# Parth Samthaan

Parth Laghate (born 11 March 1991) known as Parth Samthaan is an Indian actor. He started off his acting career by featuring 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 Life OK's Savdhaan India, MTV India's Webbed, Bindass's Yeh Hai Aashiqui and Zing's Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya.
In 2012, he portrayed Prithvi Sanyal in Channel V's Best Friends Forever?. Samthaan rose to fame by playing Manik Malhotra from 2014 to 2015 in MTV India'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 Star Plus'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.

## Media

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

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2024 | Hamare Baarah | Danish | |
| 2024 | Ghudchadi | Chirag Sharma | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | Gumrah: End of Innocence | Siddharth | |
| 2012 | Best Friends Forever? | Prithvi Sanyal | |
| 2013 | Savdhaan India | Vishal Bhatt | |
| 2013 | Yeh Hai Aashiqui | Parth | Season 1 |
| 2014–2015 | Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan | Manik Malhotra | Seasons 1, 2 |
| 2014 | Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya | Gaurav | |
| 2015 | Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya | Host | Season 4, 5 |
| 2018 | MTV Ace of Space 1 | Himself | Guest appearance |
| 2018–2020 | Kasautii Zindagii Kay | Anurag Basu | |
| 2019 | Kitchen Champion | Himself | Guest appearance |
| 2019 | Box Cricket League | Contestant | |
| 2019 | Khatra Khatra Khatra | Himself | Guest appearance |

### Web series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2018–present | Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan | Manik Malhotra | Seasons 3-5 |
| 2019 | Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain 2 | Faizal Alghazi | |
| 2020 | Mai Hero Boll Raha Hu | Nawab "Hero" | |
| 2023 | Social Currency | Contestant | |

### Music videos

| Year | Title | Singer(s) |
| 2016 | Jind Meri Royi Royi | Himself |
| 2017 | Tu Jo Kahe | Yasser Desai |
| 2018 | Fans Nahi Friends | Palash Muchhal |
| 2018 | Nishaa | Yasser Desai |
| 2019 | Aakhri Baar | Palash Muchhal |
| 2021 | Pehle Pyaar Ka Pehle Gham | Tulsi Kumar, Jubin Nautiyal |
| 2021 | Rim Jhim | Jubin Nautiyal |
| 2021 | Jeena Bhool Jaunga | Raj Barman |
| 2021 | Dua Kijiye | Raj Barman |
| 2021 | Insaaf | Suraj Chauhan |
| 2022 | Sabki Baaratein Aayi | Seepi Jha, Dev Negi |
| 2022 | Mere Haniyaa | Bhuvan Ahuja, Arko |
| 2022 | Single Saiyaan | Sukriti Kakar, Prakriti Kakar |
| 2022 | Dhokha | Arijit Singh |
| 2022 | Dholna | Deedar Kaur |
| 2022 | Honthon Pe Bas | Seepi Jha, Sameer Khan |
| 2023 | Baarish Ke Aane Se | Shreya Ghoshal, Tony Kakkar |
| 2024 | Jiya Laage Na | Shilpa Rao, Mohit Chauhan |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Show | Result |
| 2015 | Asian Viewers Television Awards | Male Actor Of The Year | Kaisi Yeh Yaariyan | Nominated |
| 2019 | Indian Telly Awards | Best Actor In Leading Role Male (Popular) | Kasautii Zindagii Kay | Nominated |
| 2019 | Indian Telly Awards | Best Jodi Popular (With Erica Fernandes) | Kasautii Zindagii Kay | Won |
| 2019 | Gold Awards | Best Actor (Male) | Kasautii Zindagii Kay | Nominated |
| 2019 | Gold Awards | Best Onscreen Jodi (With Erica Fernandes) | Kasautii Zindagii Kay | Nominated |
| 2019 | Asian Viewers Television Awards | Male Actor Of The Year | Kasautii Zindagii Kay | Nominated |
| 2023 | Bollywood Hungama Style Icons | Most Stylish TV Actor (Male) | — | Nominated |
| 2024 | Bollywood Hungama Style Icons | Most Stylish TV Actor of the Year (Male) | — | Nominated |