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Ankur Nayyar
Ankur Nayyar is an Indian actor who has played varied roles in multiple Hindi television soaps.

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Ankur Nayyar, Indian Television ActorAnkur Nayyar is an Indian television and film actor, who has acted in many different TV shows, best known for portraying the lead role of Samman Chaudhary in Sahara One`s "Ghar Ek Sapnaa". He has worked in various television soaps of Balaji Telefilms including "Kasautii Zindagii Kay" and "Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi", and other shows such as "Jeet", "Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand", "Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki", "Ghar Ek Sapnaa" and most recently "Bharat Ka Veer Putra - Maharana Pratap", "Ek Boond Ishq", "Devon Ke Dev... Mahadev" and "Siya Ke Ram". He started his career as a model and has acted in a few Hindi films.

Early Life of Ankur Nayyar
Ankur Nayyar was born on May 27, 1977, in Pathankot, Punjab. In the year 2000, he bagged the Gladrags Manhunt North India and later represented the North Zone at the Gladrags Manhunt All India Finals, where he was placed in the top 5. He successfully modelled in ad commercials for Maruti Alto, Rotomac Pen, Nivea Cream, Dollar Body Warmer, M. L. Freedom Bike, Kodak movie, Nestle Bar One Chocolate, Ponds Deodorant and Atlas Cycles. He also shot videos for well-known singers, the likes of Jagjit Singh and Shubha Mudgal.

Career of Ankur Nayyar
Ankur Nayyar, Indian Television ActorAnkur Nayyar started his television career in 2001, with the popular Hindi daily soap opera "Kasautii Zindagii Kay", playing the role of Subroto Basu. He then played the parallel lead role of Aamir Bhatt in "Kashmeer" in 2003, followed by "Ek Aur Fauji" on Sony Sab, "Jeet" on STAR Plus, "Reth" on Zee TV, "Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand" on STAR Plus, "Hey... Yehii To Haii Woh!" on STAR One, "Kohinoor" on Sahara One, "Viraasat" on STAR One, "Kuch Apne Kuch Paraye" on Sahara One, "Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki" on Sahara One, "Durgesh Nandinii" on Sony Entertainment TV, "Left Right Left" on Sony Sab, "Ghar Ek Sapnaa" on Sahara One, "Yahaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli" on Zee TV, "Humse Hai Liife" on Channel V and "Har Yug Mein Aayega Ek Arjun" on STAR Plus.

Since 2013, Ankur has been seen in different roles in TV shows. He played Acharya Raghvendra in "Bharat Ka Veer Putra - Maharana Pratap" that aired on Sony TV till 2015, antagonist Omkar Agnihotri in "Ek Boond Ishq" and supporting character Krauncha Giri on "Devon Ke Dev... Mahadev", both of which aired on Life OK till 2014. He is currently seen as supporting antagonist Indrajit in STAR Plus" historical epic daily TV series "Siya Ke Ram".

Ankur Nayyar was seen in a few Bollywood movies, namely "Yakeen" in 2005 as Siddhartha Thakur, "Detective Naani" in 2009 as CID Inspector Bhatia and "Singham" in 2011 as Inspector Abbas.

Television Shows and Filmography of Ankur Nayyar
Ankur Nayyar has worked in the following television show thus far in his career, highlighted alongside his roles and respective years of release.

Year TV Show Role
2001-2002 Kasautii Zindagii Kay Subroto Basu
Kashmeer Aamir Bhatt
2003-2004 Jeet Vikram Mall
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi Rajveer Kapoor
2004-2005 Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand Rajveer Kapoor
2004-2005 Reth Shekhar
Kohinoor Samar Khanna
2006-2007 Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki Rohit Mehra
2006-2007 Kuch Apne Kuch Paraye Yuvraj
Viraasat Dr. Raj Malhotra
Durgesh Nandinii Kshitij
2007-2008 Left Right Left Captain Gunraj (Gunny) Singh Randhawa
2008-2009 Ghar Ek Sapnaa Samman Chaudhary
2010-2011 Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli Sanskaar
2011-2012 Humse Hai Liife Coach Karanveer
Arjun Chess Grandmaster Hiten Saxena
Lakhon Mein Ek Sushant
2013-2015 Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap Acharya Raghvendra
Savdhaan India Adhiraj Singh
Ek Boond Ishq Omkar Agnihotri
Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev Krauncha Giri
Box Cricket League Contestant
2016-Present Siya Ke Ram Indrajit
Ankur has also acted in the under mentioned Hindi films, highlighted alongside his roles and years of release.

Year Film Role
2005 Yakeen Siddhartha Thakur
2009 Detective Naani CID Inspector Bhatia
2011 Singham Inspector Abbas


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