Aparshakti Khurana is an Indian actor, radio jockey and a television host. He is the younger brother of actor Ayushmann Khurrana. Khurana made his acting debut with Nitesh Tiwari's biographical sports drama Dangal (2016), about the story of Mahavir Singh Phogat, an Indian amateur pehlwani wrestler, who trains his two daughters Geeta and Babita to become India's world class top-female wrestlers. Aamir Khan was cast as Mahavir, while Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra featured as the two daughters, and Khurana played Omkar, Mahavir's nephew.

Khurana's first Bollywood project came with the sports biopic Dangal (2016), which emerged as one of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time and earned him several recognitions. He subsequently portrayed supporting roles in several other commercially successful films such as Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017), Stree (2018), Luka Chuppi (2019) and Pati Patni Aur Woh (2019).