Parmeet Sethi
Parmeet Sethi | |
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Born | (1961-10-14) 14 October 1961 New Delhi, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Actor, Film producer & Director, Writer |
Spouse(s) | Archana Puran Singh (1992-present) |
Children |
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Parmeet Sethi (born 14 October 1961) is an Indian film director and actor.
Contents
1 Personal life
2 Career
3 Filmography
3.1 Films
3.1.1 As director
3.2 Television
3.2.1 As director
4 References
5 External links
Personal life
Parmeet was educated in Mumbai. He passed out of Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics. He married a film and television actress Archana Puran Singh, on 30 June 1992. They have two sons Aaryamann and Ayushmaan. He is the cousin of TV actress Niki Aneja Walia.[1] Archana Puran Singh and Parmeet had a live-in relationship before they married.
Career
Sethi received his first claim to fame with the directorial debut of Aditya Chopra, "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" (1995), in which he played the character of Kuljeet, an arrogant alpha male betrothed to the heroine Simran (Kajol) and competes with Raj the protagonist played by Shahrukh Khan.[citation needed]
He later starred in Diljale (1996) as Captain Ranveer with Ajay Devgn and Sonali Bendre. He also starred in the critically acclaimed Punjabi movie Des Hoyaa Pardes.
He shot to fame in his TV career when he was chosen for the main lead in the Dubai-based TV serial called Dastaan in the mid 90s.
The role in it was highly appreciated amongst the masses[citation needed]. In 2004 he starred in Israeli movie Turn Left at the End of the World as a father of repatriants family from India.
In 2010, he tried his first directorial venture, Yash Raj's Badmaash Company starring Shahid Kapoor, Anushka Sharma and Meiyang Chang, which was a success at box office earning 350 millions indian rupees whereas its budget was 130 millions Indian rupees. Parmeet wrote its entire script with dialogues in just six days.[2]
He has also directed the Indian sitcom television series Sumit Sambhal Lega along with Deven Bhojani and Shashant Shah.
Filmography
Films
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) as Kuljeet Singh
Diljale (1996) as Captain Ranveer
Hero Hindustani (1998) as Rohit
Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain (1999) as Yeshwant Kumar
Dhadkan (2000) as Bob
Mela (2000) in Special Appearance
Om Jai Jagadish (2002) as Shekhar Malhotra
Turn Left at the End of the World (2004) as Roger Talkar
Des Hoyaa Pardes (2004) as Darshan Singh
Lakshya (2004) as Pakistani Maj. Shahbaaz Humdani
Kaal (2005) as Forest Officer Khan
Dil Dhadakne Do (2015) as Lalit Sood
Dus Kahaniyaan (2007) as lover
Wedding Pullav (2015) as Kumar
Rustom (2016) as Rear Admiral Prashant Kamath
Call for Fun (2017) as Dev Mehra
Gully Boy (2019) as Rehmat Ali
As director
Badmaash Company (2010)
Television
Dastaan as Karan Kapoor
Kurukshetra (1997-1998)
Tujhpe Dil Qurbaan (1995-1996) as Major Vikram Ali
Zindagi Teri Meri Kahani (2002-2003) as Rahul
Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin (2003–2006) as Raj Malhotra
Ruby Duby Hub Dub (2004) as Deepak Malhotra
Saara Akaash (2004) as Senior Officer Srinivas Rao
Nach Baliye (2005) as Himself (Contestant)
Detective Omkar Nath (D.O.N.) (2006) as Detective Omkar Nath (D.O.N)
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (2006) as Host
Maayka (2007-2009) as Prem
Sujata (2008)
Pehredaar Piya Ki (2017) as Maan Singh
My Name Ijj Lakhan(2019) as Lakhan's father Dasharath, on SAB TV
As director
Sumit Sambhal Lega (2015)
Har Mard Ka Dard (2017)
References
^ Indiantelevision dot com's Special Report: Sibling revelry
^ The four characters of 'Badmaash Company' picked from real life
External links
Parmeet Sethi on IMDb
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