Rohan Gurbaxani

Some Lesser Known Facts About Rohan Gurbaxani

• Rohan Gurbaxani is an Indian actor, executive producer, and businessman. He has played diverse type of roles in several Hollywood and Bollywood films.

• When he was a child, he used to take dance classes at Shiamak Davar Dance Academy as he was heavily inspired by Hrithik Roshan. He won many awards at local dance competitions while growing up.

  

• From 2007 to 2011, he learned acting at the Artistes’​ Repertory Theatre at the Jagriti Theatre in the Whitefield area of Bengaluru where his mother enrolled him when he was in 6th standard. He achieved Level IV certification for speech & drama. ^[5]LinkedIn – Rohan Gurbaxani ^[6]Facebook – Rohan Gurbaxani

  

• In 2015, he moved to New York, USA to pursue his graduation. He studied acting at The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute in New York City from August 2015 to December 2017. ^[7]LinkedIn – Rohan Gurbaxani

  

• From July 2016 to August 2016, Rohan Gurbaxani worked as an intern at Excel Entertainment in Mumbai and worked as a member of the production team of ‘Fukrey 2’ and ‘Rock On 2’. From May 2017 to July 2017, he worked as an assistant at Alipur Films. He worked as a production assistant in many films such as ‘No Fathers in Kashmir’ which was released in 2019.

  

• From June 2018 to December 2018, while studying in the final year of his bachelor’s degree, he was selected as an actor at Stonestreet Studios Inc. and started participating in casting calls for films and TV shows.
  

  

  

• He has served as executive producer in various films including ‘Becky’ and ‘I Used To Go Here’ in 2020. Rohan has also worked as a boom operator in the sound department of the short film ‘My Mom’s Dead and I’m Stuck in Suburbia’ in 2019.

  

• His Hollywood debut Chick Fight featured Alec Baldwin, Bella Thorne, and Malin Akerman in main roles. He later acted in many English films such as Knuckledust in 2020 as Requin, Rogue Hostage in 2021 as Ricky, and Confession in 2022 as Dave.

  

• After the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, he came back to India from the USA and later started sending texts to around 50 casting agents and directors on a day-to-day basis. He initially acted in an advertisement and later started getting calls for film auditions.

  

• Rohan Gurbaxani’s debut Hindi film featured Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, and Dharmendra in the main roles. In 2023, he became popular for playing the role of Rocky Bhatia in the Hindi Netflix film Kho Gaye Hum Kahan which featured Siddhant Chaturvedi and Ananya Panday as the main cast. After the release of the film, he praised Ananya Panday and called her a truly professional actor.

  

• He played the role of Aman Batra in the first episode titled ‘Mirror Mirror on the Wall’ of Season 2 of his first web series Made in Heaven which streamed on Amazon Prime in August 2023. He was praised by his fans for his acting. Reportedly, he would feature as a professional pianist in Bandish Bandits Season 2 which would stream on Amazon Prime.

  

• He is associated with businesses in the real estate sector. As of 2023, he is serving as director of many companies such as Qvc Star Realty Private Limited, Cigam Developers Private Limited, and Cigam Ventures Private Limited.

• Rohan talked about Hollywood in an interview in 2021 and said that Indian and Asian actors still have to face stereotypes in the Western film industry and are offered typical roles; however, he later claimed that he did not have to suffer anything like that in his career till that time.

• During his sophomore year in New York, he also used to act at the Uproar Theatre Corps. ^[8]Facebook – Uproar Theatre Corps

  

• He has been fond of animals since his childhood, particularly dogs and cats.

  

• When Rohan was living in New York, he modelled for a few clothing brands to make some money.

  

• He is often spotted drinking alcoholic beverages such as gin and wine during parties.