Ayushmann Khurana has appeared in Forbes India Celebrity 100 list of 2013 and 2019, and Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020.
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23 Facts About Ayushmann Khurana
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Ayushmann Khurana made his film debut in 2012 with the romantic comedy Vicky Donor, in which his performance as a sperm donor earned him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut.
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Ayushmann Khurana's parents changed his name to Ayushmann Khurrana when he was 3 years old.
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Ayushmann Khurana studied at St John's High School, Chandigarh and DAV College, Chandigarh.
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Ayushmann Khurana majored in English literature and has a master's degree in Mass Communication from the School of Communication Studies, Panjab University.
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Ayushmann Khurana was the founding member of DAV College's "Aaghaaz" and "Manchtantra", which are active theatre groups in Chandigarh.
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Ayushmann Khurana conceived and acted in street plays and won prizes in national college festivals such as Mood Indigo, OASIS and St Bedes Shimla.
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Ayushmann Khurana won a Best Actor award for playing Ashwatthama in Dharamvir Bharati's Andha Yug.
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Ayushmann Khurana hosted the show Big Chai – Maan Na Maan, Main Tera Ayushmann and won the Young Achievers Award in 2007 for it.
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Ayushmann Khurana was the youngest recipient of the Bharat Nirman Award in New Delhi.
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Ayushmann Khurana then turned television host with a multiple-talent-based reality show India's Got Talent on Colors TV, which he co-anchored with Nikhil Chinapa, and Stripped, which gave latest updates on the Indian TV industry with a comic tinge, again on MTV.
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Ayushmann Khurana lobbied for the part after hearing about it from casting director Mukesh Chhabra, and in preparation, learnt how to play the piano and interacted with blind piano players.
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Ayushmann Khurana next starred in Badhaai Ho, a comedy from director Amit Ravindernath Sharma about a young man whose middle-aged mother gets pregnant.
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Ayushmann Khurana found it physically challenging to play the part due to the heavy layers of prosthetics used on his head.
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Ayushmann Khurana won another Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for Article 15 and received a Best Actor nomination at the ceremony for Bala.
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Ayushmann Khurana found it in Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, in which he played a gay man who has trouble convincing his partner's family of their relationship.
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Ayushmann Khurana was next seen in the comedy-drama Gulabo Sitabo, directed by Sircar and co-starring Amitabh Bachchan.
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Ayushmann Khurana then reunited with Sinha for the Northeast India-based Anek.
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Ayushmann Khurana's father P Khurrana is an astrologer and an author on the subject of astrology, whereas his mother Poonam is a housewife and she is of half-Burmese descent, and a qualified M A in Hindi.
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Ayushmann Khurana's brother Aparshakti Khurana is a radio jockey at Radio Mirchi 98.
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Ayushmann Khurana maintains a blog where he writes in Hindi and it has been received very well by his admirers.
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