Parvin Dabas also known as Parvin Dabbas, is an India

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n actor

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 and model

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.

Background

Parvin Dabas was born into a Jaat family of Dabas

Dabas

Dabas is a Jat Gotra, contributing the "Dabas" family name to its members.They have 16 villages in Delhi, in the neighborhood of Dahiya Jats and are closely related to the latter. They are not descendants of Dahiya Jats but came along with them from Rajputana.According to puranic legend Dabas are...

 Gotra. His family is from Kanjhawala

Kanjhawala

Kanjhawala is a census town in North West district in the Indian state of Delhi.-Demographics: India census, Kanjhawala had a population of 8700. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Kanjhawala has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male...

, Delhi

Delhi

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. He studied in Modern School

Modern School (New Delhi)

Modern School, commonly known as Modern, is a co-educational private school in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1920 by Lala Raghubir Singh and Sir Sobha Singh. Considered to be one of the elite schools, Modern is also referred to as the Eton of India. It is the first private school established...

 Vasant Vihar

Vasant Vihar

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, New Delhi

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 and then in Hans Raj College

Hans Raj College

Hans Raj College is one of the largest constituent colleges of the University of Delhi. This co- educational Institute offers education in all the three streams- arts, science and commerce, and is located on the Mahatma Hans Raj College Road, Kamla Nagar, in the Delhi University’s North campus, and...

, Delhi University.

Career

Dabas made his film debut in the 1999 film Dillagi

Dillagi

Dillagi is a 1999 Bollywood film directed by Sunny Deol and also starring Sunny Deol alongside his real-life brother Bobby Deol and Urmila Matondkar. The film was a box office flop but Deol's first attempt at directing was appreciated....

but Monsoon Wedding

Monsoon Wedding

* Originally featured in the Hindi film Loafer * Originally featured in the Hindi film Biwi No.1 -Awards:The movie won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival...

launched him and has since appeared in over 10 Bollywood

Bollywood

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 films.

He later starred in films such as The Hero: Love Story of a Spy, Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara

Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara

Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara , is an Indian film, directed by Jahnu Barua and produced by Anupam Kher...

and Khosla Ka Ghosla

Khosla Ka Ghosla

Khosla Ka Ghosla is a 2006 Indian comedy drama film directed by Dibakar Banerjee in his directorial debut. It stars Anupam Kher and Boman Irani. Though made on a small budget this film managed to do very well at the box office...

for which he won acclaim. He directed his first film Sahi Dhandhe Galat Bande (Right job for the wrong guys) which released on 19 August 2011 and won a bronze palm award at the 2011 Mexico international film festival.

Personal life

Parvin is also a trained scuba diver

Scuba diving

Scuba diving is a form of underwater diving in which a diver uses a scuba set to breathe underwater....

 and underwater photographer. He married fellow actress Preeti Jhangiani

Preeti Jhangiani

Preeti Jhangiani is an Indian actress and model. She is fluent in Kannada, Sindhi, Hindi, English. She studied in Jai Hind College, Mumbai where her older sister Deepa studied as well...

 on 23 March 2008.

Filmography

year	Film	Role
1999	Dillagi Dillagi Dillagi is a 1999 Bollywood film directed by Sunny Deol and also starring Sunny Deol alongside his real-life brother Bobby Deol and Urmila Matondkar. The film was a box office flop but Deol's first attempt at directing was appreciated....
2000	Tapish
2001	Monsoon Wedding Monsoon Wedding * Originally featured in the Hindi film Loafer * Originally featured in the Hindi film Biwi No.1 -Awards:The movie won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival...	Hemant Rai
2003	The Perfect Husband
2003	The Hero: Love Story of a Spy	Salman
2003	Wrong Number Wrong number A misdialed call or wrong number is a telephone call to an incorrect telephone number. This may occur because the number has been physically misdialed, the number is simply incorrect, or because the area code or ownership of the number has changed...
2004	Muskaan	Sharad
2005	Yehi Hai Zindagi Yehi Hai Zindagi Yehi Hai Zindagi is a 1977 Hindi film. Produced by B.Nagi Reddy the film is directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan. The film stars Sanjeev Kumar, Utpal Dutt, Lucky Ali, Ramesh Deo and Neeta Mehta.The films music is by Rajesh Roshan.-Synopsis:...	Vijay
2005	Kuch Meetha Ho Jaaye	Siddharth
2005	Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara , is an Indian film, directed by Jahnu Barua and produced by Anupam Kher...	Siddharth
2006	The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (TV)	Yunan Heikal
2006	The Memsahib	Jayant Rathod/Vijay
2006	Khosla Ka Ghosla Khosla Ka Ghosla Khosla Ka Ghosla is a 2006 Indian comedy drama film directed by Dibakar Banerjee in his directorial debut. It stars Anupam Kher and Boman Irani. Though made on a small budget this film managed to do very well at the box office...	Chiraunjilal 'Cherry' Khosla
2006	With Luv... Tumhaara	Rahul khanna
2007	The World Unseen The World Unseen The World Unseen is a 2008 historical drama film written and directed by Shamim Sarif, adapted from her own novel. The film is set in 1950s Cape Town, South Africa during the beginning of apartheid...	Omar
2008	Sirf
	Via Darjeeling Via Darjeeling Via Darjeeling is a 2008 Bollywood film. It was directed by debutant Arindam Nandy. It stars Kay Kay Menon, Sonali Kulkarni, Vinay Pathak, Sandhya Mridul and Rajat Kapoor as the lead protagonists.-Cast:*Kay Kay Menon as Ankur Sharma...	Bonny / Rahul
2009	Yeh Mera India Yeh Mera India Yeh Mera India YMI is a 2009 Hindi movie, written and directed by N. Chandra. The film stars Anupam Kher, Perizaad Zorabian, Purab Kohli, Rajpal Yadav, Sarika, and Seema Biswas.-Plot:...	Sameer Ali
2010	My Name Is Khan My Name is Khan My Name Is Khan ; commonly referred to as MNIK, is a 2010 Bollywood film directed by Karan Johar, with a screenplay by Shibani Bathija, produced by Hiroo Yash Johar and Gauri Khan, and starring Shahrukh Khan and Kajol, who reunite after nine years...	Bobby Ahuja
2011	Sahi Dhandhe Galat Bande	Rajbir

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