Pratik Gandhi (born 28 April 1980) is an Indian actor known for his work in Gujarati and Hindi films, theater, and television. He gained widespread recognition for portraying Harshad Mehta in the Sony LIV series Scam 1992 (2020). Gandhi has also starred as Raju in the National award-winning Gujarati film Wrong Side Raju and as Vithal Teedi in the web series Vitthal Teedi. In 2024, he appeared in the Hindi films Madgaon Express (2024) and Do Aur Do Pyaar (2024).
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Early life
Gandhi was born in Surat to parents who were teachers. He completed his schooling at V. D. Desai (Wadiwala) in Surat. He studied at Surat where he was involved in theatre arts. He graduated in Industrial Engineering from the North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon in 2004. From 2004 to 2007, he worked with National Productivity Council in Satara and Pune. He later worked at Reliance Infrastructure (cement division) in Mumbai from January 2008 to 2016.
Career
Gandhi participated in the Gujarati play Aa Paar Ke Pele Paar. He played a role in the Gujarati film Bey Yaar (2014) directed by Abhishek Jain and in plays Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon, Hu Chandrakant Bakshi and Ame Badha Sathe To Duniya Laiye Mathe. In Mohan's Masala, he performed a monologue in three languages, English, Hindi and Gujarati on the same day. He played a lead role in his next film, Wrong Side Raju (2016) which won the National Award for Best Gujarati Film. His next Gujarati films Love Ni Bhavai (2017) and Ventilator (2018) were commercially successful.
