Akashdeep Saigal

Akashdeep Saigal is an Indian actor who works in Hindi television. He is best known for his portrayal of Ansh Gujral and Ekalavya Gujral in Star Plus's soap opera Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as well as participating in the reality show Bigg Boss 5 in which he became a finalist.^[1]

Akashdeep Saigal
Born	(1974-10-29) 29 October 1974 (age 50) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Other names	Sky
Occupation(s)	Model, Actor
Years active	1997–2017

Personal life

Saigal's father and older brother are lawyers. He also has a sister, Madhu Bhatia who lives in Dubai. During his modeling days he dated Madhu Sapre for 6 months, and Shazahn Padamsee for 3 years. He took the alias 'Sky' as it is how his close friends address him. He also dated Pooja Bedi for 3 years after they met on Bigg Boss 5

Career

Akash won the Gladrags Manhunt Contestant, supermodel of the year in 1998. The same year he appeared on the 1998 music video for Shweta Shetty's Deewane to Deewane Hain. He started his acting career with the film Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi (1999). He made his debut on small screen with the popular serial Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi on Star Plus.^[2] He had participated in the first season of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 1, a dance competition on Sony Entertainment Television.^[3]

In 2009, he has played the role of the villain in Tamil language film Ayan. He also played the villain in the Tamil film Kavan in 2017.

Filmography

• 1999 Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi as Ronnie^[4]
• 2003 Supari as Mushy^[4]
• 2009 Ayan as Kamalesh (Tamil film)^[5]
• 2014 Sultanat as Tabraiz (Pakistani Film)^[6]
• 2017 Kavan as Kalyan (Tamil film)^[7]

Television

Year	Name	Role	Notes	Ref
2004–2005	Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi	Ansh Gujral		[2]
2006–2008		Ekalavya Gujral
2005	Kkusum	Trishul Kapoor		[8]
	Time Bomb 9/11	Usman Bin Laden		[8]
2006	Fear Factor India	Contestant	Finalist	[8]
	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 1		5th Place	[9]
2007–2008	Kuchh Is Tara	Ranbir Nanda	Lead role	[10]
2008	Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki	Kans	Supporting role	[8]
	Kaho Na Yaar Hai	Contestant	Along with Sanaya Irani	[8]
	Comedy Circus		Along with Pervez Siddiqui	[8]
	Kaun Jeetega Bollywood Ka Ticket		Finalist	[8]
2009	Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao		Evicted Day 52	[11]
2011	Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout		Finalist	[12]
2011–2012	Bigg Boss 5		Finalist	[13]
2017	Sher-e-Punjab: Maharaja Ranjit Singh	Peer Muhammad		[14]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Show	Category	Result	Ref.
2004	Indian Telly Awards	Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi	Best Actor in a Negative Role	Nominated	[15]
2005				Won	[16]
2007				Nominated	[17]