Chetan Hansraj

Chetan Hansraj (born 15 June 1972) is an Indian film and television actor.^[2]

Career

Hansraj started his career as a child actor in 1980, appearing in over 250 press advertisements and 30 ad films. His debut film Kook Doo Koo was selected for the Children's Films Festival in France in 1984. He made his television debut portraying young Balram in Mahabharat (1988) by B. R. Chopra.^[3]

He played Garv in Kkusum.^[4] Later, he appeared in Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii as Sasha, Virrudh as Rudraksh and Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan as Raja Bhimdev.^[5] He also appeared in the music video of Shweta Shetty's pop album song Deewane to Deewane hai, with Kushal Punjabi and Akashdeep Saigal, which was released in 1997. He also appeared in reality shows like Fear Factor India and Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao.^[6]

Personal life

Hansraj married Lavania Pereira on 12 December 2004, and the couple has a son named Ethan Hansraj, who was born on 2 February 2006.^[1][7]

Actor Jugal Hansraj is his cousin.^[3]

Television

Non-fiction shows

• 2006 Fear Factor India as Contestant
• 2008 Mr. & Ms. TV as Contestant
• 2008 Kaun Jeetega Bollywood Ka Ticket as Contestant
• 2008 Saas v/s Bahu^[11] as Guest
• 2008 Nach Baliye 4 as Contestant
• 2009 Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao^[6] as Contestant
• 2013 Welcome – Baazi Mehmaan Nawazi Ki^[12] as Contestant
• 2022 Lock Upp (Season 1) as Contestant [Entered-Day 21, Ejected-Day 27]

Filmography

References

1. ^ Chetan Hansraj's home with the midas touch
2. ^ "Latest News, Trending Topics, Top Stories, HD Videos & Photos, Live TV Channels, Lifestyle, Sports, Entertainment - In.com". In.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-23.
3. ^ "Chetan Hansraj: I've completed 40 years in the industry, I started when I was five". The Times of India. 3 June 2020. Archived 2 December 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 December 2025. I saw my cousin Jugal Hansraj’s photograph in a magazine and told my mother that I wanted to follow suit.
4. ^ "Playing the bad guy has never lost me fans: Chetan Hansraj". Archived from the original on 26 November 2013.
5. ^ "Check out Jodha Akbar stars Rajat Tokas, Chetan Hansraj, Lavina Tandon's real avatars". 13 January 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014.
6. ^ "Chetan Hansraj back to reality circuit". 12 February 2013.
7. ^ "It's a beautiful evolution: Chetan Hansraj - Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". 12 July 2010.
8. ^ "Chetan Hansraj excited to don tribal avatar in 'Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 21 Apr 2016.
9. ^ Team, Tellychakkar. "Chetan Hansraj: I love playing negative characters". Tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
10. ^ Adnan Khan and Mallika Singh to play leads in Ekta Kapoor's new historical drama series 'Pracchand Ashok'
11. ^ Reality hits 'saas-bahu' hard
12. ^ "'Welcome - Baazi Mehmaan Nawaazi Ki' is back". 17 February 2014.