Thereafter, he quit his education and shifted to Mumbai, where he joined an acting course run by Kishore Namit Kapoor.

[6] Samrat moved to Mumbai in 2005,[7] and made his acting debut in 2006 with the long-running television show by Balaji Telefilms, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.

[10] In 2011, Samrat appeared as the lead in choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant's musical theatrical Taj Express.

[11][12] Times of India noted, "With a character sketch, screen-name and styling so reminiscent of Ranveer Singh, debutant Pulkit Samrat has little scope to create his own identity.

"[13] He next played the lead role of Hunny in the ensemble comedy film Fukrey, opposite Priya Anand.

"[22] In his first release of 2015, Samrat portrayed Inspector Robin Singh in Dolly Ki Doli opposite Sonam Kapoor.

[23][24] Firstpost said, "Samrat's face is pretty enough, but has no expression and he does a godawful Haryanvi accent that's all the more jarring because Rao's is pitch perfect.

[35] In 2018, Samrat first played Veer Arora in the romantic comedy Veerey Ki Wedding opposite Kriti Kharbanda.

[39][40] Times of India mentions that Samrat is "competent" in his role,[41] His only release in 2019 was Anees Bazmee's Pagalpanti, alongside Kharbanda.

[42] Bollywood Hungama mentions, "Pulkit Samrat tries his best but doesn’t succeed in giving the performance that his character demanded.

"[43] In 2020, he starred as Sunny Lalwani in the thriller drama film Taish directed by Bejoy Nambiar, which was released on ZEE5 on 29 October 2020.

[44][45] Times of India noted, "Pulkit Samrat’s put in some serious efforts to render justice to Sunny’s trauma-fuelled anger; he is good when he’s mad and unconvincing when he’s happy, and that’s a problem.

"[46] Scroll cited, "Pulkit Samrat and Harshvardhan Rane swagger about and clench fists and jawlines.

[56] Samrat then dated actress Yami Gautam, his co-star in Sanam Re, but the couple eventually broke up in 2018.