Background
He is the son of noted actor Balraj Sahni and nephew of writer Bhisham Sahni.
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Parikshit Sahni
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University of Delhi.
Career
He has also appeared in three of Rajkumar Hirani"s blockbuster films Lage Raho Munna Bhai, 3 Idiots, and PK. 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 Saint Stephen"s College.
Later, he began his career as a child artist.
One of his most famous film is 3 Idiots where he got appreciation for playing R Madhavan"s father. He had a major role in the 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, Kanwaljit 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 Doordarshan television series The Great Maratha as Malhar Rao Holkar.
