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Aman Verma
Verma in 2019
Born	(1971-10-11) 11 October 1971 (age 53) Bombay (present–day Mumbai), Maharashtra, India
Occupations	Actor Television presenter
Years active	1987–present
Known for	Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai SuperCops Vs Super Villains Bigg Boss 9

Aman Yatan Verma (born 11 October 1971) is an Indian television anchor and actor. Verma is best known for role in Ekta Kapoor's soap opera Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Anupam Kapadia and for hosting the game show Khullja Sim Sim both on Star Plus from 2001 to 2004. His other hosting duties were with Mini Mathur in the first season of Indian Idol on Sony TV and Zee TV's Zee Cinestars. He has also acted in Bollywood movies. Verma was also seen in Life OK's show Hum Ne Li Hai- Shapath as ACP Diler Kumar. He also participated in the ninth season of Indian reality series Bigg Boss.

Career

Verma made his acting debut in the TV serial Pachpan Khambe Laal Deewarein with Mita Vashisht in 1993. He also played the character of Vrishaketu, son of Karna, in Mahabharat Katha. Then he started his film career with, Sangharsh (1999), portraying a supporting role. He portrayed the role of Anupam Kapadia for four years in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. In 2002, Verma portrayed the lead role of SP Aditya Pratap Singh in Kehta Hai Dil, for which he won the Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role - Male in 2003.

In 2003, Verma starred in the film Pran Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye as the solo lead opposite Rinke Khanna and in the film Koi Hai. In both films, he portrayed solo leads. Later that year, he portrayed a supporting role in Baghban (2003), which starred Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini in lead roles. Verma anchored the game show, Khullja Sim Sim on Star Plus from 2001 to 2004, until he was replaced by TV actor, Hussain Kuwajerwala, who was his co-star in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. The two also starred together in another serial Kumkum  – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan, which aired on Star Plus.

Verma has made special appearances in films through his career as an anchor. He also portrayed a comedy role of Zubin in Jaan-E-Mann (2006). In that same year, Verma portrayed his first lead role in a TV serial on Viraasat, portraying a negative role.

He was in a TV serial Teen Bahuraniyaan playing the role of a man called Sumit Desai who was in a coma for the past few years whose children died but did not know it. He was also part of the first season of a reality show on Sony TV Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao, which is inspired from the British reality show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! He played a lead role as Advocate Kunal Mehra in Sony TV's Bayttaab Dil Kee Tamanna Hai. In 2012, he acted in Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai. In 2015, he participated in Colors TV's Bigg Boss 9 as a contestant and got evicted after six weeks.

He is playing the character of an advocate in Director Shailendra Pandey's upcoming film JD.

Controversies

Verma was the target of a casting couch sting operation which was aired on India TV in March 2003. He was seen begging Suhaib Ilyasi to remove his footage from the sting operation. Verma sued India TV CEO Rajat Sharma, programme manager Suhaib Ilyasi and journalist Ruchi, who was involved in the operation, alleging that the channel wanted to "blackmail and extort money" from him.

Filmography

Films

Television

Web series

Awards

References

1. "Aman Yatan Verma goes down the memory lane". The Times of India. 14 September 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
2. "Aman Verma: Kyunki...Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi was turning point for me - NDTV Movies". NDTVMovies.com.
3. "Aman Verma in Bigg Boss 9 Double Trouble". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
4. "Bigg Boss 9 Contestant No 5: Aman Verma, the bad son of Amitabh Bachchan in Baghban". 11 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
5. "Aman Verma: 'Bigg Boss 9' will be my major comeback". Retrieved 10 October 2015.
6. "Bigg Boss 9: Aman Verma evicted, says no male contestant strong enough to win the show". 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
7. "Archive". Expressindia.com. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
8. "Aman Verma verifies in the sting case". The Times of India.
9. "Aman Verma verifies in the sting case". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
10. "Bhanupratap(Aman Verma) falls in just with Jhanvi (Vaishnavi Dhanraj) in Na Aana Is Des Laado. A dream sequence is shot on Aman and Vaishnavi on the song Aa Zara from Murder 2". The Times of India.
11. "BAD MAN! Aman Verma to play negative in Chhoti Bahu". Hindustan Times. 24 December 2011.
12. "Aman Verma enters 'Parvarish – Kuch Khati Kuch Meethi'". dailybhaskar. 13 February 2013.
13. "The cast of the upcoming show 'Aashao Ka Savera…Dheere Dheere Se' visits Ujjain city for their shoot - Times of India". The Times of India.

External links

• Aman Verma at IMDb

• Indian male television actors
• Living people
• Entertainment scandals
• Indian male soap opera actors
• Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) contestants
• Indian game show hosts
• 1971 births