Rajat Tokas

Rajat Tokas is an Indian television actor. He appeared in television series like Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan, Dharam Veer, Tere Liye, Jodha Akbar, Naagin season 1 & 3 and Chandra Nandini.

Rajat Tokas
Tokas as Akbar
EducationHope hall foundation school
OccupationIndian television Actor
Years active1999–2019
Notable work
Spouse
Shrishti Nayyar
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(m. 2015)​

Career

Tokas started his television career with show Bongo as Ashu on DD national. He then did many shows including Lighthouse for children, Jadui Chirag, Tarang, and Ye Hawayan. In 2005, he came to Mumbai with his father & bagged the role of Tantya, who was Sai Baba's brother, in Sai Baba.

In 2006, Tokas was selected by Sagar Arts to play his first lead role of young Prithviraj Chauhan[1] in the series Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan for which he won best actor in ITA 2007.

In 2008 he was again selected by Sagar Arts to play Veer in the NDTV imagine show Dharam Veer.

In 2010-11, Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms chose Rajat to play the parallel lead in Tere Liye[2] where he played the character of Robindo Ganguly. Later, he did episodic roles in Bandini and Fear Files: Darr Ki Sacchi Tasvirein.

Ekta Kapoor, Paridhi Sharma, Rajat Tokas, Ajay Bhalwankar at ‘Jodha Akbar’ launch

In 2013, he was once again selected by Kapoor to reprise the role of the Mughal Emperor Jalaluddin Mohammed Akbar in her historical drama, Jodha Akbar[3][4] for which he went on to win BIG Star Most Entertaining Television Actor - Male,[5] Star Guild Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series,[6] Boroplus Gold Award for Best Actor in Lead Role (Critics),[7] Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role.[8] In 2016, he played the negative role of Kabir (Icchadhari Nevla) in Naagin, a fantasy drama which was aired on Colors TV.

Also in 2016 he was selected by Balaji Telefilms to play the lead role of Chandragupta Maurya in Star Plus show Chandra Nandini. He also played the role Vikrant on Naagin 3, again produced by Balaji Telefilms.

Early and personal life

He studied in the Hope Hall Foundation School, R. K. Puram, Delhi and later on completed his graduation through distance mode.[9]

On 30 January 2015, he married Shrishti Nayyar, a theatre actor.

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2005 Sai Baba Tantya Child artist
2006–07 Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan Prithviraj Chauhan
2008 Dharam Veer Veer
2010 Keshav Pandit Keshav Madhav Shastri
2010–11 Tere Liye Robindo Shekhar Ganguly
2013–15 Jodha Akbar Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar
2016 Naagin Ichhadhaari Nevla (Fake Kabir Oberoi)
2016–17 Chandra Nandini Chandragupta Maurya
2018–19 Naagin 3 Ichhadhaari Naag Vikrant

Special appearances
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2011 Bandini Krishna
2012 Fear Files: Darr Ki Sacchi Tasvirein Ankush Season 1, Episode 26

Awards
Year Award Category Series Result
2007 7th Indian Television Academy Awards Best Actor in Lead Role (Popular) Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan Won[10]
7th Indian Telly Awards Best Child Artiste (Male) Won[11]
7th Indian Telly Awards Dharti ka Sitara Won
2013 BIG Star Entertainment Awards Most Entertaining Television Actor (Male) Jodha Akbar Won
2014 7th Boroplus Gold Awards Best Actor in Lead Role (Critics) Won
13th Indian Telly Awards Best Actor in a Lead Role Won
9th Renault Star Guild Awards Best Actor in a Drama Series Won

See also

References
  1. "Prithviraj in a new avatar". The Hindu. 24 October 2007. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007.
  2. "In daily soaps male leads are just onlookers: Rajat Tokas - Times of India". The Times of India.
  3. "Rajat Tokas is Ekta's Akbar - Times of India". The Times of India.
  4. "Jodha Akbar's shooting in Jaipur". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013.
  5. "Nominations of Big Star Entertainment Awards 2013".
  6. "Star Guild Awards - Winners". starguildawards.org.
  7. "Zee Gold Awards 2014 Complete List Of Winners". 20 May 2014.
  8. "Indian Telly Awards 2016 - Index". tellyawards.indiantelevision.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2015.
  9. "Fighting with lions". The Hindu. 18 January 2008. Archived from the original on 24 March 2008.
  10. Winners & Nominees of Indian Television Academy Awards, 2007 Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  11. "The Seventh Indian Telly Awards > Winners List". tellyawards.indiantelevision.com.
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