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Sanjay Suri (born 6 April 1971) is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Hindi cinema.[2] He made his debut in 1999 with Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi. He went on to star in many supporting roles, but finally got his big break with Jhankaar Beats in 2003, when audience started recognizing him as a seasoned actor. He is co-producer and actor in the film I Am.[3] He is also the co-founder of the film production company Anticlock Films.[4]

Sanjay Suri
Sanjay Suri in 2012
Born	6 April 1971 (1971-04-06) (age 51) Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India[1]
Occupation	Actor, film producer
Years active	1999–2021
Spouse	Ambika Suri ​ (m. 2001)​

Personal life

Sanjay Suri was born on 6 April 1971 to a family of Punjabi origin in Srinagar, Kashmir, where he spent 19 years of his life.[5] He has an elder brother and an elder sister. Living in Srinagar, where he attended Burn Hall School, he developed a strong love for nature and the outdoors. As a child, Suri was a star squash player and was on his school and state teams. In 1990, his father was killed in a terrorist attack, and the family was forced to flee to Jammu, where they briefly lived in a refugee camp.[6] They then shifted to Delhi.[7]

Suri and his wife, Ambika, have two children.[8]

Career

Modelling

When Suri moved to New Delhi in 1990, he was thrust into the world of modelling. He modelled for many companies including Gillette, Nilkamal Furniture, Times of India, Philishave, and Nescafe.

Acting

1999 witnessed Suri's breakthrough in Bollywood with a supporting role in the movie Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi, co-starring with Rinke Khanna and Dino Morea. Although the movie flopped, Suri was noticed. His next films were Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence (2001), Filhaal... and the musical Dil Vil Pyar Vyar (2002).

With 2003's Pinjar co-starring Urmila Matondkar he got rave reviews, but it was not until Jhankaar Beats later that year that he became popular. His role alongside Juhi Chawla was greatly appreciated. Slowly, he got more roles in movies, but his movies were not box office successes. Despite the failure of his films, his performances continued to get appreciation.

In 2005, he delivered a critically acclaimed performance in My Brother... Nikhil, as a homosexual who happens to be HIV positive, once again co-starring Juhi Chawla.[9] The movie received unanimous praise among Indian film critics. The movie fared decently in Mumbai, but was a failure elsewhere in India.

Production

Suri and Onir (who also directed My Brother Nikhil) also worked on Sorry Bhai! and under the banner of Anticlock Films have produced I Am, which weaves together four stories on different topical issues. With this film, they have ventured into a new mode of production involving crowdsourcing, a concept that had not been explored before in Indian cinema. The movie released on 29 April 2011[10] and went on to win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi.[11]

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
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
2002	Dil Vil Pyar Vyar	Dev
2002	Chalo Ishq Ladaaye	Rahul
2003	Jhankaar Beats	Deep
2003	Pinjar	Ramchand
2003	Dhoop	Capt. Rohit S. Kapoor
2004	Plan	Lucky
2004	Insaaf - The Justice	IAS Officer Vishwanath Prasad
2004	Shaadi Ka Laddoo	Som Dutta
2005	My Brother... Nikhil	Nikhil Kapoor
2005	Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak	Marriage Man	Special appearance
2006	My Bollywood Bride	Bobby
2006	Bas Ek Pal	Nikhil Kapoor
2007	Say Salaam India	Hari Sadu
2007	Speed	Siddharth
2008	Sorry Bhai!	Harshvardhan
2008	Firaaq	Sameer
2009	Anubhav	Anubhav Malhotra
2009	Sikandar	Mukhtar Masoodi
2010	A Flat	Karan
2011	I Am	Abhimanyu
2012	Heroine	Abbas Khan
2012	Ekhon Nedekha Nodir Xhipare	Abhijit Shandilya	Assamese film
2016	Nil Battey Sannata	District Commissioner	Cameo
2016	Chauranga	Dhaval
2016	Shorgul	Mithilesh Yadav
2017	Hindi Medium	Kabir	Guest appearance
2018	My Birthday Song	Rajiv Kaul[12][13]
2018	Raazi	Samar Syed	Special Appearance
2019	Jhalki	DM Sanjay Bhartiya
2019	Pareeksha	SP Kailash Anand	Hindi Movie on ZEE5
2020	Call him Eddy	Eddy	Short film on YouTube
2020	Ateet	Col. Vishwa Karma	Movie on ZEE5

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Platform	Notes
2017	Dev DD	Anurag	ALTBalaji series
2017	Inside Edge	Niranjan Suri	Amazon original series
2019	Leila	Joshiji	Netflix
2019	Love, Lust and Confusion Season 2	RC Sir	Viu series
2019	Bhram	Peter Paul	Web series on ZEE5
2020	Mentalhood	Anmol Sharma	Web series on ZEE5 and ALTBalaji
2021	Dev DD Season 2	Anurag	ALTBalaji series
2022	Avrodh: The Siege Within Season 2	Ehsaan Waziri	SonyLIV series

Accolades

Sanjay Suri has been honoured by Sandeep Marwah with membership of the International Film and Television Club of Asian Academy of Film & Television. I Am, co-produced and directed by Sanjay Suri, was awarded the David Flint honorary award for promoting human rights. The film also won the best in Asian Cinema award (NETPAC) at the international Kerala film festival 2010 and went on to win the audience choice award, best film at the Florence "River to River" festival 2010.[14] Suri was a part of the Incredible India team that represented 'I AM' at the Cannes Film Festival 2012.[15]

References

External links

• Official website
• Sanjay Suri at IMDb 
• Sanjay Suri at Bollywood Hungama

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