Saurabh Pandey (born 11 May 1988) is an

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and Bollywood actor. Famously known for his portrayal as Lord

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in Suryaputra Karn on

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. His debut TV show as lead was Siddharth Basu's first Fiction TV show ''

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'' for 9X TV in (2007). He later played the role of Shaurya in his second TV show titled ''

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'' for

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channel. He also played the role of protagonist in shows like '' Tere Mere Sapne'', '' Ganga Kii Dheej'' and '' Razia Sultan''.

Early life and education

Saurabh Pandey was born in New Delhi,

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to Hindu Brahmin parents. He started his education at

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. Saurabh furthered his education in

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where he studied at Mussoorie Modern School for six months and then later went on to complete his education at

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Career

Saurabh got his first TV show with Siddharth Basu's

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, titled ''

''. The show aired on 9X channel. ''

'' was

's first fiction TV show. Saurabh played the main lead role of Chandan Bhamani. He then acted in another show ''Angad'', which was originally supposed to be aired on 9X TV but due to the winding up of ANGAD TV, the show was re-launched by

. as ''

''. The romantic action based fantasy drama was produced by Sunjoy Wadhwa's

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. Saurabh played the title role of super hero Shaurya. A show by

channel in September 2009, titled '' Tere Mere Sapne'' and produced by Sunjoy Wadhwa's

was Saurabh's next show. Saurabh played the role of the protagonist, Sarju, a simple boy from a small village living his life in a big metropolitan city like

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. In the year 2011, Saurabh appeared in a TV show titled '' Ganga Kii Dheej''. This was a joint venture of

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's Baweja Movies and Flying turtle Films. The show aired on

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, and Saurabh played the role of Shivom. After four years of gap in his acting career. In August 2015 Saurabh got back to his acting career and was seen on &TV's historical TV show '' Razia Sultan'' playing the role of Jamal-Ud-Din-Yakut. Immediately after the ending of his show ''Razia Sultan'' in November 2015, he was offered the role of

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in Suryaputra Karn on

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by the same production house " Swastik Pictures", who produced the TV show ''Razia Sultan''.

Personal life

Saurabh is the eldest among 3 siblings and was in a relationship with Indo-Canadian model and actress Zara Barring. After a 10 years of long term relationship with Zara Barring, both got married on 28 November 2017 in Juhu ISKCON temple Mumbai His brother Gaurav Pandey is also an actor and made his debut in Hindi film ''

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'' as Shaunty.

Filmography

As actor – TV shows

Films

Music videos

References

External links

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Saurabh's production company website {{DEFAULTSORT:Pandey, Saurabh Indian male television actors Living people Male actors from New Delhi Indian male film actors People from New Delhi 1988 births