Belongs
To
Prestigious
Lineage
Nakuul's
family
descends
from
King
Prithviraj
Chauhan
of
Rajput
Chauhan
dynasty
of
Ajmer.
He
belongs
to
the
Udaipur
royal
family.
His
great-great
grandfather
Laxmilal
Mehta
was
the
military-in-chief
of
the
Mewar
region.
Changed
His
School
As
Many
As
10
Times!
His
father
Pratap
Singh
Mehta
was
a
Navy
Commander,
because
of
which
he
was
posted
to
different
cities.
Nakuul
had
to
change
his
school
a
total
of
10
times!
He
completed
his
Master
of
Commerce
from
Mumbai
University.
Nakuul’s
Passion
For
Dance
The
actor
is
also
trained
in
dance
forms
including
jazz,
hip
hop,
break,
folk,
salsa
and
contemporary.
He
is
a
trained
ballroom
dancer
having
learned
it
under
India's
foremost
ballroom
teacher
and
Bollywood
choreographer
Sandip
Soparrkar.
He
represented
Maharashtra
at
the
National
Ballroom
Championship
that
was
held
at
Mysore.
He
is
a
silver
medalist
in
the
Latin
Ballroom
(rumba)
and
a
gold
medal
winner
in
the
Standard
Ballroom
(waltz).
Learnt
A
Special
Form
Of
Dance
For
His
Wife!
The
actor
learnt
a
special
form
of
dance
Bachata
specially
for
his
wife
Jankee
(then
girlfriend),
to
surprise
her
on
Valentine's
Day.
Nakkul’s
Debut
On
TV
Before
doing
television
shows,
Nakuul
did
commercials,
music
videos
and
was
associated
with
theatre
for
a
long
time.
His
debut
on
TV
was
his
commercial
with
Shahrukh
Khan
and
then
with
Salman
Khan.
Nakuul’s
Debut
Movie
He
made
his
debut
with
the
film
Haal-E-Dil,
which
didn't
do
well
at
the
Box
Office.
He
also
appeared
in
a
short
film
Avant
Garde,
which
was
featured
at
film
festivals
across
the
globe.
But
the
actor
gained
popularity
with
the
TV
show
Pyaar
Ka
Dard
Hai
in
which
he
played
the
role
of
Aditya.