Rajat Tokas is an Indian television actor who gained attention for his role as “Prithviraj Chauhan” in the historical drama “Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan” on Star Plus.
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Rajat Tokas was born on Friday, July 19, 1991 in Munirka, Delhi (32 years old; as of 2023). His zodiac sign is Cancer.
Raja Tokars childhood
He was educated at Hope Hall Foundation School, Delhi. While in school, Rajat began his acting career as a child artist. After completing his studies, he graduated by correspondence.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5’6”
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family, caste and wife
Rajat Tokas belongs to a Hindu family. He is the son of Ramveer Tokars and Pramila Tokars. Not much is known about his siblings.
Raja Tokars and his mother
On January 30, 2015, Rajat held a compact wedding with his long-time girlfriend Shrishti Nayyar (a theater artist) at the Udaipur Palace.
Raja Tokas wedding photos
Raja Tokars and his wife
Raja Tokars and his family
Profession
Rajat Tokas started his acting career as a child artist in 1999, playing the role of ‘Ashu’ in Doordarshan TV’s serial ‘Bongo’. He subsequently appeared in shows like “Jadui Chirag”, “Lighthouse”, “Ek Nazar Ki Tamanna”, “Mere Dost” and “Khoj Khajana ki”. In 2005, he played Sai Baba’s younger brother “Tantya” in the TV series “Sai Baba”.
Sai Baba’s Rajat Tokas
Tokas gained huge popularity after playing the role of young ‘Prithviraj Chauhan’ in Star Plus’ ‘Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan’.
Rajat Tokas in Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan
Thereafter, he appeared in TV serials like “Dharam Veer”, “Keshav Pandit”, “Tere Liye” and “Bandini”. In 2013, Rajat played the role of “Mughal Emperor Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar” in the historical drama “Jodha Akbar”. His performance in the show was appreciated by the audience and also won him some awards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKjiKdTaqiM
Rajat later played the role of ‘Chandragupta Maurya’ in the TV series ‘Chandra Nandini’ on Star Plus.
He played the role of a wishful meerkat in the supernatural drama series Naagin and a wishful thinking snake in the third season.
Rajat has also appeared in films like “Kathputli”, “WHO”, “Prrna” and “Stumped”. However, none of his films were box office successes.
dispute
- Rajat plays the role of ‘Akbar’ in the TV series ‘Jodha Akbar’. His serials were strongly protested by the Rajput Kshatriya Congress of India as they felt that wrong facts were presented in the show.
- The actor has always been in controversy due to his bossy and rude behavior. Apparently, Rajat got into an argument with a boy on set on the sets of Jodha Akbar. Tokas repeatedly behaved rudely to the boys on set, who later beat him after the cast finished filming. However, the actor is said to have denied the incident.
- Rajat is also rumored to be in a cold war with Jodha Akbar’s co-star Paridhi Sharma. In fact, Rajat is said to have sided with the director of the show when he misbehaved with Paridhi.
Awards
- Indian Television Academy Award for Best Actor (Popular) for the TV series “Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan” (2007)
- Indian Television Award for Best Children’s Artist (Male) for TV Series “Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan” (2007)
- Dharti ka Sitara won the Indian Television Award (2007) for the TV series “Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan”
- Chhota Bachcha won the Star Parivaar Award (2007) for the TV series “Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan”
- BIG Star Entertainment Award for Most Entertaining Television Actor (Male) for the TV series “Jodha Akbar” (2013)
- Zee Rishtey Award for Most Popular Male Face (2013) for the TV series “Jodha Akbar”
Raja Tokas wins award
- Indian Television Awards for Best Actor in a Drama Series “Jodha Akbar” (2014)
- TV series “Jodha Akbar” won the Reno Star Guild Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series (2014)
Rajat Tokas poses with the award
- Won the Parivar Award for Best Pati Star for the TV series “Chandra Nandini” (2017)
Raja Tokas wins award
favorite thing
- Cuisine: Pizza, Chinese, Chicken Steak
- Travel destinations: Goa, Paris
fact
- His hobbies include swimming, playing football and horse riding.
- Initially, he wanted to be a film director.
- In an interview, Rajat revealed that he was very shy and had limited friends.
- He is an avid dog lover and owns a dog named Leo.
Rajat Tokas and his pet dog
- Rajat said in an interview that if he were not an actor, he would be a businessman.
- Initially, Rajat was meant to play the younger version of ‘Prithviraj Chauhan’ for just a few episodes. However, audiences loved his performance so much that the producers decided to extend his role for a few months.
- Surprisingly, Rajat was not the first choice to play the role of ‘Akbar’ in the historical drama Jodha Akbar. Initially, Avinesh Rekhi was considered for the role.
- Rajat prepared extensively for the role of ‘Chandragupta Maurya’ in the TV series ‘Chandra Nandini’. He learns to ride a horse, is trained with weapons, learns to walk in a specific way, and changes his voice and body language in different ways to illustrate his character. He even watched documentaries and books about the Mauryan Empire.
- When Rajat completed the shooting of Jodha Akbar, Ekta Kapoor asked Tokas not to look for other scripts. Tokas kept faith in her and waited for her to come up with something and after a while she offered him Chandra Nandini.
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