Parikshit did an apprenticeship in the Russian film ‘War and peace.’ He was an assistant and even did work like sweeping and cleaning. Parikshit assisted Raj Kapoor in the Hindi film Mera Naam Joker but Parikshit left it when he was offered a role in the film ‘Anokhi Raat’ in 1968. After Parikshit returned from Moscow in 1966, at the age of 26, he started his film career in India. Sahni began his career as a child artist. (22-2-1978) Parikshit Sahni’s autograph Career Later, he gained an interest in spirituality when he read holy books, such as Bhagavad Gita, Quran, and Bible. Parikshit grew up in an environment that also made him an atheist for a large portion of his life. Parikshit’s wife, Aruna Sahni, is the niece of the Late Dev Anand and cousin of Shekhar Kapur. Parikshat’s paternal uncle, Bhisham Sahni, was a distinguished Hindi fiction writer who won Padma Bhushan for Literature in 1998. Parikshit Sahni and his wife, late Aruna Sahni Other Relatives Parikshit has a granddaughter, Niharika Sahni, who is a film director. Later, he then got married to Nandini Sahni. They have two daughters, Aditi Sahni and Tania Sahni. Parikshit Sahni got married to Aruna Sahni (deceased). Sanober Sahni is Parikshit’s paternal half-sister from the second marriage of his father to Santosh Chandhok. In 1972, around the age of 26-27, she suffered a Brain Haemorrhage and died. She worked as a teacher at Sadhana School in Mumbai. Her mother-in-law started taunting her about her connection to a Muslim boy, which Shabnam didn’t like.” Her marriage wasn’t on good terms so she left her in-laws and came back home. In 1947, before the demise of Damayanti Sahni, she gave birth to her daughter, Shabnam Sahni.
‘Meri Filmi Aatmakatha’ by Balraj Sahni Siblings The last line he recorded for the film was “Insaan Kab Tak Akela Jee Sakta Hai?” He died just the same day he finished the dubbing work. The last film that Balraj acted in was ‘Garam Hawa’ (1974). Balraj became the author of his autobiography ‘Meri Filmi Aatmakatha,’ which was released in 1974. After the mob got out of control, the police resorted to a lathi charge, during which Balraj Sahni was arrested and sent to jail. Parikshit Sahni’s father and mother (Damayanti Sahni)īeing devasted by his wife’s death, Balraj Sahni (Parikshit’s father) used to bang his head on the wall and cry, “Dammo nahi rahee, Dammo chali gayee.” Then in 1951, he got married to his first cousin, Santosh Chandhok, an author and television writer.īalraj Sahni with his second wife, Santosh Chandhokīalraj Sahni was a part of a procession led by the Communist party. In 1947, the disease resulted in a massive cardiac arrest and she passed away at the age of 26. Damayanti worked in a slum and even shared meals with the slum dwellers due to which she got diagnosed with Amoebic dysentery, a parasitic infection spread in the body due to the consumption of contaminated water. When they came to India from London, Balraj Sahni and Damayanti Sahni were engaged in social work as they were associated with the Communist Party of India. Parikshit Sahni with his father, Balraj Sahni With Mahatma Gandhi’s blessings, Parikshit’s parents went to London where his father joined the BBC-London’s Hindi service as a radio announcer and returned to India in 1943. Balraj Sahni bought a Gurmukhi typewriter and learnt the Gurumukhi script writing. Reportedly, when Parikshit was born, his parents were working as teachers at Tagore’s Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan, Bengal. In 1936, he got married to Damayanti Sahni, who was also an actor. Before Independence, Balraj Sahni lived with his family in Rawalpindi (Pakistan). His father died on 13 April 1973 at the age of 59. His father, Balraj Sahni, (born Yudhishthir Sahni) was an Indian film and stage actor. A childhood picture of Parikshit Sahni with his father and sisters Physical AppearanceĮye Colour: Dark brown Family Parents & Siblings
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