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| birth_place = [[Mumbai, Maharashtra]], India

| relatives  = [[Vicky Kaushal]] (brother)

'''Sunny Kaushal''' is an Indian actor who works in [[Bollywood|Hindi films]]. He is the younger brother of actor [[Vicky Kaushal]] and son of action director Sham Kaushal.

Kaushal studied at [[The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India]] but later left it to learn acting. He worked as an assistant director on the films ''[[My Friend Pinto]]'' (2011) and ''[[Gunday]]'' (2014). After making his acting debut with the box office flop ''[[Sunshine Music Tours and Travels]]'' (2016),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vicky_Kaushal&oldid=918033078|title=Vicky Kaushal|date=26 September 2019|via=Wikipedia}}</ref> he had his first commercial success by portraying a hockey player in the sports drama ''[[Gold (2018 film)|Gold]]'' (2018).

Kaushal started his acting career with playing roles in theater plays and skits. He made his Bollywood debut in the 2016 comedy-drama road film [[Sunshine Music Tours and Travels]]. The same year he also appeared in the TV Mini-Series ''Official Chukyagiri.'' In 2017 he was part of the short film ''Love at First Sight.'' In the 2018 [[historical period|historical]] [[sports film|sports]]-[[drama film]] based upon the [[India men's national field hockey team|national hockey team's]] title at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]] he portrayed the role of Himmat Singh,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/excelmovies/status/1013712462565109760|title= Meet Sunny Kaushal as Himmat Singh|first= |last=|date=2 July 2018|publisher= Excel Entertainment Twitter|accessdate=3 July 2018}}</ref> a character inspired by [[Balbir Singh Sr.]]. Kaushal was nominated in the [[25th Screen Awards]] in the Best Supporting Actor for his role.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=25th_Screen_Awards&oldid=895220322|title=25th Screen Awards|date=2 May 2019|via=Wikipedia}}</ref> In the same year, Kaushal also went on to be part of the TV Mini-Series ''Official CEOgiri'' which was a spin-off of the 2016 series ''Official Chukyagiri.'' The short film ''The Embrace'' in which Kaushal plays the role of Siddharth was nominated in the Drama Short Film category at the [[Filmfare Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/short-films-2019/finalists/the-embrace/3441/|title=The Embrace – Drama Short Film &#124; Filmfare Short Film Awards|website=filmfare.com}}</ref> Kaushal then appeared in a dance based film [[Bhangra Paa Le]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/ronnie-screwvala-announces-next-bhangra-paa-le-starring-sunny-kaushal-and-south-star-rukshar-dhillon/articleshow/67723525.cms|title=Ronnie Screwvala announces next 'Bhangra Paa Le' starring Sunny Kaushal and south star Rukshar Dhillon - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

== Media ==

Kaushal was ranked in [[The Times of India|The Times Most Desirable Men]] at No. 45<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet India’s most desirable dudes - Times of India ►|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/vicky-kaushal-is-the-times-most-desirable-man-of-2018/articleshow/69361561.cms|access-date=2021-08-07|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> in 2018, at No. 38<ref>{{Cite web|title=Times 50 Most Desirable Men: Here are the stars who bagged the place in the coveted list|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/times-50-most-desirable-men-here-are-the-stars-who-bagged-the-place-in-the-coveted-list/641041|access-date=2021-08-07|website=www.timesnownews.com|language=en}}</ref> in 2019.

! scope="col"|Film

!scope="row"|''[[My Friend Pinto]]''

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|Assistant director

!scope="row"|''[[Gunday]]''

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|Assistant director

!scope="row"|''[[Sunshine Music Tours and Travels]]''

!scope="row"|''Love at First Sight''

| Kshitij

| Short film

!scope="row"|''[[Gold (2018 film)|Gold]]''

|Screen awards

!scope="row"|''The Embrace''

| Siddharth

|Short film<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/short-films-2019/finalists/the-embrace/3441|title=The Embrace – Drama Short Film &#124; Filmfare Short Film Awards|website=filmfare.com}}</ref>

!scope="row"|''[[Bhangra Paa Le]]''

| Jaggi Singh/Kaptaan Singh

| rowspan="2" |2021

|style="background:#ffc;"|''[[Hurdang]]''{{dagger|alt=Film yet to release}}

|Completed<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/after-gold-debut-sunny-kaushal-to-romance-nushrat-bharucha-in-hurdang/articleshow/69858301.cms|title=After 'Gold' debut, Sunny Kaushal to romance Nushrat Bharucha in 'Hurdang'|date=19 June 2019|newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref>

|style="background:#ffc;"|''[[Shiddat]]''{{dagger}}

|Vishal

|[[Disney+Hotstar|Disney+Hotstar Film]]

==Web Series==

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|Spandan Chukya<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arre.co.in/series/official-chukyagiri/spandan-chukya/|title=Spandan Chukya}}</ref>

|Spandan Chukya

|Arre

|Miniseries: 5 Episodes

|Surendra Sodhi (Young)  

|Amazon Prime

| Miniseries: 5 Episodes

== Awards and nominations ==

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