Parikshit Sahni
Indian film and television actor
Parikshit Sahni (born 1 January 1939) is an Indian film and television actor who has worked in Hindi and Punjabi cinema. He is known for his roles in the TV series Barrister Vinod, Gul Gulshan Gulfaam (Doordarshan) and Gaatha (Star Plus). He has also appeared several films including three of Rajkumar Hirani's blockbuster films Lage Raho Munna Bhai, 3 Idiots, and PK.
He is the son of actor Balraj Sahni and nephew of writer Bhisham Sahni.
Early life
He was born in 1939 Muree in the Rawalpindi District of the Punjab Province of British India (present day in the Murree District of Punjab, Pakistan), into a Punjabi Hindu family. He was named by Rabindranath Tagore while his father was teaching English at Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan, and his mother was doing her Bachelors. Most of his schooling was done at the Lawrence school Sanawar. He then went to study at Delhi's St. Stephen's College.
Later, Sahni began his career as a child artist.
Personal life
Sahni's parents were both theatre and film actors, although his mother (Damayanti Sahni) acted in only a couple of films before her death at an early age in 1947.
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