Pulkit Samrat

Pulkit Samrat (born December 29, 1983, Delhi) is an actor and model, is best known for starring as Lakshya Virani in the popular show "Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi".

Biography

Pulkit Samrat a Punjabi was born in Delhi. The actor is suffering from back ache and has to go through a lot of ordeal while shooting for the daily.He went to Dubai to get treated but have not fully recovered. He did his schooling from "Manav Sthali School", Rajendra Nagar and "Montfort", Ashok Vihar, Delhi and his college was A P J Institute of Design, Delhi. He has completed his BMM (Bachelor in Multimedia).

Also, the actor is writing a biography which he is going to release in the near future.

Career

He debuted as Lakshya Virani in "Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi". He is the winner of last year's 'best fresh new face' award of The Indian Telly Awards and 'Favourite Naya Sadasya' (Favourite Newcomer) of Star Parivar Awards(SPA). He is also a magician who is into street magic and illusions. He wishes to carve a niche for himself in Bollywood. He wants to work with likes of Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ram Gopal Verma. He was supposed to make his debut in the TV show Mahesh Goswami’s "Sixxer" scripted by Shobha De which got shelved. Later, he was supposed to do a show called "Ek Radha Ek Shyam" but, again he had to reject the offer because of a contract with the show "Sixxer". That's when he was offered the role of Lakshya Virani in "Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi". He shoots almost 30 days a month with maximum 2 days off. When it comes to magic he is mainly into levitation, mind reading and cards. He was also a model who had signed up with Elite Model Management but wanted always to become an actor.He is working opposite Mouni Roy (who plays Krishna Tulsi) in the serial, though there are rumours Pulkit and Mouni are going out,but Mouni denied them. She was seen at a party that's when the rumours started.Pulkit quit Balaji Production last year, and his character is replaced by a new face, Yash Pandit

External links

* [http://www.pulkitsamrat.com/ Official site]

References

* http://www.indya.com/news/pulkit_samrat.html