Of the post-2010 generation of Bollywood leading men, no actor has built a career on as deliberate a slate of unconventional roles as Ayushmann Khurrana — the Chandigarh-born radio jockey who, after winning MTV Roadies 2007, made his Bollywood debut in Vicky Donor (2012) playing a sperm donor, and over the next decade headlined a string of issue-driven hits that no other leading man would touch: Andhadhun (2018), Article 15 (2019), Bala (2019), Shubh Mangal Saavdhan, Dream Girl, Doctor G. He is the rarest of Hindi-cinema things — a star whose every film makes a point. Behind every commercial bet sat a remarkably grounded Punjabi-Chandigarh family.

The Family's Roots: The Punjabi Khatri Family of Chandigarh

The Khurrana family belongs to the Punjabi Khatri community, settled in Chandigarh for two generations. Ayushmann was born Nishant Khurrana on 14 September 1984.

His Father: P. Khurrana

P. Khurrana is a Chandigarh-based astrologer who has written newspaper columns on Vedic astrology for decades.

His Mother: Poonam Khurrana

Poonam Khurrana is a homemaker.

His Brother: Aparshakti Khurana

Aparshakti Khurana, born 18 November 1987, is a Bollywood actor in his own right (Dangal, Stree, Pati Patni Aur Woh, Berlin) and was previously a radio jockey at Big FM. He married Aakriti Ahuja in 2014.

His Wife: Tahira Kashyap Khurrana

Tahira Kashyap Khurrana, born 3 April 1983 in Chandigarh, is a filmmaker, author, and breast-cancer survivor (diagnosed in 2018). She is the writer-director of films including Sharmaji Ki Lag Gai (a short) and writer of memoirs including The 12 Commandments of Being a Woman. She met Ayushmann in school in Chandigarh.

They married on 1 November 2008.

Their Children: Virajveer and Varushka

Ayushmann and Tahira have two children:

  • Virajveer Khurrana, born 3 January 2012
  • Varushka Khurrana, born 21 March 2014

The Khurrana Family Tree at a Glance

Community / Origins

  • Punjabi Khatri community
  • Family home: Chandigarh

Parents

  • Father: P. Khurrana — Chandigarh-based astrologer/columnist
  • Mother: Poonam Khurrana — homemaker

Siblings

  • Ayushmann Khurrana (born Nishant Khurrana), 14 September 1984
  • Aparshakti Khurana (b. 18 November 1987) — Bollywood actor; married Aakriti Ahuja (2014)

Ayushmann Khurrana

  • Born 14 September 1984, Chandigarh
  • St John's High School, Chandigarh; DAV College, Chandigarh (BA Theatre); School of Communication Studies, Panjab University (MA Mass Communication)
  • Won MTV Roadies 2 (2007); RJ at Big FM, Delhi
  • Bollywood debut: Vicky Donor (2012)
  • Major films: Bareilly Ki Barfi (2017), Andhadhun (2018), Article 15 (2019), Bala (2019), Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan (2020), Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui (2021), Doctor G (2022), Action Hero (2022)
  • National Film Award for Best Actor (joint, for Andhadhun, 2018)
  • Padma Shri (2020)
  • Author, Cracking the Code (with Tahira, 2019)

Wife: Tahira Kashyap Khurrana

  • Born 3 April 1983, Chandigarh
  • Filmmaker, author, breast-cancer survivor (2018)
  • Married Ayushmann on 1 November 2008

Children

  • Virajveer Khurrana (b. 3 January 2012)
  • Varushka Khurrana (b. 21 March 2014)

What the Khurrana Family Story Teaches Us

An astrologer father. A homemaker mother. Two brothers who both became Hindi-cinema actors. A school-sweetheart wife who is a filmmaker, an author, and a cancer survivor. Two young children growing up in Mumbai while their parents shaped both Hindi cinema and the public conversation about breast cancer in India. From one Chandigarh household — a deeply quiet middle-class family — came two of modern Bollywood's most distinctive actors and a public voice for health-and-women's-issues advocacy.

For every family — large or small, famous or otherwise — the Khurrana story carries the same lesson. Sometimes both children of a family enter the same field. Sometimes the spouse's career runs parallel to the famous one. Write down everyone, not just the most-photographed. The Khurrana family tree contains four working creative professionals from a single household. That density of talent is itself worth recording.

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