Hansal Mehta’s List of Breakout Male Talent in India (Listed Alphabetically)

Abhay has been seen endorsing brands like Cadbury, Close up, Milton, Ponds etcetera through advertisements. His first web show "Marzi" was showcased on voot and then was seen in Netflix's "little things". He has featured in Sanjay leela bhansali's "Mann bairagi". He gained recognition with his performance in the web show "The Family Man" season 2 in which he brought his character "kalyan Or salman" to life. He was recently seen in the short film "Uljhe hue" with Sanjana Sanghi which was highly appreciated as well.

Adarsh Gourav Bhagavatula was born on July 08, 1994 in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand (then Bihar). He is an actor, singer and songwriter who works in Hollywood & Bollywood industry. He spent his formative years in Mumbai and graduated from Narsee Monjee with a Bachelor's degree and is also an alumnus of The Drama School in Mumbai.

Classically trained in Hindustani Music for more than 9 years, Gourav has been a frontman for 2 progressive metal bands in school and college namely Steepsky and Oak Island. Oak Island has released an EP titled Aliens Cant Jump that has been featured on the show MTV Indies - Never Hide Sounds. He has also worked with music legends such as Illayaraja and Sukhwinder Singh as a playback singer for 2 Bollywood movies; Black and White & Chal Chalein.

Gourav has been acting since he was in his teenage years and over a decade long acting career so far; has been part of more than 50 TV and Digital Ad campaigns. Amongst the notable brands that he has worked with are Airtel; Cadbury; Dominos; Hotstar and Nescafe. His first role was in Karan Johar's My Name is Khan (2010) starring Shah Rukh Khan and has subsequently acted in Anurag Kashyap's Madly; starred in critically acclaimed Rukh alongside Manoj Bajpayee and played an impactful role in Sridevi's Mom (2017).

He has crossed over into Hollywood with his latest movie project where he plays the titular character; Balram Halwai in the Netflix Global production, The White Tiger (2021) which was released in January 2021. Gourav has also been part of popular web-series such as Laila; Die Trying and Hostel Daze.

Aditya Rawal is a writer and actor from Mumbai, India. After completing the Initiation Course in Devised Theatre and Performance at the London International School of Performing Arts in 2014, he went on to graduate from the Dramatic Writing MFA Program at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. His play, The Queen, was performed in New York City in 2016 and received the Best Original Script prize at the New York Innovative Theatre Awards. He has co-written the screenplay of the upcoming Hindi feature, Panipat, directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. His next play, Siachen, will be staged at the Baruch Centre for Performing Arts, New York, in April 2020. Multiple short films written by him have been screened at festivals around the world. Also an accomplished actor, Aditya plays the lead role in the Hindi feature film titled Bamfaad, which is slated for release later in 2019. He has co-authored two story books on Child Rights, and has also produced and directed a documentary titled, Drama-in-Education: Taking Gandhi Out of the Textbook.

Babil Khan is an Indian Bollywood actor, who has been making waves in the entertainment industry with his raw talent and captivating performances. He is the son of the legendary late actor Irrfan Khan and screenwriter and producer Sutapa Sikdar.

Khan's father, Irrfan Khan, was a renowned actor who had acted in several critically acclaimed movies like Life of Pi (2012) and Slumdog Millionaire (2008).

Khan completed his schooling at Tridha School in Mumbai and studied further at the University of Westminster in London. After completing his studies, he started his career in Bollywood as a camera assistant in the movie Qarib Qarib Single (2017).

Khan made his acting debut in the web series The Railway Men (2023), which also starred Divyendu Sharma, Kay Kay Menon, and Madhavan. He appeared in the English short film The Mattress Man (2021) in 2021.

He won praise for acting in Qala (2022). In addition, Triptii Dimri, Swastika Mukherjee, and Varun Grover were noteworthy in the psychological drama movie. Khan's second movie is directed by Shoojit Sircar.

Ishaan Khatter's most recent film "Pippa", a war drama, premiered in November 2023 and can be seen worldwide on Amazon. He will next be seen in his upcoming breakout US role as a lead in the limited Netflix series "A Perfect Couple" opposite Liev Schrieber, Nicole Kidman, and Dakota Fanning. He can also be seen as the lead in Mira Nair's limited series "A Suitable Boy" for BBC One for which he received critical acclaim. Ishaan received praise for his first starring role in acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Masjid Majidi's film "Beyond The Clouds" which is available on Netflix and for which Ishaan received the FilmFare Award for Best Newcomer. His first Bollywood film, "Dhadak", which premiered in 2018, was a critical and commercial hit with Ishaan winning the IIFA Award. His next project, a Bollywood action film, "Khaali Peeli" was released in 2022. He currently resides in Mumbai, India, speaks English [various accents] and Urdu fluently and holds an Indian passport as well as US, UK, & Schengen work visas.

Film debutant Lakshya is all set to excite audiences as the new Action Hero to watch out for. After previous success with Sony Entertainment and Disney+ Hotstar's shows in the past, Lakshya is ready to bring his presence at the cinemas.

With multiple collaborations already set with Dharma Productions, audiences eagerly await for a glimpse of Lakshya's highly praised performances.

His upcoming feature is a high octane, never before seen action film 'KILL', produced by powerhouse production house Dharma Productions and Oscar Award Winning Sikhya Entertainment.

Paramvir Cheema is known for Chamak (2023), Sapne Vs Everyone (2023) and Tabbar (2021).

