Parmeet Sethi

Parmeet Sethi is an Indian film and television actor, director and writer. He is best known for portraying Kuljeet Singh in Aditya Chopra's directorial debut Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995). He has acted in films such as Dhadkan (2000), Om Jai Jagadish (2002), Lakshya (2004), Baabul (2006), Dil Dhadakne Do (2015), Rustom (2016), Laila Majnu (2018) and Bhangra Paa Le (2020).

Parmeet Sethi
Sethi in 2016
Born11 December[1]
NationalityIndian
Occupation
  • Actor
  • Director
  • Writer
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1992)​
Children2
RelativesNiki Aneja Walia (cousin)

Sethi made his directorial debut with Badmaash Company (2010) which earned him a nomination for the Best Debutante Director at Zee Cine Awards.

Apart from films, Sethi is also active in television shows and has appeared in Dastaan (1994) and Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin (2003), Detective Omkar Nath (2006), Sujata (2008), Pehredaar Piya Ki (2017), My Name Ijj Lakhan (2019), Special OPS (2020) and Hundred (2020).

Personal life

Sethi married actress Archana Puran Singh on 30 June 1992.[1][2] They have two sons Aaryamann and Ayushmaan.[1] He is the cousin of TV actress Niki Aneja Walia.[2]

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 Shah Rukh Khan.

He later starred in Diljale (1996) as Captain Ranveer with Ajay Devgn and Sonali Bendre. He also starred in the critically acclaimed Punjabi film 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 1990s. The role in it was highly appreciated amongst the masses. In 2004 he starred in Israeli film 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 million Indian rupees whereas its budget was 130 million Indian rupees. Parmeet wrote its entire script with dialogues in just six days.[3]

He has also directed the Indian sitcom television series Sumit Sambhal Lega along with Deven Bhojani and Shashant Shah.

Filmography

Television

As a director
FilmYearDirectorWriterNotes
Badmaash Company(2010)Nominated For- Zee Cine Award for Best Debutante Director
Sumit Sambhal Lega(2015-2016)41 episodes
Har Mard Ka Dard(2017)109 episodes

Nominations
Year Award Category Work Result
2004 Indian Telly Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin Nominated
2010 Zee Cine Awards Best Debutante Director Badmaash Company Nominated

References
  1. "Archana Puran Singh gives husband Parmeet Sethi a birthday gift he 'never expected nor wanted', see his response". Hindustan Times. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  2. "Indiantelevision dot com's Special Report: Sibling revelry". 27 May 2003. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  3. "The four characters of 'Badmaash Company' picked from real life". Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
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