Paras Kalnawat

Paras Kalnawat (born 9 November 1996) is an Indian television actor and model known for portraying Sanjay Prince Ahlawat in Meri Durga and Samar Shah in Anupamaa.

Early life
Paras Kalnawat was born on 9 November 1996 to Nagpur based businessman Bhushan Kalnawat and Anita Kalnawat. He was born in a Bandara district near Nagpur. He completed his junior college in Nagpur and moved to Mumbai to become an actor. He completed his dance diploma from Terence Lewis academy. He earned his acting diploma from Barry John Acting School. Paras won the title of Mr. Multimedia (most popular model of 2016) in the Elite model look 2016. He then entered the modeling industry. Paras walked ramps for designers including Kunal Rawal, Monisha Jaisingh, Manish Malhotra, and Narendra Kumar. He appeared in TV commercials and print ads. He was crowned as 'The Insta King Of The Week' by Tellychakkar several times.

Career
Kalnawat begun his television career in July 2017 playing Sanjay Prince Ahlawat in StarPlus's Meri Durga opposite Srishti Jain until it went off air in March 2018. He then landed a series named Mariam Khan - Reporting Live with the same channel as Rehaan Thakur opposite Priyanka Kandwal.

He next had episodic roles in Aye Zindagi, Kaun Hai? and Laal Ishq. In 2019, Kalnawat joined digital platform playing Shivam Noon in ALT Balaji's Dil Hi Toh Hai 2. He also played Faraz Sheikh in the web series Ishq Aaj Kal and reprised his role as Shivam on Dil Hi Toh Hai 3 in early 2020.

In March 2020, he bagged the role of Samar in Anupamaa on StarPlus. Later in 2020, he paired up with Ashi Singh for a music video, Tere Naal Rehna. It was filmed following the social distancing rules due to COVID-19.