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Kunal Khemu
Kunal Khemu (born 25 May 1983) is an Indian film actor, writer, director, and singer-composer who works in Hindi cinema. Known for his comic timing, he has played roles in notable films including the Golmaal franchise, Kalyug, Dhol, Lootcase, Malang and Go Goa Gone. He made his debut as a writer and director with the comedy thriller Madgaon Express, for which he won IIFA Award and Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director.
Kunal Khemu was born on 25 May 1983 in Srinagar, in the Kashmir Valley of the erstwhile Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, into a Kashmiri Pandit family to actors Ravi Kemmu and Jyoti Kemmu. His father has worked with Shyam Benegal in Bharat Ek Khoj as unit director. He is the older child to the couple and has a younger sister named Karishma Khemu.
Khemu's family lived in Srinagar during his early years and he got initial education from Burn Hall School, but his family had to shift to Jammu during their religious exodus after an insurgency erupted in Kashmir during the 1990s. Later, his family stayed in the suburban Mira Road neighbourhood of Mumbai. He finished his schooling from N. L. Dalmia High School in Mira Road and later attended Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics in Vile Parle for his further studies. He now lives in Khar.
His paternal grandfather, Moti Lal Kemmu was a Kashmiri playwright, and a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi award in 1982 for his contribution to Kashmiri literature, and the Padma Shri.
Khemu made his debut as a child actor appearing in the Doordarshan TV series Gul Gulshan Gulfaam (1987), directed by Ved Rahi. He made his film debut with Mahesh Bhatt's film Sir (film) (1993). He went on to star as a child artist in films including Raja Hindustani, Zakhm, Bhai, Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke, and Dushman.
He played the lead in the 2005 film Kalyug, which was directed by Mohit Suri. Kalyug was based on the pornography industry. In 2007, his first release was Madhur Bhandarkar's Traffic Signal, where he played a street-smart money lender who lends money to poor families, but always gets it back with interest.
His second release of 2007 was Dhol in which he again played lead. In 2008, in his only release, Superstar, he featured in a double role. In 2009, he starred in Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge and Jai Veeru. In 2009, he appeared in the comic-thriller 99. In 2010, he appeared in Golmaal 3 in which he played a supporting role as Laxman. The film was a blockbuster and became the fourth Indian film to enter the 100 Crore Club in India and was ranked as the Third Highest grossing film of the year 2010, After Dabangg and My name is Khan.
In 2012, he worked in Mukesh Bhatt's Blood Money, in which he played the lead role as Kunal Kadam, an honest and hard worker who is unknowingly taken into the dark side of Diamond Trade by his Boss. He co-starred in Go Goa Gone, a Zombie comedy film, which was released on 10 May 2013. Both the films were Box office Hits. Go Goa Gone has achieved a cult status for its offbeat humour and genre-bending approach.
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Kunal Khemu
Kunal Khemu (born 25 May 1983) is an Indian film actor, writer, director, and singer-composer who works in Hindi cinema. Known for his comic timing, he has played roles in notable films including the Golmaal franchise, Kalyug, Dhol, Lootcase, Malang and Go Goa Gone. He made his debut as a writer and director with the comedy thriller Madgaon Express, for which he won IIFA Award and Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director.
Kunal Khemu was born on 25 May 1983 in Srinagar, in the Kashmir Valley of the erstwhile Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, into a Kashmiri Pandit family to actors Ravi Kemmu and Jyoti Kemmu. His father has worked with Shyam Benegal in Bharat Ek Khoj as unit director. He is the older child to the couple and has a younger sister named Karishma Khemu.
Khemu's family lived in Srinagar during his early years and he got initial education from Burn Hall School, but his family had to shift to Jammu during their religious exodus after an insurgency erupted in Kashmir during the 1990s. Later, his family stayed in the suburban Mira Road neighbourhood of Mumbai. He finished his schooling from N. L. Dalmia High School in Mira Road and later attended Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics in Vile Parle for his further studies. He now lives in Khar.
His paternal grandfather, Moti Lal Kemmu was a Kashmiri playwright, and a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi award in 1982 for his contribution to Kashmiri literature, and the Padma Shri.
Khemu made his debut as a child actor appearing in the Doordarshan TV series Gul Gulshan Gulfaam (1987), directed by Ved Rahi. He made his film debut with Mahesh Bhatt's film Sir (film) (1993). He went on to star as a child artist in films including Raja Hindustani, Zakhm, Bhai, Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke, and Dushman.
He played the lead in the 2005 film Kalyug, which was directed by Mohit Suri. Kalyug was based on the pornography industry. In 2007, his first release was Madhur Bhandarkar's Traffic Signal, where he played a street-smart money lender who lends money to poor families, but always gets it back with interest.
His second release of 2007 was Dhol in which he again played lead. In 2008, in his only release, Superstar, he featured in a double role. In 2009, he starred in Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge and Jai Veeru. In 2009, he appeared in the comic-thriller 99. In 2010, he appeared in Golmaal 3 in which he played a supporting role as Laxman. The film was a blockbuster and became the fourth Indian film to enter the 100 Crore Club in India and was ranked as the Third Highest grossing film of the year 2010, After Dabangg and My name is Khan.
In 2012, he worked in Mukesh Bhatt's Blood Money, in which he played the lead role as Kunal Kadam, an honest and hard worker who is unknowingly taken into the dark side of Diamond Trade by his Boss. He co-starred in Go Goa Gone, a Zombie comedy film, which was released on 10 May 2013. Both the films were Box office Hits. Go Goa Gone has achieved a cult status for its offbeat humour and genre-bending approach.
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