Amar Upadhyay
Biography
Amar Upadhyay (born 1 August 1976) is an Indian actor who is best known for his work in Hindi Television. He started his career with modeling and he is best known for his collaborations with Ekta Kapoor in the television shows Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (2000–2002), Kalash (2000–2002), Kasautii Zindagii Kay (2005), Kkusum (2005) and Molkki (2020–2022).
In 2011, he participated in Bigg Boss and emerged as a finalist.
His other television shows include Dekh Bhai Dekh (1993–1994), Viraasat (2006–2007), Chand Ke Paar Chalo (2008–2009), Saath Nibhaana Saathiya (2015–2017), Ek Deewaana Tha (2017–2018), Ishqbaaaz (2019) and Kyunkii Tum Hi Ho (2022–2023).
Apart from television shows, he has appeared in many films like Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge! (1998), Dhund: The Fog (2003), LOC Kargil (2003), 13B (2009), It's My Life (2020), Kaagaz (2021) and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 (2022).
Amar Upadhyay was born on 1 August 1976 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat into a Gujarati family. He grew up in the Malad suburb of Mumbai and studied chemical engineering in college. After college, he attended the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune.
In 1993, some of his photographs appeared in Stardust magazine, which led to Jaya Bachchan offering him the TV series Dekh Bhai Dekh. This was followed by numerous TV series like Arzoo, Suhana Safar, Tulsi, and Aruna Irani's Mehndi Tere Naam Ki.
Eventually, he became famous in 2000 with the mega TV daily soap, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (2000). In fact, when his character Mihir 'died' in 2001, it was followed by protest marches, and the TV channel's head office was flooded with phone calls and letters, eventually, his character came back to life, and he is still recounted amongst TV superstars.
After his success in television, he ventured into film with Dahshat 2003, followed by a big launch, Dhund – The Fog (2003), along with Aditi Govitrikar, directed by Sham Ramsay, though later he also appeared in J.P. Dutta's war movie, LOC Kargil (2003).
He also played a recurring role in R Madhavan starrer 13B (2009). He also appeared in some Bhojpuri films like Dharam Veer (2008), Hum Bahubali (2008), Tu Babuaa Hamaar (2008), and E Rishta Anmol Baa (2009). Unfortunately, his film career did not turn out as expected.
In November 2020, Amar reunited with his Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi producers Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor for a television show titled Molkki. He plays the main lead Virendra Pratapsingh in Molkki which is being aired on Colors TV.
In 2021, he appeared in the Satish Kaushik directorial Kaagaz, which stars Pankaj Tripathi in the lead. He played the role of Vidhayak Jaganpal Singh, the main antagonist. The film was released on Zee5 and produced by Salman Khan.
Amar also made a small appearance in the Abhishek Bachchan starrer Bob Biswas (2021), which was directed by Sujoy Ghosh's daughter Diya Ghosh in her directorial debut. It was released on Zee5. He was also seen in Anees Bazmee's directorial Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, the film stars Kartik Aaryan, Kiara Advani, and Tabu in the lead.
He was also set to appear in the show as a lead in Nima Denzongpa, but his entry was later scrapped due to the show going off-air.
In 2022, he portrayed Rama in the Dangal channel television show Jai Hanuman - Sankat Mochan Naam Tiharo. Later that year, he announced his television show Kyunkii Tum Hi Ho, as an actor and a producer. The show airs on Shemaroo Umang.
He has been married to Hetal Upadhyay, who is an engineer. They have a son Aryaman and a daughter Chenab. He is also a black belt holder in Taekwondo.
