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Parth Samthaan
Indian actor (born 1991) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Parth Laghate (born 11 March 1991)[1] known professionally as Parth Samthaan is an Indian actor. He began his acting career by starring in Gumrah: End of Innocence as Siddharth and Best Friends Forever? as Prithvi Sanyal in the same year. He rose to fame after portraying Manik Malhotra in Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan and Anurag Basu in Kasautii Zindagii Kay.
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Samthaan started off his acting career by featuring in episodics like Life OK's Savdhaan India, MTV India's Webbed, Bindass's Yeh Hai Aashiqui and Zing's Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya.[citation needed]
In 2012, he portrayed Prithvi Sanyal in Channel V's Best Friends Forever?. Samthaan rose to fame by playing Manik Malhotra from 2014 to 2015 in MTV India's Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan opposite Niti Taylor for seasons 1 and 2.[2]
Samthaan signed his first Bollywood debut, Googly Ho Gayi in 2016.[3] He also attempted playback singing for his second song Jind Meri.[4][5] In 2018, he returned to play Manik Malhotra in Voot's Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan 3.[6]
From 2018 to 2020, Samthaan portrayed Anurag Basu opposite Erica Fernandes in Star Plus's Kasautii Zindagii Kay for which he won the Indian Telly Award for Best Jodi Popular and Kalakar Award for Best Actor Popular.[7]
In 2019, he played Faizal Alghazi in ALT Balaji's Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain 2 opposite Pooja Banerjee.[8]
In 2020, he was seen in ALT Balaji's web-series Mai Hero Boll Raha Hu.[9]
In 2022, he returned to play Manik Malhotra in Voot's Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan 4 and 5[10]
Samthaan made his Bollywood debut with the film Ghudchadi.[11]
In April 2025, Samthaan became a part of the crime thriller show CID playing the character of ACP Ayushman. He initially rejected the role after being offered because of his unreadiness to take such a big role. Additionally, Samthaan admitted feeling 'awkward' around senior actors like Dayanand Shetty and Aditya Shrivastava, who have been a part of the show for long.[12]
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In 2015, Samthaan was placed 11th in Eastern Eye's Top 50 Sexiest Asian Men List.[13][14]
He was ranked 3rd in Times of India's 25 "Most Desirable Men on Television" List, 2018.[15] In 2019, he was listed 2nd on the same list[16] and maintained his position at 2nd rank in 2020 as well.[17]
He was also ranked in The Times Most Desirable Men at No. 22[18] in 2019, at No. 20[19] in 2020.
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