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Sumeet Raghvan

Light vocalist, Theatre Actor, Film Actor, TV Actor, Film singer, Playback singer, Voice over artist, Model

Sumeet Raghvan
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Sumeet Raghvan is an actor and singer based in Mumbai, India, known for his performances on stage, television, film and Internet. He is famous for his subtle and polished brand of comic acting, exemplified through his iconic role of Dr. Sahil in Sarabhai vs Sarabhai.


Born in 1971 to Tamil-Kannadiga parents and brought up in the prominently Maharashtrian neighbourhood of Kurla in Mumbai, Sumeet has been acting since he was eight years old. He is one of the very few actors who excel in the diverse mediums with equal ease. In his career spanning more than 35 years, Sumeet has appeared on stage, worked in films and ad-films, played roles in television serials, participated in reality singing shows, dubbed for Hollywood movies, anchored live events and hosted an internet show. His versatility is further evident from the fact that he has worked in both Hindi and Marathi languages!


He began his journey as a child artist on television in the 80’s. His portrayal of the adventurous boy Faster Fene won him many ardent little fans (and many old ones too!). He was still vacillating between acting or singing as career, when winning the Most Promising Child Actor award for his first play  ‘Mala Bhet Havi Ho’ sealed the decision in favour of acting. The big break came in form of the popular ‘Rang Umalatya Manache’ (1990) with Pradeep Welankar and Vandana Gupte. This Marathi play produced by the famed Chandralekha of Mohan Wagh was a peak into the mind of an adolescent boy, and Sumeet played the part to perfection. Many successful stage roles followed, amongst them were some with eminent Marathi theatre personalities like Mohan Tondavalkar and Kedar Shinde.


In the first years of the 2000’s, Sumeet shuffled between television and stage, working in popular serials like ‘Had Kar di’, ‘Shubh Mangal Savdhan’ and ‘Sanjeevani’. With the airing of ‘Sarabhai vs Sarabhai’, Sumeet Raghvan became a household name. His effortless delivery of comic punches in this domestic comedy brought him fame and critical acclaim. The iconic ‘Rose Darling’ ad-film added to his popularity amongst television audience. His winning personality has made him a preferred face in witty advertisements and he has appeared in more than 300 ad films. Recently, Sumeet has started hosting a popular Internet show called Jai Hind.


Right from his childhood Sumeet loved singing. He took his lessons in Hindustani Classical Music from the revered Pt. Vasantrao Kulkarni and later from the well known singer Shri. Suresh Wadkar. In the course of his career, acting took precedence over singing, but in 2007 Sumeet participated in a Celebrity singing show Idea Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, putting his musical talents to work. He reached the final, won the hearts of audience and went on to be a part of many more music reality shows like ‘Star ya Rockstar’ and ‘Shava Shava’, of which he was the winner.


His forays into movies began in later half of that decade. In 2008, ‘U Me and Hum’ with Ajay Devgan and Kajol was released and his acting prowess was quickly noticed by Bollywood. He has since worked in four more films, including ‘My Name is Khan’ with Shahrukh Khan and the 2014 thriller ‘Holiday’, in which he plays a dashing cop. He came to Marathi films a little late. His first Marathi film ‘Sandook’, a period drama set in the 1940s, in which he plays a daydreamer is near to release as of July 2014. 


Sumeet feels that with the advent of smaller meaningful movie projects, his kind of actors are sure to find their own space. In 2012 he took a daring decision to take a break from television, where he felt the creativity glaringly missing from the scripts, to go back to stage. His comeback vehicle ‘Lekure Udand Jahli’ is a classic written by the legendary Prof. Vasant Kanetkar. The lead roles are played by Sumeet and his wife Chinmayee, whom he had met 20 years ago while working together for another play ‘Jwalamukhi’. The play has 8 songs and Sumeet has worked very hard to get all the melodies right.


Sumeet and Chinmayee are blessed with two kids. The elder boy Neerad is taking piano lessons and younger daughter Deeya is training in music, when she is not playing mischief with Neerad. Sumeet is a complete family man who plays with his children when he is not shooting- a little too much if Chinmayee is to be believed!

