Namit Das

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Namit Das
Born (1984-07-10) 10 July 1984 (age 38)
Nationality Indian
Alma materSt Xaviers College, Bhavan's AH Wadia High School
OccupationActor
Years active2002–present
SpouseShruti Vyas
Parent(s) Chandan Dass
Yamini Das

Namit Das (born 10 July 1984) is an Indian film, television, theatre actor and singer. He has acted in several television commercials. He belongs to a family of musicians and singers; his father is reputed ghazal singer Chandan Dass. His maternal grandfather was K. Pannalal, who worked for Delhi All India Radio and Doordarshan, and was a musician par excellence. One of his maternal uncles, Jaidev Kumar, is a famous Punjabi music director, and another is Ajay K. Pannalal, a Punjabi film director. Namit is also a trained singer and took classical-music training from his father Chandan Dass and Bhavdeep Jaipurwale, but preferred acting over singing for a long time. Recently he has released an album with Anurag Shanker, which has five tracks.

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Namit Das married his longtime girlfriend Shruti Vyas on 15 February 2015. Shruti herself is a theater and film actress and has appeared in many ads, including an OLX Womaniyan ad, where she was the face of OLX. She is the sister of actor Sumeet Vyas. Namit and Shruti got married in Mumbai in a traditional ceremony, graced by family and friends. Namit's younger brother Anshul Nautiyal is also an underground music producer who is Delhi-based.

Filmography

Films

YearFilmRoleComments
2009 The President Is Coming Ramesh S.
Wake Up Sid Rishi Atul Raheja
2010 Lafangey Parindey Chaddi
Phillum City Chaubey
2011Bulb Hila
Nithya
2013 Ghanchakkar Idris
2014 Ankhon Dekhi Ajju
2015 Hamari Adhuri Kahani Saanjh Prasad (adult)Cameo appearance
2018 Sui Dhaaga Guddu
Pataakha Jagan
2020 Bahut Hua Samman Rajat Tiwari
2021 Aafat-E-Ishq AtmaramZee5 film

TV series

YearSeriesRoleNotes
2004-05 Pancham Pancham
2008 Mumbai Calling Amar
2010 State of the Union Indian caller
Axe Ur ExHost
2015–2016 Sumit Sambhal Lega Sumit Walia
2017 Kaushiki DK
2018 Table No 5 Web Series [1] [2]
2019 Abhay GovindWeb Series [3] [4]
2020 Aarya JawaharWeb Series
A Suitable Boy Haresh Khanna BBC One [5] & Netflix
MafiaNitin KumarWeb series [6]
2022 Rocket Boys Prosenjit Day SonyLIV

Plays

Das has worked in a number of plays. [7]

YearPlayDirectorComments
2002Shadow BoxNadir Khan
2002Noises OffAtuI Kumar
2003-04I Am Invincible (Clown Show)AtuI Kumar
2004VoicesAtuI Kumar
2006Much Ado About NothingImogen Butler ColeAlso composed music [8]
2006-07ChairsAtuI Kumar
2006-08Numbers In The DarkAtuI Kumar
2007-The President Is Coming Kunal Roy Kapoor
2007The Soul Of A Sales ManEtiene Coutinho
2007Mastana Rampuri Urf Chappanchuri Sunil Shanbag
2008-11The Shehenshah Of AzeemoSumeet & Shivani
2008-11Hamlet The Clown Prince Rajat Kapoor
2011-Stories In A SongSunil Shanbag
2011-Bombay TalkiesVikram Kapadia

Dubbing roles

Live action films

Film titleActorCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year ReleaseDub Year ReleaseNotes
Hellboy II: The Golden Army Doug Jones Abe Sapien HindiEnglish20082008 Rajesh Khattar dubbed this role in the previous movie.
Edge of Tomorrow Kick Gurry GriffHindiEnglish20142014Hindi dub only created for the Home media release.

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