Narendra Gupta (actor)

Gupta was born in Jaipur, Rajasthan, and was the youngest child of a business family. His father was originally from Uttar Pradesh, but migrated to Rajasthan. As a young student, he loved to study science and mathematics, though when he arrived in college, he started to read about arts and cinema. His mother's dream was for him to become a doctor. But he wanted to be an actor.^[6]

Gupta started his acting career with DD National's Wagle Ki Duniya in 1988.^[7] He joined the C.I.D. series in 1998. He made his debut in the episode "The Case of the Incomplete Letter", where he was initially referred to as Dr. Verma but started being referred to as Dr. Salunkhe from episode "The Case of the Burnt Letter". He gained popularity by playing the role of forensic expert Dr. R. P. Salunkhe in this series.^[2][8][9]

In 2014, Narendra Gupta appeared in Kaun Banega Crorepati with Shivaji Satam, Aditya Srivastava and Dayanand Shetty.^[10]

Gupta has acted in many popular television serials and films including Elaan (1994), Hulchul (1995), Udaan (1997), Police Force (2004), Forensic (2022).^[11][12]