Tarun Arora

Arora's entry into films came through *Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi* in 1999 — a brief appearance, but it got him in the door. Five years later, *Hawas* (2004) gave him a proper leading role in a thriller, though the film bombed and didn't generate the momentum he needed. A rough stretch, by any measure. Then came *Jab We Met* in 2007, Imtiaz Ali's beloved road-trip romance starring Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor. Arora played Anshuman, Geet's boyfriend who essentially abandons her at a train station and disappears from her life — a role that required him to be convincingly dismissive without tipping into caricature. He pulled it off well enough that the character became one of those minor Bollywood figures people still bring up when discussing the film. It's not a heroic part, but it's a memorable one. After *Jab We Met*, Arora's career took a direction that Hindi film audiences largely didn't follow: South Indian cinema. He appeared in the Tamil action film *Kanithan* (2016), then crossed into Telugu with *Khaidi No. 150* (2017) — a Chiranjeevi vehicle that was a significant commercial production — and the horror franchise entry *Kanchana 3* (2019). These weren't small projects, even if they didn't translate into broader recognition outside regional markets. The 2020 Akshay Kumar-led supernatural film *Laxmii* brought him back to a Hindi-language production with wide release, though the film itself received mixed responses from critics. On the television and streaming side, Arora appeared in *Sacred Games* (2018), Netflix India's landmark crime thriller — even a supporting appearance in that series carries weight given its cultural footprint. His most recent listed credit is *First Copy* (2025), a TV series, suggesting he's continued working steadily into the mid-2020s (IMDb). The through-line of his career is someone who's never stopped working, even when the projects don't always land.