Shakti Anand

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Shakti Anand
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Born (1975-09-23) 23 September 1975 (age 49)
Delhi, India
Occupation Television actor
Years active2000–present
Spouse
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(m. 2005)​
Children1

Shakti Anand (born 23 September 1975) is an Indian television actor. He appeared in various television shows like Tenali Rama, Saara Akaash , Sambhav Asambhav and Ek Ladki Anjaani Si . [1] The actor also hosted the first season of the crime reality show Crime Patrol in 2004. [2] [3]

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Early life

Anand was born on 23 September 1975 in Delhi in a Punjabi family. [4] He studied at the Tamil Education Association university in Delhi and majored in the Science stream. [4] After that, he received his master's degree in pharmaceutical engineering.

Personal life

Anand married actress Sai Deodhar in 2005. They have a daughter born in 2011. [4]

Career

Shakti received the offer to act in the television show Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi while he was working as a medical examiner with GE Capital in Delhi. [5] He played a blind boy in telefilm Nayan Jyoti, produced by Deepak Sharma and edited by Sanjeev Khanna for Doordarshan.

Shakti and his wife Sai Deodhar participated in the first season of the celebrity dance show Nach Baliye . In the serial Godh Bharaai , he performed as the character Shivam. [1] The actor had worked in the daily soap called Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap as Maharana Udai Singh. He has also worked in the show SuperCops vs Supervillains on Life OK. Shakti was also seen as Shiv in the show Gangaa on &TV and as Emperor Balakumara in popular Tenali Rama aired on Sony SAB. Anand was last seen playing Amber Singh, in the show Channa Mereya that aired on Star Bharat.

Since March 2023 he portrayed Karan Luthra replacing Shakti Arora opposite Shraddha Arya post generation leap in Zee TV's Kundali Bhagya [6] [7] until the show off-aired in December 2024. [8]

Filmography

Television

YearSerialRoleNotesRef.
2000AakashSunny
X Zone Rakesh JindalEpisode 120: Saheli
Thriller At 10 -Rohan LalEpisode 131 - Episode 135: Maksad : Part 1 - Part 5
2000-2004 Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi Hemant Virani
2001–2002SansaarAmit [9]
2002–2003 Ssshhhh...Koi Hai Captain Kishan
2003 Sambhav Asambhav Siddharth Nath
2003–2005 Saara Akaash Flight Lt. Vikram Kochar / Squadron Leader Vikram Kochar
2004–2006 Crime Patrol Host [10]
2005 Kkusum Party Host (Episode 821)Special Guest
2005–2007 Ek Ladki Anjaani Si Nikhil Samarth
2006 C.I.D. Nikhil SamarthEpisode 427: 60 Feet Underwater
2009 Specials @ 10
Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai - DrishtiDr. Aashish / Nitin Kapoor (Episode 202 – Episode 209)
Bhaskar Bharti Omkar Sinha
2010 Godh Bharaai Shivam Agnihotri
2013–2015 Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap Maharana Udai Singh
2014 Savdhaan India Bharat Gupta (Episode 936)
2015 Aahat Shekhar [11] Episode 1: Lori
2015–2016 SuperCops vs Supervillains Commander Jagatveer Rana
Balika Vadhu MLA Dr. Jagdish "Jagya" Singh
2017 Gangaa Shiv Jha
Savdhaan India Surajpratap SinghEpisode 2158 [12]
2018 Mayavi Maling Maharaj Shiladitya
2018–2019 Vish Ya Amrit: Sitara Ratanpratap Singh
2019 Crime Alert Host
2019–2020 Tenali Rama Maharaj Balakumaran
2020–2021 Hamari Wali Good News Mukund Tiwari
2022 Channa Mereya Amber Singh
2023–2024 Kundali Bhagya Karan Luthra [6] [7]

Films

YearFilmRoleNotes
2008Ghar AnudhaSupporting Role
2013Prateek Group
2014 Arsho JeetSupporting Role
2015 I Love Desi Punjab's BrotherSupporting Role
Dekhaa Jaayega

Web series

YearSerialRoleNotes
2020 Naxalbari Binu AtramSupporting Role
2021The Chargesheet: Innocent or Guilty?Sanjeev SinghSupporting Role
2023 School of Lies Dev (Episode 1 & Episode 3)Supporting Role

Short films

YearFilmRoleChannel
2019D.A.T.E.Neel Sharma ZEE5

Reality shows

YearShowRoleChannel
2005 Nach Baliye 1 Contestant Star One
2006Jodee Kamal KiGuest (Episode 2) Star Plus
Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai Guest (Episode 9) Zee TV
2007–2008Good Morning ZindagiHost 9X
2013Sanjeev Kapoor Ke Kitchen KhiladiGuest Contestant (Episode 40) Sony Entertainment Television
2019Kitchen Champion 5Guest Contestant (Episode 45) Colors TV

References

  1. 1 2 "Curtain raiser to Godh Bharaai Wednesday". one india. 10 March 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  2. ↑ "Tele-tracking". The Hindu . 5 July 2004. Archived from the original on 17 January 2005. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Telly stars twinkle in city". The Tribune. 29 August 2004. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 "Shakti Anand's Birthday Special". The Times of India . 23 September 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Playing new roles: Sai Deodhar and Shakti Anand have taken their relationship from the small screen to real life". The Telegraph. 3 December 2005. Archived from the original on 17 April 2006. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  6. 1 2 "Confirmed! Shakti Anand has been finalised to play Sharddha Arya's husband in Kundali Bhagya". The Times of India. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Shakti Anand replaces Shakti Arora in Kundali Bhagya (Exclusive)". The Hindustan Times. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  8. ↑ Maheshwari, Neha (19 November 2024). "It's confirmed! After seven and a half years, Kundali Bhagya to end on December 6; Shakti Anand expresses shock". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "Zee announces revamp of channel". Zee News India Dot Com. 22 August 2001. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  10. ↑ "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum". Tribune India Dot Com. 16 May 2004. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  11. ↑ "Sony's rebooted 'Aahat' to go on air from 18 February". Indian Television. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  12. ↑ "Savdhaan India: Shakti Anand & wife Sai Deodhar to REUNITE onscreen after 10 years!". ABP Live Dot Com. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2020.


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