Pratik Gandhi is an

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actor. He worked in

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before entering

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. He received wide acclaim for portraying

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series ''Scam 1992''. He acted in several Hindi films thereafter.

Early life

Gandhi was born in

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to parents who were teachers. He completed his schooling at V. D. Desai Wadiwala (Bhulka Bhavan) High School in Surat. He studied at Surat where he was involved in theatre arts. He graduated in Industrial Engineering from the

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in 2004. From 2004 to 2007, he worked with

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in Satara and

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. He later worked at

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(cement division) in

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from January 2008 to 2016.

Acting career

Gandhi participated in the Gujarati play ''Aa Paar Ke Pele Paar''. He played a role in the Gujarati film ''

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'' (2014) and in plays ''Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon'', ''

Hu Chandrakant Bakshi ''Hu Chandrakant Bakshi'' (English: I, Chandrakant Bakshi) is a 2013 biographical one-man play about Gujarati writer Chandrakant Bakshi, starring Pratik Gandhi. The play is written by Shishir Ramavat and directed by Manoj Shah. It was premiered ...

'' and ''Ame Badha Sathe To Duniya Laiye Mathe''. In '' Mohan's Masala'', he performed a monologue in three languages, English, Hindi and Gujarati on the same day. He played a lead role in his next film, '' Wrong Side Raju'' (2016) which won the National Award for Best Gujarati Film. His next Gujarati films ''Love Ni Bhavai'' (2017) and ''Ventilator'' (2018) were commercially successful. He played stockbroker

in the 2020

biographical drama

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'' directed by

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. He received wide acclaim for portraying Harshad Mehta. Gandhi appeared in the 2021 Hindi film ''

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'' where he played a lead. The film received mixed reviews. His next Hindi film was '' Atithi Bhooto Bhava'' was released in 2022. Gujarati film ''Vaahlam Jao Ne'' (2022) was his next release. He will appear in Hindi film ''

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,'' written and directed by Pulkit. In July 2022, director Hansal Mehta announced a multi-season biographical web series on

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starring Pratik Gandhi in lead role.

Personal life

Gandhi's parents are teachers. He married actress Bhamini Oza in 2009 and their daughter Miraya was born in 2014.

Acting credits

Theater

Films

Web series

Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gandhi, Pratik Living people Male actors in Hindi cinema Male actors in Gujarati-language films Indian male stage actors Indian male film actors 21st-century Indian male actors People from Surat Gujarati people People from Gujarat Gujarati theatre 1980 births