Raghav Juyal is an Actor, Dance and Show host. He is renowned as the King of Slow Motion in India for his surreal dance moves in slow motion style and for his flawless reinvention of the Slow Motion Walk. Raghav has become a youth icon inspiring dancers, who gleefully imitate his trademark dance moves style.

He shot to fame through dance reality shows Dance India Dance (Season 3), as a skipper for the team Raghav Ke Rockstars in DID Li'l Masters 2 and Dance Ke Superkids.

He played a pivotal role in a Bollywood feature film Sonali Cable produced by Ramesh Sippy Entertainment which was released on 17 October 2014 . The critics singled out Raghav's vivacious performance and praised his screen presence.

He also worked in the film ABCD 2 which was released on 19 June 2015, directed by Remo D'Souza co-starring Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor. He also hosted the show Dance Plus on Star Plus Season 1 (2015), Season 2 (2016), Season 3 (2017), Season 4 (2018) . He was also seen in Khatron Ke Khiladi season 7 as a contestant. He hosted Rising Star along with Meiyang Chang in early 2017 which aired on Colors TV. In October 2017, he began co-hosting the dance contest TV show Dance Champions with Ridhima Pandit, as well as hosting Dance Plus season 4.

Raghav Juyal is trained actor under the guidance of Acting Coach Saurabh Sachdeva.

Sparsh Shrivastava was born on 4 July 1999 in Rajakhera, Rajasthan, India. He is an actor, known for Lost Ladies (2023), Ae Watan Mere Watan (2024) and Jamtara: Sabka Number Ayega (2020).

Vedang Raina is an upcoming actor who is all set to play Reggie in his debut film Archie, directed by Zoya Akhtar. Besides his charming looks, Vedang is also popular for his singing abilities. He has released a couple of videos on Instagram where we can see him perform on various songs. Born and brought up in Mumabi, Vedang completed his schooling from Jamnabai Narsee School and his higher studies from NMIMS. Currently, Vedang is busy shooting for Archie which also stars Khushi Kapoor, Suhana Khan, amongst many others.

Vikrant Massey, a well-known Indian film and television actor was born on 3rd April 1987 in Mumbai (Maharashtra). Vikrant is great at doing more with less. Some of his most magical moments on screen are in projects where he had limited screen time, which is a trait common to gifted actors. He is indeed one of the most talented actors in India.

He scored his successful professional gig with the TV show Balika Vadhu which aired on Color TV and he soon became a household name.

Vikrant made his Bollywood debut in Vikramaditya Motwane's Robber (2013) starring alongside Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha. His first lead role was in Konkona Sen Sharma's debut directorial project, A Death in the Gunj (2016) where he played a shy student. His effortless acting made him win rave reviews. Both the film and his impeccable performance won critical acclaim. It was for this movie he won the 'Best Actor' at Caleidoscope Indian Film Festival Award (2017) and a nomination for Critics choice 'Best Actor' at Filmfare Awards (2018).

Vikrant had also starred in Meghna Gulzar's Chhapaak (2020), where he was the male protagonist opposite Deepika Padukone. For his power-packed role in this movie, he received the 'Best Supporting Actor' at Dadasaheb Phalke-DPIFF Award (2021)

Some of his other notified films include Dil Dhadakne Do (2015), Half Girlfriend (2017), Lipstick Under My Burkha (2016), Ginny Weds Sunny (2020) opposite Yami Gautam, Dolly Kitty and Those Twinkling Stars (2019) opposite Bhumi Pednekar, a science fiction film, 'Cargo' (2020) opposite Shweta Tripathi, and Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi (2019). His performances in all these movies were applauded by the audience and critics alike.

Vikrant has also been a part of famous web series such as Rise (2017), Mirzapur (2018), Broken But Beautiful (2018), Made in Heaven (2019), where he played a cameo and Criminal Justice (2019) where he played the lead role. His brilliant performance in 'Criminal Justice' bagged him the 'Best Actor' at the Critics' Choice Shorts & Series Awards (2019). He is ruling the digital space.

In the past, he has been part of some famous TV shows such as 'Dhoom Machaao Dhoom' (2007), Baba Aiso Varr Dhoondo (2010), Dharam Veer (2008), Gumrah End of Innocence (2012), and Yeh Hai Aashiqui (2013), and 'Ajab Gajab Ghar Jamai' (2014), Qubool Hai (2012) (2013) where he played varied roles.

He is also a trained and accomplished contemporary Jazz dancer and has worked with Shiamak Davar. He even acted as a choreographer on the show 'Dhoom Machaao Dhoom' (2007).

He has an exciting lineup of movies which include Haseen Dillruba (2021), 14 Phere (2021), 'Yaar Jigari', Mumbaikar (2023), and Love Hostel (2022) working with some of the biggest banners that include Colour Yellow Productions, Eros International, Zee Studios, Red Chillies Entertainment, and RSVP movies.

He is a sincere, talented, and steady actor who has plodded his way up. He is proof that talent, perseverance and merit can go a long way.

His integrity and effective performances in films, web series and on television have earned him a loyal fan base.

Vishal Jethwa was born on 6 July 1994 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He is an actor and legal representative, known for Mardaani 2 (2019), Tiger 3 (2023) and Hindi Medium (2017).

Zahan Kapoor was born on 11 March 1992 in Mumbai, Mahrashtra. He is an actor, known for Faraaz (2022), Bandwaale and Dining with the Kapoors.