Parth Laghate (born 11 March 1991)
known as Parth Samthaan is an
Indian actor. He started off his acting career by featuring in
Gumrah: End of Innocence as Siddharth and
Best Friends Forever?
''Best Friends Forever?'' (or ''BFF'') is an Indian teen drama which aired on Channel V India from 3 December 2012, to 25 May 2013. The show ran for a total of 140 episodes and is loosely based on the American show '' Pretty Little Liars''.
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as Prithvi Sanyal both in the same year. Samthaan rose to fame after portraying Manik Malhotra in ''
Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan'' and Anurag Basu in ''
Kasautii Zindagii Kay Kasautii Zindagii Kay may refer to:
* ''Kasautii Zindagii Kay'' (2001 TV series), an Indian soap opera
* ''Kasautii Zindagii Kay'' (2018 TV series), an Indian soap opera, reboot of the 2001 series
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''.
Career
Samthaan started off his acting career by featuring in episodics like
Life OK
Life OK was an Indian pay television channel owned by Star India
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's ''
Savdhaan India
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'',
MTV India
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's ''
Webbed'',
Bindass
Bindass is an Indian pay television Hindi-language Music channel owned by Disney Star, targeted at young people. It was launched on 24 September 2007.
History
UTV Software Communications launched Bindass as a youth-oriented entertainment chan ...
's ''
Yeh Hai Aashiqui
''Yeh Hai Aashiqui'' () is an Indian Hindi-language television romance anthology series that premiered on 25 August 2013 on Bindass. It presents dramatisations of the real life love stories created by Vikas Gupta. The show went off air on 7 Au ...
'' and
Zing's ''
Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya''.
In 2012, he portrayed Prithvi Sanyal in
Channel V
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's ''
Best Friends Forever?
''Best Friends Forever?'' (or ''BFF'') is an Indian teen drama which aired on Channel V India from 3 December 2012, to 25 May 2013. The show ran for a total of 140 episodes and is loosely based on the American show '' Pretty Little Liars''.
...
'' opposite
Charlie Chauhan. From 2014 to 2015, he portrayed Manik Malhotra in
MTV India
MTV India is an Indian pay television channel specialising in music, reality and youth culture programming. It was launched in 1996 as the Indian version of MTV and is owned by Viacom 18, a joint venture operation between MTV International ow ...
's ''
Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan'' opposite
Niti Taylor. His character was reinstated for the second season.
Samthaan signed his first Bollywood debut, ''Googly Ho Gayi'' in 2016. He also attempted playback singing for his second song ''Jind Meri''. In 2018, he returned to play Manik Malhotra in
Voot
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's ''
Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan 3''.
From 2018 to 2020, Samthaan portrayed Anurag Basu opposite
Erica Fernandes
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in
Star Plus
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's ''
Kasautii Zindagii Kay Kasautii Zindagii Kay may refer to:
* ''Kasautii Zindagii Kay'' (2001 TV series), an Indian soap opera
* ''Kasautii Zindagii Kay'' (2018 TV series), an Indian soap opera, reboot of the 2001 series
{{disambiguation ...
'' for which he won the
Indian Telly Award for Best Jodi Popular and Kalakar Award for Best Actor Popular.
In 2019, he played Faizal Alghazi in
ALT Balaji
ALTBalaji is an Indian subscription based video on demand platform which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Balaji Telefilms Ltd. Launched on 16 April 2017, ALTBalaji is the group's foray into the digital entertainment sphere to create original ...
's ''
Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain 2'' opposite
Pooja Banerjee.
In 2020, he was seen in
ALT Balaji
ALTBalaji is an Indian subscription based video on demand platform which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Balaji Telefilms Ltd. Launched on 16 April 2017, ALTBalaji is the group's foray into the digital entertainment sphere to create original ...
's web-series ''
Mai Hero Boll Raha Hu''.
He is all set to make his Bollywood debut with the upcoming film ''Ghudchadhi''.
Media
In 2015, Samthaan was placed 11th in ''
Eastern Eye
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''s Top 50 Sexiest Asian Men List.
He was ranked 3rd in ''
Times of India
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''s 25 "Most Desirable Men on Television" List, 2018. In 2019, he was listed 2nd on the same list and maintained his position at 2nd rank in 2020 as well.
He was also ranked in
The Times Most Desirable Men at No. 22 in 2019, at No. 20
in 2020.
Filmography
Films
Television
Special appearances
Web series
Music videos
Awards and nominations
See also
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List of Indian television actors
References
External links
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1991 births
21st-century Indian male actors
Indian male television actors
Living people