Amar Upadhyay

Amar Upadhyay is an Indian television actor and model. The role which gave Amar his major breakthrough and is well known for, is his role of Mihir Virani, from the popular serial Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi on Star Plus channel. He was a contestant on the reality show Bigg Boss in 2011. He then played the role of Dharam Suryavanshi in one of the long-running Indian soap Saath Nibhana Saathiya.

Early life
Amar Upadhyay is a Gujarati. He grew up in the Malad suburb of Mumbai, and studied chemical engineering after completing his schooling. He is a Black belt holder in Taekwondo.

Career
In 1994, 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, 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), his film career did not turn out as expected.

Subsequently, he returned to television after a two-year hiatus, playing a key role in the serial Chand Ke Paar Chalo  on NDTV Imagine.

In October 2011 he joined the fifth season of the reality TV series Bigg Boss and finished in fifth place.

In 2015, he entered Star Plus's popular long-running series Saath Nibhaana Saathiya as the parallel lead role of Dharam Suryavanshi opposite Tanya Sharma. Their Sizzling chemistry managed to grab the eyeballs of Viewers. the show's trp was on heights owing to Dharam Meera (Dheera) Unique age difference love story. He played Dharam's character till the ending of the show in 2017. He also starred as an antagonist in Ek Deewaana Tha.

Personal life
Upadhaya is married to Hetal, who is a doctor. They have two children.