Sanjay Suri

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Sanjay Suri
Sanjay suri.jpg
Suri in 2012
Born6 April 1971 (1971-04-06) (age 53)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • film producer
Years active1999–present
Spouse
Ambika Suri
(m. 2001)

Sanjay Suri (born 6 April 1971) is an Indian actor and film producer. [1] He comes from an affluent business family of Kashmiri Pandits. [2] He had a supporting role in Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi (1999), acted in Jhankaar Beats , and co-produced and acted in I Am . [3]

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Personal life

Sanjay Suri was born on 6 April 1971 in Srinagar, Kashmir. [4] [5] He left Srinagar at the age of 19 when his father was killed by terrorists and they relocated to Delhi. [6] [2] Suri and his wife Ambika have two children. [7]

Career

Suri appeared in a supporting role in Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi , co-starring with Rinke Khanna and Dino Morea. His next films were Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence (2001), Filhaal... and the musical Dil Vil Pyar Vyar (2002). In 2003 he appeared in Pinjar co-starring Urmila Matondkar. In 2005, he starred in My Brother... Nikhil as an HIV positive homosexual co-starring Juhi Chawla. [8]

Suri co-produced I Am , a production involving crowdsourcing; the movie was released on 29 April 2011 [9] and went on to win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi, [10] the David Flint honorary award for promoting human rights, the best in Asian Cinema award (NETPAC) at the international Kerala film festival 2010, and the audience choice award at the Florence River to River festival in 2010. [11] Suri attended the Cannes Film Festival as part of the India contingent in 2012. [12]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi Bhargav / Bugs
2000 Tera Jadoo Chal Gayaa Raj Oberoi
2001 Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence Sunil Saikia
2002 Filhaal... Dhruv Malhotra
Dil Vil Pyar Vyar Dev
Chalo Ishq Ladaaye Rahul
2003 Jhankaar Beats Deep
Pinjar Ramchand
Dhoop Capt. Rohit S. Kapoor
2004 Plan Lucky
Insaaf – The JusticeIAS Officer Vishwanath Prasad
Shaadi Ka Laddoo Som Dutta
2005 My Brother... Nikhil Nikhil Kapoor
Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak Marriage ManSpecial appearance
2006 My Bollywood Bride Bobby
Bas Ek Pal Nikhil Kapoor
2007 Say Salaam India Hari Sadu
Speed Siddharth
2008 Sorry Bhai! Harshvardhan
Firaaq Sameer
2009 Anubhav Anubhav Malhotra
Sikandar Mukhtar Masoodi
2010 A Flat Karan
2011 I Am Abhimanyu
2012 Heroine Abbas Khan
Ekhon Nedekha Nodir Xhipare Abhijit Shandilya Assamese film
2016 Nil Battey Sannata District Commissioner
Chauranga Dhaval
Shorgul Mithilesh Yadav
2017 Hindi Medium KabirGuest appearance
2018 My Birthday Song Rajiv Kaul [13] [14]
Raazi Samar KhanSpecial Appearance
2019 Jhalki DM Sanjay Bhartiya
Pareeksha SP Kailash AnandHindi Movie on ZEE5
2020Call him EddyEddyShort film on YouTube
AteetCol. Vishwa KarmaMovie on ZEE5

Web series

YearTitleRolePlatformNotes
2017 Dev DD Anurag ALTBalaji series
Inside Edge Niranjan Suri Amazon original series
2019 Leila Joshiji Netflix
Love, Lust and Confusion Season 2RC Sir Viu series
Bhram Peter PaulWeb series on ZEE5
2020 Mentalhood Anmol SharmaWeb series on ZEE5 and ALTBalaji
2021 Dev DD Season 2 Anurag ALTBalaji series
2022 Avrodh: The Siege Within Season 2 Ehsaan Waziri SonyLIV series
2023 Sarvam Shakti Mayam Madhav Suri Zee5 series

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