Namit Das (born 10 July 1984) is an Indian film, television, and theatre actor. He has acted in several television commercials. He belongs to a family of musicians and singers; his father is reputed ghazal singer
Chandan Dass
Chandan Dass (born 12 March 1956) is a popular Indian ghazal singer.
Early life and training
Chandan Dass began singing ghazals from the age of eight, when he started training under the tutelage of Ustad Moosa Khan. He was also trained in cla ...
. His maternal grandfather was K. Pannalal, who worked for Delhi All India Radio and Doordarshan, and was a musician par excellence. One of his maternal uncles, Jaidev Kumar, is a famous Punjabi music director, and another is Ajay K. Pannalal, a Punjabi film director. Namit is also a trained singer and took classical-music training from his father Chandan Dass and Bhavdeep Jaipurwale, but preferred acting over singing for a long time. Recently he has released an album with Anurag Shanker, which has five tracks.
Namit Das married his longtime girlfriend Shruti Vyas on 15 February 2015. Shruti herself is a theater and film actress and has appeared in many ads, including an
OLX
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History OLX brand and Naspe ...
Womaniyan ad, where she was the face of OLX. She is the sister of actor
Sumeet Vyas
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. Namit and Shruti got married in Mumbai in a traditional ceremony, graced by family and friends. Namit's younger brother Anshul Nautiyal is also an underground music producer who is Delhi-based.
Filmography
Films
TV series
Plays
Das has worked in a number of plays.
Dubbing roles
Live action films
References
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1984 births
Living people
21st-century Indian male actors
Male actors in Hindi cinema
Male actors in Hindi television
Indian male stage actors