Parth Samthaan

Parth Laghate (born 11 March 1991)^[1] known professionally as Parth Samthaan is an Indian actor. He began his acting career by starring 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.

Parth Samthaan
Parth in 2023
Born	Parth Laghate (1991-03-11) 11 March 1991 (age 34) Bombay, Maharashtra, India[1]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2012—present
Known for	Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[2]

Samthaan signed his first Bollywood debut, Googly Ho Gayi in 2016.^[3] He also attempted playback singing for his second song Jind Meri.^[4][5] In 2018, he returned to play Manik Malhotra in Voot's Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan 3.^[6]

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.^[7]

In 2019, he played Faizal Alghazi in ALT Balaji's Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain 2 opposite Pooja Banerjee.^[8]

In 2020, he was seen in ALT Balaji's web-series Mai Hero Boll Raha Hu.^[9]

In 2022, he returned to play Manik Malhotra in Voot's Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan 4 and 5^[10]

Samthaan made his Bollywood debut with the film Ghudchadi.^[11]

In April 2025, Samthaan became a part of the crime thriller show CID playing the character of ACP Ayushman. He initially rejected the role after being offered because of his unreadiness to take such a big role. Additionally, Samthaan admitted feeling 'awkward' around senior actors like Dayanand Shetty and Aditya Shrivastava, who have been a part of the show for long.^[12]

Media

In 2015, Samthaan was placed 11th in Eastern Eye's Top 50 Sexiest Asian Men List.^[13][14]

He was ranked 3rd in Times of India's 25 "Most Desirable Men on Television" List, 2018.^[15] In 2019, he was listed 2nd on the same list^[16] and maintained his position at 2nd rank in 2020 as well.^[17]

He was also ranked in The Times Most Desirable Men at No. 22^[18] in 2019, at No. 20^[19] in 2020.

Filmography

Films

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

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012	Gumrah: End of Innocence	Siddharth		[20]
	Best Friends Forever?	Prithvi Sanyal
2013	Savdhaan India	Vishal Bhatt
	Yeh Hai Aashiqui	Parth	Season 1
2014–2015	Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan	Manik Malhotra	Seasons 1, 2	[21][22]
2014	Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya	Gaurav		[20]
2015		Host	Season 4, 5	[citation needed]
2018	MTV Ace of Space 1	Himself	Guest appearance	[23]
2018–2020	Kasautii Zindagii Kay	Anurag Basu		[24]
2019	Kitchen Champion	Himself	Guest appearance	[25]
	Box Cricket League	Contestant		[26]
	Khatra Khatra Khatra	Himself	Guest appearance	[27]
2025–present	CID	A.C.P. Ayushmaan

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018–present	Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan	Manik Malhotra	Seasons 3-5	[28][29]
2019	Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain 2	Faizal Alghazi		[30]
2020	Mai Hero Boll Raha Hu	Nawab "Hero"		[31]
2023	Social Currency	Contestant		[32][33]

Music videos

Year	Title	Singer(s)	Ref.
2016	Jind Meri Royi Royi	Himself	[citation needed]
2017	Tu Jo Kahe	Yasser Desai	[34]
2018	Fans Nahi Friends	Palash Muchhal	[citation needed]
	Nishaa	Yasser Desai
2019	Aakhri Baar	Palash Muchhal	[35]
2021	Pehle Pyaar Ka Pehle Gham	Tulsi Kumar, Jubin Nautiyal	[36]
	Rim Jhim	Jubin Nautiyal	[37]
	Jeena Bhool Jaunga	Raj Barman	[38]
	Dua Kijiye		[39]
	Insaaf	Suraj Chauhan	[40]
2022	Sabki Baaratein Aayi	Seepi Jha, Dev Negi	[41]
	Mere Haniyaa	Bhuvan Ahuja, Arko	[42]
	Single Saiyaan	Sukriti Kakar, Prakriti Kakar	[43]
	Dhokha	Arijit Singh	[44]
	Dholna	Deedar Kaur	[45]
	Honthon Pe Bas	Seepi Jha, Sameer Khan	[46]
2023	Baarish Ke Aane Se	Shreya Ghoshal, Tony Kakkar	[47]
2024	Jiya Laage Na	Shilpa Rao, Mohit Chauhan	[48]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Show	Result	Ref.
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
		Best Jodi Popular (With Erica Fernandes)		Won	[49]
	Gold Awards	Best Actor (Male)		Nominated
		Best Onscreen Jodi (With Erica Fernandes)		Nominated
	Asian Viewers Television Awards	Male Actor Of The Year		Nominated
2023	Bollywood Hungama Style Icons	Most Stylish TV Actor (Male)	—	Nominated	[50]
2024	Bollywood Hungama Style Icons	Most Stylish TV Actor of the Year (Male)	—	Nominated	[51]