Sudhir is an
Indian masculine given name. The
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...
word ' means "very wise", "resolute".
Notable people with the name include:
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Sudhir (Pakistani actor)
Shah Zaman Khan Afridi better known as Sudhir (Urdu: ) or Lala Sudhir (25 January 1921 – 19 January 1997) was a Pakistani actor, director and producer. Sudhir was a highly respected film personality.
He is known as the first action her ...
(1922–1997), Pakistani actor
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Sudhir (Hindi actor)
Bhagwandas Moolchand Luthria (1944 – 12 May 2014) aka Sudhir ( hi, सुधीर) was a Bollywood film actor. He was best known for his role in the film ''Satte Pe Satta'' with Amitabh Bachchan. He acted in over 200 films in a career spann ...
(1944–2014), Bollywood actor
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Sudhir Sudhir is an Indian given name, Indian masculine given name. The Sanskrit word ' means "very wise", "resolute".
Notable people with the name include:
*Sudhir (Pakistani actor) (1922–1997), Pakistani actor
*Sudhir (Hindi actor) (1944–2014), ...
, Indian Para Powerlifter
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Sudhir Chaudhary (journalist)
Sudhir Chaudhary is an Indian journalist, and media personality. He is currently working at Hindi news channel, Aaj Tak as Consulting Editor and hosting it's flagship prime-time show ''Black & White'' (''B & W''). He was formerly the editor-in ...
, Indian journalist
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Sudhir Dalvi
Sudhir Dalvi is an Indian actor. He first came to prominence for portraying Guru Vashishta in Ramanand Sagar's TV series '' Ramayan'' and is well known for his role as Sai Baba. He also acted as Sai Baba in Manoj Kumar's feature film ''Shirdi ...
(born 1939), Indian actor
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Sudhir Joshi Sudhir is an Indian masculine given name. The Sanskrit word ' means "very wise", "resolute".
Notable people with the name include:
*Sudhir (Pakistani actor) (1922–1997), Pakistani actor
*Sudhir (Hindi actor) (1944–2014), Bollywood actor
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(1948–2005), Indian Marathi actor and comedian
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Sudhir Kakar
Sudhir Kakar (born 25 July 1938) is an Indian psychoanalyst, novelist and author in the fields of cultural psychology and the psychology of religion.
Education and personal life
Kakar spent his early childhood near Sargodha, now in Pakistan and ...
(born 1938), Freudian psychoanalyst and writer
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Sudhir Kumar Baliyan, Indian politician
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Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary (born 1983), fan of the Indian cricket team
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Sudhir Kumar Chitradurga
Sudhir Kumar Padma Raju (born 13 April 1979) is an Indian weightlifter. He won the bronze medal in the Men's 69 kg category at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and common ...
, Indian weightlifter
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Sudhir Kumar Giri
Sudhir Kumar Giri was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was elected to the Lok Sabha the lower house of Indian Parliament from Contai constituency, West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshc ...
, Indian politician
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Sudhir Kumar Saxena Professor Sudhirkumar Saxena (1923 – 2007 in India) was a tabla artist Guru and professor.
He learnt the tabla performing art for years from Ustad Habeebuddin Khan, the doyen of the Ajrada gharana. Pandit Saxena was the first drummer in In ...
, Tabla artist and professor
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Sudhir Mishra
Sudhir Mishra (born 22 January 1959) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for directing the films ''Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi'', ''Dharavi (film), Dharavi'' and ''Chameli (film), Chameli''.
Mishra has had a 30-year career, with his ...
, Indian film director and screenwriter
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Sudhir Naik
Sudhir Sakharam Naik (born 21 February 1945) is a former Indian cricketer who played in three Test matches and two One Day Internationals in 1974 in the Indian cricket team. A courageous right-hand opening batsman, Sudhir Naik went as one of th ...
(born 1945), Indian cricketer
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Sudhir Pandey
Sudhir Pandey is an Indian film and serial television actor.Sudhir Phadke
Sudhir Phadke (, 25 July 1919 – 29 July 2002) was an Indian singer-composer. He was regarded as an icon of the Marathi film industry and Marathi ''Sugam Sangeet'' (light music) for five decades. Apart from Marathi, Phadke sang and composed son ...
(1919–2002), Marathi singer-composer from India
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Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar
Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar (18 May 1939 – 4 January 2009) was the Chief Minister of Tripura in India from 5 February 1988 to 19 February 1992. He was a school teacher before entering politics. He was also a member of the Upper House of Indian parl ...
(1934–2009), Chief Minister of Tripura, India, 1988–1992
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Sudhir Ruparelia
Sudhir Ruparelia (born 17 January 1956) is a Ugandan business magnate and investor of Indian origin. He is the chairman and majority shareholder in the companies of the Ruparelia Group. His investments are mainly in the areas of banking, insura ...
(born 1956), businessman and entrepreneur in Uganda
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Sudhir Tailang
Sudhir Tailang (26 February 1960 – 6 February 2016) was an Indian cartoonist.
Career
Tailang was born in Bikaner, Rajasthan, on 26 February 1960. Tailang, who made his first cartoon in 1970, started his career with the ''Illustrated Weekly o ...
(1960–2016), Indian cartoonist
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Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh
Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh (born 1966) is an American sociologist and urban ethnographer. He is William B. Ransford Professor of Sociology & African-American Studies at Columbia University, a position he has held continuously since 1999. In his ...
(born 1966), Indian sociologist and urban ethnographer
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Indian masculine given names