Famous People with Name Paresh

Paresh Rawal            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Paresh Rawal: an Indian actor from Bollywood, Mumbai of Gujarati background.Making his film debut in 1984, he mainly played supporting and villain roles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Since 2000 he has mostly played comic roles.Rawal made his debut with the 1984 film Holi. He then appeared in over 100 films throughout the 1980s and 1990s.In 1994, he won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in the films Woh Chokri and Sir.[1] For the latter, he also received his first Filmfare Award for Best Comedian. This was followed by Ketan Mehta's Sardar, which saw him playing the lead role of freedom fighter Vallabhbhai Patel, a role that got him not only national but international acclaim.[1] He followed it with the film Tamaana (1996), in which he played the role of a hijra (person of "third" gender, typically male transgender) who raises a young, orphaned girl, played by Pooja Bhatt.[1]

Paresh Maity            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Paresh Maity: an Indian artist. He lives and works in Delhi and is married to artist Jayasri Burman.He has a degree in Fine Arts from the Government College of Art & Craft, Calcutta and graduated at the top of his class with a Masters of Fine Arts from the Delhi College of Arts. He has had some 43 shows in twenty years. He gradually moved from atmospheric scenery to representations of the human form. His more recent paintings are bold and graphic, with a strong color and unusual cropping. Maity's works are in a number of collections, including the British Museum, and the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. He has won a number of awards, the most recent being an award from Royal Watercolour Society, London in 2002.

Paresh Jasmat Patel            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Paresh Jasmat Patel: is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He was born in Auckland.

Paresh Prasad Lohani            Origin/Culture/Country: Hindu

Paresh Prasad Lohani: a Nepalese cricketer.[2] A right-handed batsman,[3] he has played for the Nepal national cricket team since 2000.[4]He played in the ACC Trophy again in 2002 and 2004,[4] making his first-class début in the latter year when he played in the 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup against the UAE and Malaysia.[6] He played ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament matches against Singapore, Nepal and Hong Kong later the same year.[4]

Paresh Shivalkar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Paresh Shivalkar: is an Indian football player. He is currently playing for Mahindra United in the I-League in India as a Midfielder.