Arjun Aneja is an Indian model and actor known for his performances in many Hindi television shows and movies. He became popular for his role as Tapan in the popular Bollywood movie Satyaprem Ki Katha. He will participate in the dating show “Indian Temptation Island” in November 2023.
Wiki/Biography
Arjun Aneja was born on Thursday, June 11, 1987, in Sonipat, Haryana, India (age 36; as of 2023). His zodiac sign is Gemini. He attended Holy Child School, Sonipat. Later he studied at Delhi University. After graduation, he worked as an accounting specialist; however, he later entered the entertainment industry.
Arjun Aneja (right) in his teenage years
appearance
Height: 6′2″
Weight (approximately): 80kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: dark brown
Body measurements (approximately): Chest 40″, Waist 32″, Biceps 14″
family
Parents and siblings
His mother’s name is Poonam Aneja. He has a brother named Samchit Aneja and a sister named Ayushi Aneja Madan.
Arjun Aneja (second from right) and family
Arjun Aneja (right) and his siblings
wife and children
He is unmarried and has no children.
Relationships/Affairs
In 2023, he revealed that he had been dating actress Cheshta Bhagat (also spelled Chestha Bhagat) for 10 years. He also said that they first met at a Diwali party, where Arjun went with his then girlfriend.
Arjun Aneja and Cheshta Bhagat (left) at the party
He plays cards with Ceshta during the party and they later fall in love with each other. He had an on-again, off-again relationship with her. However, their bond grew stronger. The two allegedly cheated on each other once while they were separated; however, they later reconciled.
Arjun Aneja and Cheshta Bhagat (left)
Religion/Religious Views
He believes in Hinduism. He is a loyal follower of Guru Ji Chattarpur Wale.
Arjun Aneja celebrates Guru Ji Chattarpur Wale’s birthday
Profession
Model
Arjun talked about his experience in an interview and said that he did not like the accounting professional job in Gurgaon (Gurgaon), so after working for 8-10 months, he signed with a modeling agency. After working as a model for a few months, he turned his attention to acting and took a 6-month acting course at Sai Gurukul Academy of Performing Arts in Delhi. He later moved to Mumbai to pursue an acting career. However, he continued to work as a model and walked the ramp for many popular fashion designers.
Arjun Aneja does hill walk
After living in Mumbai for about a year and a half, he got his first project, an advertisement with Anil Kapoor. He later appeared in many advertisements for HDFC, SBI and Streak Insta Hair Color along with many Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Parineeti Chopra and Alia Bhatt.
Arjun Aneja and Ranbir Kapoor (left) during a commercial shoot
Arjun Aneja (left) in commercial
actor
television
Arjun Aneja made his debut in the TV series “Balika Vadhu” in 2015, playing the role of Mr. Mittal. Subsequently, he appeared in many TV shows such as Ranveer, Sadda Haq in Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi in 2016, Sushant in Ishq Mein Marjawan in 2017, and Farhan Poonawala in Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai in 2018 .
Arjun Aneja and Erica Fernandes (right) during the filming of the TV show
Movie
Arjun rose to fame in 2016 with his debut film Neerja, starring Sonam Kapoor, Jim Sarbh and Shabana Azmi. He plays Aneesh Bhanot, Neerja’s younger brother in the film.
Arjun Aneja while promoting his debut Bollywood film Neerja
He plays Katha’s ex-boyfriend and rapist Tapan Manek in the 2023 film Satyaprem Ki Katha starring Kartik Aaryan and Kiara Advani. There are speculations that he will play the role of Javed in Fardeen Khan’s comeback film Visfot, which is scheduled to be released in 2024.
Arjun Aneja during the shooting of Visfot movie
short film
His first short film was “Solo”, released on the YouTube Gorilla Shorts channel in March 2020; he played the role of Arvind and starred as Nargis Nandal.
Arjun Aneja in a scene from his debut short film Solo
web series
Arjun Aneja’s first web series was Hello Mini, which was released in 2021 and streamed on MX Player; he played the role of Prateek Basotia in the web series.
Arjun Aneja appears on the poster of his first web series Hello Mini
In November 2023, he participated in the online reality dating game show Temptation Island, India, with his long-time girlfriend Cheshta Bhagat; the show was broadcast live on JioCinema. He revealed in an interview that he did not tell his parents about the show as the show had a unique concept and it was happening for the first time in India.
Arjun Aneja and Cheshta Bhagat (left) in an episode of Temptation Island, India
tattoo
The word ‘Poonam’, which is his mother’s name, is engraved on his left elbow.
Arjun Aneja’s tattoos
Favorites
- Dishes: Manchurian Hakka Noodles
- Exercise: Surya Namaskar or Salutation to the Sun
Facts/Trivia
- In his free time he enjoys playing guitar and painting watercolors.
Arjun Aneja and guitar
Arjun Aneja and his watercolors
- Arjun enjoys doing yoga and sound therapy to stay healthy. He is a certified Reiki healer.
Arjun Aneja during sound therapy session
- He sometimes drinks at parties.
Arjun Aneja drinks
- Arjun enjoys riding motorcycles and taking long drives in cars and jeeps. He also enjoys traveling to hill stations.
Arjun Aneja rides a bike
Arjun Aneja on a long drive
Arjun Aneja during trip to hilly areas
- Revealing his morning routine in an interview, he said he starts the day with yoga or meditation, then reads Hanuman Chalisa and drinks warm lemon-honey water.
- He played table tennis when he was a student and won the national table tennis championship.
- He said in an interview that he initially wasted about a year and a half in Mumbai because he was not attending auditions regularly and was not serious about his career.
- He is a dog lover.
Arjun Aneja plays with dog
- Arjun once spoke about a fake casting process and said that he once met a man posing as a casting agent in the market and took him to a nearby restaurant where he introduced Arjun to another Someone pretending to be a producer. They asked Arjun for Rs 5 lakh to invest in the film and offered him a role; however, Arjun denied this and later realized that he had escaped the fraud as the two men never contacted him again.
- In a YouTube video, Arjun Aneja said that he can be contacted at 9169945303.
- In June 2023, his Twitter account was hacked by strangers. Arjun said he received an email saying his account had been logged in from another device. When he tried to log in, he received another email saying his password had been changed.
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