Rannvijay Singha

Rannvijay Singh Singha[1] is an Indian actor, television personality and VJ. Rannvijay is known for his appearance in MTV Roadies, where he won the show. He has been part of the show from 2004 to 2019 and continues to do so, earlier as a gang leader and now as a host. He also appeared in judging panel for auditions from 8: Shortcut to Hell to 16: Roadies Real Heroes. He made his Bollywood debut in Toss: A Flip of Destiny (2009). Rannvijay has also acted in London Dreams (2009) and Action Replayy (2010). Singha made his Punjabi movie debut in 2011, starring in Jimmy Shergill's Dharti.

Rannvijay Singh Singha
Singha at audio release of ‘Sharafat Gayi Tel Lene’ in 2015
Born (1983-03-16) 16 March 1983
Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Occupation
  • VJ* Television Producer
Years active2003 – present
Spouse(s)
Priyanka Singha
​
(m. 2014)​
Children1

Early life

Singha's father, Iqbal Singh Singha is retired Lt. General of Indian Army and his mother Baljeet Kaur is a housewife, although his father is retired but is currently posted in Syria as the UN Force Commander, his mother is a poet in her own right.[2] Owing to his father's transferable jobs across India, he went to nine different schools, and finally graduated from Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi, he graduated from Hansraj College (University of Delhi doing B. Com hons). Rannvijay cleared his test and was all set to join Indian army before he opted to participate in Roadies, because he wanted to win the Hero Honda Karizma R. Singh used to work for a construction worker in New Jersey, United States. His younger brother Harman Singha is also an actor, VJ and television personality.[3]

Career
Singha with Ashish Parmar and Prince Narula at the shoot of MTV Roadies.

MTV India

Singha appeared in first season of MTV Roadies and further hosting all the season from 2.0 to Roadies Revolution. He has also hosted other MTV shows, MTV Stuntmania, MTV Force India The Fast and The Gorgeous, MTV Splitsvilla, MTV Scooty Pep Diva and MTV Troll Police.

Film career

Rannvijay made his Bollywood debut in Toss: A Flip of Destiny in 2009. He then acted in London Dreams along with Ajay Devgn and Salman Khan. He further appeared in Action Replayy in 2011. He made his Punjabi cinema debut in 2011, starring in Jimmy Shergill's Dharti. He also acted in a horror film "3 AM".

Personal life

Singha is the only exception in his family to not serve in Indian military as his family is serving Indian military since six generations.[4] Rannvijay married Priyanka Vohra on 10 April 2014. The couple has a daughter named Kainaat who was born on 17 January 2017.[1] Rannvijay is a comics superhero and bikes fan and is known for collecting Wolverine and Batman merchandises, he owns Suzuki GSX-R600, Kawasaki Ninja, Hero Honda Karizma R and Royal Enfield. He is a Warriors fan.[5]

Filmography

Film
YearFilmRoleNotes
2009 Toss: A Flip of Destiny Ryan Bollywood Debut
2009 London Dreams Wasim Hayaat Khan
2010 Action Replayy Kundalal Kapoor
2011 Mumbai Cutting Himself
2011 Dharti Rannvijay Pollywood Debut
2011 Mod Andy/Abhay
2012 Taur Mittran Di Ranbir
2013 Saadi Love Story Vikram Punjabi
2013 Ishq Garaari
2014 3 A.M. A Paranormal Experience Sunny
2015 Sharafat Gayi Tel Lene Sam

Television
Year Show Role Notes
2003 MTV Roadies 1 Contestant Winner
2004 MTV Roadies 2 Presenter
2005 MTV Roadies 2
2006 MTV Roadies 4
2007 MTV Roadies 5
2008 MTV Splitsvilla 1
2008–2009 MTV Roadies 6
2009 MTV Force India The Fast and The Gorgeous
2009–2010 MTV Roadies 7
2010 Kaun Banega Crorepati Guest
2011 MTV Roadies 8 Presenter
MTV Stuntmania
2012 MTV Roadies 9
2013 MTV Roadies 10
2014 MTV Roadies 11
Pukaar Major Rajveer Shergill
Savdhaan India Presenter
2014–2015 Box Cricket League 1 Contestant Player in Chandigarh Cubs[6]
2015 Comedy Nights with Kapil Guest To promote Roadies
MTV Roadies 12 Gang Leader
MTV Splitsvilla 8 Presenter
2016 Comedy Nights Bachao Guest
MTV Roadies 14 Gang Leader
Box Cricket League 2 Contestant Player in Chandigarh Cubs[7]
MTV Splitsvilla 9 Presenter
NBA Slam
2017 MTV Roadies 15
Himalaya Roadies Guest Judge
MTV Splitsvilla 10 Presenter
2018 MTV Roadies 16
MTV Troll Police
2018–2019 MTV Splitsvilla 11
2018 Ace Of Space 1 Guest
2019 MTV Roadies 17 Presenter
2019–2020 MTV Splitsvilla 12
2019 Bigg Boss 13 Guest
2020–2021 MTV Roadies 18 Presenter

Web
Year Name Role Platform
2020 Forbidden Love Aditya ZEE5
Mismatched Siddarth Sinha Netflix series

References
  1. "Rannvijay Singh Singha REVEALS the name of his baby girl!". DNAIndia. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. "Secretary-General Appoints Major General Iqbal Singh Singha of India to Head United Nations Disengagement Observer Force".
  3. "Meet actor Harman Singha, VJ Rannvijay's younger brother". hindustantimes.com. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  4. "Here's what MTV Splitsvilla host Rannvijay Singha has to say about former girlfriend Anusha Dandekar".
  5. "Rannvijay Singh introduces daughter Kainaat on Instagram by making her own account". indiatimes.com.
  6. "Box Cricket League Teams: BCL 2014 Team Details With TV Actors & Names of Celebrities". india.com. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  7. "200 Actors, 10 Teams, and 1 Winner... Let The Game Begin". India.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
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