Background
Ahluwalia was born in Coventry, England. Ahluwalia grew up in Oadby, Leicester, where he attended first Launde Primary School, and later Beauchamp College, where he achieved 10 A* grades at GCSE and straight As at A Level.
Ahluwalia was born in Coventry, England. Ahluwalia grew up in Oadby, Leicester, where he attended first Launde Primary School, and later Beauchamp College, where he achieved 10 A* grades at GCSE and straight As at A Level.
He later attended University College London for one year, studying Spanish and Russian, before dropping out to pursue a television career.
He is of English and Indian descent, and speaks fluent Punjabi. He has one sibling, Ramanique, who is an aspiring actress currently training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New New York While at school, he had a number of small roles, including a speaking role in the film My Angel.
In 2010, Ahluwalia got his big break when he successfully auditioned for the role of host in the children"s television series Art Attack.
He presented the show for one series in 2011, filming in Argentina, before being replaced by Lloyd Warbey. In 2011, Ahluwalia begun work on his first, and as yet only album, entitled All Your Letters.
Ahluwalia"s next big break was securing the recurring part of lovable badboy Rocky in British Broadcasting Corporation Three"s Some Girls. He plays the love interest of the main character Viva, who is played by Adelayo Adedayo.
The first season aired in 2012, with the second season being aired in 2013.
He also features in the show"s third series, which aired in late 2014. He has to date featured in eight episodes. A role in British Broadcasting Corporation One"s Casualty was next, as he performed in an episode entitled "Seeing in the Dark", which aired on 27 October 2012.
Ahluwalia had a small part in The Bible, where he played young David, slayer of Goliath.
Filmed in Morocco, this miniseries screened on the History Channel in 2013. Perhaps his best received performance to date was an appearance in the British Broadcasting Corporation drama Ripper Street, where he played Vincent Featherwell, a gay prostitute posing as a telegraph boy, in the episode "Threads of Silk and Gold", which was the fifth episode of the second series.
Ahluwalia featured again on British Broadcasting Corporation One in December 2013, in the film The Whale which tells the true story of the sinking of the whaleship Essex. In 2013, he produced a short film entitled "Modern Manitoba" with director Sebastien Solberg.
The film tells the story of an accidental time-travelling cave-woman and her chance encounter with Rupert on the day he plans to propose to his girlfriend.
He has also filmed an as-yet unreleased film for National Broadcasting Company Universal.