Varun Sood is an Indian actor, model and former VJ. He is known for participating in reality shows like MTV Roadies, MTV Splitsvilla, Ace of Space and Khatron Ke Khiladi. He made his acting debut with Ragini MMS: Returns, and is also recognized for his roles in Karmma Calling and Call Me Bae.
Early life Sood was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal. He grew up in Delhi. His grandfather and father served in the Indian Army, and Varun had initially planned to follow in their footsteps. He completed his primary school education at Army Public School. During his school and college days, he played basketball and shot put, even competing at the national level.
Personal life In 2017, Sood was dating Benafsha Soonawalla but they broke up soon after Soonawalla's participation in Bigg Boss 11.
In 2018, he started dating Divya Agarwal. They worked together on MTV Roadies, MTV Ace of Space and Ragini MMS: Returns. After four years of relationship, they split in March 2022.
Career Varun started his career as a fitness trainer, and then went on to become an MTV VJ.
Sood then started participating in reality shows. He has taken part in multiple reality shows so far, including MTV Roadies season 12, MTV Splitsvilla season 9, Ace of Space 1, MTV Roadies: Real Heroes, MTV Roadies season 17 and Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 11.
In 2019, he made his acting debut with ALTBalaji's Ragini MMS: Returns as Rahul opposite Divya Agarwal. In 2022, he made a special appearance in Karan Johar's Jugjugg Jeeyo as Gaurav opposite Prajakta Koli. In 2023, he was seen as Jacob in season 2 of Potluck on SonyLIV.
In January 2024, he starred as Ahaan Kothari in Disney+ Hotstar's Karmma Calling alongside Raveena Tandon and Namrata Sheth. Later that year, he appeared in Amazon Prime Video's Naam Namak Nishan opposite Helly Shah, and in Call Me Bae alongside Ananya Panday. He also hosted Reality Ranis Of The Jungle on Discovery Channel.
Filmography
Films YearTitleRoleNotesRef.2022Jugjugg JeeyoGaurav Kapoor2026Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona HaiVishal Cameo
Television YearTitleRoleNotesRef.2015MTV Roadies season 12Contestant7th place2016MTV Splitsvilla season 9Contestant1st runner-upMTV Campus Diaries season 4HostNBA SlamHimself2017MTV Big F season 2DaljeetEpisode 22018UCypherHostBox Cricket League season 3HimselfAce of Space 1Contestant2nd runner-up2019MTV Roadies: Real HeroesRoadies Insider2020Ace the QuarantineHost2020–2021MTV Roadies season 17Leader2nd runner-up2021Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 11Contestant4th placeBigg Boss OTT season 1HimselfGuest2024 – 2025Reality Ranis Of The JungleHost
Web series YearTitleRoleNotesRef.2019Ragini MMS: ReturnsRahulSeason 22023PotluckJacobSeason 22024Karmma CallingAhaan KothariNaam Namak NishanYuvraj Singh Chauhan2024Call Me BaePrince Bhasin Music videos YearTitleSingerRef.2019Naam Ada LikhnaMadhubanti Bagchi, Shreyas Puranik2022Pyaar Ho GayaParas Chopra
Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.2024Filmfare OTT AwardsBest Supporting Actor in a Series (Male): DramaKarmma Calling
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