Sharat Sardana (20 August 1968 – 27 January 2009) was a British comedy writer, voice artist and producer who worked on TV series including '' Goodness Gracious Me'' and ''

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'', which won 2

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Biography

The son of first-generation Indian immigrants, he met his future writing partner, Richard Pinto, while attending

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. He graduated in English from Queen Mary and Westfield, University of London (now

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), and joined a BBC script editing scheme. He and Richard Pinto became part of the team behind '' Goodness Gracious Me'', first on radio starting in 1996 and on TV from 1998 to 2001. They went on to work as writers for Small Potatoes (1999-2001) and

(2001–2006). Sardana was the writer of the BAFTA-nominated short film, ''

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'' (2001), starring

Sanjeev Bhaskar Sanjeev Bhaskar (born 31 October 1963) is a British actor, comedian and television presenter. He is best known for his work in the BBC Two sketch comedy series '' Goodness Gracious Me'' and as the star of the sitcom '' The Kumars at No. 42''. ...

. It won the Best Short Film prize at the 2002 London Sci-Fi Festival. Sardana was also a co-writer of ''

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'' (2005) for the

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, again starring regular collaborator Bhaskar. Sardana died in 2009 aged 40, in London, from an apparent

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infection.

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* 1968 births 2009 deaths English male screenwriters English people of Indian descent Alumni of Queen Mary University of London English television writers Deaths from streptococcus infection People from Wanstead People educated at Forest School, Walthamstow British male television writers 20th-century English screenwriters 20th-century English male writers {{Screen-writer-stub