Samir Kochhar (born 23 May 1980) is an Indian actor and television presenter known for being the host of the pre-match

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show, ''

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''. He currently stars in Netflix India's Sacred Games.

Career

Kochhar started his career with

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's AIDS awareness cum travel show ''Haath Se Haath Mila'' which he anchored with

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. He made his

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film debut in 2003 with Sumeer Sabharwal's bilingual film ''Valentine Days''. Kochhar made his television debut with ''Dangerous'', a talk show on sex, which was broadcast on Zoom. He appeared as Rajat Kapur in the soap opera ''

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''. In 2005, he appeared in Mohit Suri's ''

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'' (2005) and followed it with the thriller ''

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'' (2008), where he played a police inspector. Kochhar was part of ''Island City'' directed by Ruchika Oberoi, that received rave reviews at the

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as well as the JIO MAMI Film Festival 2015 in

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. He will also be seen in ''

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'', a feature film set in India, directed by American director John Unchurch. Kochhar is also part of the CCL (

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) team

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. Kochhar had two commercial releases in 2016 - Sajid Nadiadwala's ''

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'' with

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and ''Hume Tumse Pyaar Kitna'' with

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directed by Lalit Mohan which is set to release in 2018

Personal life

Kochhar married his longtime girlfriend Radhika on 9 January 2010. In April 2015, they became parents to a baby boy whom they named Kabir and a baby girl named Sara in October 2017.

Filmography

Films

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kochhar, Samir 1980 births Living people Male actors in Hindi cinema Indian male film actors Male actors from New Delhi 21st-century Indian male actors