Anshuman Jha

Anshuman Jha is an Indian film and theatre actor best known for his work in Love Sex Aur Dhokha. He had been rated as one of the "Top Ten Bollywood Actors of 2010" by Rediff. His performance in his last five releases – 2014 release Yeh Hai Bakrapur, the 2015 release X: Past Is Present, the 2016 release Chauranga, the 2017 release Mona Darling, the 2018 release Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain & the 2019 release No Fathers In Kashmir have been widely applauded by critics and audiences alike. His 2020 web show Mastram for MX Player has crossed over 700 Million Views to become the most viewed Indian series.

He turned Producer with his film Mona Darling under his banner First Ray Films. He did his schooling from Manava Bharati India International School New Delhi, and graduated with a degree in economics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. He also has a diploma in Acting from Barry John's Imago School of Acting. He was also voted as the "Advertising Face of the Year 2011" by CNBC-TV18's Storyboard. He was also be seen as the Lead Character of "Bhola" in the Biggest Bollywood Musical of India – Jhumroo – at Kingdom of Dreams in Gurgaon from February 2016 to March 2017.

Career
He began his theatre journey as a 13-year-old by coming to Mumbai from Delhi for Summertime Acting Workshops At Prithvi Theatre. Soon, he made his debut as a professional stage actor in a host of children's plays such as "Jhagrapoor" and "Lalchi" at Prithvi Theatre as a 15-year-old. Jha finished the Diploma Acting Course from Barry John's Academy as a 17-year-old, the youngest ever to have passed out of the course then. He was then cast by Barry John in his play "Its All About Money Honey" in 2002. Jha shifted his base to Mumbai as an 18-year-old and graduated from St. Xavier's College. During these three years he worked in a host of experimental and non-experimental plays with directors like Quasar Padamsee, Joy Fernandes and Jaimini Pathak. He was assisting Subhash Ghai for a period of three years, during which he acted and directed plays such as Mr. Kolpert. His devised play Dirty Talk was directed by Nayantara Roy. It was India's representation at Contact-World Theatre Festival in 2010 at Manchester, UK. His most recent play is Ramu Ramanathan's classic "The Boy Who Stopped Smiling" where he plays the lead character. Anshuman Jha made his feature film debut as a lead actor in Ekta Kapoor and Dibakar Banerjee's Love Sex Aur Dhokha. He has done a select high-profile endorsements for Red Label and Pepsi. He also endorsed Tata Sky from 2011–12. He was seen in a series of adverts for the same "Poochne mein kya jaata hain" campaign. His second release was Kismat Love Paisa Dilli (KLPD) in 2012 and though the film tanked, he was hailed as the most entertaining thing in the film as Nunna by Filmfare. He had one release in 2013 in Boyss Toh Boyss Hain, in which he played the protagonist of a Sardar alongside Raj Kumar and Manu Rishi. His performance was applauded in the critically acclaimed film Yeh Hai Bakrapur, released on 9 May. He gave a commendable performance in his recent release Mona Darling. Anshuman is doing a film Hum Bhi Akele Tum Bhi Akele with Zareen Khan which is scheduled to release in 2020. The film is about a unique love story about two homosexuals. He has also featured in the recent released MX player web series Mastram which was released in April 2020.