Parmish Verma (born 3 July 1990) is an Indian singer, rapper, music video director, videographer and actor associated with the

Punjabi Music The music of Punjab reflects the traditions of the Punjab region associated with Punjabi language. Punjab is currently divided into two parts: East Punjab, in India, and West Punjab, the most populous province of Pakistan. The Punjab has diver ...

and Punjabi Film Industry. He started his career as a video director then singer, and later debuted as an actor with the film '' Rocky Mental''.

Early life

Verma was born in

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, in a Punjabi

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family to a

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father Dr Satish Verma, a theatre artist, writer and professor, and a

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mother Paramjit Kaur, a professor. He has two siblings; his brother’s name is Sukhan Verma and his sister’s name is Sherry Rana.

Career

Parmish started his career as a director with the video ''zimmewari bhukh te doori'' (responsibility to stay away from hunger) which was the story of an adolescent boy. It was based on the life experience of Verma where he described the hard time he faced while living in Australia and about the advice given to him by Gurikk Maan, the son of singer

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. Verma debuted as an actor in the Punjabi movie '' Rocky Mental'' in 2017. He has also acted in the lead role in movies like ''Dil Diyan Gallan (2019),'' which he wrote and directed. Later he released more movies such as '' Singham'', and most recently ''

Jinde Meriye ''Jinde Meriye'' is a 2020 Indian Punjabi language, Punjabi romance film directed by Pankaj Batra. The film stars Parmish Verma, Sonam Bajwa, Yuvraj Hans and Navneet Kaur Dhillon in the lead roles Pankaj Batra produced the film, alongside Ashu ...

''.

Personal life

In 2018, Parmish was shot by Punjab gangster Dilpreet Baba in Mohali on his way back home from a party, from which he later recovered. He married his longtime girlfriend, Canadian politician Guneet Grewal, on 20 October 2021. On 30 September 2022, they had a daughter named Sadaa (Forever).

Selected videography

Parmish has directed several music videos for various artists like Sharry Mann,

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, Akhil, Mankirat Aulakh and Dilpreet Dhillon. Most of them were filmed in

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and

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. Below are a few selected videos directed by Parmish Verma:

Discography

Parmish Verma has sung the following Punjabi songs:

Filmography

References

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