Shakti Anand (born 23 September 1975) is an Indian television actor. He appeared in various television shows like

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, '' Saara Akaash'', '' Sambhav Asambhav'' and ''

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''. The actor also hosted the first season of the crime reality show '' Crime Patrol'' in 2004.

Life and career

Anand was born on 23 September 1975 in

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in a

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family. He studied at the Tamil Education Association university in Delhi and majored in the Science stream. After that, he received his master's degree in pharmaceutical engineering. Shakti received the offer to act in the television show ''

Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi ''Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'' ( ''Because a mother-in-law was once a daughter-in-law, too'') is an Indian Hindi-language soap opera that aired from 4 July 2000 to 7 November 2008 on Star Plus. The show was co-produced by Shobha Kapoor ...

'' while he was working as a medical examiner with

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in Delhi. He played a blind boy in telefilm ''Nayan Jyoti'', produced by Deepak Sharma and edited by Sanjeev Khanna for Doordarshan. Shakti and his wife Sai Deodhar participated in the first season of the celebrity dance show ''

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''. In the serial ''

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'', he performed as the character Shivam. The actor had worked in the daily soap called ''

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'' as Maharana Udai Singh. He has also worked in the show ''

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'' on

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. Shakti was also seen as Shiv in the show ''

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'' on &TV and as Emperor Balakumara in popular

aired on

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. Anand was last seen playing Maharaj Shiladitya, the king of Maling, in the show '' Mayavi Maling'' on

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. Anand married actress Sai Deodhar in 2005. They have a daughter born in 2011.

Filmography

Television

Films

Web series

References

External links

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