Parth Laghate (born 11 March 1991) known professionally as Parth Samthaan is an Indian actor. He began his acting career by starring in '' Gumrah: End of Innocence'' as Siddharth and '' Best Friends Forever?'' as Prithvi Sanyal in the same year. He rose to fame after portraying Manik Malhotra in '' Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan'' and Anurag Basu in '' Kasautii Zindagii Kay''.

Career

Samthaan started off his acting career by featuring in episodics like

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's '' Savdhaan India'',

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's ''

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'', Bindass's '' Yeh Hai Aashiqui'' and Zing's '' Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya''. In 2012, he portrayed Prithvi Sanyal in

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's '' Best Friends Forever?''. Samthaan rose to fame by playing Manik Malhotra from 2014 to 2015 in

's '' Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan'' opposite Niti Taylor for seasons 1 and 2. Samthaan signed his first Bollywood debut, ''Googly Ho Gayi'' in 2016. He also attempted playback singing for his second song ''Jind Meri''. In 2018, he returned to play Manik Malhotra in Voot's '' Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan 3''. From 2018 to 2020, Samthaan portrayed Anurag Basu opposite Erica Fernandes in

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's '' Kasautii Zindagii Kay'' for which he won the Indian Telly Award for Best Jodi Popular and Kalakar Award for Best Actor Popular. In 2019, he played Faizal Alghazi in ALT Balaji's '' Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain 2'' opposite Pooja Banerjee. In 2020, he was seen in ALT Balaji's web-series '' Mai Hero Boll Raha Hu''. In 2022, he returned to play Manik Malhotra in Voot's '' Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan 4 and 5'' Samthaan made his Bollywood debut with the film '' Ghudchadi''. In April 2025, Samthaan became a part of the crime thriller show CID playing the character of ACP Ayushman. He initially rejected the role after being offered because of his unreadiness to take such a big role. Additionally, Samthaan admitted feeling 'awkward' around senior actors like Dayanand Shetty and

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, who have been a part of the show for long.

Media

In 2015, Samthaan was placed 11th in '' Eastern Eye''s Top 50 Sexiest Asian Men List. He was ranked 3rd in ''

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''s 25 "Most Desirable Men on Television" List, 2018. In 2019, he was listed 2nd on the same list and maintained his position at 2nd rank in 2020 as well. He was also ranked in The Times Most Desirable Men at No. 22 in 2019, at No. 20 in 2020.

Filmography

Films

Television

Web series

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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