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Arav Chowdharry

Indian actor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ24572203
Source-derived summary

Arav Chowdharry (born 23 November 1981) is an Indian actor and model. He is best known for his role as Bhishma in the TV show Mahabharat. He is from Jaipur. He is an Indian actor who appeared in several Bollywood movies such as Dhoom and Housefull 3. He got fame for his role as Bhishma Pitamah in the 2013 edition of Mahabharat on television. He has also acted in a television series named Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Arav Chowdharry” is indian actor. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Arav, Chowdharry and Indian, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1981, 2013—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1981-11-23. For this dossier, Arav, Chowdharry and Indian is the immediate research focus.
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The phrase “indian actor” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q24572203. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1981 and 2013.

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This entry incorporates text from Arav Chowdharry” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.