Samir Kochhar

Samir Kochhar
Kochhar at the launch of 'The House Gastropub'
Born (1980-05-23) 23 May 1980
New Delhi, India
Occupation Actor, presenter
Years active 2005–present

Samir Kochhar (born 23 May 1980) is an Indian actor and television presenter known for being the host of the pre-match Indian Premier League show, Extraaa Innings T20.[1] He currently stars in Netflix India's Sacred Games.

Career

Kochhar started his career with Doordarshan's AIDS awareness cum travel show Haath Se Haath Mila which he anchored with Sugandha Garg. He made his Bollywood film debut in 2003 with Sumeer Sabharwal's bilingual film Valentine Days.

Kochhar made his television debut with Dangerous, a talk show on sex, which was broadcast on Zoom. He appeared as Rajat Kapur in the soap opera Bade Acche Lagte Hain.[2] In 2005, he appeared in Mohit Suri's Zeher[3] (2005) and followed it with the thriller Jannat (2008), where he played a police inspector.[4]

Kochhar was part of Island City directed by Ruchika Oberoi, that received rave reviews at the Venice International Film Festival as well as the JIO MAMI Film Festival 2015 in Mumbai. He will also be seen in Mango Dreams, a feature film set in India, directed by American director John Unchurch.[5]

Kochhar is also part of the CCL (Celebrity Cricket League) team Mumbai Heroes.


Kochhar had two commercial releases in 2016 - Sajid Nadiadwala's Housefull 3[6] with Akshay Kumar & Mango Dreams and Hume Tumse Pyaar Kitna[7] with Karanvir Bohra directed by Lalit Mohan which is set to release in 2018

Personal life

Kochhar married his longtime girlfriend Radhika on 9 January 2010. In April 2015, they became parents to a baby boy whom they named Kabir and a baby girl named Sara in October 2017.[8]

Filmography

Year Film Name Role Other Notes
2005 Zeher Sean Verghese
2006 Bold (film)
2006 Ek Se Mera Kya Hoga Bashir
2008 Jannat ACP Shekhar Malhotra
2008 Chintakayala Ravi Guest appearance Telugu film
2008 The Mole British film
2010 Hide & Seek
2010 Chase Inspector Siddharth
2012 Survivor India Host
2012 Dangerous Ishhq Rashid Durgam Shah 's second life
2015 Island City
2016 Housefull 3 Rishi
2016 Mango Dreams Abhi
2018 Hume Tumse Pyar Kitna
2018 Charlie Chaplin 2 Tamil Film
2018 Adho Andha Paravai Pola Tamil Film

Television shows

Year Show title Role Notes
2012–2014 Bade Achhe Lagte Hain Rajat Kapur
2017 The Test Case[9] Shivalik Ahuja Web series
2018 Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan Himself Web series
2018 Sacred Games SPI Markand

References

  1. ↑ "Samir Kochhar back to hosting IPL matches". mid-day. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  2. ↑ "Bade Achhe team leaves for Dubai!". 6 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Samir Kochhar Filmography". movietalkies.com. Retrieved 12 Feb 2016.
  4. ↑ "Samir Kochhar Filmography". movietalkies.com. Retrieved 12 Feb 2016.
  5. ↑ "Samir Kochhar's Mango Dreams!". gr8mag.com. Retrieved 12 Feb 2016.
  6. ↑ "Samir Kochhar to act in multi starer movie housefull 3". merinews.com. Retrieved 12 Feb 2016.
  7. ↑ . ritzmagazine.in. Missing or empty |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  8. ↑ "Samir Kochhar and his wife welcome a baby boy". tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  9. ↑ "The Test Case: Samir Kochhar to star opposite Nimrat Kaur in ALT Balaji web series". Firstpost. 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
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