Ankit Gupta (born 6 November 1988) is an Indian television actor who is best known as Parth Kashyap in ''
Sadda Haq'', Garv Priyom Thakur in
''Begusarai'' and for his major breakthrough role Fateh Singh Virk in
Colors TV
Colors TV is an Indian general entertainment broadcast network owned by Viacom18. The network's programming consists of family dramas, comedies, youth-oriented reality shows, shows on crime and television films.
History
It was launched on ...
's ''
Udaariyaan''. In 2022, he appeared in
''Bigg Boss 16'' as a contestant.
Early life
Gupta was born on 6 November 1988 in
Meerut
Meerut (, IAST: ''Meraṭh'') is a city in Meerut district of the western part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city lies northeast of the national capital New Delhi, within the National Capital Region and west of the state capi ...
,
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...
.
He completed his education at IPEC Engineering College.
Career
He started his career by doing a job at a call center and later moved to Mumbai, where he did many commercials and music videos before he started acting.
Gupta made his acting debut in 2012, as Dr. Abhishek Kumar in Colors TV series ''
Balika Vadhu
''Balika Vadhu'' (English: The Child Bride) is an Indian soap opera that was aired on Colors TV between 21 July 2008 and 31 July 2016 with 2,248 episodes. The story is set in rural Rajasthan and revolves around the life of a child bride from ...
''. The same year, he was seen as Nalender Yadav in the Hindi film Tutiya Dil. In 2014, he rose to fame playing Parth Kashyap in Channel V India's show ''
Sadda Haq''.
Gupta was seen playing recurring roles in ''
Begusarai
Begusarai is the industrial and financial capital of Bihar and the administrative headquarters of the Begusarai district, which is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar. The district lies on the northern bank of th ...
'' as Garv Thakur, ''
Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi'' as Jatin Roy, ''
Mayavi Maling'' as Chegu and, ''
Kundali Bhagya
''Kundali Bhagya'' () is an Indian Hindi-language romantic drama television series created by Ekta Kapoor. It premiered on 12 July 2017 on Zee TV. A spin-off series of ''Kumkum Bhagya'', it stars Shraddha Arya, Manit Joura, Ruhi Chaturvedi, ...
'' as Pawan Malhotra. He has also been part of the web series ''
Illegal - Justice, Out Of Order'', ''Bekaboo 2'', and ''
Main Hero Boll Raha Hu''.
From 2021 to 2022, Gupta was seen playing the male lead, Fateh Singh Virk, in
Colors TV
Colors TV is an Indian general entertainment broadcast network owned by Viacom18. The network's programming consists of family dramas, comedies, youth-oriented reality shows, shows on crime and television films.
History
It was launched on ...
's popular drama ''
Udaariyaan''.
Since October 2022, he is seen participating in the
Colors TV
Colors TV is an Indian general entertainment broadcast network owned by Viacom18. The network's programming consists of family dramas, comedies, youth-oriented reality shows, shows on crime and television films.
History
It was launched on ...
's reality show ''
Bigg Boss 16''.
Filmography
Films
Television
Special appearances
Web series
Music videos
Awards and nominations
See also
*
List of Indian actors
*
List of Indian television actors
References
External links
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Living people
Indian television actors
Indian male television actors
Indian male soap opera actors
21st-century Indian male actors
Male actors in Hindi television
1988 births
Indian male models
Male actors from Uttar Pradesh
People from Meerut