Saurabh Sachdeva

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Saurabh Sachdeva
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Saurabh Sachdeva
Born (1978-09-24) September 24, 1978 (age 46)
Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India
Occupation(s)Actor, Acting coach
Years active2002–present

Saurabh Sachdeva is an Indian actor and acting coach who works in Hindi films. [1] [2] He started his film career in Maroon, which was released in 2016. [3] [4] He received critical acclaim for his character Suleiman Isa in the Netflix series Sacred Games in 2018. [5] [6] His notable filmography includes roles in Manmarziyaan (2018), Laal Kaptaan (2019), Housefull 4 (2019), Vadh (2022), and Animal (2023), Haddi (2023), Kaala (2023), Bambai Meri Jaan (2023), Jaane Jaan (2023), Pushpa 2: The Rule (2024) .

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A veteran acting coach, he trained an array of actors including Rana Daggubati, Harshvardhan Rane, Freida Pinto, Anushka Sharma, Bobby Deol, John Abraham, [7] Varun Dhawan, Raghav Juyal, Kubbra Sait, Richa Chadha, Dulquer Salmaan, Tripti Dimri, Avinash Tiwary, Arjun Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez, [8] Asha Negi, Shakti Mohan, Rithvik Dhanjani, Abhishek Chauhan, and Mandana Karimi.

In 2016, he directed a short film Gul which raises a question of priorities and showed at the Kerala International Film Festival. [9] In 2017, Saurabh founded his own education and training institute, The Actors Truth, [10] and theatre group Antarang [11] in Mumbai.

Early life

Saurabh Sachdeva was born on 24 September 1978 in Haldwani, Uttarakhand. He studied at Model Sr Secondary School Saket, Delhi. In 2001 he joined Barry John's Imago Acting School (now known as Barry John Acting Studio) where he started teaching in 2002. He worked with Imago Theatre Group until 2003 where he conceived and acted in street plays. In 2005, he joined Barry John Acting School in Mumbai where he spent 11 years as an acting coach.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017MaroonInspector. R. Negi
2018 Manmarziyaan Kaka Ji
2019 Laal Kaptaan Army General
Housefull 4 Raazdaar
2020 Taish Sukhi
Raat Baaki Hai Rehan Mustafa
2021 Bhoot Police Ullat Baba
2022 Good Luck Jerry Malik
Vadh Prajapati Pandey
2023 Haddi Inder
Jaane Jaan Ajit Mhatre
Animal Abid Haque
2024 Pushpa 2: The Rule Hameed Telugu film
2025 Badass Ravi Kumar Awasthi
Thammudu AgarwalTelugu film
Maalik Chandrashekhar
Dhadak 2 Shankar
Baaghi 4 Paulo

Television

YearTitleRoleNetwork
2018 Sacred Games Suleiman Isa Netflix
2023 Kaala Colonel Himmat Singh Maan Disney+ Hotstar
Bambai Meri Jaan Suleiman "Haji" Maqbool Amazon Prime Video
2025 Bad Cop DCP Aarif KhanDisney+ Hotstar

References

  1. ↑ "Saurabh Sachdeva: An Actor's truth". The New Indian Express. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  2. ↑ Praveen, S. r (14 June 2016). "Gul raises a question of priorities". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  3. ↑ Mankad, Himesh (4 June 2019). "Bollywood: Saurabh Sachdeva plays pivotal role in Saif Ali Khan's revenge-drama Laal Kaptaan". mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Sacred Games actor Saurabh Sachdeva: Working with Anurag Kashyap is very experimental". The Indian Express. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Saurabh Sachdeva: Nawazuddin is clear and honest as a performer". mid-day. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Saurabh Sachdeva: We have a common language of acting". mid-day. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "I was with Saurabh every day, who coached me on this characterfor three weeks". Hindustan Times. 7 January 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  8. ↑ Chandani, Priyanka (21 December 2018). "The accidental star maker". The Asian Age. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  9. ↑ Praveen, S. r (14 June 2016). "Gul raises a question of priorities". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "Saurabh Sachdeva: An Actor's truth". The New Indian Express. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  11. ↑ "For the sake of love and art". Hindustan Times. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
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