Rithvik Dhanjani is an Indian television actor and host. He was born on 5 November 1988 in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. His zodiac sign is Scorpio. He completed his graduation from City London College, England. His father’s name is Chandra Prakash Dhanjani. He has a younger sister, Heena Dhanjani.

His hobbies include travelling, dancing, shopping, watching movies and playing musical instruments.

Rithvik’s favourites

Rithvik likes to eat Butter Chicken, Bhindi, and chocolates. 

His favourite actors are Hrithik Roshan, Kajol, Ram Kapoor and Ronit Roy. 

His favourite colours are red, black and white. 

He likes to travel to Dubai. 

Rithvik’s favourite film is ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’. 

Manish Malhotra and Rohit Bahl are his favourite designers. 

Interesting facts about Rithvik

He started modelling and acting during his college days.

He has worked as a theatre artist in Dubai for some years.

Rithvik moved to Mumbai from Dubai and immediately started giving auditions. 

After that, he joined the Mumbai’s 'Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute' to learn acting.

He was paid ₹5000 for his first commercial TV advertisement.

Rithvik’s TV debut

In the year 2009, Ritwik got his first break as ‘Parth Shashank Mehta’ in the TV serial 'Bandini'.

He gained popularity from Zee TV’s serial ‘Pavitra Rishta’. His chemistry with Asha Negi was greatly admired by the audience.

Earlier his weight was around 113 kg, but then he started working out to lose his weight to receive better acting offers. 

Some of his popular shows are, Yeh Hai Aashiqui (2013), Tere Liye (2010), and Lockdown Rishtey (2020).

In the year 2011, Rithvik made his film debut with the release of ‘Jo Hum Chahe’.

Rithvik is the winner of two reality shows, 'Nach Baliye Season 6' (2013) and 'I Can Do That' (2015).

He has also participated in many other reality shows like 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5' (2012), 'Dare 2 Dance' (2014), and 'Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 8' (2017).

Hosting reality TV shows

Apart from being an actor, he has worked as an anchor in the shows, India Best Dramebaaz (2013), Dilwalon Ki Diwali (2014), V Destruction (2015), Nach Baliye 7 (2015), Siyappa Ishq Ka (2015), 'Super Dancer Season 1 (2016), India Next Superstar (2018), etc.

Rithvik was in a long-term relationship with Asha Negi. Their fans called them with a nickname ‘Ashvik’. The couple broke up in 2020 and a stir was created in the entertainment industry. 

Rithvik is frequently seen wearing a Jesus locket as he considers it his lucky mascot.

He is also a dog lover.