In drawing rooms and bedrooms across the country, they leave women asking for more. A t2 list of the best looking men on Indian TV...
t2 rating: 9.5/10
Is it the rippling muscles? Is it the tattoos? Is it the mischievous eyes? Whatever it is, girls just can’t get enough of Karan Singh Grover. Call him hunk, call him cool dude, but there’s no denying the effect that the 27-year-old actor has on women — and girls — everywhere. Whether it is the romantic Dr Armaan Malik in Dill Mill Gayye or the effortless dancer in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, all eyes are on Karan. Even marriage to television actress Shraddha Nigaam last year hasn’t diminished the Punjab da puttar’s popularity. Plus, he is probably the only man on television brave enough to model jewellery — and come out looking like a million bucks!
t2 rating: 8/10
With conventional looks, Hussain Kuwajerwala is the small screen’s Shah Rukh Khan. The 31-year-old Hussain’s easy charm and to-die-for smile make him very popular with women ever since he entered homes with Kumkum. Moreover, this ladies’ man is known to be very romantic and dances like a dream, as seen on Nach Baliye. What else could anyone want?
t2 rating: 7/10
A former model and flight steward, Aamir Ali is the kind of man you would love to take home to meet your parents. Over and over again. The Nach Baliye 3 winner scores with his boy-next-door charm and cute smile. And he has a fantastic body, too!
t2 rating: 9/10
Question: What makes most of us tune into Roadies every weekend? Answer: It’s cute host. Rannvijay Singh Singha, popularly known as VJ Rannvijay, makes women of all ages go weak in the knees. His disarming smile is his most potent weapon. And the boyish charm is in place 24x7. Smart and confident, Rannvijay can carry off just about anything with ease — and that includes a pair of shorts teamed with a formal jacket and tie!
If you take him home to mom, beware, because your mom just might flip for him, too! Despite not being seen too much on the telly screen these days, Chaitanya Choudhury has a solid female fan following. The Ekta Kapoor favourite’s (Kahiin To Hoga, Kkavyanjali) chiselled looks teamed with a great body make for an irresistible combination. Plus, that ‘swoony’ smile.
How could this list leave out Eijaz Khan? Though he has made a tentative transition to the big screen — he was paired opposite Mandira Bedi in Meerabai Not Out — Eijaz is still best known as a small-screen heartthrob (Kkavyanjali, Kyaa Hoga Nimmo Kaa). This Mumbai boy is a consummate charmer and a fabulous dancer too. And when he is around, every female heart beats a wee bit faster!
t2 rating: 6.5/10
Not your average good-looking hunk, there is something about Harshad Chopda that makes many hearts go dhak-dhak. Seen in Balaji’s Kis Des Mein Hain Meraa Dil, this 25-year-old former model from Jaipur thinks it is his smile and his “innocent looks” that earn him Brownie points with the girls.
When he first stormed Indian homes as Kahiin To Hoga’s Sujal in 2006, women from six to 60 flipped for the beautiful man from Jaipur. Television may have lost him to Bollywood, but there was no way Rajeev Khandelwal was going to be left out of this list. Whispers are doing the rounds that the Aamir hero is set to make a comeback to television with the desi version of The Moment of Truth. Are the girls swooning already?
t2 rating: 8.5/10
With his today look, Mohit Sehgal rules the hearts of teenage girls. Hailing from Delhi, this 23-year-old who plays Samrat in the popular show Miley Jab Hum Tum has the looks, the body and the attitude. Mohit’s best asset? It’s his “killer smile,” he says.
t2 rating: 7.5/10
Tall, dark and handsome, Rrishii Kaushik is the only regional television hunk to make it to this list. His intense romantic act as Dr Ujaan Chatterjee in Ekhane Akaash Neel sets Rrishii apart from the rest of the Bengali telly boys. “He reminds me of my favourite Mills and Boon heroes,” gushes Rrishii fan Debalina Dastidar.
The cute crowd
SHARAD MALHOTRA This Calcutta boy’s 1,000 watt smile has won him many admirers from his Cinestar Ki Khoj days
JAY BHANUSHALI This Dance India Dance host is funny, cute and good-looking
