Rohit Kalia Explained

Rohit Kalia
Birth Place:Pune, Maharashtra, India
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:2013–present

Rohit Kalia is an Indian Australian actor, model and voiceover artist 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 Naughty 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

Born in Pune into 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] He is fluent in English, Hindi and Punjabi.[16] [17]

Career

Rohit begins 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.[18] He has also done Australian Television Programs like A Current Affair and Legally Brown,[19] and worked as Radio narrator for various Australian Government Educational programs.

In 2013, Rohit made his debut as a lead actor in a Telugu Feature film NRI – Now Return to India,[20] directed by Raghunandan Gudur and co-starring Sravya Reddy.[21] He also played a cameo as Anushka Shetty's fiancé in Selvaraghavan's Irandam Ulagam.[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.[28] [29] [30]

Love & Love Only was released worldwide online on 22 November 2016.The film had earlier won two awards at the International Film and Entertainment Festival of Australia in 2015.[31]

In 2021, he was invited as a Chief Guest by Indian SGF affiliated to International Scout and Guide Fellowship during the 3rd Film Festival held in New Delhi.[32] [33] From August 2021 to October 2021, he did lead voice-overs for the Guardian Australia in its podcast episodes titled Rohingya United and Tampa affair.[34] [35]

Filmography

Films
YearTitleRoleNotes
2013NRI – Now Return to IndiaHari Prasad
2013Irandam UlagamRamya's fiancé
2015Love & Love OnlyKrishna

Notes and References

  1. News: Cinema Plus – Long Journey. The Hindu. 2 September 2012. 2016-10-01.
  2. News: The Indian Sun. theindiansun.com.au. The Indian Sun. 16 February 2014. 2017-10-11.
  3. News: Indian Techie is Mr India Australia. techgoss.Com. 18 March 2014. 2017-10-11.
  4. News: Big W. bigw.com.au. 2018-06-20.
  5. News: NSW Transport. transportnsw.info. 2019-07-29.
  6. News: NSW Transport. transportnsw.info. 2019-08-05.
  7. News: ISWA. iswa-perth.org. 8 November 2020. 2021-01-09.
  8. News: nettv4u. nettv4u.com. 28 November 2020. 2021-03-28.
  9. News: Play in a Day. stagewhispers.com.au. 6 February 2021. 2021-02-16.
  10. News: Naughty Nights at Nine. fringeworld.com.au. 22 January 2021. 2021-02-12.
  11. News: Short and Sweet. australianstage.com.au. 18 March 2021. 2021-03-21.
  12. News: short plus sweet perth. ptt.wa.gov.au. 19 March 2021. 2021-03-24.
  13. News: shortandsweet. shortandsweet.org. 20 March 2021. 2021-03-25.
  14. News: Anupam's acting school completes 4 years. Glamsham. 23 August 2010. 2016-10-01.
  15. News: Anupam Kher's acting school 'Actor Prepares' completes its 4 years. The India Post. 21 August 2010. 2016-10-01.
  16. News: Rohingya United: the football team bringing together refugees. open.spotify.com. 19 December 2021. 2022-01-24.
  17. News: Rohingya United: the football team bringing together refugees. podcasts.apple.com. 19 December 2021. 2022-01-24.
  18. News: Congrats to... abhinay.com.au. 11 September 2011. 2016-10-01.
  19. News: Legally Brown Season 2 Credits. SBS TV. 8 August 2014. 2016-10-01.
  20. News: N.R.I Now Return To India Contest. Great Andhra. 12 February 2013. 2016-10-01.
  21. News: NRI Movie. timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 29 April 2013. 2016-10-01.
  22. News: Indian Techie is Mr India Australia. techgoss.Com. 18 March 2014. 2016-10-01.
  23. News: Legendary Indian Composer ILAYARAAJA Scores Music and Songs for His First English Film. prnewswire. 30 September 2015. 2017-01-19.
  24. News: ராஜா கணக்கு தப்பாது!. குங்குமம் சினிமா. 4 July 2016. 2017-01-19.
  25. News: Crossing Borders and Cultures. Indian Express. 12 October 2015. 2017-01-19.
  26. News: Ilaiyaraja composes music for Indo-Australian film. deccanchronicle. 25 October 2015. 2017-01-19.
  27. News: Taking the musical route. thehindu.Com. 10 May 2016. 2017-01-19.
  28. News: Ilayaraja goes international with English film 'Love and Love Only'. Business Standard. 16 November 2016. 2017-01-19.
  29. Web site: Ilaiyaraaja Scores First-Time Filmmaker's 'Love And Love Only'. Forbes. 2017-01-19. 19 May 2015.
  30. News: love love only movie. akatheversatile.com. 26 January 2017. 2021-01-28.
  31. News: 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. 2017-01-19.
  32. News: Delhi State Scout & Guide Fellowship. sgf.org.in. 5 June 2022. 2022-06-23.
  33. News: Indian Scout & Guide Fellowship. sgf.org.in/about-us/. 5 June 2022. 2022-06-23.
  34. News: Rohingya United: the football team bringing together refugees. theguardian.com. 19 January 2022. 2022-01-24.
  35. News: How the Tampa affair changed Australia's stance on asylum seekers. theguardian.com. 10 January 2022. 2022-01-20.

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