Jatin Sarna (born 2 November 1984) is an Indian actor who appears in
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
films and theatre. He is best known for his work in ''
Meeruthiya Gangsters
''Meeruthiya Gangsters'' () is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language crime-comedy film written and directed by Zeishan Quadri and produced by Gibran Noorani. The film score is composed by Vivek Kar and Siddhant Mishra. ''Meeruthiya Gangsters'' was releas ...
'', ''
Saat Uchakkey
''Saat Uchakkey'' () is a 2016 Indian comedy film directed and written by Sanjeev Sharma, starring an ensemble cast of Manoj Bajpayee, Kay Kay Menon, Annu Kapoor, Vijay Raaz, Aditi Sharma, Jatin Sarna and Nitin Bhasin. It was released on 14 Oct ...
'',
''
Sonchiriya
''Sonchiriya'' (; ; ISO: '' Sōnaciṛiyā '') is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language action film co-written and directed by Abhishek Chaubey and starring Sushant Singh Rajput, Bhumi Pednekar, Manoj Bajpayee, Ranvir Shorey and Ashutosh Rana. The fi ...
'', ''
Darbar'', ''
83'' and ''
Sacred Games'', an original
Netflix
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series, Khakee: The Bihar Chapter. Jatin is known for his work with several
Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...
film directors
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, pro ...
such as
Anurag Kashyap
Anurag Kashyap (born 10 September 1972) is an Indian filmmaker and actor known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards. For his contributions to film, the Government of France a ...
,
Vikramaditya Motwane
Vikramaditya Motwane (born 6 December 1976) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter who works in Hindi cinema. He is known for films like '' Udaan'' (2010), ''Lootera'' (2013) and ''AK vs AK'' (2020).
His directorial debut '' Ud ...
,
AR Murugadoss
Murugadoss Arunasalam (born 25 September 1974), commonly known as A. R. Murugadoss, is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter who predominantly works in the Tamil film industry. He is best known for directing action films mainly on ...
,
Hansal Mehta
Hansal Mehta (born 29 April 1968) is an Indian filmmaker. He started his career with television show ''Khana Khazana'' (1993–2000) and later moved on to directing films like ''Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!!'' (2000), ''Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?'' (2002) and ...
,
Abhishek Chaubey
Abhishek Chaubey (born 30 March 1977) is an Indian director, screenwriter and film producer known for his works in Hindi cinema.
Early life
Abhishek Chaubey was born in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh to Anand Mohan Chaubey and Sheela Chaubey. He spent ...
,
Kanu Behl
Kanu Behl (born 1980) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He is known for his work in Hindi cinema.
He assisted director Dibaker Banerjee on the cult hit ''Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!'' and co-wrote ''LSD: Love Sex aur Dhokha''.
His dire ...
and
Kabir Khan.
Personal life
Jatin was born and brought up in a
Punjabi family in
New Delhi
New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...
, India. He is a
commerce
Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, nation ...
graduate and did his
B.Com
A Bachelor of Commerce (abbreviated BComm or BCom; also, ''baccalaureates commercii'') is an undergraduate degree in business, usually awarded in Canada, Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Ireland, New Zealand, Ghana, South Africa, Myanma ...
from
Delhi University
Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate university, collegiate Central university (India), central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and ...
.
Career
After completing his acting course from
Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts
Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts or SRC one of Delhi's best known theatres at Mandi House on Safdar Hasmi Marg, New Delhi, close to the Kendra, it is run by the Indian National Theatre Trust established in 1958 the promotion of Art and Cultu ...
, Jatin acted in several plays including ''Spartacus, The Seagull, Hamlet, Veer Abhimanyu, Gangster Samiti, Khidki'' and ''Maharathi''. He has acted in more than 25 plays. His play ''Gangster Samiti'' got tremendous response from both the audiences and critics. He acted in the television series ''
Zindagi Dot Com
Zindagi Dot Com is an educational television series broadcast on Doordarshan. By 17 August 2014, Doordarshan began the series "Zindagi Dot Com" with the intent of increasing knowledge of an e-governance plan in the country. Zindagi Dot Com is the ...
