Saurabh Pandey

Saurabh Pandey
Saurabh in September 2008 at a photo shoot
Born	11 May 1988 New Delhi, India
Nationality	India
Occupation	Actor Film producer
Years active	2005–present
Relatives	Gaurav Pandey (Brother) Neha Pandey (Sister)

Saurabh Pandey(born 11 May 1988) is an Indian Television and Bollywood actor. His debut TV show as lead was Siddharth Basu's^[1] first Fiction TV show Jiya Jale^[2][3][4] for 9X TV in (2007). He later played the role of Shaurya in his second TV show titled "Shaurya aur Suhani"^[5] for Star Plus channel. He also played the role of protagonist in shows like Tere Mere Sapne,^[6] Ganga Kii Dheej and Razia Sultan.

Early life and education

Saurabh Pandey was born in New Delhi, India to Hindu Brahmin parents. He started his education at St. Mark's Senior Secondary School, Janakpuri. Saurabh furthered his education in Mussoorie where he studied at Mussoorie Modern School for six months and then later went on to complete his education at SelaQui International School, Dehradun.

Career

Saurabh got his first TV show with Siddharth Basu's Big Synergy,^[7] titled Jiya Jale. The show aired on 9X channel. Jiya Jale was Big Synergy's first fiction TV show. Saurabh played the main lead role of Chandan Bhamani. He then acted in another show ANGAD, which was originally supposed to be aired on 9X TV but due winding up of ANGAD TV, the show was re-launched by Star Plus.^[8][9] as "Shaurya aur Suhani".^[10] The romantic action based fantasy drama was produced by Sunjoy Wadhwa's Sphere Origins. Saurabh played the title role of super hero Shaurya.^[11]

A show by Star Plus channel in September 2009, titled "Tere Mere Sapne"^[12] and produced by Sunjoy Wadhwa's Sphere Origins was Saurabh's next show.^[13] Saurabh played the role of the protagonist, Sarju, a simple boy from a small village living his life in a big metropolitan city like Mumbai. In the year 2011, Saurabh appeared in a TV show titled "Ganja Kii Dheej". This was a joint venture of Harry Baweja's Baweja Movies and Flying turtle Films. The show aired on Sahara One, and Saurabh played the role of Shivom.

After four years of gap in his acting career. In August 2015 Saurabh got back to his acting career and was seen on &TV's historical TV show "Razia Sultan" playing the role of Jamal-Ud-Din-Yakut.^[14][15] Immediately after the ending of his show Razia Sultan in November 2015 he was offered the role of Lord Krishna in Suryaputra Karn on Sony TV ^[16][17] by the same production house "Swastik Pictures" who produced TV show Razia Sultan.

Personal life

Saurabh is the eldest among 3 siblings and has been in a relationship with Indo-Canadian model and actress Zara Barring.^[18] His brother Gaurav Pandey is also an actor and made his debut in Hindi film Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania as Shaunty.^[19]

Filmography

As actor – TV shows

Year	TV Show name	Role	Channel
2007–2008	Jiya Jale	Chandan	9X
2009	Shaurya Aur Suhani	Shaurya	Star Plus
2010	Tere Mere Sapne	Sarju	Star Plus
2010	Aahat	Rajiv	Sony TV
2011	Ganga Kii Dheej	Shivom	Sahara One
2015	Code Red Talash [20][21] (Episode 171)	Munna Yadav	Life OK
2015	Razia Sultan[22][23]	Jamal-Ud-Din Yakut	&TV
2015-16	Suryaputra Karn [24]	Lord Krishna/Paundraka Vasudeva	Sony TV

Films

Year	Film	director	Producer	screenWriter	Film Editor	DOP	Notes
2012	The Essence of Mumbai[25][26]	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Short film
2013	International Kirtan Fest 2013[27]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Event film
2013	Salah – The Prayer[28]	No	Yes	No	No	No	Short film
2014	Tujh Se Hee Raabta[29][30]	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Television Film

Music videos

Year	Music Video	Director	Producer	Film Editor	DOP	Music Label	Notes
2014	Tenu Vekh Ke[31]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	T-Series
2014	Bismillah Karaan – Acoustic[32]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Junglee Talkies[33] & Tumbi Records	Digital partner Times music[34]
2015	Rishtey (Theme song of Mafatlal Industries)[35]	No	Yes	Yes	No	Mafatlal Industries Ltd[36][37]	A Musical Ad

See also

• Cinema of India
• Bollywood

References

1. "Siddharth Basu with Jiya Jale cast". Bharatstudent.com. Retrieved 2 November 2007.
2. "Saurabh and Sriti in Jiya Jale Promo for 9X". Youtube.com. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
3. "Jiya Jale imdb Info". imdb.com. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
4. "Torture ends for Saurabh Pandey". Oneindia.in. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
5. "Shaurya is a adventurous character". Dhanashri Kulkarni. The Gaea Times. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
6. "Saurabh in Tere Mere Sapne". Tellychakkar. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
7. "Big Synergy's Jiya Jale". bigsynergy.tv. Retrieved 12 November 2007.
8. "'Angad' goes to Star Plus". Retrieved 30 January 2009.
9. "Jiya Jale lead pair now in Angad". tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 10 September 2008.
10. "Tough times for Sriti & Saurabh". Telly Chakkar. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
11. "Real life action hero". Times of India. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
12. "Saurabh Promotes Tere Mere Sapne". Retrieved 10 November 2009.
13. "Saurabh in Sphere origin's next show". Tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
14. "In & Out: TV celebs onboard, quit or kicked out - The Times of India". Retrieved 2015-09-16.
15. "Saurabh Pandey being appreciated as Yaqut in Razia Sultan". Retrieved 2015-09-16.
16. "Saurabh to play Krishna in 'Suryaputra Karn' - Video". The Times of India. Times of India. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
17. "Saurabh Pandey and Gautam Rode bond over butter! | Just-ShowBiz". www.just-showbiz.com. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
18. "Saurabh dating Soni barring". Telly Chakkar. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
19. "Gaurav Pandey". IMDB. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
20. "Episode information". Telly Updates.
21. "Code Red Episode 1 - 171". IMDB.
22. Maheshwri, Neha. "Saurabh Pandey to play Yakut in Razia Sultan". Retrieved 17 August 2015.
23. "Razia Sultan (TV)". IMDB.
24. "In & Out: TV celebs onboard, quit or kicked out - The Times of India". The Times of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
25. "IMDB "The Essence of Mumbai"". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
26. "Essence of Mumbai video link". White Light Army Pictures. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
27. "International Kirtan fest 2013 video link". Kirtan Chants. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
28. "Salah – The Prayer video link". White Light Army Pictures. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
29. "Producer's interview "Tujh Se Hee Raabta"". Indian Express news. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
30. "Tujh Se Hee Raabta full cast and crew.". IMDB. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
31. "Tenu Vekh Ke video link". T-Series. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
32. "Bismillah Karaan video link". Junglee Talkies & Tumbi Records. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
33. "Junglee Talkies youtube channel". Times Music. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
34. "Music "Bismillah Karaan"". Times Music. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
35. "Rishtey - Video Link". Youtube. Mafatlal Industries Ltd. 25 May 2015.
36. "Mafatlal Industries Ltd Website".
37. "Mafatlal Industries Youtube channel".

External links

• Saurabh Pandey at the Internet Movie Database
• White Light Army Pictures, Saurabh's production company website

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