Pulkit Samrat
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| Biography | |
|---|---|
| Name | Pulkit Samrat |
| Profession | Indian actor |
| Years Active | 2006-Present |
| Date of Birth | December 29, 1983 |
| Age (In 2023) | 40 Years |
| Birth Place | Shalimar bagh, New Delhi, India |
| Current City | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Caste | Khatri |
| Mother Tongue | Punjabi |
| Zodiac | Capricorn |
| Height | in centimeters- 175 cm in meters- 1.75 m in Feet Inches- 5ft 9in |
| Eye Color | Black |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Family and Marriage Details | |
| Marital Status | Divorced |
| Wife(s) | Shweta Rohira (divorced) |
| Marriage Date | November 3, 2014 |
| Girlfriend(s)/Affair(s) | Kriti Kharbanda Yami Gautam  Mouni Roy  |
| Parents | |
| Father | Sunil Samrat |
| Mother | Deepa Samrat |
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| Sibling(s) | |
| Brother(s) | Ullas Samrat (Actor) |
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| Cousin(s) | Ria Samrat Luthra Ridhi Samrat Bhanu Samrat Dhruv Samrat |
| Other Relative(s) | |
| Niece(s) | Ayra Luthra (Ria’s daughter) |
| Uncle(s) | Sanjeev Kumar Samrat Deepak Samrat Yogesh Samrat |
| Aunt(s) | Reema Samrat Dimple Samrat |
| Grandfather (Paternal) | Chander Prakash Samrat |
| Sister-in-law(s) | Arpitta Jerath (Ullas’s wife) |
| Brother-in-law(s) | Vansh Luthra (Ria’s husband) |
| Education Details | |
| School | Montfort Senior Secondary School, Ashok Vihar, Delhi Manav Sthali School, New Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi |
| College | Apeejay Institute of Design, New Delhi Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute, Mumbai |
| Educational Qualification | Acting course |
| Filmography | |
| Debut Movie | Bittoo Boss (2012) |
| Movies | Suswagatam Khushamadeed (TBA) Fukrey 3 (2023) Phone Bhoot (cameo, 2022) Haathi Mere Saathi (2021) Taish (2020) Pagalpanti (2019) 3 Storeys (2018) Veerey Ki Wedding (2018) Fukrey Returns (2017) Junooniyat (2016) Sanam Re (2016) Bangistan (2015) Dolly Ki Doli (2015) O Teri (2014) Jai Ho (2014) Fukrey (2013) Bittoo Boss (2012) |
| TV Show(s) | Kaho Na Yaar Hai (contestant, 2008) Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (2006-07) |
| Web Series | Made in Heaven (2019, 2023) |
| Music Video(s) | Be Strong (2020) |
| Award(s) | |
| Fresh New Face – Male for ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ at Indian Telly Awards, 2006 | |
| twitter.com/PulkitSamrat (477k followers) | |
| facebook.com/PulkitSamratUnlocked (2.6m followers) facebook.com/samratpulkit | |
| instagram.com/pulkitsamrat/ (1.3m followers) | |
| Other Details | |
| Salary/Fees | ₹2 Crores per Movie |
| Net Worth (Approx) | ₹50-75 Crores |
Family Picture | |
Pulkit Samrat is an Indian actor. He was born on 29 December 1983 into a Punjabi business joint family to Sunil Samrat and his wife Deepa Samrat in Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi. Pulkit also has a younger brother named Ullas Samrat. | |
| His family is in the real estate business. They help MNCs acquire properties, Deals in Furniture, and manufacture energy-efficient LED lighting systems. 1 | |
| Samrat studied at Manav Sthali School, New Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi till Class X, until he was rusticated from school for bursting firecrackers outside the vice-principal’s office. He got 87% in his class X exams but was not admitted into the science stream in Class XI, so he switched his school and completed his schooling at Montfort Senior Secondary School, Ashok Vihar, Delhi. | |
| After that, he joined Apeejay Institute of Design, New Delhi to pursue an advertising course, where he got his first ad as a model for Asian Paints. Then, he moved to Mumbai and did an acting course at Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute. | |
| Pulkit Samrat made his acting debut in 2006 with the Balaji Telefilms television show ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ but quit the show after essaying the role of Lakshya Virani for one and a half years. He also filed a case against Ekta Kapoor for allegedly tarnishing his image in public and not paying him his dues of around Rs 3.25 lakh. Pulkit won the case and Justice Chandrachund instructed Balaji Telefilms to not stop actors from working with other production houses. 2 | |
