Viraf Patel

Viraf Patel (born Viraf Phiroz Patel on 12 June 1980) is an Indian actor, model and screenwriter. He was a sailor in the merchant navy between 1999 and 2004 and was titled as The Grasim Mr. India 2005. He is best known for his role in the Yashraj Teleseries, Mahi Way as Shiv, Adityaraj Merchant in another Yashraj production-Kismat, as Shreshth in Teri Meri Love Stories opposite Shilpa Anand and most recently as Mrityunjay in BBC's production for Life OK "Ek Boond Ishq". The 2010 Limca Softdrink Campaign[1] established Viraf as a formidable actor/face on the Indian advertising and celluloid space. He made his debut in Theatre with Vikram Kapadia's "Bombay Talkies" in 2012.

Viraf Phiroz Patel
Born (1980-06-12) 12 June 1980
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Occupations
  • Actor
  • model
  • screenwriter
Years active2005–present
Spouse
Saloni Khanna
​
(m. 2021)​

Personal life

Viraf was born and brought up in a Parsi Zoroastrian family in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Following encouragement from his brothers, he participated in Grasim Mister India Contest by Aditya Birla Group in 2005 and won the title of Grasim Mr India. He has two elder brothers. Viraf got engaged to Saloni Khanna on 20 February 2021[2][3][4] and tied the knot on 6 May 2021.[5][6][7]

Career

Viraf completed 5 years of sailing in the merchant navy, then won the personality pageant ’Grasim Mr. India 2005‘ [8] and has been in front of the camera since. Campaigns, ramp shows & music videos,[9] TV commercials (most notably the Limca 2010 one) & TV anchoring came post that.

Viraf has also been the face of the country's then largest garment retail brand Pantaloon between 2005 ~09. On the ramp, he has walked for the most sought after designers on the most watched platforms like India Fashion week, Lakme Fashion week et al., right until he started work on his TV debut.

He started his acting career in one of India's most successful television mini series, Mahi Way produced by Yashraj in 2010.[10]

He followed it up with another show with the Yashraj banner, called Kismat,[11] as the lead character of, Aditya Raj Merchant in 2011.

Viraf portrayed the role of a business man 'Shreshth' in the BBC telefilm 'Tere Meri Love Stories' opposite Shilpa Anand.

He played the role of Mrityunjay Singh Shekhawat in the life ok drama Ek Boondh Ishq, a BBC worldwide production and his first daily soap. The show ended in October 2014.[12]

In 2015 Viraf started work on Mahesh Bhatt's Naamkarann,[13] for the leading Hindi entertainment TV channel Star Plus, which eventually went on air went on air in Sept 2016.

Viraf was also seen playing a hot boss in the MTV series called BigF in April 2017.

He is also reported to be working on a documentary [14] he is producing and directing himself since 2013, based on daughters of sex workers.[15]

Viraf is working on few scripts and is learning screenwriting from Boman Irani at Spiral Bound[16]

He made his debut [17] on the digital space with 13 Mussoorie on Viu.[18]

Television
YearShowRoleChannelCo-Star
2010Mahi WayShiv DeshrajSony Entertainment Television (India)Pushtiie Shakti
Rishta.comArjun Khanna(cameo)Sony Entertainment Television (India)Shruti Seth
2011Kismat [19][20]Aditya Raj Merchant[21]Sony Entertainment Television (India)[22]Khalida Turi
2012Teri Meri Love StoriesShreshth Kashyap[23]Star PlusShilpa Anand[24]
2013–2014Ek Boond IshqMrityunjay Singh Shekhawat[25]Life OKChhavi Pandey
2015Hunnarbaaz Season 2HostDD National
2016-2017NaamkarannAshish MehtaStar PlusBarkha Bisht
2017MTV Big F S2E06 [26]Samrat S.[27]MTVCharu Mehra
2018Showbiz with Vahbiz E09GuestIndian WikiMediaFreddy Daruwala
13 MussoorieRishi PantViuShriya Pilgaonkar[28]
Laal Ishq E38 [29]Amar&TVDebina Bonnerjee
2019Flip E03 - "Massage" [30]NavzarEros Now[31]Sandeepa Dhar
Heartbreak Hotel E01 - "Phenomenal" [32]VikramSony Liv[33] Saloni Khanna
The Verdict - State vs NanavatiPrem Bhagwandas AhujaALTBalaji and ZEE5Elli AvrRam
2020TaishShoziZEE5Pulkit Samrat

Filmography
YearMovieRoleLanguageNotes
2011Mummy PunjabiArjun AroraHindiDebut
2017Hanuman: Da' DamdaarLord VishnuHindiVoice
2021Koi Jaane NaVicky SinghaniaHindi
2023PathaanRishi AryaHindi
Kutch ExpressMadanGujarati

Advertisements
YearBrandDirector
2006Planet SportsSameer Puri
onegramoflatexVishal Suchak
TVS ApacheMarco Kalantri.
Maruti AltoAmit Sharma
Sony HandycamPrahlad Kakkar
2008Sony BraviaN/A
2009V-Guard pump
ICICI Mutual FundsAmit Sharma
2010Limca [34]Vinil Matthew [35]
2011Chik ShampooPradeep Sarkar
Bank Of India,Home LoansShivendra Singh
2013Vento VolkswagenShivendra Singh [36]
2015Indica Easy Hair ColourIce Media Lawrance
Mine DiamondsBhanuprakash A V
2016TVS Victor [37]Abhijit Chaudhuri [38]
Britannia Nutrichoice Oat CookiesKamlesh Pandey
Wild Stone DeoVivek Kakkad
Grand Mills Chakki Fresh AttaAatish Dabral
2017Coolpad Note 5Robbie Grewal
Wheel 2 in 1Hemant Bhandari
Saffola Masala Oats
2018NetMeds.comAatish Dabral
Sufi Banaspati and Cooking Oil [39]Shwetabh Varma
Philips Ceiling Secure Downlight [40]

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