Parikshit Sahni

Parikshit Sahni (born 1944, in Murree, British India, now in Pakistan) is an Indian film and television actor, who is most known for playing the lead in TV series Barrister Vinod, Gul Gulshan Gulfaam (Doordarshan) and Gaatha (STAR Plus). He has also appeared in three of Rajkumar Hirani's blockbuster films such as Lage Raho Munna Bhai, 3 Idiots, and PK.

He is the son of noted actor Balraj Sahni and nephew of writer Bhisham Sahni.

He was born while his father was teaching English at Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan of Rabindranath Tagore, and his mother was doing her Bachelors. Schooled at Lawrence School, Sanawar, he went to study at Delhi's prestigious St. Stephen's College. Later, he began his career as a child artist.