Kunal Khemu Wiki, Famous "Golmaal" Actor & Husband Of Soha

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Kunal Khemu or Kunal Kemmu, the Bollywood actor, started his career on television as a child artist and went on to become one of most famous child actors of the movie industry of his time. Let us take a look at his personal and professional lives.

Kunal Khemu

Childhood & Personal Life

Kunal Khemu belongs to a Kashmiri Pandit family from Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, and he also has a younger sister Karishma Kemmu. Kunal’s parents Ravi and Jyoti Kemmu were also actors while his grandfather Moti Lal Kemmu was an eminent personality, a Kashmiri playwright who got many awards from the state government for his contribution in the field of art, culture and literature. Also read about, Jhanvi Kapoor, Anand Ahuja.

Kunal went to N. L. Dalmia High School, Mira Road, for schooling and for his higher studies, he opted for Amity University, Noida.

Career

Kunal’s career in acting started when he was just 4 years old with Doordarshan serial, Gul Gulshan Gulfaam in 1987.

He made his movie debut with “Sir” in 1993 which was directed by Mahesh Bhatt. Later on, he worked as a child artist in many other movies, such as “Raja Hindustani”, “Zakhm”, “Bhai”, “Dushman”, and “Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke”.

Kunal Khemu with Shahid Kapoor and Ishaan Khatter

His first flick as a lead actor was “Kalyug” in 2005 and then he was seen in “Traffic Signal”, “Dhol”, “Superstar”, “Dhoondte Reh Jaoge”, “Jai Veeru”, etc. However, his most famous role is of Laxman in the “Golmaal” series. Some of his other flicks are “Blood Money”, “Go Goa Gone”, “Bhaag Johnny”, “Guddu Ki Gun”, etc.

Relationships

The actor dated actress Soha Ali Khan and till May 2013, they were in a live-in relationship.

In 2014, they got engaged and in 2015, they tied the knot. The couple is proud parents of a girl named as Inaaya Naumi Kemmu.

Kunal Khemu with wife Soha Ali Khan & daughter Inaaya Naumi Kemmu

Controversies

Kunal Khemu was slammed by people for making a tattoo of Hindu Lord Shiva on his leg. Kunal argued that he never wanted to show any disrespect to the Lord, he got tattooed because he is devoted to Lord Shiva.

Some time back there were rumours that things are not going well between Kunal and Soha but he denied all such rumours and it seems that they were incorrect.

Kunal Khemu with Soha, Saif Ali Khan & Kareena Kapoor

Some more information about Kunal Khemu

Kunal’s nickname is Chotu.
He has a tattoo of Om Namah Shivaya on his back.
He says that he would have become a musician or writer if not an actor.
Sharmila Tagore, Kunal’s mother-in-law, gifted him a Rs. 9 crore flat as wedding gift.