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- Birth namePraveen Kumar Sobti
- Height1.98 m
- Praveen Kumar Sobti is an Indian hammer and discus thrower, film actor, and politician. As an actor, he starred in more than 50 Hindi films and played the famous character of "Bheem" in B.R. Chopra's television series Mahabharat that started in 1988. He was a silver medalist in the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston and in the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran. He competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.- IMDb mini biography by: Arif Faysal Khan
- SpousesBina Devi Sobti(? - February 2022)Bina Devi(? - 2022)
- ChildrenAnkit SobtiNipunika Sobti SethTina Sobti Sharma
- RelativesPradeep Sobti(Sibling)
- His son works for India's Jet Airway airline.
- Daughter Nipunika Sobti was once engaged to Akshay Kumar.
- Has 4 brothers and a sister.
- Praveen Kumar was the actor to take the first blow of one of the most successful and famous punch dialogues of superstar Amitabh Bachchan, "Rishte Mein to Hum Tumhare Baap Hote hain, naam hai Shahenshah!" in Tinnu Anand's blockbuster Shahenshah.
- As a politician he contested the 2013 Delhi Legislative elections on an Aam Aadmi Party ticket, but lost. Subsequently, in 2014, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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