Sumeet Raghavan
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Sumeet Raghvan | |
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 Raghavan at Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa | |
| Born | April 22, 1971 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor Voice actor |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Spouse | Chinmayee |
Sumeet Raghvan (born April 22, 1971)[citation needed] is an actor in Hindi TV industries and Hindi movies. He was born to a Tamil father and a Kannadiga mother.[citation needed] He is best known for his role in Sarabhai vs Sarabhai and has been acclaimed for his witty comic timing. He anchors the internet show Jay Hind! which is sarcastic take on day-to-day politics and other current affairs of India.
Film career
Sumeet started his career in 1983 with a marathi TV serial called Faster Fene, which was popular, especially amongst kids. He continued with marathi theatre for 15 years and worked with some great producers and productions, like Mohan Wagh’s Chandralekha, Prabhakar Panshikar’s Natya Sampada, Mohan Tondwalkar’s Kalavaibhav, Smt. Lata Narvekar’s Shri Chintamani, and so on.
He has acted in Hindi TV serials like Hudd Kar Di, Shubh Mangal Savadhan, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai, Ghar Ki Baat Hai, Mahabharat and around 250 ad films for esteemed brands like Maruti, HDFC, Aquaguard, Dettol, BRU, ICICI, to name a few.
He has acted in films with Ajay Devgn and Kajol, U, Me Aur Hum, Nandita Das’ Firaaq, with Sharukh Khan My Name is Khan and just completed a film for Vipul Shah, written and directed by Barnali Shukla, starring Rahul Bose and Shefali Shah titled Kuch Luv Jaisa. Also working on a film 'Adhantari' directed by Gauri Karekar Sarwate, with Tanisha Mukherjee in the lead and produced by Akshay Kumar.
Sumeet has won Indian Telly Award in category of best anchor in a talk show for Jay Hind in 2012. He has learnt classical Hindustani music under the guidance of Shri Suresh Wadkar.
He is married to Chinmayee Surve.
He also sang a Marathi song from the movie Duniyadari.
Television
- Faster Fene (1983) - Faster Fene
- Mahabharat (1988) - Sudama
- Tu Tu Main Main (1996) - Driver / Servant
- Hudd Kar Di (1999)
- Sanjivani - A Medical Boon (2002) - Rajat Mehra
- Shubh Mangal Saavdhan (2003) - Vinay
- Bhagwan Bachaye Inko (2004) - Siddharth a.k.a. Sid
- Sarabhai vs Sarabhai (2005) - Saahil Sarabhai
- Idea SaReGaMaPa (2007) - himself
- Paani Puri (TV series) (2008) - Vikas Puri[1]
- Ghar Ki Baat Hai (2009) - Rajdeep Yagnik
- Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo (2009-2012) - Apoorva Shah
- Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (2010) .... Himself
- Golmaal Hai Bhai Sab Golmaal Hai (2012) - Himself
- Nautanki: The Comedy Theatre (2013)
- Badi Door Se Aaye Hain (2014) - Vasant Ghotala
Films
| Year | Film | Role | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Holiday | Mukund Deshmukh / Makya | released |
| 2011 | Kucch Luv Jaisaa | Shravan Saxena | released |
| 2010 | My name is Khan | Attacker | released |
| 2009 | Firaaq | Dr.Subhash | released |
| 2008 | U Me Aur Hum | Dr.Nikhil | released |
Internet TV
- Jay Hind! (2009 - ) .... Himself
Dubbing career
Sumeet is also a voice actor in the Indian dubbing industry. He has dubbed over Chris Tucker's role as Detective James Carter in the Hindi dub of the Hong-Kong-American Rush Hour 2.
Dubbing roles
Live action films
| Film title | Actor | Character | Dub Language | Original Language | Original Year release | Dub Year release | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush Hour 2 | Chris Tucker | Detective James Carter | Hindi | English Cantonese Chinese Mandarin Chinese |
2001 | 2001 | |
| Blue Streak | Martin Lawrence | Miles Logan/Detective Malone | Hindi | English | 1999 | 1999 |
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