Paras Kalnawat (born 9 November 1996) is an Indian model and actor best known for portraying Sanjay Singh Ahlawat in Meri Durga, Faraz Sheikh in Ishq Aaj Kal, Samar Shah in Anupamaa and Rajveer Arora Luthra in Kundali Bhagya.

In July 2017, he made his television debut opposite Srishti Jain in Meri Durga on StarPlus, where he portrayed the lead role of Sanjay Singh Ahlawat until the show went off-air in March 2018.

[12] In May 2018, he was cast to play Rehaan Thakur opposite Priyanka Kandwal in Mariam Khan - Reporting Live by StarPlus, however, he quit the show in September 2018 due to some personal reasons.

He went on to play the antihero Faraz Sheikh in Ishq Aaj Kal alongside Ankitta Sharma, Angad Hasija, and Puneett Chouksey in the same year,[14] and reprised his role as Shivam in Dil Hi Toh Hai 3 opposite Poulomi Das in early 2020.

[17] However, this led to the termination of his three-year-long contract by Rajan Shahi, Anupamaa's producer, who termed the actor unprofessional because the show was scheduled to air on the rival channel Colors TV.

[26][27] In March 2024, Kalnawat was a part of Pocket FM's audio series called Secret Ameerzada (Season 2) as Ahaan Raizada alongside Bhumika Gurung.