Paresh Ganatra

15 Feb, 1965 | Mumbai, Maharashtra

Actor

Biography

Paresh Ganatra is an Indian television, stage and film actor. In Bollywood films he is most noted for his role in the Bollywood blockbuster No Entry (2005). On television he is most known for the comedy TV series, Baa Bahoo Aur Baby (2009), and as a participant in the reality stand-up comedy series, Comedy Circus 3 Ka Tadka (2009), and Comedy Circus Mahasangram (2010) series, where he is again partnered with Bharti Singh and Sharad Kelkar. Early Life And Education Paresh Ganatra was born in a Gujarati household in Mumbai, where he was brought up. He did his schooling from Lions Juhu High School in 1982. Thereafter, he graduated from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics in 1986, and joined Management studies at Somaya College, Mumbai. Career Having started participating in theatre while in still college, he started his acting career with Gujarati theatre in the city from 1984 to 1992. He made his film debut with a role in Mann in 1999. He had acted in the TV series, Ek Mahal Ho Sapnon Ka, a Colonial Cousins music video, and in a number of TV commercials, including Symphony Air Coolers, Tata Phones, Coffee Bite, LG TV, Nerolac, Dabur and McDonalds, when his big break came with the film Aanken (2001). He continued with theatre, and in the mid 1990s acted in musical comedies, Action Replay, directed by Vipul Shah, and Khelaiya, apart from serious roles in plays like Boman and Eklo Jaane Re.