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Sumeet Raghvan
Sumeet Raghvan on NDTV
Sumeet Raghvan on NDTV
Sumeet Raghvan at Jihind 100
Sumeet Raghvan at Jihind 100
Sumeet Raghvan shot for a commercial Advertisement
Sumeet Raghvan shot for a commercial Advertisement
Sumeet Raghvan
Sumeet Raghvan
Actor Sumeet Raghvan
Actor Sumeet Raghvan
Sumeet Raghvan
Sumeet Raghvan
Marathi Actor Sumeet Raghvan
Marathi Actor Sumeet Raghvan
A famous actor Sumeet Raghvan
A famous actor Sumeet Raghvan
Sumeet Raghvan
Sumeet Raghvan
Sumeet Raghvan Television Star
Sumeet Raghvan Television Star
Actor Sumeet Raghvan was the host of the latest Sadma Award
Actor Sumeet Raghvan was the host of the latest Sadma Award
Sumeet Raghvan better known as Dr. Sahil of Sarabhai vs Sarabhai
Sumeet Raghvan better known as Dr. Sahil of Sarabhai vs Sarabhai
Sumeet Raghvan, Rajeev Thakur pair up to spoof bollywood
Sumeet Raghvan, Rajeev Thakur pair up to spoof bollywood
Sumeet Raghvan on Supriya Sachin show
Sumeet Raghvan on Supriya Sachin show
Sumeet on SAB TV
Sumeet on SAB TV
Sumeet Raghvan in Badi Door Se Aaye Hai
Sumeet Raghvan in Badi Door Se Aaye Hai
Sumeet singing qawwali on Saregamapa show
Sumeet singing qawwali on Saregamapa show
Badi Door Se - Tv serial on SAB TV
Badi Door Se - Tv serial on SAB TV
Badi Door Se on SAB TV
Badi Door Se on SAB TV
Film Holiday - with Sonakshi Sinha and Akshay Kumar
Film Holiday - with Sonakshi Sinha and Akshay Kumar
In film Holiday - with Sonakshi Sinha and Akshay Kumar
In film Holiday - with Sonakshi Sinha and Akshay Kumar
Sumeer Raghvan in Advertisement Bru Coffee
Sumeer Raghvan in Advertisement Bru Coffee
Sumeet in Cadbury Celebration Advertisement
Sumeet in Cadbury Celebration Advertisement
In Dabur Balm Advertisement
In Dabur Balm Advertisement
In TV serial Hudd Kar Di
In TV serial Hudd Kar Di
Sumeet Raghvan in ICICI Money Manager Advertisement
Sumeet Raghvan in ICICI Money Manager Advertisement
Sumeet in ICICI Money Manager Advertisement
Sumeet in ICICI Money Manager Advertisement
In Seagrams Imperial-Anniversary commercial
In Seagrams Imperial-Anniversary commercial
Sumeet in short film Reincarnation
Sumeet in short film Reincarnation
Sumeet Raghvan in Seagrams Imperial Blue-Rose Darling commercial
Sumeet Raghvan in Seagrams Imperial Blue-Rose Darling commercial
Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai - with Satish Shah
Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai - with Satish Shah
Jai Hind
Jai Hind
Kuch Luv Jaisa
Kuch Luv Jaisa
Kuch Luv Jaisa
Kuch Luv Jaisa
Kuch Luv Jaisa - with Shefali Chaya
Kuch Luv Jaisa - with Shefali Chaya
In New Tata Sky HD - with Amir Khan and Gul Panag
In New Tata Sky HD - with Amir Khan and Gul Panag
Sumeet in Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo
Sumeet in Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo
Sumeet Raghvan in Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo
Sumeet Raghvan in Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo
Sumeet Raghvan in Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo
Sumeet Raghvan in Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo
Sumeet Raghvan in Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai
Sumeet Raghvan in Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai
Sumeet Raghvan in Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai with Rupali Ganguli
Sumeet Raghvan in Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai with Rupali Ganguli
Sumeet Raghvan in Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai - with Ratna Pathak
Sumeet Raghvan in Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai - with Ratna Pathak
Marathi Movie Sandook
Marathi Movie Sandook
   Career
Film career

Sumeet started his career in 1983 with a Marathi TV serial called Faster Fene, which was popular, especially among kids. He continued with Marathi theater 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.

Sumeet 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.

Sumeet Raghvan  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. 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
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)

Films

Year          Film                            Role        
2014 Holiday                  
2011 Kucch Luv Jaisaa         Shravan Saxena
2010 My name is Khan        Attacker
2009 Firaaq                       Dr.Subhash
2008 U Me Aur Hum           Dr.Nikhil
2006        Ghoom                       

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: Rush Hour 2;  Actor: Chris Tucker; Character: Detective James Carter; Dub Language: Hindi; Original Language:English, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese Chinese; Original Year release 2001; Dub Year release: 2001

*  Film title: Blue Streak; Actor: Martin Lawrence; Character: Miles Logan/Detective Malone ; Dub Language:Hindi; Original Language:English; Original Year release: 1999; Dub Year release: 1999



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