Taaruk Raina

He grew up listening to a lot of rock music, rap, heavy metal, and ghazals, and used to sing in his school choir as well.

[5] He then performed in theatre plays, notably as the lead character in an Indian adaptation of Disney’s Aladdin,[6] where he had to act in front of a live audience and sing iconic numbers.

[10] Since November 2020, he has been portraying Anmol Malhotra in the Netflix teenage romantic drama Mismatched, where he acted as well as composed two songs for the show.

[17] In May 2023, he was a part of Audible's podcast series called Desi Down Under,[18] along with Adarsh Gourav and Prajakta Koli, directed by Mantra,[19] where the story is set in Sydney about three 20-year-olds from Mangalore who go to Australia to learn surf-lifesaving skills at Coogee Beach.

[20] In March 2025, he will be seen playing an Indian advocate in Ram Madhvani's historical drama The Waking of a Nation, a story about the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, on SonyLiv.