Pratik Gandhi

Pratik Gandhi (born 28 April 1980) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Gujarati and Hindi films, theater, and television. He is best known for portraying Harshad Mehta in the Sony LIV biographical series Scam 1992 (2020). Gandhi has since starred in the 2024 films Madgaon Express and Do Aur Do Pyaar.

Pratik Gandhi
Gandhi in 2024
Born	(1980-04-28) 28 April 1980 (age 44) Surat, Gujarat, India
Alma mater	North Maharashtra University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2005–present
Spouse	Bhamini Oza ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	1

Early life

Gandhi was born in Surat to parents who were teachers. He completed his schooling at Pravrutti Vidyalaya in Surat. He studied at Surat where he was involved in theatre arts.^[1] He graduated in Industrial Engineering from the North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon in 2004. From 2004 to 2007, he worked with National Productivity Council in Satara and Pune.^{[citation needed]} He later worked at Reliance Infrastructure (cement division) in Mumbai from January 2008 to 2016.^[2][3][4]

Career

Gandhi participated in the Gujarati play Aa Paar Ke Pele Paar. He played a role in the Gujarati film Bey Yaar (2014)^[2] and in plays Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon, Hu Chandrakant Bakshi and Ame Badha Sathe To Duniya Laiye Mathe. In Mohan's Masala, he performed a monologue in three languages, English, Hindi and Gujarati on the same day. He played a lead role in his next film, Wrong Side Raju (2016) which won the National Award for Best Gujarati Film.^[5] His next Gujarati films Love Ni Bhavai (2017) and Ventilator (2018) were commercially successful.

He played stockbroker Harshad Mehta in the 2020 Sony LIV biographical drama web series Scam 1992 directed by Hansal Mehta. He received wide acclaim for portraying Harshad Mehta.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11]}

Gandhi appeared in the 2021 Hindi film Bhavai where he played a lead. The film received mixed reviews.^[12][13][14] His next Hindi film was Atithi Bhooto Bhava was released in 2022.^[15] Gujarati film Vaahlam Jaao Ne (2022) was his next release.^[16]

He appears in Hindi film Dedh Bigha Zameen, written and directed by Pulkit.^[17] In July 2022, director Hansal Mehta announced a multi-season biographical web series on Mahatma Gandhi starring Pratik Gandhi in lead role.^[18]

Personal life

He married actress Bhamini Oza in 2009^{[citation needed][19]} and their daughter Miraya was born in 2014.

Acting credits

Theater

Year	Play	Role(s)	Language(s)
2005	Aa Paar Ke Pele Paar	Ravikant Deewan	Gujarati
2007	Jujave Roop	Dapher	Gujarati
	Apurva Avsar	6 characters	Gujarati, Hindi
2008	Amarfal		Gujarati
	Saat Tari Akvees part 1	Rudra	Gujarati
2009	Saat Tari Akvees part 1	Mukesh Chovatia	Gujarati
2010	Chho Chok Chovees		Gujarati
2012	Bohot Nachyo Gopal	Krishna	Gujarati
2013	Ame Badha Sathe To Duniya Laiye Mathe	7 characters - Popat, Akhil, Vimal, Kaka, Naresh, etc.	Gujarati
	Hu Chandrakant Bakshi[20][21]	Chandrakant Bakshi	Gujarati
2014	Master Madam	Master	Gujarati
2015	Mohan No Masalo[22]	Mohandas Gandhi	Gujarati, Hindi, English
	Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon	Bharat Ram	Hindi
2016	Sikka Ni Triji Baaju	Dhiru Sixer	Gujarati
2018	Sir Sir Sarla[23]	Sir	Gujarati

Films

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref(s)
2006	Yours Emotionally	Mani	English		[24]
2007	68 Pages	Umrao's brother	Hindi		[25]
2014	Bey Yaar	Tapan "Tino"	Gujarati		[26]
2016	Wrong Side Raju	Raju Bambani	Gujarati		[27]
2017	Tamburo	Bhavik	Gujarati		[28]
	Love Ni Bhavai	Aditya Shah	Gujarati		[29]
2018	Loveyatri	Nagendra "Negative" Pathak	Hindi		[30]
	Mitron	Raunak	Hindi		[31]
	Ventilator	Prashant Mandalia	Gujarati		[32]
2019	Dhunki	Nikunj	Gujarati		[33]
	Gujarat 11	Nirmal	Gujarati		[34]
2020	Luv Ni Love Storys	Luv Modi	Gujarati		[35]
	Dhira	Tenali Rama	Gujarati	Dubbed version	[36]
2021	Bhavai	Rajaram Joshi	Hindi		[37]
	Shimmy	Amol Parekh	Hindi
2022	Kehvatlal Parivar		Gujarati	Special appearance in the song "Holi Aavi Aavi"	[38]
	Sarathi		Gujarati		[39]
	Atithi Bhooto Bhava	Srikant Shirodkar	Hindi
	Kahani Rubberband Ki	Narendra Tripathi aka Nanno	Hindi
	Vaahlam Jaao Ne		Gujarati		[16]
2023	Khichdi 2: Mission Paanthukistan	Pilot	Hindi	Special Appearance	[40]
2024	Madgaon Express	Pratik "Pinku" Goradia	Hindi		[41]
	Do Aur Do Pyaar	Anirrudh “Ani” Banerjee	Hindi		[42][43]
	Dedh Bigha Zameen	Anil Singh	Hindi		[44]
	Spam	Nikhil	Hindi	Short film	[45]
	Agni	Vitthalrao Dhonduba Surve	Hindi		[46]
2025	Dhoom Dhaam	Dr. Veer Poddar	Hindi		[47]
	Phule	Jyotirao Phule	Hindi		[48]
	Woh Ladki Hai Kahaan? †	Gagan Agarwal	Hindi	Completed	[49]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref(s)
2016	Crime Patrol	Arjun Dixit	Hindi	Episode 614: "Baansuriwala"	[50]
2020	Scam 1992	Harshad Mehta	Hindi		[51]
2021	Vitthal Teedi	Vitthal Tripathi	Gujarati		[52]
	Star vs Food	Himself	English, Hindi	Season 1; Episode 5	[53]
2022	The Great Indian Murder	Suraj Yadav	Hindi		[54]
2022	Modern Love Mumbai	Manzar "Manzu" Ali	Hindi	Episode: "Baai"	[55]
2023	Scoop	Man on Road	Hindi	Uncredited cameo; Episode 6	[56]
2025	Gandhi †	Mahatma Gandhi	Hindi	Filming	[57]
	Saare Jahan Se Accha †	TBA	Hindi	Netflix
TBA	For Your Eyes Only †	TBA	Hindi	Post-production	[58]

Podcast

Year	Title	Role	Platform	Language	Notes	Ref(s)
2021-2022	Gangistan	Aashu Patel	Spotify	Hindi	48 episodes	[59]