Cyrus Sahukar
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Cyrus Sahukar is an MTV India
VJ and Bollywood
actor. He is known for his comic wit in shows like Semi Girebaal and other such satirical comedy shows, hosting and spoofs.
, which gives him half Punjabi and half Parsi lineage. He has an elder sister, Preeti Philip, who is an artist. He grew up in Delhi
and did his schooling from St Columba's.
Cyrus started doing theatre in school and acted in various school plays from the age of 6. He also used to sing in his school band, and by age 14, he was a part of Kiran Bedi
’s ‘Literacy Mission Program,’ where the school students would perform plays and educational skits for the inmates of Tihar Jail
. During the same period, he acted in a play which was a part of Barry John's
Red Noses Club. The play was directed by Barry John and was called ‘Haroun and the Sea of Stories
,’ based on a novel by Salman Rushdie.
At 15, he performed a musical show called ‘Thank you for the music
,’ directed by Stephen Marazzi, which was his first professional endeavor as a singer. After that he joined Roshan Abbas
and started doing radio voiceovers and jingles. His first jingle was for Harpic.
By the age of 16, he was hosting a radio show called ‘Radio Rampage’ in Delhi
. Around the same time he worked on the production and acted in Andrew Lloyd Webber
’s ‘Starlight Express
’ and ‘Graffiti Postcards from School,’ both plays directed by Roshan Abbas
.
At the age of 18 he auditioned in a nationwide search for MTV
India
called ‘MTV VJ Hunt
.’ He won this VJ Hunt along with Mini Mathur
and Asif Seth.
in the end of 1999 and moved from Delhi
to Mumbai
and became one of the youngest people working in MTV
.
The following year, in 2000, he fronted a show called ‘MTV Fully Faltoo.’ It went on to become one of the very first shows to spoof on everything-from movies, to ad films to TV Shows, prominent among them being – Sholay
, Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai and the Indiana Jones
Series.
Around the same time, he started performing a spoof on Navjot Singh Sidhu
as ‘Piddhu The Great’ and also hosted ‘Semi Girebaal,’ which was a spoof on the talk show, ‘Rendezvous with Semi Garewal.’ The spoof, Semi Girebaal, recorded higher rating than the original show.
When MTV
forayed into the Mocumentary arena, he started anchoring the show ‘Kickass Mornings’, wherein he played 25 different characters. He then also hosted two seasons of the game show ‘Hole in the wall
,’ followed by ‘All stars,’ both for Pogo
Channel.
Movies:
Events:
MTV India
MTV India is the Indian version of MTV , a channel specialising in music and youth culture programming. It was launched in 1996 and is now part of the Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd based in Mumbai. . "MTV India" is one of the oldest Music Television Networks in Asia...
VJ and Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
actor. He is known for his comic wit in shows like Semi Girebaal and other such satirical comedy shows, hosting and spoofs.
Early life
Cyrus Sahukar was born in the military headquarters of MHOW, Indore. His father, Behram Sahukar, a colonel is a Parsi whereas his mother, Nimeran Sahukar, a writer, is a PunjabiPunjabi people
The Punjabi people , ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ), also Panjabi people, are an Indo-Aryan group from South Asia. They are the second largest of the many ethnic groups in South Asia. They originate in the Punjab region, which has been been the location of some of the oldest civilizations in the world including, the...
, which gives him half Punjabi and half Parsi lineage. He has an elder sister, Preeti Philip, who is an artist. He grew up in Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
and did his schooling from St Columba's.
Cyrus started doing theatre in school and acted in various school plays from the age of 6. He also used to sing in his school band, and by age 14, he was a part of Kiran Bedi
Kiran Bedi
Kiran Bedi is an Indian social activist and a retired Indian Police Service officer. Bedi joined the police service in 1972 and became the first woman officer in the IPS. Bedi held the post of Director General at the Bureau of Police Research and Development before she voluntarily retired from...
