Rajeev Khandelwal, born on October 16, 1975, in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, is an Indian actor, host, and singer. He is the second son of Lt. Col. C.L. Khandelwal (retired) and Mrs. Vijay Laxmi Khandelwal. Rajeev completed his schooling at Kendriya Vidyalaya in Jaipur and earned a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad. In 2007, he adopted a five-year-old girl named Swati from an institute called Muskaan. He married his longtime girlfriend, Manjiri Kamtikar, on February 7, 2011. Rajeev has expressed that he is an atheist but respects others' religious beliefs.