Pratik Gandhi (born 28 April 1980) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Gujarati and

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films, theater, and television. He is best known for portraying

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in the

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biographical series '' Scam 1992'' (2020). Gandhi has since starred in the 2024 films ''

Madgaon Express ''Madgaon Express'' is a 2024 Hindi-language dark comedy film written and directed by Kunal Khemu, in his directorial debut, and produced by Excel Entertainment. It stars an ensemble cast of Divyenndu, Pratik Gandhi, Avinash Tiwary, Nora Fateh ...

'' and '' Do Aur Do Pyaar''.

Early life

Gandhi was born in

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to parents who were

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s. He completed his schooling at V. D. Desai (Wadiwala) in Surat. He studied at Surat where he was involved in

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. He graduated in Industrial Engineering from the

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in 2004. From 2004 to 2007, he worked with

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in Satara and

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. He later worked at

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(cement division) in

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from January 2008 to 2016.

Career

Gandhi participated in the Gujarati play ''Aa Paar Ke Pele Paar''. He played a role in the Gujarati film ''

Bey Yaar ''Bey Yaar'' () is a 2014 Indian Gujarati language, Gujarati-language coming-of-age story, coming-of-age film directed by Abhishek Jain. The film is about friendship and focuses on two childhood friends. The film stars Manoj Joshi (actor), Manoj ...

'' (2014) and in plays ''Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon'', '' Hu Chandrakant Bakshi'' and ''Ame Badha Sathe To Duniya Laiye Mathe''. In '' Mohan's Masala'', he performed a monologue in three languages, English, Hindi and Gujarati on the same day. He played a lead role in his next film, '' Wrong Side Raju'' (2016) which won the National Award for Best Gujarati Film. His next Gujarati films '' Love Ni Bhavai'' (2017) and ''Ventilator'' (2018) were commercially successful. He played stockbroker

in the 2020

biographical drama

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'' Scam 1992'' directed by

Hansal Mehta Hansal Mehta (born 29 April 1968) is an Indian filmmaker. He started his career with television show '' Khana Khazana'' (1993–2000) and later moved on to directing films like '' Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!!'' (2000), '' Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?'' (2002) ...

. He received wide acclaim for portraying Harshad Mehta. Gandhi appeared in the 2021 Hindi film ''

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'' where he played a lead. The film received mixed reviews. His next Hindi film was '' Atithi Bhooto Bhava'' was released in 2022. Gujarati film '' Vaahlam Jaao Ne'' (2022) was his next release. He appears in Hindi film '' Dedh Bigha Zameen,'' written and directed by Pulkit. In July 2022, director Hansal Mehta announced a multi-season biographical web series on

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalism, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethics, political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful Indian ...

starring Pratik Gandhi in lead role.

Personal life

He married actress Bhamini Oza in 2009 and their daughter Miraya was born in 2014.

Acting credits

Theater

Films

Television

Podcast

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gandhi, Pratik Living people Male actors in Hindi cinema Male actors in Gujarati-language films Indian male stage actors Indian male film actors 21st-century Indian male actors People from Surat Gujarati actors Male actors from Gujarat Gujarati theatre 1980 births