Sushant Divgikar is an Indian singer, actor, model, television personality and drag performer, widely recognised in India's LGBTQ+ entertainment circuit. He is also known by his drag stage name Rani KoHEnur. Divgikar came to public attention after winning the Mr Gay India title in 2014 and representing India at the Mr Gay World pageant the same year, and has since worked across reality television, playback singing and live performance.
| Full name | Sushant Divgikar |
|---|---|
| Stage name | Rani KoHEnur |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Profession | Singer, actor, model, drag performer, television host |
| Notable title | Mr Gay India (2014) |
| Television | Bigg Boss Season 8 (2014); Sa Re Ga Ma Pa (Zee TV) |
| Languages | Hindi, English, Marathi |
| Known for | Four-octave vocal range; LGBTQ+ advocacy in India |
Divgikar was born and raised in Mumbai, Maharashtra, into a Marathi-speaking family. He pursued formal education in the city and trained in Hindustani classical music. He is openly gay and has spoken publicly about identifying as gender-fluid, becoming one of the more visible LGBTQ+ figures in Indian mainstream entertainment.
Divgikar won the Mr Gay India title in 2014 and represented the country at the Mr Gay World contest held in Rome the same year. He had earlier participated in modelling and pageant circuits, including the Provogue Mr India contest in 2009.
In 2014, Divgikar entered the Hindi reality show Bigg Boss Season 8, hosted by Salman Khan on Colors TV, becoming one of the first openly gay contestants on the franchise. He has appeared on several singing-based and talk shows on Indian television, including a celebrated stint on Zee TV's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, where his vocal range drew wide attention.
Divgikar performs as a vocalist across genres including playback, jazz, classical and pop, and is noted for a vocal range spanning approximately four octaves, allowing him to sing in both male and female registers. As Rani KoHEnur he performs at clubs, festivals and corporate events across India and internationally, combining drag with live singing.
He has been an active voice in advocacy concerning Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, gender expression and workplace inclusion, and has spoken at universities, corporate diversity forums and public events. He welcomed the Supreme Court of India's 2018 decision in Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India, which read down Section 377 to decriminalise consensual same-sex relations.
Divgikar is regarded as one of the most prominent openly LGBTQ+ entertainers in mainstream Indian media. His combination of pageant success, reality-television visibility, classical and contemporary singing, and drag performance has helped bring drag culture and queer representation into Hindi-language popular entertainment, an area historically dominated by indirect or stereotyped portrayals.