Shakti Anand

Shakti Anand (born 23 September 1975) is an Indian television actor.

Life and career
Anand was born on 23 September 1975 in Delhi in a Punjabi family.

Anand studied at the Tamil Education Association university in Delhi and majored in the Science stream. After that, he received his master's degree in pharmaceutical engineering. Shakti received the offer to act in the television show Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi while he was working as a medical examiner with GE Capital in Delhi. He received his master's degree in pharmaceutical engineering, and was working as a medical examiner with GE Capital in Delhi before he received an offer to work on the television show Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi in which he played the role of Hemant Virani. He played a blind boy in telefilm Nayan Jyoti, produced by Deepak Sharma and edited by Sanjeev Khanna for Doordarshan.

He later appeared in Saara Akaash, Sambhav Asambhav and Ek Ladki Anjaani Si. He also hosted the first season of the crime reality show Crime Patrol in 2004. He and his wife Sai Deodhar participated in the first season of the celebrity dance show Nach Baliye. In the serial Godh Bharaai, he performed as the character Shivam. He had worked in the daily soap called Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap as Maharana Udai Singh. He has also worked in the show SuperCops vs Supervillains on Life OK. He was also seen as Shiv in the show Gangaa on &TV. Anand was last seen playing Maharaj Shiladitya, the king of Maling, in the show Mayavi Maling on Star Bharat.

Anand married actress Sai Deodhar in 2005. They have a daughter born in 2011.