’s ‘Literacy Mission Program,’ where the school students would perform plays and educational skits for the inmates of Tihar Jail
Tihar Jail
Tihar Prisons , also called Tihar Jail and Tihar Ashram , is the largest complex of prisons in South Asia. It is located at Tihar village, approximately 7 km from Chanakya Puri, to the west of New Delhi, India. The surrounding area is called Hari Nagar.The prison is maintained as a...
. During the same period, he acted in a play which was a part of Barry John's
Barry John (theatre director)
Barry John is a British born, Indian theatre director and teacher, who was the Founder-Director of 'Theatre Action Group' , one of the early theatre group based in Delhi. In 1997, he launched Imago Media Company, along with Sanjay Sujitabh, and also started Imago Acting School in Delhi, both of...
Red Noses Club. The play was directed by Barry John and was called ‘Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a 1992 children's book by Salman Rushdie. It was Rushdie's first novel after The Satanic Verses. It is a phantasmagorical story that begins in a city so old and ruinous that it has forgotten its name....
,’ based on a novel by Salman Rushdie.
At 15, he performed a musical show called ‘Thank you for the music
Thank You for the Music
"Thank You for the Music" is a song by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was originally featured on the group's fifth studio album ABBA: The Album and was released as a single on November 6, 1983, to promote the Epic Records compilation album Thank You for the Music: A Collection of Love Songs...
,’ directed by Stephen Marazzi, which was his first professional endeavor as a singer. After that he joined Roshan Abbas
Roshan Abbas
-Biography:Roshan Abbas is an alumnus of La Martiniere College, Lucknow. He is a radio and television game show host and head of an events management company.He studied at Hindu College, University of Delhi, graduating with a BA degree in 1992....
and started doing radio voiceovers and jingles. His first jingle was for Harpic.
By the age of 16, he was hosting a radio show called ‘Radio Rampage’ in Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
. Around the same time he worked on the production and acted in Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...
’s ‘Starlight Express
Starlight Express
Starlight Express is a rock musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber , Richard Stilgoe and Arlene Phillips , with later revisions by Don Black and David Yazbek . The story follows a child's dream in which his toy train set comes to life; famously the actors perform wearing roller skates...
’ and ‘Graffiti Postcards from School,’ both plays directed by Roshan Abbas
Roshan Abbas
-Biography:Roshan Abbas is an alumnus of La Martiniere College, Lucknow. He is a radio and television game show host and head of an events management company.He studied at Hindu College, University of Delhi, graduating with a BA degree in 1992....
.
At the age of 18 he auditioned in a nationwide search for MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
called ‘MTV VJ Hunt
MTV VJ Hunt
The MTV VJ Hunt is a search conducted by certain MTV channels in Asia for their respective channels' newest VJs.-Indonesia:-MTV Philippines winners:...
.’ He won this VJ Hunt along with Mini Mathur
Mini Mathur
Mini Mathur is an Indian actress and television personality. She was a video jockey on SUN TV India and hosted a couple of shows for the channel. She is also a co-host of the Indian reality singing contest Indian Idol....
and Asif Seth.
Journey from MTV
He joined MTVMTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
in the end of 1999 and moved from Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
to Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
and became one of the youngest people working in MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
.
The following year, in 2000, he fronted a show called ‘MTV Fully Faltoo.’ It went on to become one of the very first shows to spoof on everything-from movies, to ad films to TV Shows, prominent among them being – Sholay
Sholay
Sholay is a 1975 Indian action-adventure film produced by G.P. Sippy and directed by his son Ramesh Sippy. It is considered among the greatest films in the history of Indian cinema. Released on 15 August 1975, it stars Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Sanjeev Kumar, Jaya Bhaduri and...
, Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai and the Indiana Jones
Indiana Jones
Colonel Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr., Ph.D. is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Indiana Jones franchise. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg created the character in homage to the action heroes of 1930s film serials...
Series.
