Raghav Juyal

Raghav Juyal (born 10 July 1991) is an Indian actor, dancer, choreographer, and television presenter. He is known as the "King of Slow Motion" for his surreal dance moves in slow motion style and for his reinvention of the Slow Motion Walk in India. He rose to fame after being a contestant and finalist in Zee TV's dance reality show Dance India Dance 3 and a skipper for the team Raghav Ke Rockstars in Dance India Dance Li'l Masters 2 and Dance Ke Superkids where his team was declared the winner under his captainship. Juyal was a contestant on Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 7. In 2024, he garnered recognition with the action thriller Kill (2024) and the Netflix series The Ba***ds of Bollywood (2025).

Early life Raghav Juyal was born to Deepak Juyal, an advocate, and Alka Bakshi Juyal, his mother is a Punjabi. He was born and brought up in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Born in a Garhwali Brahmin family he belongs to his ancestral village Khetu in Uttarakhand.

Career

Dancing Juyal became known when his audition video went viral on YouTube. He was a contestant on the first season of Dance India Dance, which aired on Zee TV. He was not professionally trained by anyone prior to coming on the show. Juyal showcased a new dance style but wasn't selected in the Top 18 by the Grand Master in Mega Audition. Later, on public demand, Grand Master Mithun Chakraborty made an exception in the format by reintroducing him on the show as his "trump card" in the wild-card round, through which he entered the competition again.

Thereafter, Juyal created different dance-forms and reached the finale. He was the most popular contestant of the season having garnered the most No. 1 positions in weekly voting. At the grand finale, he was voted with votes in the 2nd runner up position.

After DID, Raghav became the skipper of team Raghav Ke Rockstars in the second season of DID Li'l Masters where he choreographed for Saumya Rai and Rohan Parkale. He was the only skipper to lead both of his students to the Grand finale, in which Rohan and Saumya attained 2nd and 3rd runner up positions respectively.

Raghav then choreographed for Zee TV's show Dance Ke Superkids as the Captain of the second season's DID Li'l Masters team Yahoo and competed against the first season's DID Li'l Masters team Wakao – with Dharmesh Yelande as the Captain. In the Grand Finale, his team was declared the winner.

Acting In 2014, Juyal debuted as an actor by playing a pivotal role in the comedy film Sonali Cable, co-starring Rhea Chakraborty and Ali Fazal, produced by Ramesh Sippy Entertainment which was released on 17 October 2014. One reviewer singled out Raghav's vivacious performance and praised his screen presence, while another says he "steals every scene he's in" and another says he is "better than the leads". The next year he starred in the dance film, ABCD 2, which was released on 19 June 2015, directed by Remo D'Souza co-starring Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor. Later, he also hosted the first season of dance reality show Dance Plus which aired on Star Plus. In the same year, he co-hosted Prem Ki Diwali along with Karishma Tanna which was broadcast on Life Ok.

In 2016, he was seen in Khatron Ke Khiladi season 7 as a contestant which aired on Colors TV. Later, he hosted the second season of Dance Plus. In the same year, he also co-hosted and appeared on Star Parivaar Awards and Colors Golden Petal Awards. Later he hosted and performed on the show, Timeless Aisha which was aired on Zee Classic. The following year he co-hosted the singing reality show, Rising Star along with Meiyang Chang which aired on Colors TV. In mid 2017, he has hosted the third season of Dance Plus. In the same year, he began co-hosting the dance reality show, Dance Champions, with Ridhima Pandit.

In 2018, he co-hosted the second season of the singing reality show, Dil Hai Hindustani along with Mukti Mohan. He then starred in the romantic comedy film, Nawabzaade In 2019, he hosted the fifth season of Dance Plus.

In 2020, he featured in dance film Street Dancer 3D The movie was released on 2 October 2020 on Disney+ Hotstar due to COVID-19 pandemic and received positive reviews from the audience and critics. Raghav next starred opposite Ankita Sharma in a romantic movie titled Wedlock directed by Sachin Karande. The shoot was completed in various locations of Mumbai in 25 days shoot schedule. The film was set to release in August 2021, but has been shelved.

On 15 February 2021, Farhan Akhtar dropped the first teaser of his new film, and announced Yudhra to be produced by his company, Excel Entertainment. Raghav along with Siddhant Chaturvedi and Malavika Mohanan. The film was directed by Ravi Udyawar. Yudhra 's story and screenplay have been penned jointly by Farhan Akhtar and Shridhar Raghavan. The film released in 2024.

In 2024, Juyal attained wider recognition as an actor in the film Kill, in which he essayed the role of the antagonist, while debutante Lakshya starred as the protagonist. In 2025, Juyal was felicitated with International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) for Best Performance in a Negative Role at 25th IIFA Awards, for his performance in the film. Juyal reunited with Lakshya in the web-series The Ba***ds of Bollywood, which brought him further recognition.

He is now set to star in the film Bhai Tera Star Hai, which is his first theatrical lead role as an actor, opposite influencer and actor Niharika NM. He will also be appearing in the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer King.

Artistry

His signature step was slow motion walk. Choreographers like Geeta Kapoor and Remo D'Souza and Terrence Lewis have stated that they had never seen anyone emulate the slow motion walk in India, as realistically, before Raghav. Raghav is a trained actor, mentored by the actor and acting coach Saurabh Sachdeva.

Filmography As Film Actor

Television

Web series