Shekhar Suman

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Shekhar Suman
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Suman in 2010
Born (1962-12-07) 7 December 1962 (age 61)
OccupationActor
Years active1984–present
Spouse
Alka Suman
(m. 1983)
Children2, including Adhyayan Suman

Shekhar Suman (born 7 December 1962) [2] is an Indian actor, anchor, producer, director, and singer. [3] [4]

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Personal life

Shekhar Suman married Alka Suman on 4 May 1983, and has a son Adhyayan Suman, a Bollywood film actor. [5] [6] [7] [8] An older son, Aayush, died of a heart ailment at age 11 on 3rd April 1995. [9]

Career

Suman debuted in films with the Utsav opposite Rekha, produced by Shashi Kapoor and directed by Girish Karnad. He has worked in nearly 35 films including Manav Hatya, Naache Mayuri, Sansar, Anubhav, Tridev, Pati Parmeshwar, and Ranbhoomi . [10]

He made his television debut in 1984 with Wah Janaab in which he acted alongside Kiran Juneja. His television career included shows like Dekh Bhai Dekh , Reporter, Kabhi Idhar Kabhi Udhar, Chote Babu, Andaz, Amar Prem, Vilayati Babu, Movers n Shakers , Simply Shekhar and Carry On Shekhar . [10] He hosted Film Deewane, The Great Indian Comedy Show on Star One until February 2006 and appeared in some episodes of Dial One Aur Jeeto on Sahara TV. He has also hosted quiz shows including Nilaam Ghar on Zee TV, He-Man on Star One and Poll Khol on STAR News. In 2015, he began hosting Abki Bari Shekhar Bihari on Aaj Tak. [11] [12]

He was one of the judges of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge along with Navjot Singh Sidhu, quitting after three seasons over differences with his co-host. He featured as a judge on several other comedy shows such as Comedy Circus on Sony TV and Comedy Superstar on SAB TV. He hosted the show Jab Khelo SAB Khelo on SAB TV and participated in the fourth season of the popular dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa which aired on Sony TV.

He made his singing debut with a music album named, Kuch Khwaab Aise, a collection of eight love ballads whose music was composed by Aadesh Shrivastava and lyrics written by Shyam Raj. In December 2009, he appeared as a participant on the reality TV series, Raaz Pichhle Janam Ka, based on past life regression. [13] [14] [15] Suman made his directorial debut with 2014 film, Heartless . [16]

Suman fought Lok Sabha election in May 2009 from Patna Sahib on Congress ticket and lost to BJP's Shatrughan Sinha, coming up in third place. [17] [18]

Filmography

YearFilmRole
2024 Heeramandi Zulfikar
2017 Bhoomi Arun's Friend
2014 Heartless Doctor (also director)
2011 Chaloo Police Sherkhan
2004 Ek Se Badhkar Ek Anand Mathur
2002 Chor Machaaye Shor [19] Guru (Shyam's friend) / Vyjayanti / Mala
1998 Ghar Bazar
1994 Insaaf Apne Lahoo Se Mohan Prasad
1993 Professor Ki Padosan Photographer Vinod
1991 Ranbhoomi Dr. Prakash
1989 Waqt Ke Zanjeer
Pati Parmeshwar Vijay
Anjaane Rishte Anil
Tridev Journalist Shrikant Verma
Tere Bina Kya Jeena [10] Amar
1988 Aakhri Nishchay
Kharidaar
Woh Phir Aayegi CID Inspector Ratan
Razia
1987 Sansar Peter Fernandes
Yaatna
1986 Anubhav [20] Ramesh
Naache Mayuri [10]
Poojaku Panikiraani PuvvuTelugu film
Manav Hatya [20]
1985 Rehguzar Shekhar
1984 Utsav [10] Charudutt

Television

TitleRole
Amar Prem [21]
Andaz [22] Anand
Comedy Circus [23] Judge
Comedy Superstar Judge
Dam Dama Dam Sarju/Chichi/Sonu/Karan
Dekh Bhai Dekh [10] Sameer Diwan
Ek Raja Ek Rani [21] Ajay Kapoor
Neelam Ghar [24] Host
The Great Indian Comedy Show [10] Host
The Great Indian Laughter Challenge Judge
He Man [25] Host
Hera Pheri Ajay Premi
India's Laughter Champion Judge
Jaal [21]
Jjhoom India [26] Contestant
Kabhi Idhar Kabhi Udhar [27]
Laugh India Laugh Judge
Made in India [20] Host
Main [28] Viren Kumar
Movers & Shakers [10] Host
Poll Khol [29] Host
Reporter [21]
Saat Pheron Ki Hera Pherie [30] Bhoopi Tandon
Simply Shekhar [19] Host
Tedhi Baat Shekhar Ke Saath Various characters
Wah Janaab
Bigg Boss 16 Big Bulletin Host

Awards

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