Karan Tacker

Karan Tacker is an Indian actor, model and host known for his portrayal of Viren Singh Vadhera in Star Plus's Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai and Farooq Ali in Hotstar's Special OPS. He has also participated in Colors TV's Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7 in 2014.

Karan Tacker
Tacker in 2019
Born (1986-05-11) 11 May 1986[1]
NationalityIndian
Occupation
  • Actor
  • model
  • host
Known forEk Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai, Special OPS

Early life

Tacker was raised in Mumbai with his elder sister Sasha. His family is Punjabi.[2] He acquired a degree in Business Management before joining the television space.[3] He was in relationship with Krystle D’Souza for 6 years until they broke up in 2019 .

Career

He first appeared in the film Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi in a short role in 2008.[4] He then got his debut role in television show Love Ne Mila Di Jodi playing the lead role of Sameer which aired on STAR One. Karan then appeared in television show Rang Badalti Odhani ( 2010 ) as Shaantanu Khandelwal. He then played the lead role in Star Plus popular show Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai (2011) as Viren Singh Vadhera. The show aired its last on 13 September 2013.

Karan participated in the popular dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa in the 7th Season of the show along with his dance partner Bhavna and was declared first runner up of the show in 2014. Karan has also hosted Halla Bol on Bindass (2014) and The Voice India (2015) that aired on &TV. Karan has also hosted many award shows and events. Karan has appeared in advertisements also.[5] In 2017, Tacker hosted the dance couple reality show Nach Baliye in its ninth season.

Television
YearNameRole Ref(s)
2009–10Love Ne Mila Di JodiSameer Saxena [6]
2010–11Rang Badalti OdhaniShantanu Khandelwal [6]
2011–13Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna HaiViren Singh Vadhera [7]
2011Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?Guest
2012Punar VivaahHimself (With Shakti Mohan) [8]
2012Teri Meri Love StoriesGuest
2013Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara Guest
2014Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7Contestant [9]
Halla BolHost [10]
Kaun Banega Crorepati 8Guest [11]
Box Cricket LeagueParticipant[12]
2015Farah Ki Dawat Participant [13]
Killerr Karaoke Atka Toh Latkah Participant [14]
India's Got Talent Participant [15]
The VoiceHost [16]
Strictly Come Dancing 13Guest [17]
Sarojini - Ek Nayi PehalHimself (With Krystle D'Souza) [18]
Aaj Ki Raat Hai ZindagiGuest [19]
2016Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 Guest
2017Nach Baliye 8Host[20]
2018The Remix Host [21]
BepannahGuest
Ace Of Space 1 Guest [22]
Naagin 3 Guest
2019Kitchen ChampionParticipant (Along with Karishma Tanna)
2020Special OPSFarooq Ali

Other appearances
YearNameRoleChannelRef
2014Mirchi Top 20HimselfColors TV [23]
2015 Mirchi Top 20 Performer Colors TV [24]
2016 Mirchi Top 20 Himself Colors TV
2017 Mirchi Top 20 Host Colors TV

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Show Result
2012 Gold Awards Most Fit Actor N/A Won
Indian Television Academy Awards GR8! Performer Of The Year (Male) Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai Nominated
2013 Kalakar Awards Best Jodi

(With Krystle D'Souza)

 Won

References
  1. "8 Times birthday boy Karan Tacket stole our hearts with these drool worthy selfies" – via India Today.
  2. Purva Desai (31 July 2012), "Parineeti & I are true Punjabis: Karan Tacker", Times of India. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  3. "Happy Birthday Karan Tacker: 10 Photos which prove why we need him in Bollywood ASAP". 12 May 2017.
  4. "Karan Tacker all set to foray Bollywood – The Times of India".
  5. "Karan Tacker looks super hot in new commercial – The Times of India".
  6. "I have dated all my female co-stars: Karan Tacker". 9 February 2013.
  7. "Karan Tacker and Kushal Tandon to play them ain male leads in Star Plus next". Metro Masti. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  8. "Karan Tacker & Shakti Mohan to perform in Yash Aarti Punar Vivah". metromasti.com.
  9. "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7 contestants: Sanaya Irani, Karan Kundra, Karan Tacker make the list". bollywoodlife.com. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  10. "Karan Tacker to host Bindass' show Halla Bol". televisionsworld.com. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  11. "Karan Tacker mifted on BCL!". timesofindia.com. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  12. "Box Cricket League Teams: BCL 2014 Team Details With TV Actors & Names of Celebrities". india.com. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  13. "Farah Ki Daawat: Karanvir Bohra, Karan Tacker and Karan Grover with Karan Johar at 'Karan Special Episode'! (PICS)". pinkvilla.com.
  14. "Krushna Abhishek and Karan Tacker in Killerr Karaoke Atka Toh Latkah". 3 March 2015.
  15. "Karan Tacker, Mouni Roy, Siddharth Shukla, Sana Khan perform at India's Got Talent 6 – view pics!". Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  16. "Karan Tacker to host desi version of 'The Voice'". timesofindia.com.
  17. "Karan Tacker to be seen on international dance show". 16 September 2015.
  18. "Karan Tacker and Krystle D'Souza are back together for 'Sarojini'! (PICS)". pinkvilla.com.
  19. "Social: Karan Tacker shares dais with Big B on 'Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi'". Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  20. "Trouble brewing between Nach Baliye 8 hosts Karan Tacker and Upasana Singh?". 10 April 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  21. "The Remix host Karan Tacker: Digital gives you the freedom to unleash your personality". Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  22. "Karan Tacker: Would love to participate in Ace of Space with Vikas Gupta". The Indian Express.
  23. "Gauahar Khan, Sanaya Irani, Arjun Kapoor, Mouni Roy, Karan Tacker to add tadka in Mirchi Top 20 Awards! (View Pics)". 13 December 2014.
  24. "Mirchi Top 20: Upen-Karishma, Karan Krystle, Arjun-Mouni Sizzle The Dance Floor". 18 December 2015.
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