Parvin Dabas

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Parvin Dabas
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Born (1974-07-12) 12 July 1974 (age 49)
Delhi, India
Occupation(s)Actor, model and director
Spouse Preeti Jhangiani (2008–present)

Parvin Dabas (born 12 July 1974) is an Indian actor, director and model, who works predominantly in Hindi and English language films.

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Early life

Parvin Dabas was born on 12 July 1974. His family is from Kanjhawala, Outer Delhi. He studied in Modern School Vasant Vihar, New Delhi and then in Hans Raj College, Delhi University. [1]

Career

Dabas made his film debut in the 1999 film Dillagi and played a key role in the Malayalam film Ayyappantamma Neyyappam Chuttu along with Antara Mali the following year. His first major movie as actor was Monsoon Wedding directed by Mira Nair and he has since appeared in many Bollywood films, including Tumse Milkar with Reshmi Ghosh.

He later starred in films such as The Hero: Love Story of a Spy , Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara and Khosla Ka Ghosla for which he won acclaim. In 2005 he made a guest appearance (as Sudhanshu) in Sarabhai vs Sarabhai TV serial aired on STAR One in an episode directed by Deven Bhojani.

He directed his first film Sahi Dhandhe Galat Bande which released on 19 August 2011. He won a Bronze Palm Award at the 2011 Mexico International Film Festival [2] and a Silver Remi Award at the Worldfest Houston 2011 (Houston International Film Festival). [3] The film was selected for the Indian Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India 2011, held in Goa from 23 November to 3 December.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Dabas is also a trained scuba diver and underwater photographer.[ citation needed ] He married actress Preeti Jhangiani on 23 March 2008. They have a son Jaiveer on 11 April 2011. On 27 September 2016 they had their second child Dev. The family lives in Bandra. [4]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguage
1999 Dillagi Hindi
2000 Ayyappantamma Neyyappam Chuttu Lal Malayalam
2000TapishTapishHindi
2001 Monsoon Wedding Hemant RaiHindi
2003 The Perfect Husband English
2003 The Hero: Love Story of a Spy SalmanHindi
2003 Tumse Milke Wrong Number English
2004 Muskaan SharadHindi
2004 Kanchana Ganga Kannada
2005 Yehi Hai Zindagi VijayHindi
2005 Kuchh Meetha Ho Jaye Siddharth
2005 Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara Siddharth
2006 The Curse of King Tut's Tomb Yunan HeikalTV series English
2006The MemsahibJayant Rathod/VijayHindi
2006 Khosla Ka Ghosla Chiraunjilal 'Cherry' Khosla
2006With Luv... TumhaaraRahul khanna
2007 The World Unseen Omar English
2008 Sirf Amit Hindi
Via Darjeeling Bonny / Rahul
2009 Yeh Mera India Sameer Ali
2010 My Name Is Khan Bobby Ahuja
Tumse Milkar
2011 Sahi Dhandhe Galat Bande Rajbir
2012 Jalpari Dev
2013 Ghanchakkar Uttam
2014 Ragini MMS 2 Rocks
2016Jab Tum Kaho
2017 Indu Sarkar IB Officer
2017 Mirror Game Professor Jay Verma
2018 Kuldip Patwal: I Don't Do It! Chief Minister Varun Chadda
2021 State of Siege: Temple Attack Colonel Nagar

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Awards and nominations

List of Awards and Nominations
YearFilmAwardCategoryResult
2011 Sahi Dhandhe Galat Bande (Right Job Wrong Guys ) Mexico International Film Festival Bronze Palm AwardWon

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