Amit Tandon (born 11 April) is an Indian singer, musician, and a television actor. His career in the entertainment industry started after he participated in the reality show ''

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''. He is known for playing the characters of Prithvi Bose in '' Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai'' and Dr. Abhimanyu Modi in '' Dill Mill Gayye''. He also appeared as Subramaniam "Subbu" Chandran in ''

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'' and Abhishek Khurana in ''

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''.

Career

Tandon came to India to participate in the country's first reality TV show and had made his way to the final round of ''

''. He was the second to be eliminated on 31 December 2004. He provided vocals for the ''Indian Idol 1'' album and another album also featuring the Idol finalists titled ''Yaaron''. After ''Idol'', he was next seen as Prithvi in '' Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai'' alongside Iqbal Khan and Neha Bamb. Prithvi was a supporting character who later became an antagonist until he ended up dead in the middle of the show. He was then cast in the role of Manthan, Karan and Tanya's son, in the serial, ''

Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi ''Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'' ( ''Because a mother-in-law was once a daughter-in-law, too'') is an Indian Hindi-language soap opera that aired from 4 July 2000 to 7 November 2008 on Star Plus. The show was co-produced by Shobha Kapoor ...

''. The show last aired on 6 November 2008. After ''Kyunki'', his next show was the

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drama, ''

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''. He played the role of an

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, Abhay Singh. After taking part in ''Indian Idol'', Tandon took part in two more reality shows - ''

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'' and ''

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''. He performed in the Indian telly awards 2009 with Sara Khan on twist ( love Aaj Kal). He was also there on an episode of ''Laughter Ke Phatke''. Since 15 January 2011, he is the host of the reality show ''

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'' Season 4 on UTV Bindass. He portrayed Dr. Abhimanyu Modi in '' Dill Mill Gayye'' opposite Nikita Malhotra (portrayed by Shweta Gulati). He is also seen as Jimmy/Rahul in ''

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''. In 2008, Tandon released his debut solo album, ''Tanha - Lonely at Heart'' on Tips. In 2015, he portrayed Subbu Chandran in ''

'' and in 2017, Abhishek Khurana in ''

''.

Personal life

In 2007, he married Ruby Tandon, a dermatologist, with whom he has a daughter named Jiyana. They separated in 2017, but reconciled in 2019.

Filmography

Films

Television

Discography

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tandon, Amit Indian male television actors Indian male playback singers Indian Idol participants Indian male pop singers Living people Male actors from Mumbai Actors from Mumbai Year of birth missing (living people)