'', ''
Faujji...The Iron Man'' and ''Kyunki Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai''. He also appeared in a TV commercial for
Murugappa Group
Murugappa Group is an Indian conglomerate founded in 1900. The Group has 28 businesses including nine companies listed on the NSE and the BSE. Headquartered in Chennai, the major companies of the Group include Carborundum Universal Ltd., Chol ...
.
Jatin's first film role came in director
Rakesh Ranjan Kumar
Rakesh Ranjan Kumar is an Indian film director and writer. He directed ''Dear Friend Hitler'' which was premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 2011. It was described by Duane Byrge as inept, "contrived" and "uber-awful" in ''The Hollywood Repor ...
's ''
Dear Friend Hitler
''Dear Friend Hitler'', released in India as ''Gandhi to Hitler'', is a 2011 Indian war drama film based on letters written by Mahatma Gandhi to the leader of the Nazi Party and Chancellor of Germany and Nazi German dictator Adolf Hitler. The f ...
'' (2011), which was released as ''Gandhi to Hitler'' in India. He next appeared as Javed in ''
Oass
''Oass'' (''The Dew Drop'') is a 2012 Bollywood film directed by Abhinav Shiv Tiwari with Dibya Chhetri, Priyanka Bose and Yashpal Sharma in the lead roles.
The film deals with the theme of human trafficking, focusing particularly on child pro ...
'' in 2012. In the same year he acted in a short film, ''A Perfect Murder'', which won numerous awards at the Delhi
48 Hour Film Project
The 48 Hour Film Project is an annual film competition in which teams of filmmakers are assigned a genre, a character, a prop, and a line of dialogue, and have 48 hours to create a short film containing those elements. The competition has been ac ...
including Best Actor award for Jatin. He then made brief appearances in films like ''
Chor Chor Super Chor'', ''
O Teri
''O Teri'' () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Umesh Bisht and produced by Atul Agnihotri and Alvira Khan Agnihotri. It stars Pulkit Samrat, Bilal Amrohi, Sarah-Jane Dias, and Mandira Bedi. The film follows two journali ...
'' and ''
Unfreedom
''Unfreedom: Blemished light'' (Hindi title: ''Dagh Ujala'') is a 2014 Indian drama film by Raj Amit Kumar, which was released in North America on 29 May 2015. Faiz Ahmad Faiz's poem, "Ye Dagh Dagh Ujala", is the inspiration behind the film. The ...
'', however none of the films could garner the needed attention.
In 2015, he bagged a key role in
Zeishan Quadri
Zeishan Quadri is an Indian writer, actor, director and producer who wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay for the Bollywood crime genre film ''Gangs of Wasseypur'', directed by Anurag Kashyap. Quadri has also acted in '' Gangs of Wassey ...
's ''
Meeruthiya Gangsters
''Meeruthiya Gangsters'' () is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language crime-comedy film written and directed by Zeishan Quadri and produced by Gibran Noorani. The film score is composed by Vivek Kar and Siddhant Mishra. ''Meeruthiya Gangsters'' was releas ...
'', which had an ensemble cast including
Jaideep Ahlawat
Jaideep Ahlawat is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He completed his graduation from Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune in 2008. After completing his education, he headed Mumbai, to pursue his dreams to become an act ...
,
Aakash Dahiya
Aakash Dahiya (born 20 September 1986) is a Mumbai-based actor and casting director, who is known for his work in Bollywood films.
Career
Born in New Delhi, Dahiya started acting in the New Delhi Theater. He then started working as associate ...
,
Nushrat Bharucha
Nushrratt Bharuccha (born Nushrat Bharucha; 17 May 1985) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi cinema. She has appeared in films like '' Love Sex Aur Dhokha'', ''Pyaar Ka Punchnama'', ''Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2'', '' Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety'', '' ...
