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Deepak Parashar | |
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 Deepak Parashar at the Colors Indian Telly Awards, 2012 | |
| Born | 2 April 1952 Pune, Bombay State, India |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Spouse | Sarita Parashar (m. 1985;div. 1987) |
| Relatives | Mohar Kumar (uncle) |
Deepak Parashar (born 2 April 1952) is an Indian actor and former model. He was a contestant on Bigg Boss in 2006. [1]
He was born in Pune, India on 2 April 1952 to Shobha and Vishvanath Parashar. Belonging to a Punjabi Hindu family, he'd grew up in Delhi and graduate from Delhi University. [2] Film director Mohan Kumar was his maternal uncle. [3]
He was married in 1985 to Sarita and has a daughter Radhika. Sarita would leave him in 1987, when their daughter was five months. [2]
During his college days, he would become Mr. Delhi, later competing for Mr. India. [2] In 1976, he was crowned very first Mr India/India Prince (A Personality Contest) along with Nafisa Ali as Miss India and Poonam Dhillon as Miss Delhi. His claim to fame was "ONLY VIMAL" suitings in the late 1970s, New Delhi donned his photograph.
In the early 1980s, Parashar took several Hindi cinema roles, including Sharaabi , Insaaf Ka Tarazu , Nikaah , Purani Haveli and Aap to Aise Na They . Till date Nikaah remains his best performing movie and Insaaf ka Tarazu one of the best supporting roles he played.
Deepak Parashar appeared in the soap opera Kahiin To Hoga , and donned the "royal robes" of a Mughal badshah in the costume drama Chandramukhi . He also appeared in Doordarshan TV serial Swabhimaan as Mahendra Malhotra.
In 2006, he appeared in reality TV show Bigg Boss , until he was evicted in the second week. [2]
Director Mohan Kumar, who died in 2017, was Deepak Parashar's maternal uncle.