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Paresh Ganatra
Paresh Ganatra
Born	19 February 1965 (age 59); Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actor • Comedian • Producer • Theatre Artist
Years active	1984–present

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Paresh Ganatra (born 19 February 1965) is an Indian television, stage and film actor. He is known for his role as Praveen Thakkar in the Star Plus comedy series Baa Bahoo Aur Baby (2005–2010), SAB TV's sitcom Chidiya Ghar and films like No Entry (2005), Rowdy Rathore (2012) amongst others.^[1]^[2]

Early life and education

Paresh Ganatra was born on 19 February 1965 in a Gujarati household in Mumbai, India, where was brought up. He did his schooling from Lions Juhu High School in 1981. Thereafter he graduated from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics in 1986, and joined Management studies at Somaiya College, Mumbai.^[3]

Career

Participating in theatre while in still college, he started his acting career with Gujarati theatre in the city from 1984 to 1992. He made his film debut with a role in Mann in 1999. He acted in TV series Ek Mahal Ho Sapnon Ka, a Colonial Cousins music video, TV commercials (including Symphony Air Coolers, Tata Phones, Coffee Bite, LG TV, Nerolac, Dabur and McDonald's), when he reached fame with the 2002 multi-star hit film Aankhen.^[4]

From then on, he has been active in Bollywood. He is known for his comic roles in comedic films, including No Entry, Welcome, Money Hai Toh Honey Hai and Delhi Belly amongst others.^[4]^[5] Rowdy Rathore, in which Paresh played a supporting role with Akshay Kumar, became a milestone for him as it succeeded at the box office. He worked in the comedy film, Bol Bachchan, starring Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan, Asin Thottumkal, Prachi Desai and directed by Rohit Shetty.

Filmography

Mann (1999)
Kai Zhala (2001)
Aankhen (2002)
No Entry (2005)
Dil Diya Hai (2006)
Welcome (2007)
Money Hai Toh Honey Hai (2008)
Khallballi: Fun Unlimited (2008)
Khicdi: The Movie (2010)
No Problem (2010)
Delhi Belly (2011)
Rowdy Rathore (2012)
Main Krishna Hoon (2013)
Shree (2013)
Ramaiya Vastavaiya (2013)
Shelter Skelter (2013)
Freaky Ali (2016)
Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir se (2018)
Dabangg 3 (2019)

As a Producer

Threesome (2018)

Television

Year	Serial	Role	Notes
1999–2002	Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka
2005–2010	Baa Bahoo Aur Baby	Praveen Thakkar
2008–2009	Jasuben Jayantilaal Joshi Ki Joint Family	Purushottam Thakkar
2009	Comedy Circus 3 Ka Tadka	Contestant	With Bharti Singh and Sharad Kelkar
2009	Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo	Natwarlal
2010	Comedy Circus Mahasangram	Contestant	With Bharti Singh and Sharad Kelkar
2010	Comedy Circus Ke SuperStars	Contestant	With Bharti Singh
2011–2017	Chidiya Ghar	Ghotak Narayan
2012	Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe	Guest Performance
2013–2016	Comedy Nights with Kapil	Manju Sharma's Brother and Various Characters
2014	Samvidhaan: The Making of the Constitution of India	Prof. K. T. Shah
2016–2017	The Kapil Sharma Show	Various Characters
2018	Khichdi (season 3)	Advocate	Episodic Role
2019–2020	Bhakharwadi	Mahendra Thakkar

Web

Year	Name	Role	Platform
2020	Scam 1992	Maheshwari	SonyLIV
2022	The Great Weddings of Munnes	Phatte Phupha	Voot

References

^ "Comedy Circus returns with 'Teen Ka Tadka'". The Times of India. 22 October 2009. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
^ "Comedy Circus Mahasangram begins". The Times of India. 6 February 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
^ "Paresh Ganatra Birthday: Ghotak Narayan Of Chidiyaghar Worked As A Financial Advisor". News18. 19 February 2022. Archived from the original on 11 May 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Seen It All, Done It All". Screen. 9 November 2001.
^ "What Action Replay was about..." Mid-Day. 26 January 2009.

External links

Paresh Ganatra at IMDb

[1] "Comedy Circus returns with 'Teen Ka Tadka'". The Times of India. 22 October 2009. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.

[2] "Comedy Circus Mahasangram begins". The Times of India. 6 February 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.

[3] "Paresh Ganatra Birthday: Ghotak Narayan Of Chidiyaghar Worked As A Financial Advisor". News18. 19 February 2022. Archived from the original on 11 May 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.

[sc-4] "Seen It All, Done It All". Screen. 9 November 2001.

[5] "What Action Replay was about..." Mid-Day. 26 January 2009.

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