Mohit Raina was born on 14 August 1982 and is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films and television.
12 Facts About Mohit Raina
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Mohit Raina started his acting career with a science fiction show Antariksh and later went on to play a role in Don Muthu Swami.
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Mohit Raina was educated at Kendriya Vidyalaya School, Jammu and earned a bachelor of Commerce degree from University of Jammu.
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Mohit Raina moved to Mumbai to begin a career in modelling.
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Mohit Raina hoped that modelling would provide him with a route into acting work and lost 29 kilograms from his teenage weight of 107 kilograms so that he could participate in the 2005 Grasim Mister India modelling contest.
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Mohit Raina was placed among the top five contestants in that competition.
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Mohit Raina worked on improving his physique for the role, and started learning the Indian classical dance form Kathak, which is integral part of his role as Shiva.
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The Times of India said the role created fans due to his "fab abs, groovy smile and acting chops" He played over 30 different characters in the series, which ran for three years, ending in December 2014, by which time Mohit Raina had become a celebrity.
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Mohit Raina has played the adult emperor Ashoka, in the historical serial Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat on Colors TV.
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Mohit Raina played the role of Major Karan Kashyap in the Bollywood film Uri: The Surgical Strike, released on 11 January 2019.
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Mohit Raina made his web debut with the ZEE5 web series Kaafir, starring opposite Dia Mirza.
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On 1 January 2022, Mohit Raina revealed that he had married his longtime girlfriend Aditi Sharma.