Rohit Kalia

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Rohit Kalia
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Born
Pune, Maharashtra, India
OccupationActor
Years active2013–present
Websitewww.rohitkalia.com

Rohit Kalia is an Indian Australian actor and model who appears in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu language films and television serials. He is also the winner of first ever Mr India Australia title held in Sydney, Australia in 2014.[1][2][3] Rohit was selected as a Body Fit Model for Big W clothing brand at Sydney in June 2018.[4] He has also done Opal card web commercials for Transport for NSW at Sydney in August 2019.[5][6]

Rohit has played the lead role of Lord Krishna at Claremont Showground, Perth during ISWA Diwali Festival on 8 November 2020.[7][8]In 2021, he starred in Fringe World Festival shows Naught Nights at Nine and Play in a Day.[9][10] In the inaugural Short and Sweet (festival) 2021 of Perth, he played the title role of Corporate finance officer in It was Tuesday play which came on the third spot in the judges vote.[11][12][13]

Background[edit]

Born in Pune to the North Indian parents in a Punjabi family, he did his schooling in Ludhiana at B.C.M. Arya Model School,[1] and graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Nagpur University at Raisoni College of Engineering and then joined Infosys. In 2010, Rohit completed acting course at Anupam Kher's Actor Prepares School.[14][15]

Career[edit]

Rohit begin his acting career with a corporate short film. Later, he played lead roles in theatres at Chandigarh, Sydney and had won Best Actor "First Runner Up" Award at Abhinay School of Performing Arts Sydney.[16] He has also done Australian Television Programs like A Current Affair and Legally Brown,[17] and worked as Radio narrator for various Australian Government Educational programs.

In 2013, Rohit made debut as a lead actor in a Telugu Feature film NRI - Now Return to India,[18] directed by Raghunandan Gudur and co-starring Ahuti Prasad and Hema.[19] He also played a cameo as Anushka Shetty's fiancé in Selvaraghavan's Irandam Ulagam.[20][21][22]

Later in 2015, Rohit played the lead role in Love & Love Only that was released in Australia on 24 September 2016.[23][24][25][26] It was directed by Indian born Australian film director Julian Karikalan who is also the editor and producer of the film.[27] Australian actress Georgia Nicholas played the lead actress in the film. The music is given by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja and this is his first English feature film as a music director. The songs were sung by the South Australian singer Rachael Leahcar and the background tracks were recorded in Prasad Studios, Chennai.[28][29][30][31]

Love & Love Only was released worldwide online on 22 November 2016 and was launched by Venkat Prabhu, from Chennai, India.

The film had earlier won two awards at the International Film and Entertainment Festival of Australia in 2015.[32]

Filmography[edit]

Films
Year Title Role Notes
2013 NRI - Now Return to India Hari Prasad
2014 Irandam Ulagam
2016 Love & Love Only Krishna

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Cinema Plus - Long Journey". The Hindu. 2 September 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "The Indian Sun". theindiansun.com.au. The Indian Sun. 16 February 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Indian Techie is Mr India Australia". techgoss.Com. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Big W". bigw.com.au. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "NSW Transport". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "NSW Transport". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "ISWA". iswa-perth.org. 8 November 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "nettv4u". nettv4u.com. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "Play in a Day". stagewhispers.com.au. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Naughty Nights at Nine". fringeworld.com.au. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "Short and Sweet". australianstage.com.au. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  12. ↑ "short plus sweet perth". ptt.wa.gov.au. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  13. ↑ "shortandsweet". shortandsweet.org. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  14. ↑ "Anupam's acting school completes 4 years". Glamsham. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  15. ↑ "Anupam Kher's acting school 'Actor Prepares' completes its 4 years". The India Post. 21 August 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  16. ↑ "Congrats to." abhinay.com.au. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  17. ↑ "Legally Brown Season 2 Credits". SBS TV. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  18. ↑ "N.R.I Now Return To India Contest". Great Andhra. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  19. ↑ "NRI Movie". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  20. ↑ "Irandaam Ulagam - Kani Mozhiyae Song". You Tube. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  21. ↑ "Review - Irandaam Ulagam". hindustantimes.com. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  22. ↑ "Indian Techie is Mr India Australia". techgoss.Com. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  23. ↑ "Legendary Indian Composer ILAIYARAAJA Scores Music and Songs for His First English Film". prnewswire. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  24. ↑ "ராஜா கணக்கு தப்பாது!". குங்குமம் சினிமா. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  25. ↑ "Crossing Borders and Cultures". Indian Express. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  26. ↑ "Ilaiyaraja composes music for Indo-Australian film". deccanchronicle. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  27. ↑ "Taking the musical route". thehindu.Com. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  28. ↑ "Ilayaraja goes international with English film 'Love and Love Only'". radio and music. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  29. ↑ "Ilayaraja goes international with English film 'Love and Love Only'". Business Standard. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  30. ↑ "Ilaiyaraaja Scores First-Time Filmmaker's 'Love And Love Only'". Forbes. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  31. ↑ "love love only movie". akatheversatile.com. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  32. ↑ "Award Winning Composer ilayaraja's Film Soundtrack Released : Love and Love Only Film Score Available Ahead of Indian-Australian Film Debut". the indian telegraph. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
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