| After that, he was initially supposed to participate in NDTV Imagine’s music-based reality show ‘Say Shaava Shaava’ but decided to drop the idea due to some issues and instead started focusing on his Bollywood dream. 3 | |
| In 2008, he participated with Mouni Roy in the friend-based reality show ‘Kaho Na Yaar Hai’ that aired on STAR Plus channel. During Valentines Special episode, Pulkit expressed his love for Mouni Roy. 4 | |
In 2011, he worked in Shruti Merchant’s musical theatrical show ‘Taj Express’. Shruti Merchant is choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant’s younger sister. 5 6 | |
He made his bollywood debut in 2012 opposite Amita Pathak in ‘Bittoo Boss’ directed by Supavitra Babul. He played the role of a small-town wedding videographer who is lured to take a shortcut in order to earn big money. | |
| His second film was Mrighdeep Singh Lamba’s Fukrey (2013) alongside Varun Sharma, Ali Fazal, Richa Chadda, Manjot Singh, Priya Anand, Vishakha Singh and Pankaj Tripathi. After a lackluster start, the movie eventually grabbed the attention of audiences and became a sleeper hit. 7 | |
| He was next seen in Salman Khan starrer Jai Ho (2014) as police inspector Abhay Rajput. In the same year, he starred in ‘O Teri’ alongside Bilal Amrohi and Sarah-Jane Dias. The film produced by Atul Agnihotri and Alvira Khan Agnihotri was a commercial failure. | |
| In 2015, he starred in ‘Dolly Ki Doli’ and ‘Bangistan’. | |
| Pulkit Samrat starred opposite Yami Gautam in two films in 2016, ‘Sanam Re’ and ‘Junooniyat’. Both films were critical as well as commercial failures. | |
| In 2017, he reprised the role of ‘Hunny’ in ‘Fukrey Returns’, a sequel to the 2013 sleeper hit ‘Fukrey’. Fukrey Returns was a big commercial success as it earned over Rs. 100 crore against its budget of Rs. 22 crore. 8 | |
| He first met Shweta Rohira, who is Salman Khan’s rakhi sister, was a freelance journalist when she came to interview him while he was working in ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’. They became friends and later started dating each other. Pulkit Samrat got married to his longtime girlfriend Shweta Rohira on 3 November 2014 in Goa. However, their marriage did not last long and the couple separated in November 2015. Pulkit’s alleged link-up with Yami Gautam was quoted as the main reason for his fallout with Shweta. 9 10  Shweta finally filed for a divorce in January 2017. In February 2017, Pulkit lost his cool and manhandled a photographer outside Bandra’s family court and smashed his camera to the ground. According to reports, Pulkit’s lawyers also threatened the photographer and said, “Photo nikalne ke laayak nahi rahoge tum log.” 11  | |
| Samrat dated actress Yami Gautam for some time, but they eventually broke up. | |
| He met his current girlfriend Kriti Kharbanda in 2018 while shooting for ‘Veerey ki Wedding’. They also starred together in Pagalpanti (2019) and Taish (2020). | |
| Pulkit Samrat is all set to return as ‘Hunny’ in the third installment of the Fukrey franchise, Fukrey 3 (2023). The film is scheduled to be released on 28 September 2023. | |
| His brother, Ullas Samrat made his acting debut in Sudhanshu Saria’s highly anticipated short film TAPS (2023) alongside Rohit Mehra. ‘TAPS’ based on LGBTQ+ relationships and directed by Arvind Caulagi premiered at the Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival on 8 June 2023 and Ullas was appreciated for his acting in the movie. 12 | |
Pulkit Samrat is a dog lover and owns a husky pet dog named Drogo. He was featured with Drogo on the cover page of Buddy Life magazine’s January-March 2020 edition. | |
| He will next appear in ‘Suswagatam Khushamadeed’ opposite Katrina Kaif‘s sister Isabelle Kaif. | |
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- https://news.abplive.com/entertainment/celebrities/taps-pulkit-samrat-s-brother-ullas-samrat-makes-a-smashing-debut-in-lgbtq-relationship-drama-1608084[↩]
