Saurabh Sachdeva is an Indian actor, acting coach and film producer. He has trained many famous Indian actors, including Rana Daggubati, Dulquer Salmaan, Tripti Dimri, Arjun Kapoor (Arjun Kapoor), Jacqueline Fernandez and Vaani Kapoor. He is popular for his role as “Sulaiman Issa” in the 2018 Netflix series Sacred Games.
Wiki/Biography
Saurabh Sachdeva was born on Sunday, September 24, 1978, in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India (45 years; as of 2023). His zodiac sign is Libra. He studied at Model Sr Secondary School, Saket, Delhi. He began his acting training in 2001 at Barry John’s Imago Acting School (now Barry John Acting Studio).
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′10″
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
There is not much information about his parents and siblings.
wife
He is unmarried.
Profession
Before entering showbiz, he ran a handicraft export business.
acting coach
Saurabh started his career as an acting coach in 2002 at Imago Acting School, Noida. He worked there for about a year and participated in several street plays. In 2005, he joined Balijohn Acting School, Mumbai as an acting coach and worked there for 11 years. In 2017, Saurabh Sachdeva established an educational training institution and theater company “Antarang” in Mumbai called “The Actors Truth”.
film producer and writer
In 2016, his first Hindi short film “Gul” was screened at the Kerala International Film Festival. He also made his debut as a writer with this film.
2016 short film “Gul” poster
actor
Movie
In 2017, he made his acting debut in the Hindi thriller Maroon, playing the role of Inspector R. Negi.
Saurabh Sachdeva in a still from the 2017 Hindi film Maroon
He attracted attention after playing the role of loan shark villain Prajapati Pandey in the 2022 Hindi thriller Vadh. In 2023, he played the role of transgender Inder in the Hindi crime drama “Haadi” starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
web series
In 2018, he played Suleiman Issa in Sacred Games, his first web series released on Netflix.
Saurabh Sachdeva in a still from the 2018 Netflix Hindi web series Sacred Games
In 2023, he played the supporting role of Colonel Himmat Singh Maan in the crime thriller web series “Kaala” on Disney+ Hotstar. The same year, he played Suleiman “Haji” Maqbool in Prime Video’s period crime thriller Bambai Meri Jaan.
Facts/Trivia
- Saurabh struggled to read due to his dyslexia, so he was often bullied at school. He once revealed that when he was in sixth grade at school, he peed in his pants because he couldn’t ask his teacher for permission to go to the bathroom in a simple sentence.
- In his spare time, he likes to read.
- In an interview, he talked about why he decided to become an actor and how his career in acting began. He said:
My love for acting started in 2001 when I was going nowhere in life. The woman I loved was leaving me, so I wanted to be famous right away. So I thought let’s be an actor. I started as a model but didn’t like that because I was shy and didn’t like walking on ramps. I joined Barry John and I knew I wanted to express myself. I have dyslexia and cannot express myself verbally. From there my journey began, I started acting and there was no looking back. In 2017, I started teaching acting and was awarded Sacred Games. ”
- In April 2019, he gave a TEDx talk on “Why Did We Stop Taking Risks?”
Saurabh Sachdeva in 2019 TEDx talk
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