Shakti Anand (born 23 September 1975) is an Indian television actor. He appeared in various television shows like

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Saara Akaash ''Saara Akaash'' is an Indian television series that was broadcast on Star Plus every Thursday at 9pm for one hour from 7 August 2003 to 28 July 2005. It starred Sai Deodhar, Shakti Anand, Sonal Sehgal, Kiran Kumar, Parmeet Sethi, Manav Gohil, and ...

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'' and ''

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''. The actor also hosted the first season of the crime reality show '' Crime Patrol'' in 2004.

Life and career

Anand was born on 23 September 1975 in

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in a Punjabi family. He studied at the Tamil Education Association university in Delhi and majored in the Science stream. After that, he received his master's degree in pharmaceutical engineering. Shakti received the offer to act in the television show '' Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'' while he was working as a medical examiner with

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in Delhi. He played a blind boy in telefilm ''Nayan Jyoti'', produced by Deepak Sharma and edited by Sanjeev Khanna for Doordarshan. Shakti and his wife

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participated in the first season of the celebrity dance show ''

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''. In the serial '' Godh Bharaai'', he performed as the character Shivam. The actor had worked in the daily soap called ''

Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap ''Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap'' () is an Indian historical fiction series produced by Contiloe Entertainment. It is based on the life of Maharana Pratap, a sixteenth century ruler of Mewar kingdom. It starred Sharad Malhotra, Rac ...

'' as Maharana Udai Singh. He has also worked in the show ''

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'' on Life OK. Shakti was also seen as Shiv in the show '' Gangaa'' on &TV and as Emperor Balakumara in popular

aired on Sony SAB. Anand was last seen playing Maharaj Shiladitya, the king of Maling, in the show ''

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'' on Star Bharat. Anand married actress

in 2005. They have a daughter born in 2011.

Filmography

Television

Films

Web series

References

External links

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