Around the same time, he started performing a spoof on Navjot Singh Sidhu
Navjot Singh Sidhu
Navjot Singh Sidhu is former Indian cricket star . After retirement from cricket Navjot Singh Sidhu took up television commentary, and politics. He was later forced to resign from his political position because he was convicted of homicide.-Biography:...
as ‘Piddhu The Great’ and also hosted ‘Semi Girebaal,’ which was a spoof on the talk show, ‘Rendezvous with Semi Garewal.’ The spoof, Semi Girebaal, recorded higher rating than the original show.
When MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
forayed into the Mocumentary arena, he started anchoring the show ‘Kickass Mornings’, wherein he played 25 different characters. He then also hosted two seasons of the game show ‘Hole in the wall
Hole in the wall
Hole in the wall may refer to:Places*Hole-in-the-Wall, Seaham Harbour, County Durham, England*Hole-in-the-Wall, Herefordshire, England*Hole in the Wall Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada...
,’ followed by ‘All stars,’ both for Pogo
Pogo
Pogo is the title and central character of a long-running daily American comic strip, created by cartoonist Walt Kelly and distributed by the Post-Hall Syndicate...
Channel.
A Snapshot of his works
- Worked on the BakraBakraBakra is a village in Chandpur District in the Chittagong Division of eastern Bangladesh....
Gag - Hosted a Travel show Called Chill outChill outChill out may mean:*Chill out music, a laid-back style of music*Chill Out, an album by KLF*Chill Out *Chill Out, an album by John Lee Hooker...
in 1999 - Piddhu the great-a spoof on Navjot Singh SidhuNavjot Singh SidhuNavjot Singh Sidhu is former Indian cricket star . After retirement from cricket Navjot Singh Sidhu took up television commentary, and politics. He was later forced to resign from his political position because he was convicted of homicide.-Biography:...
in 2000 - Mtv Fully Faltoo Film festival – Bechare Zameen Par
- Kick ass mornings where he played over 25 characters
- 1st time MTVMTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
shot a Mocumentary where he played - Bobby Chadda and Paromita- The Neurotic. - Nat Geo Hosted the International Spelling Bee
- MTV Housefull
Movies:
- Played himself in Om Jai Jagdish
- Rang De BasantiRang De BasantiRang De Basanti is a 2006 Indian drama film written and directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. It features an ensemble cast comprising Aamir Khan, Soha Ali Khan, Madhavan, Kunal Kapoor, Siddharth Narayan, Sharman Joshi, Atul Kulkarni and British actress Alice Patten in the lead roles...
– Rj Rahul - Delhi 6 – Suresh – Photographer
- AishaAisha (film)- Tracklist :...
– Randhir Gambhir
Events:
- Musical summit for AIDSAIDSAcquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
with MTV IndiaMTV IndiaMTV India is the Indian version of MTV , a channel specialising in music and youth culture programming. It was launched in 1996 and is now part of the Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd based in Mumbai. . "MTV India" is one of the oldest Music Television Networks in Asia... - Style Awards for MtvMTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
India - Corporate shows: - ICICI BankICICI BankICICI Bank Ltd. is India's second largest financial services company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It offers a wide range of banking products and financial services to corporate and retail customers through a variety of delivery channels and through its specialised subsidiaries in the areas of...
, HSBCHSBCHSBC Holdings plc is a global banking and financial services company headquartered in Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom. it is the world's second-largest banking and financial services group and second-largest public company according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine...
, Hindustan lever, Hewlett Packard, HDFC, Birla Sun Life Insurance. - Launched all the Planet MPlanet MPlanet M is an Indian music retail store founded by The Times Group . It was sold to Next Retail India Ltd. of Mumbai, the retail arm of Videocon, in Nov 2007. It is present in many cities all over India. These stores are mainly known for selling music and movies and related accessories...
stores in MumbaiMumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, DelhiDelhiDelhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, ChandigarhChandigarhChandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...
and many other cities. - Hosted the 1st season of MTVMTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
Roadies. Judged the season 7 of the MTV roadies. - Hosted the VJ Hunt in the years 2002 and 2009.