Bhuvan Arora Explained

Bhuvan Arora is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films and series. He has appeared in the television series The Test Case (2018) and Farzi (2023), with the latter emerging as his breakout role.^[1] Arora has since had supporting roles in the 2024 biographical films Chandu Champion and Amaran.

Career

Arora studied at the Film and Television Institute of India and began his acting career with small roles in the films Shuddh Desi Romance (2013), Tevar (2015) and Naam Shabana (2017).^[2] His role in the first, produced by Yash Raj Films, led him to a more prominent role in the company's comedy film Bank Chor (2017).^[3] He then played Rohan Rathore, a chauvinistic army aspirant, in the 2018 series The Test Case.^[4] Gayatri Gauri of Firstpost wrote that he "essays his role well without becoming a caricature".^[5] In 2020, he had a supporting role in the Netflix film Chaman Bahaar.^[6]

In 2023, Arora starred alongside Shahid Kapoor in the Amazon Prime Video crime drama series Farzi.^[7] Dishya Sharma of News18 found his "comic timing and dialogue delivery" to be "impressive".^[8] ThePrint's Nidhima Taneja found his to be the "breakout performance" of the series, adding that "the finesse in his performance, and his spot on Mumbaiya dialect, is a treat to watch".^[9]

Arora played a supporting role in the biographical sports film Chandu Champion (2024), starring Kartik Aaryan as Murlikant Petkar.^[10] In 2024, he acted in the Tamil biographical war film Amaran as sepoy Vikram Singh along with Sivakarthikeyan who played the title role of Indian army major Mukund Varadarajan.^[11]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Shuddh Desi Romance	Raghu's friend
2015	Tevar	Ghonsla
2017	Naam Shabana	Karan
	Bank Chor	Gulaab
2019	Chaman Bahaar	Somu
2020	Jai Mummy Di	Dev
2023	The Great Indian Family	Bhaata Mishra
2024	Chandu Champion	Garnail Singh
	Amaran	Sepoy Vikram Singh	Tamil film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	The Test Case	Capt. Rohan Rathore
2023	Farzi	Firoz
2024		Honey's friend	Cameo

Notes and References

1. News: Nivedita. Actor Bhuvan Arora On Life After 'Farzi', His Off-Screen Equation With Shahid Kapoor. Outlook. 10 March 2023. 15 March 2023.
2. News: Rizvi. S Farah. With good work coming my way, I am on the right path: Bhuvan Arora. Hindustan Times. 17 September 2021. 5 February 2023.
3. News: Kaushal. Shweta. Bank Chor: Bhuvan Arora clears the controversy around film's title. Hindustan Times. 16 July 2017. 10 February 2023.
4. Web site: Mehta. Ankita. Interview: Bhuvan Arora talks about working with Riteish Deshmukh in Bank Chor and his web series with Nimrat Kaur. International Business Times. 9 May 2017. 10 February 2023.
5. News: Gauri. Gayatri. The Test Case Review: Nimrat Kaur's sublime showing, writers' grasp of material make for an Indian army soap opera. Firstpost. 2 February 2018. 10 February 2023.
6. News: Naahar. Rohan. Chaman Bahaar movie review: Jitendra Kumar plays Kabir Singh on a budget, in an equally bad film, out on Netflix. Hindustan Times. 19 June 2020. 5 February 2023.
7. News: Ramachandran. Naman. Shahid Kapoor, Raj & DK Talk Prime Video Counterfeiting Thriller 'Farzi'. Variety. 4 February 2023. 5 February 2023.
8. Web site: Sharma. Dishya. Farzi Review: Shahid Kapoor And Vijay Sethupathi's Fake 'Money Heist' Is Worth Bingeing. News18. 10 February 2023. 10 February 2023.
9. Web site: Taneja. Nidhima. Shahid Kapoor's Farzi leaves no scope for boredom. It will keep you hooked. ThePrint. 10 February 2023. 10 February 2023.
10. Web site: Kartik Aaryan to share screen with Vijay Raaz, Bhuvan Arora, Rajpal Yadav and Bhagyashree in Chandu Champion. 31 July 2023. 1 August 2023. Bollywood Hungama.
11. News: 16 February 2024 . Kamal Haasan unveils Sivakarthikeyan's 'Amaran' teaser ahead of his birthday . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240217152324/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/kamal-haasan-sivakarthikeyan-sai-pallavi-amaran-teaser-out-2503204-2024-02-16 . 17 February 2024 . 24 February 2024 . .