Parmeet Sethi is an Indian actor, director, producer and writer. He is best known for portraying Kuljeet Singh in his debut in

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's directorial debut ''

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'' (), also known by the initialism ''DDLJ'', is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language musical romance film written and directed by Aditya Chopra in his directorial debut and produced by his father Yash Chopra. Released on ...

'' (1995). Sethi has also acted in films such as ''

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'' (2000), ''

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'' (2002), '' Lakshya'' (2004), '' Baabul'' (2006), ''

Dil Dhadakne Do ''Dil Dhadakne Do'' () is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Zoya Akhtar and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar under the Excel Entertainment banner. The film features an ensemble cast of Anil Kapoor, Shefali Sh ...

'' (2015), '' Rustom'' (2016), ''

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'' (2018) and ''

Bhangra Paa Le ''Bhangra Paa Le'' () is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film, directed by debutant Sneha Taurani and produced by Ronnie Screwvala. It stars Sunny Kaushal and Rukshar Dhillon. Initially planned to release on 13 September 2019 and the ...

'' (2020). He made his directorial debut with ''

Badmaash Company ''Badmaash Company'' () is a 2010 Hindi-language crime comedy film written and directed by actor Parmeet Sethi and produced by Aditya Chopra. The film stars Shahid Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Vir Das and Meiyang Chang. The film was released on 7 ...

'' (2010) which earned him a nomination for the Best Debutante Director at

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. Apart from films, he is also active in television shows and has appeared in '' Dastaan'' (1995-1996) and ''

Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin ''Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin'' () is an Indian soap opera which aired on Sony Entertainment Television from 1 September 2003 to 4 May 2006. The series was an Indian-themed version of the Colombian drama ''Yo soy Betty, la fea''. Plot Based large ...

'' (2003-2006), ''Detective Omkar Nath'' (2006), '' Sujata'' (2008), ''

Pehredaar Piya Ki ''Pehredaar Piya Ki'' (English: ''Protector of husband'') was an Indian mystery television serial that was broadcast on Sony TV. It premiered on 17 July and ended on 28 August 2017. After the show was cancelled, it returned with a leap due to co ...

'' (2017), ''

My Name Ijj Lakhan My Name Ijj Lakhannn () is an Indian Hindi language sitcom TV show that premiered on 26 January 2019 at SAB TV. It starred Shreyas Talpade, Esha Kansara, Parmeet Sethi, Archana Puran Singh and Ribbhu Mehra. Plot Lakhan is a small goon who do ...

'' (2019), ''

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'' (2020) and ''

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'' (2020).

Personal life

Sethi married actress

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on 30 June 1992. They have two sons, Aryamann and Ayushmaan. He is the cousin of television actress

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Career

Sethi made his

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debut in the award winning film ''

'' (1995), portraying the role of Kuljeet Singh. The movie went onto became a commercially and critically acclaimed film. Subsequently he starred in ''

Diljale ''Diljale'' () is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language romantic action film directed by Harry Baweja, with screenplay by Karan Razdan. The film stars Ajay Devgn, Madhoo and Sonali Bendre along with Parmeet Sethi, Shakti Kapoor, Gulshan Grover and Amrish ...

'' (1996) as Captain Ranveer with

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and

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. He also starred in the critically acclaimed

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film ''

Des Hoyaa Pardes ''Des Hoyaa Pardes'' is a 2004 Indian Punjabi-language film, directed by Manoj Punj, starring Gurdas Maan, Juhi Chawla, Divya Dutta and Anup Soni. It won the National Award for Best Feature Film in Punjabi. Plot In 1984, the former Indian P ...

'' (2004). The film won a

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for Best Feature Film in Punjabi. In 2005, he participated in the first season of

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n television dance reality show ''

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'' with his wife

. Then in 2006, he hosted another television dance reality show ''

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'' with his wife. In 2010, he tried his first directorial venture, Yash Raj's ''

'' starring

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and

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, which was a success at box office earning 530 million

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s. Sethi wrote its entire script with dialogues in just six days. In 2008, after his appearance in the film named ''

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'' (2007), he took a break from acting to focus on writing and direction. But in 2015, he made his comeback after seven years as an actor in

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directorial ''

'' (2015). He has also directed some episodes of sitcom ''

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'' (2015). In 2017, he again directed another television

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Har Mard Ka Dard ''Har Mard Ka Dard'' () is an Indian Hindi Sitcom that originally aired on Life OK from February 14, 2017, to July 14, 2017. The series is produced by DJ's a Creative Unit of Tony Singh and Deeya Singh and directed by Parmeet Sethi. Cast * Fai ...

''. It starred Faisal Rashid in lead. In 2020, Sethi appeared in

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directed

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original web series ''

''. In 2021, he made his Punjabi television debut with a show named ''Akhiyaan Udeek Diyan'', which was aired on

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Filmography

Films

Other credits

Television

Nominations

References

External links

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