Sachet Engineer
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Sachet Engineer is an Indian actor and champion swimmer. He is best known for his role as Yohaan Awasthi (Dada) in the 2007 Bollywood
film, Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth). He is the grandson of water polo champion, Ishwar Girdharlal Engineer.
Engineer is a student attending Campion School, Mumbai. A member of the Otters Club
, he won his first gold medal in swimming at the age of 5. He has won a number of swimming medals since that time including four gold medals at the "36th Maharashtra State Amateur Aquatic Association Championship" in 2009 and five gold medals and a silver at the "27th Otters" in 2010. He has also competed in seven nationals. Engineer is currently focusing on his studies and hopes to eventually compete with the national squad. He also hopes to one day compete in the Olympics and is thinking of becoming a pilot, though he is open to future modeling and acting like the swimmer/actor Johnny Weissmuller
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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...
film, Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth). He is the grandson of water polo champion, Ishwar Girdharlal Engineer.
Engineer is a student attending Campion School, Mumbai. A member of the Otters Club
Otters Club
Otters Club, established as a sporting institution during its inception in 1973, is one of the premier clubs in the city of Mumbai, India. Located near the popular Jogger's Park on Carter Road, Bandra, it is a members-only club that continues to follow the traditions set by its founder : emphasis...
, he won his first gold medal in swimming at the age of 5. He has won a number of swimming medals since that time including four gold medals at the "36th Maharashtra State Amateur Aquatic Association Championship" in 2009 and five gold medals and a silver at the "27th Otters" in 2010. He has also competed in seven nationals. Engineer is currently focusing on his studies and hopes to eventually compete with the national squad. He also hopes to one day compete in the Olympics and is thinking of becoming a pilot, though he is open to future modeling and acting like the swimmer/actor Johnny Weissmuller
Johnny Weissmuller
Johnny Weissmuller was an Austro-Hungarian-born American swimmer and actor best known for playing Tarzan in movies. Weissmuller was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal. He won fifty-two US National Championships and set sixty-seven...
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Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 2007 in film This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007... |
Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth) | Yohaan Awasthi (Dada) | |
| 2010 2010 in film The year 2010 saw many new films released worldwide. 2010 saw a dramatic increase and prominence in the use of 3D-technology in filmmaking and film releases after the success of Avatar in the format, with releases such as Alice in Wonderland, Clash of the Titans, Jackass 3D, all animated films and... |
Khatta Meeta Khatta Meeta Khatta Meetha is a 2010 Hindi comic satire film written and directed by Priyadarshan that stars Akshay Kumar and Trisha Krishnan in the lead roles. The film is a remake of Priyadarshan's previous Malayalam film Vellanakalude Nadu , scripted by Sreenivasan. Khatta Meetha was released on July 23, 2010... |
Linguswamy |