Parmeet Sethi

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Parmeet Sethi is an Indian actor.[1] He is best known for portraying Kuljeet Singh in his debut in Aditya Chopra's directorial debut Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995).[2]

Sethi has also acted in films such as Dhadkan (2000), Om Jai Jagadish (2002), Lakshya (2004), Baabul (2006), Dil Dhadakne Do (2015), Rustom (2016), Laila Majnu (2018) and Bhangra Paa Le (2020).[3] Apart from films, he is also active in television shows and has appeared in Dastaan (1995-1996) and Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin (2003-2006), Detective Omkar Nath (2006), Sujata (2008), Pehredaar Piya Ki (2017), My Name Ijj Lakhan (2019), Special OPS (2020) and Hundred (2020).

He made his directorial debut with Badmaash Company (2010) which earned him a nomination for the Best Debutante Director at Zee Cine Awards.[4]

Personal life

Sethi married actress Archana Puran Singh on 30 June 1992.[5] They have two sons, Aryamann and Ayushmaan.[6] He is the cousin of television actress Niki Aneja Walia.[7][8][9]

Career

Sethi made his Bollywood debut in the award-winning film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), portraying the role of Kuljeet Singh.[10][11] The movie went onto became a commercially and critically acclaimed film.[12][13] Subsequently, he starred in Diljale (1996) as Captain Ranveer with Ajay Devgn and Sonali Bendre.[14] He also starred in the critically acclaimed Punjabi language film Des Hoyaa Pardes (2004).[15] The film won a National Award for Best Feature Film in Punjabi.[16]

In 2005, he participated in the first season of Indian television dance reality show Nach Baliye with his wife Archana Puran Singh.[17] Then in 2006, he hosted another television dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa with his wife.[18]

In 2010, he tried his first directorial venture, Yash Raj's Badmaash Company starring Shahid Kapoor, Anushka Sharma and Meiyang Chang, which was a success at box office earning 530 million Indian rupees.[19] Sethi wrote its entire script with dialogues in just six days.[20] The film received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave it a rating of 3 out of 5, saying; "On the whole, Badmaash Company is a watchable experience for various reasons, the prime reason being it offers solid entertainment, but doesn't insult your intelligence."[21] Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave the movie 1.5 out of 5 and claimed it to be "outrageously silly".[22] Gaurav Malani of Indiatimes gave the film 3.5 out of 5 saying "Badmaash Company is a good entertainer. Worth a watch!" and praising Shahid Kapoor.[23] Komal Nahta gave the film 2.5 out of 5, praising the performance of Kapoor and called Badmaash Company "an entertainer".[24] Sukanya Verma of rediff gave the film 2 out of 5 stars saying Sethi's directorial debut starts out with cocksure confidence and zing.[25] Nikhat Kazmi of the Times of India gave the film 3 out of 5 stars and said, "Indeed, Badmaash Company does have a bunch of riveting scenes, although the story does follow a very predictable line of crime and punishment/repentance."[26] DNA gave the film 2.5 out of 5 saying, "This company is worth keeping."[27] Anupama Chopra of NDTV called it a "staggeringly tedious film" while Raja Sen of Rediff said, "There's not a single scene in the film that actually works". Mayank Shekhar of the Hindustan Times criticised the film as half-written; he only liked the film until the interval and gave it 2 out of 5.[28] The film received an aggregate rating of 4/10 at ReviewGang.[29]

In 2008, after his appearance in the film named Dus Kahaniyaan (2007),[30][31] he took a break from acting to focus on writing and direction.[32] But in 2015, he made his comeback after seven years as an actor in the Zoya Akhtar directorial Dil Dhadakne Do (2015).[33]

He has also directed some episodes of sitcom Sumit Sambhal Lega (2015).[34][35] In 2017, he again directed another television sitcom Har Mard Ka Dard.[36][37] It starred Faisal Rashid in lead.[38] In 2020, Sethi appeared in Neeraj Pandey directed hotstar original web series Special OPS.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 2021, he made his Punjabi television debut with a show named Akhiyaan Udeek Diyan, which was aired on Zee Punjabi.[39]

Filmography

Films

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Year Title Role Note
1995 Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge Kuljeet Singh Debut film
1996 Diljale Captain Ranveer
1997 Hero Hindustani Rohit
1999 Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain Yeshwant Kumar
2000 Dhadkan Bob
Khauff[40] Samrat
Mela Surendra Pratap Singh Special appearance
2001 Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi Ranjeet Uncle
2002 Om Jai Jagadish Shekhar Malhotra
2003 Jhankaar Beats Nicki's lawyer
2004 Turn Left at the End of the World Roger Talkar Israeli film
Des Hoyaa Pardes Darshan Singh Punjabi film
Lakshya Pakistani Major Shahbaaz Humdani
2005 Kaal Forest Officer Khan
2006 Baabul Khushi
2007 Dus Kahaniyaan Lover
2009 Bad Luck Govind [41]
2010 Badmaash Company — Director and screenwriter only
2015 Wedding Pullav Kumar
Dil Dhadakne Do Lalit Sood
2016 Rustom Rear Admiral Prashant Kamath
2017 Call For Fun Dev Mehra
2018 Laila Majnu Masood
2019 Phir Ussi Mod Par Shahid Khan
2020 Bhangra Paa Le Jaggi's father
2021 Tuesdays & Fridays Dr. Vikrant Malhotra
2022 Sharmaji Namkeen Robbie
2023 Mission Majnu R. N. Kao
Tumse Na Ho Payega Investor
2025 Abir GulaalTemplate:Dagger TBA Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1994–1996 Kurukshetra [42]
1995–1996 Dastaan Karan Kapoor
1995–1996 Tujhpe Dil Qurbaan Major Vikram Ali Lead role
2001 Samandar Rakesh
Aasman Say Tapki — Writer[43]
2002–2003 Zindagi Teri Meri Kahani Rahul
2002 Ssshhhh...Koi Hai Ghost Episode: Shart
2003 Samne Wali Khidki[44] — Writer and producer[43]
2003–2006 Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin Raj Malhotra[45]
2004 Ruby Duby Hub Dub [45] Deepak Malhotra
Saara Akaash Squadron Leader Srinivas Rao
2005 Nach Baliye Himself Contestant
2006 Sarabhai vs Sarabhai Detective Omkar Nath (D.O.N) Special appearance
Detective Omkar Nath (D.O.N)[46]
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Host/presenter
2007–2009 Maayka Prem
2008 Sujata
2015–2016 Sumit Sambhal Lega — Director
2017 Har Mard Ka Dard — Director
Pehredaar Piya Ki Maan Singh
2019 My Name Ijj Lakhan Dasharath
2020 Special OPS[47] Naresh Chaddha
Hundred[47] Anshuman Goswami
2021 Akhiyan Udeek Diyan[48] Punjabi language serial
Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story Naresh Chaddha
2023 Hack Crimes Online — Director[49]
2024 The Magic Of Shiri Randeep

References

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