Karan Kundra is a film and television actor who hails from a business family in Jalandhar, Punjab. He has three elder sisters. Kundra studied at Mayo College, Ajmer, Rajasthan, and pursued an MBA.

Karan Kundra made his debut with Ekta Kapoor's Kitani Mohabbat Hai (2009) on NDTV Imagine in which he played the lead role of Arjun Punj. He also played the lead in the show’s sequel. He then played the lead in Bayttaab Dil Kee Tamanna Hai on Sony TV. He also appeared in the anthology series of 90-minute telefilms, Teri Meri Love Stories.

Karan Kundra was the host of the first three seasons of Channel [V] India’s show Gumrah: End Of Innocence. He was also popular as a gang leader in MTV Roadies’s seasons 12 and 13. He is the main lead in Sony TV's romantic drama Dil Hi Toh Hai in which he plays Ritvik Noon.

Karan Kundra has acted in several movies like the musical drama Pure Punjabi (2012, Punjabi), Horror Story (2013, Hindi), Jatt Romantic (2013, Punjabi), Mere Yaar Kaminey (2014, Punjabi), the comedy Control Bhaji Control (2014, Punjabi), Anees Bazmee's romantic comedy Mubarakan (2017) and the horror film 1921 (2018).