,
Sanjay Mishra and
Mukul Dev
Mukul Dev (born 17 September 1970) is an Indian television and film actor. He is known for his work in Hindi films, Punjabi films, TV serials and music albums. He has also acted in few Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu films.
He received t ...
. His portrayal of Sanjay 'Foreigner' in the film got him rave reviews. In 2016, he appeared in writer director Sanjeev Sharma's ''
Saat Uchakkey
''Saat Uchakkey'' () is a 2016 Indian comedy film directed and written by Sanjeev Sharma, starring an ensemble cast of Manoj Bajpayee, Kay Kay Menon, Annu Kapoor, Vijay Raaz, Aditi Sharma, Jatin Sarna and Nitin Bhasin. It was released on 14 Oct ...
'' as Babbe Tashni. Despite having a stellar cast of
Manoj Bajpayee
Manoj Bajpayee (born 23 April 1969), also transliterated as Manoj Bajpai, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi cinema and has also done Telugu and Tamil language films. Regarded as one of the finest actors of Hindi cinema, he i ...
,
Vijay Raaz
Vijay Raaz (born 5 June 1963) is an Indian actor, film director and narrator, who predominantly appears in Hindi films. He debuted with ''Bhopal Express'' (1999) and since worked in more than 90 films. His breakthrough came when he played the ...
,
Kay Kay Menon
Krishna Kumar Menon (born 2 October 1966), better known by the stage name Kay Kay Menon, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Hindi cinema, and also in Gujarati, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu cinema.
Early life
Menon was born in a Nair fa ...
,
Annu Kapoor
Annu Kapoor (born Anil Kapoor; 20 February 1956) is an Indian actor, singer, director, radio disc jockey, and television presenter who has appeared in over a hundred films, as well as television series. His career has spanned over 40 years as a ...
and
Anupam Kher, the film failed to impress the critics as well as the audiences.
![On the sets of 'Saat Uchakkey'](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/On_the_sets_of_%27Saat_Uchakkey%27.jpg)
He recently appeared in ''On Camera with Ravie'' and shared his experiences and journey in Bollywood. On 8 July 2017, the
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
premiere of his award winning short film
Rage', written and directed b
Ashish Balraj Sharma was held at Instituto Cervantes,
Connaught Place, New Delhi
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, as a part of Whatashort Independent International Film Festival.
His breakthrough performance came in the form of Deepak "Bunty" Shinde in ''
Sacred Games'', an original
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fil ...
series directed by
Anurag Kashyap
Anurag Kashyap (born 10 September 1972) is an Indian filmmaker and actor known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards. For his contributions to film, the Government of France a ...
and
Vikramaditya Motwane
Vikramaditya Motwane (born 6 December 1976) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter who works in Hindi cinema. He is known for films like '' Udaan'' (2010), ''Lootera'' (2013) and ''AK vs AK'' (2020).
His directorial debut '' Ud ...
. It is based on
Sacred Games (novel)
''Sacred Games'' is a Thriller (genre), mystery/thriller novel by Indian-American author Vikram Chandra (novelist), Vikram Chandra published in 2006. Upon release, it received critical acclaim and subsequently won the Vodafone Crossword Book A ...
by
Vikram Chandra (novelist)
Vikram Chandra (born 23 July 1961) is an Indian-American writer. His first novel, ''Red Earth and Pouring Rain'', won the 1996 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book.
Early life
Chandra was born in New Delhi in 1961. His father Navin ...
. Jatin's portrayal of Bunty, the hot headed, abusive, misogynist yet loyal right hand man of Ganesh Gaitonde (
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Nawazuddin Siddiqui (; born 19 May 1974) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama. Siddiqui's feature film debut was alongside director Prashant Bhargava in ''Patang'' (2012). He ga ...
) made him an overnight sensation. He is all set to thrill the audience with his new web series titled ''Dark 7 White.''
Filmography
Television/Web
Theatre plays
References
External links
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1984 births
Living people
21st-century Indian male actors
Indian theatre directors
People from New Delhi
Indian male film actors