Cyrus Sahukar is an Indian VJ, model and actor. He is famous for his stand-up comedy.
Wiki/Biography
Cyrus Sahukar was born on 6 August 1980 in MHOW, Indore (age 41; as of 2021). He was educated at St Columba’s School in Delhi. He graduated from Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University. Cyrus began acting in theater while still in school. He is also a member of the school band. At the age of 18, Cyrus began working as a VJ and host on MTV.
Cyrus Sahukar holds a photo of his childhood
Cyrus Sahukar (center) and friends
appearance
- Height (approximately): 6′1″
family
Cyrus Sahukar was born into a Zoroastrian family.
Parents and siblings
His father Behram Sahukar was an army colonel and his mother Nimeran Sahukar was a Punjabi writer. His father is Parsi and his mother is Punjabi. Cyrus has an older sister, Preeti Philip, who is an artist. His parents separated when he was three years old.
Cyrus Sahukar’s father – Behram Sahukar
Cyrus Sahuka and his mother
Cyrus Sahukar’s mother – Nimelan Sahukar
Cyrus Sahukar’s sister- Preeti Philip
wife
Cyrus married his long-time girlfriend Vaishali Malahara on April 15, 2022, in Alibaug, Maharashtra.
Vaishali marries Cyrus Sahukar
Relationships/Affairs
Cyrus is in a relationship with Vaishali Malahara.
Cyrus Sahukar and girlfriend Vaishali Malahara
Profession
Cyrus Sahukar began his career as an MTV host and anchor at the age of 18. However, he started acting while still in school. He is part of Bureaucrat Kiran Bedi’s Literacy Mission programme, which organizes theater and educational skills for inmates of Tihar Jail. Cyrus played the role of a bird in Barry John’s play “Harlan and the Sea of Stories,” based on the novel by Salman Rushdie.
At the age of 15, Sahukar performed in his first musical, Thank You for the Music, directed by Stephen Malazzi. After completing music acting, he joined Roshan Abbas and started his career with radio dubbing and songs. Cyrus was also part of Abbas’s producing and directing team on “Starlight Express” and “Graffiti Postcards from School.”
Sahukar hosted his first radio show at the age of 16. The radio program was in Punjabi and titled “Radio Rampage”. At the age of 18, he auditioned for MTV VJ Hunt and won, along with Mini Mathur and Asif Seth.
In 2000, Cyrus hosted the show “MTV Full Faltoo.” It was one of India’s first spoofs of TV shows, movies and commercials; some of the most popular were Sholay, Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai and the Raiders of the Lost Ark series.
Later, he also hosted “Piddhu The Great” and “Semi Girebaal”, impersonating Navjot Singh Sidhu and Rendezvous With Simi Garewal respectively.
Cyrus Sahukar, “Half Girebal”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DLY-buR4KM
Cyrus Sahukar later hosted MTV’s “Kickass Mornings” and POGO’s “POGO All-Stars.” “Kickass Mornings” is a mockumentary in which he plays nearly 25 characters. Cyrus is also the host of the POGO game show “Hole in the Wall.”
Pogo All-Star Cyrus Sahukar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V4UnrrwqKo
Apart from being a television professional and host, Cyrus Sahukar has also worked in Bollywood films like Om Jai Jagdish, Rang De Basanti, Aisha, Delhi 6 and Love Breakups Zindagi.
Cyrus Sahukar participated in the travel show ‘Kunal and Cyrus’ Escape’ along with Kunal Kapoor. Cyrus and Kunal went on a 10-day mountain trip, driving from Dharamshala to Spiti Valley. Cyrus said in an interview that while filming the show, he felt like they were in Mad Max: Fury Road.
In 2018, Cyrus Sahukar hosted “Elovator Pitch,” which aired on MTV.
Cyrus Sahukar in Elovator Pitch
In 2019, he appeared in the Amazon Prime web series “Mind The Malhotras” alongside Mini Mathur.
Attention Malhotras
Cyrus has also hosted MTV’s style show and corporate events for Infosys and ICICI Bank. HSBC etc.
Favorites
- Comedians: Chris Rock, George Carlin
- Movie: As Good As It Gets
- Books: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
- Singers: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Leonard Cohen, Elvis Presley, Asha Bhonsle and Kishore Kumar
- Song: “Castle in the Sky” by Don McLean
- Shows: Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Modern Family, Family Guy
- Quote: “Life isn’t fair. But if it were, most of us wouldn’t be where we are today.”
- Restaurant: Dakshinyan in Juhu
- Band: New Wave Band, Incredible Bongo Band
- Music: Classic old songs, old-school rap
- Lyrics: Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Gulzar
- Vacation destination: Türkiye
- Bathroom No.: Zindagi Aa Raha Hoon Main (Mashaal, 1950)
Facts/Trivia
- Cyrus Sahukar is one of the youngest people working at MTV. He began his career at the age of 8 and considers himself to have “grew up on television.”
- When he started working with Roshan Abbas, his dubbing fee used to be INR 300.
- If Cyrus hadn’t gone into show business, he might have been a folk musician or a farmer.
- Interestingly, his parody show “Rendezvous With Semi Girebaal” had higher ratings than the original show.
- He is often quoted as saying, “I like to play offbeat characters.” Of all the shows he has done, “Paromita – An Attractive Woman” is his favorite.
- Cyrus considers his children to be his “loyal fan base.”
- He considers the 2012 film “The Master” to be the most overrated film.
- Cyrus Sahukar loves watching reruns of “Seinfeld” and “Friends.”
- When he was a child, he loved watching the movie “The Jungle Book” (1976).
- He was often threatened for making fun of others. Once, a man chased him at a wedding with a bottle.
- He has been friends with Kunal Kapoor for over 18 years.
- It was on the show “Kunal and Cyrus’ Escape” that he tried paragliding for the first time.
- Sahukar hosted nearly 350 episodes of the game show “Hole in the Wall.”
- His sister is ten years older than him.
- Cyrus Sahukar recalled that when his sister played with her friends, they would often put him on top of the cabinet so he wouldn’t mess around.
- He would even laugh at anything remotely funny.
- He would love to sing with Billy Joel.
- His favorite book is Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, a gift from his mother.
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