEE5's most successful show Poison. He has earlier started opposite Sunny Leone in the racy thriller One Night Stand. Along with being an actor he has shown a keen interest towards direction and writing and has made several socially relevant short films. He was recently seen in second season of popular web series Illegal of Voot Select.
Career[edit]
He is the son of actress Rati Agnihotri.[2] He started his Bollywood career with Luv U Soniyo, a Hindi movie in 2013, directed by Joe Rajan.[3] He next appeared in 2014 film Purani Jeans directed by Tanushri Chatterji Bassu opposite Izabelle Leite and Aditya Seal.
He next appeared in Jasmine Moses D'souza's One Night Stand opposite Sunny Leone, released in May 2016,[4] then in the 2017 Amazon series Inside Edge,[5] followed by an appearance in celebrity reality TV show Box Cricket League.[6]
He ventured onto the digital medium with the Emmy nominated series Inside Edge in 2017. He then followed that up with the ZEE5 original Poison which turned out to be a massive hit. He also costarred on Alt Balaji's Code M opposite Jennifer Winget. He also played Don character in Disney+ Hotstar original The Tattoo murders opposite Meera Chopra. Tanuj also seen in Murder Meri Jaan opposite Barkha Singh its a comedy thriller web series on Disney+ Hotstar in 2021. In the same year, he was paired opposite Rashami Desai to play the negative role of Sahil Sharma in Nivedita Basu's crime thriller Tandoor.
Filmography[edit]
Films[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2013 | Luv U Soniyo | Mark Briganza | |
| 2014 | Purani Jeans | Sidharth "Sid" Ray | |
| 2016 | One Night Stand | Urvil Raisingh | |
| 2024 | Yodha | Sameer Khan |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
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| 2018 | Box Cricket League | Contestant | ||
| 2024 | MTV Splitsvilla 15 | Host |
Web series[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. | |
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| 2017–present | Inside Edge | Vayu Raghavan | |||
| 2018 | Jigsaw | Ronny | Producer | ||
| Scent of a Women | Stranger | ||||
| Riha | Director, producer | ||||
| Naash | Director, producer, editor | ||||
| 2019 | Fuh Se Fantasy | Tahir | |||
| Poison | Ranveer | [7] | |||
| 2020–2022 | Code M | Angad Sandhu | |||
| 2020 | Urban Incarceration | ||||
| Illegal - Justice, Out of Order | Raghav | ||||
| Masaba Masaba | Manav | ||||
| Lips don't lie | Karan | ||||
| 2021 | The Tattoo Murders | Prahar Pratap | [8] | ||
| Tandoor | Sahil Sharma | [9][10] | |||
| Murder Meri Jaan | Aditya | [11] | |||
| Cartel | Major Bhau |
References[edit]
- ^ "Tanuj Virwani-Tanya Jacob wedding: 'Not a conscious effort to marry someone not from Bollywood'". The Indian Express. 26 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ Viyavahere, Renuka (28 January 2017). "Tanuj Virwani: I have had one-night stands in college". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ "Tanuj Virwani feels ups, downs of being star kid". Hindustan Times. 27 July 2013. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
- ^ "Sunny Leone's One Night Stand in Thailand". Times of India. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ Wadhawan, Nikita (10 July 2017). "Tanuj Virvani: Tashan on the edge". The Free Press Journal. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ "I have constantly tried to stay away from the drama of BCL". mid-day. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ "Poison actor Tanuj Virwani: Whatever work I am getting is because of Inside Edge". The Indian Express. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ Jaideep Shukla (4 March 2021). "Tanuj Virwani on playing the villain in web series Kamathipura: It's a powerful role". India Today. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ Shweta Keshri (22 March 2021). "Tanuj Virwani says any actor would kill for the character I play in Tandoor". India Today. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ Service, Tribune News. "First look of Tanuj Virwani in his upcoming series Tandoor". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "Murder Meri Jaan: लुटेरी दुल्हन से शादी, फिर मर्डर, तनुज विरवानी ने बताई नई सीरीज की कहानी". Aaj Tak (in Hindi). 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
External links[edit]
- Tanuj Virwani On IMDb