Parmeet Sethi

Sethi made his Bollywood debut in the award-winning film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), portraying the role of Kuljeet Singh. The movie went onto became a commercially and critically acclaimed film. Subsequently, he starred in Diljale (1996) as Captain Ranveer with Ajay Devgn and Sonali Bendre . He also starred in the critically acclaimed Punjabi language film Des Hoyaa Pardes (2004). The film won a National Award for Best Feature Film in Punjabi .

In 2005, he participated in the first season of Indian television dance reality show Nach Baliye with his wife Archana Puran Singh . Then in 2006, he hosted another television dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa with his wife. In 2010, he tried his first directorial venture, Yash Raj's Badmaash Company starring Shahid Kapoor , Anushka Sharma and Meiyang Chang , which was a success at box office earning 530 million Indian rupees . Sethi wrote its entire script with dialogues in just six days.

The film received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave it a rating of 3 out of 5, saying; "On the whole, Badmaash Company is a watchable experience for various reasons, the prime reason being it offers solid entertainment, but doesn't insult your intelligence." Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave the movie 1.5 out of 5 and claimed it to be "outrageously silly".