Pratik Gandhi

Pratik Gandhi is an Indian actor. He primarily works in Gujarati theatre and cinema.[1] He garnered national attention and widespread critical acclaim for playing stockbroker Harshad Mehta in the 2020 Sony LIV biographical drama web series Scam 1992. In 2021, Gandhi made his Bollywood lead debut with Bhavai.[2]

Pratik Gandhi
Gandhi in 2021
Born
Surat, Gujarat, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materNorth Maharashtra University
OccupationActor
Years active2005–present
Spouse(s)
Bhamini Oza
​
(m. 2009)​
Children1

Early life

Gandhi was born in Surat to parents who were teachers. He completed his schooling at V. D. Desai Wadiwala (Bhulka Bhavan) High School in Surat. He studied at Surat where he was involved in theatre arts.[3] He graduated in Industrial Engineering from Pune University and started working as an engineer in Reliance Industries in the daytime and doing theatre in the evenings. He worked with National Productivity Council in Satara, Pune and later worked for a multinational corporation in Mumbai.[4]

Career

Gandhi received an opportunity to work in the Gujarati play Aa Paar Ke Pele Paar with Firoz Bhagat, Apara Mehta, and Vipra Rawal which was soon to open. The play was commercially successful. He landed a role performing with another stalwart of Gujarati theatre, Manoj Shah. He received a role in the Gujarati film Bey Yaar (2014) which became commercially and critically successful.[4] He continued to work in theatre with several hit plays like Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon, Hu Chandrakant Bakshi and Ame Badha Sathe To Duniya Laiye Mathe, in which he played multiple roles. He was included in the Limca Book of Records with his play 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 became commercially and critically successful. The film went on to win the National Award for Best Gujarati Film.[5]

He garnered national attention and widespread critical acclaim for playing stockbroker Harshad Mehta in the 2020 Sony LIV biographical drama web series Scam 1992. The success of the series is also said to have spawned the desire to gain financial literacy in India.[6][7][8][9][10] In 2021, he played the lead in the Gujarati drama web series Vitthal Teedi. He was praised for his performance and the show received positive reviews.[11]

Gandhi was praised for his performance in the 2021 Hindi film Bhavai. It was his first Hindi film as a lead. The film received mixed reviews.[12][13][14] His upcoming Hindi film Atithi Bhooto Bhava is in post-production.[15] He started filming Dedh Bigha Zameen, written and directed by Pulkit.[16]

Personal life

Gandhi's parents are teachers. He married television and theatre actress Bhamini Oza in 2009. Miraya, their daughter, was born in 2014. His younger brother Punit Gandhi is a designer by profession but sang "Athadaya Kare Che" for the film Love Ni Bhavai.[17][18][19]

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

Filmography
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films
Year Title Role Language Notes
2006 Yours Emotionally Mani English Film debut[24]
2007 68 Pages Umrao's brother Hindi Hindi debut[25]
2014 Bey Yaar Tapan - Tino Gujarati Gujarati debut[26]
2016 Wrong Side Raju Raju Gujarati [27]
2017 Tamburo Bhavik Gujarati [28]
Love Ni Bhavai Aditya Gujarati [29]
2018 Loveyatri Nagendra 'Negative' Pathak Hindi [30]
Mitron Raunak Hindi [31]
Ventilator Prashant Gujarati [32]
2019 Dhunki Nikunj Gujarati [33]
Gujarat 11 Nirmal Gujarati [34]
2020 Luv Ni Love Storys Luv Gujarati [35]
Aavartan Gujarati [36]
Spam Nikhil Hindi
2021 Bhavai Rajaram Joshi Hindi [37]
Shimmy Amol Parekh Hindi
TBA Atithi Bhooto Bhava TBA Hindi Post-production
TBA Dedh Bigha Zameen TBA Hindi Filming[38]
TBA Untitled film Ani Hindi Filming[39]
TBA Woh Ladki Hai Kahaan? Gagan Agarwal Hindi Filming[40]
2023 Phule Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule Hindi Filming[41]

Web series
Year Title Role Language Platform Notes Ref.
2016 Crime Patrol Arjun Dixit Hindi SET India Episode 614 - Baansuriwala [42]
2020 Scam 1992 Harshad Mehta Hindi Sony Liv Hindi web debut [43]
2021 Vitthal Teedi (Season 1) Vitthal Tripathi Gujarati OHO Gujarati All 6 episodes [44]
Star vs Food (Season 1) Himself English, Hindi Discovery+ Episode 5 [45]
Gangistan Aashu Patel Hindi Spotify All 48 podcast episodes [46]
2022 The Great Indian Murder Suraj Yadav Hindi Disney+ Hotstar All episodes [47]
TBA For Your Eyes Only TBA Hindi Netflix Pre-production [48]
TBA Modern Love Mumbai TBA Hindi Amazon Prime Video Completed [49]

Awards
Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2021 Indian Television Academy Award Best Actor (Series) Scam 1992 Won [50]
Filmfare OTT Awards Best Actor (Male) Won [51]

References
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