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
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show, ''
Extraaa Innings T20''. He currently stars in Netflix India's Sacred Games.
Career
Kochhar started his career with
Doordarshan
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's AIDS awareness cum travel show ''Haath Se Haath Mila'' which he anchored with
Sugandha Garg
Sugandha Garg is an Indian actress, singer and television host. She was last seen in Indian web series ''Guilty Minds''.
Career
Garg appeared as Shaleen in the film ''Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na'' (2008). She played the role of the best friend t ...
. He made his
Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The in ...
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''. In 2005, he appeared in Mohit Suri's ''
Zeher'' (2005) and followed it with the thriller ''
Jannat'' (2008), where he played a police inspector.
Kochhar was part of ''Island City'' directed by Ruchika Oberoi, that received rave reviews at the
Venice International Film Festival
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as well as the JIO MAMI Film Festival 2015 in
Mumbai
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. He will also be seen in ''
Mango Dreams'', a feature film set in India, directed by American director John Unchurch.
Kochhar is also part of the CCL (
Celebrity Cricket League
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) team
Mumbai Heroes
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.
Kochhar had two commercial releases in 2016 - Sajid Nadiadwala's ''
Housefull 3'' with
Akshay Kumar
Akshay Hari Om Bhatia (born Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia; 9 September 1967), known professionally as Akshay Kumar (), is an Indian actor and film producer working in Hindi cinema. Referred to in the media as "Khiladi Kumar", through his career span ...
&
Mango Dreams and ''Hume Tumse Pyaar Kitna'' with
Karanvir Bohra directed by Lalit Mohan which is set to release in 2018 and after ''
Jannat 3'' (2025)
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.
Filmography
Films
Television
References
External links
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1980 births
Living people
Male actors in Hindi cinema
Indian male film actors
Male actors from New Delhi
21st-century Indian male actors
People from Delhi