Piyush Sahdev

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Piyush Sahdev
Born (1982-03-12) 12 March 1982 (age 42)
Occupation Actor
Years active2004 – present
Spouse
Akangsha Rawat
(m. 2012;sep. 2017)
Relatives Gireesh Sahdev (brother)
Meher Vij (sister)

Piyush Sahdev (born 12 March 1982) is an Indian television actor. [1] He has appeared in several TV daily soaps but is known for his roles of Rama in Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev , Abhigyan in SuperCops Vs SuperVillains, Kabir Tripathi in Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke , Pawan Bakshi in Devanshi and Samay in Beyhadh. [2] [3] He is the brother of popular actors, Meher Vij and Gireesh Sahdev. [4]

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Early life

Sahdev was born on 12 March 1982 and hails from Delhi, India. [5] [6] [7] Piyush has a younger sister Vaishali aka Meher Vij. [8] [9] His brother Gireesh Sahdev is also an actor. [10]

Personal life

On 25 June 2012, he married actress and friend Akangsha Rawat. [11] In mid-2017, Sahdev and his wife Akangsha Rawat were separated. [12]

On 24 November 2017, Sahdev was arrested after a woman lodged an FIR at the Versova Police Station, Mumbai accusing him of rape. [5] [9] [10]

Career

Early days (2004–12)

Before making his official debut in Indian television, Sahdev did an episodic role in 2004 for Special Squad , a crime thriller on Star One. [6] After three years he was selected to play a supporting role from 2007 to 2009 in Ghar Ek Sapnaa on Sahara One as Sharad Chatterjee, the brother of the female lead. [7] Also he appeared as Varun Ranawat in the Zee TV series Har Ghar Kuch Kehta Hai from 2007 to 2008. [8]

Sahdev's first leading role as Kulwant Singh, an army officer came in 2008 came with Meet Mila De Rabba on Sony TV opposite Surilie Gautam. [4] [13] It went off air in 2009. He next did a cameo appearance for Gul Khan's first production Geet in 2010 as Arjun Singh Rathore. [1] From 2011-2012 he portrayed his first negative character of Aman Mathur in the popular hit show Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya on Star Plus. [14] [15]

Success and further works (2012–present)

In 2012, Sahdev signed Hum Ne Li Hai... Shapath , a crime detective series on Life OK in which he played the role of Senior Inspector Abhigyan Mitra. [16]

He quit Hum Ne Li Hai... Shapath in 2013. [17] Later that year Sahdev rise to prominence with his portrayal of Lord Rama opposite Rubina Dilaik in the highly acclaimed mythological drama Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev on Life OK, which marked a turning point in his career, making it his breakthrough performance. [18] [19] In an interview, he had already stated that he always wished to once play Rama in his career, which he eventually fulfilled and also won immense recognition for the same. [2] He also played the lead role of Kabir in Zee TV's Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke . [20] [3]

In December 2017, Sahdev entered Sony TV's Beyhadh as Samay, a negative role which garnered him much appreciation. [21] [22] In the same year, Sahdev joined Colors TV's Devanshi . In 2018, he played the role of Siraj in Zee TV's Ishq Subhan Allah . He also portrayed the role of Abu Fazl in Colors TV's Dastaan-E-Mohabbat: Salim Anarkali .

In September 2021, he is appearing as Inspector Piyush in &TV's Mauka-E-Vardaat . In April 2022, he was in Sony TV's show Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 2 as Krish Dixit.

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2004 Special Squad Bobby
2007–2009 Ghar Ek Sapnaa Sharad Chatterjee [17]
2007–2008 Har Ghar Kuch Kehta Hai Varun Ranawat
2008–2009 Meet Mila De Rabba Kulwant Singh
2010 Geet Arjun Singh RathoreCameo
2010–2011 Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya Advocate Aman Mathur [23]
2012–2013 Hum Ne Li Hai... Shapath Senior Inspector Abhigyan [24]
2013 Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev Lord Rama [25]
2013–2015 Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke Kabeer Tripathi [15]
2014 Encounter Inspector Anil Barve
2016 Beyhadh Rajeev Randhawa/Samay Ahuja [26]
Devanshi Pavan Bakshi [27]
2018 Ishq Subhan Allah Siraj Ahmed [28]
2018–2019 Dastaan-E-Mohabbat: Salim Anarkali Abul Fazl [29]
2019 Yeh Teri Galiyan Vikram Shekhawat [30]
2021Humkadam
Mauka-E-Vardaat Sr. Inspector Piyush Rathore [31]
2022 Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 2 Krish Dixit
2024-present Nath - Rishton Ki Agni Pariksha Arya Pratapsingh [32]

Music videos

YearTitleSinger(s)Ref.
2019Saanwal Reewa Rathod [33]

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