Name	Parikshit Sahni
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Naionality	Indian
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Famous for	Acting

Parikshit Sahni is an Indian film and television actor, who is most known for playing the lead in TV series Barrister Vinod, Gul Gulshan Gulfaam (Doordarshan) and Gaatha (STAR Plus). He is the son of noted actor Balraj Sahni and nephew of writer Bhisham Sahni.
He comes from a Punjabi background.

He was born while his father was teaching English at Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan of Rabindranath Tagore, and his mother was doing her Bachelors. Schooled at Lawrence School Sanawar. He went to study at Delhi's prestigious St. Stephen's College. Later, he began his career as a child artist, but couldn't match the rating of his father.

His most recent film is 3 Idiots where he got appreciation for playing R Madhavan's father. He had a major role in the TV series Heena as Nawab Mirza, Heena's father. Heena ended in 2003. Currently, Sahni is playing the role of Veer Singh (Kaka-sa) on the popular Zee serial, Saat Phere opposite Nivedita Bhattacharya.

He also starred in the classic Punjabi film Marhi Da Diva (1989), also starring Raj Babbar, Pankaj Kapur, Kanwaljeet Singh, and Deepti Naval. He played a remarkable role in Hindi film Pavitra Paapi (1970) which was based on a Punjabi novel by Nanak Singh (a famous novelist of the Punjabi language). He acted in TV series The Great Maratha as Malhar Rao Holkar.