Sanjeev Bhaskar

Sanjeev Bhaskar

Birthday: 1963-10-31

Place of Birth: Ealing, London, England, UK

Biography: Sanjeev Bhaskar OBE (born 31 October 1963) is a British actor, comedian and television presenter. He is best known for his work in the BBC Two sketch comedy series Goodness Gracious Me and as the star of the sitcom The Kumars at No. 42. He also presented and starred in a documentary series called India with Sanjeev Bhaskar in which he travelled to India and visited his ancestral home in today's Pakistan. Bhaskar's more dramatic acting roles include the lead role of Dr Prem Sharma in The Indian Doctor and a main role as DI Sunny Khan in Unforgotten.

Movies

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

One-man armies, meet-cutes, casual strolls away from huge explosions — stars and industry insiders t...

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L'Entente cordiale
L'Entente cordiale

The upper-class secret agent teaming up accidentally with an easily-corrupted, sly interpreter......

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The Children's Party at the Palace
The Children's Party at the Palace

To celebrate her 80th birthday, the Queen is holding a children's party in the grounds of Buckingham...

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The Flash
The Flash

When his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry Allen becomes trapped in ...

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Inferno
Inferno

Set inside a "Quake" like video game, one of the game's cannon-fodder grunts falls for the Lara Crof...

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Absolutely Anything
Absolutely Anything

Eccentric aliens give a man the power to do anything he wants to determine if Earth is worth saving....

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The Zero Theorem
The Zero Theorem

A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work inter...

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50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

Documentary charting and celebrating five decades of often groundbreaking, boundary-pushing comedy f...

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The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles

The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform a live soundtrack in this premier stage adaptation of Sir Arthur ...

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Anita and Me
Anita and Me

Meena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of ...

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Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out

Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out was a one-off, one-hour documentary/biography about Stephen Fry released in ...

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Lion Battlefield
Lion Battlefield

Lion Battlefield is a story about a pride of lions, and how daily interactions with their prey, thei...

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We Are Most Amused
We Are Most Amused

We Are Most Amused was a gala event held at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 12 November 2008 in honour ...

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The Dance of Shiva
The Dance of Shiva

In the trenches of the Western Front in 1915, a British army chaplain is forced to question his fait...

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Bollywood and Beyond: A Century of Indian Cinema
Bollywood and Beyond: A Century of Indian Cinema

Indian cinema has the largest audience of any art form on the planet. With a population of over a b...

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Scoop
Scoop

An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat...

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The Itch of the Golden Nit
The Itch of the Golden Nit

Eleven-year-old Beanie's bland life is changed for ever when he is sent on a mission. Armed only wit...

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Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

London, an overcrowded cafe, one table to share. Two strangers tell each other “how I met my fiancé”...

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Notting Hill
Notting Hill

London bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with f...

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Arthur Christmas
Arthur Christmas

For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its membe...

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Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

Documentary charting the rise of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy from its original guise as a r...

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London Boulevard
London Boulevard

A parolee falls for a reclusive movie star while trying to evade a ruthless gangster....

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Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)

Not The Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) is a comic oratorio based on Monty Python's Life of Brian,...

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Chopratown
Chopratown

Vic Chopra (Sanjeev Bhaskar) investigates Ali Ergun (Omid Djalili) a shady Turkish bakery owner. Dur...

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Jackboots on Whitehall
Jackboots on Whitehall

A satirical alternative history of World War II where the Nazis seize London and England must band t...

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And the Winner Isn't
And the Winner Isn't

A satirical documentary charting Geoffrey Moore and his daughter Ambra’s journey through Hollywood, ...

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Paddington 2
Paddington 2

Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect pr...

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Dragon Rider
Dragon Rider

An unlikely trio of heroes – a dragon, a boy and a forest brownie – embark on an epic adventure to f...

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Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans

Brainy Roman teenager Atti is always coming up with schemes, but one ultimately goes too far, angeri...

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Yesterday
Yesterday

A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waki...

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The Mystic Masseur
The Mystic Masseur

Circa 1940 in Trinidad, still a British Colony, lives Ganesh Ramseyor, of East Indian origin, along ...

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Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime
Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime

An adaptation of the folktale about a lonely boy, his beloved cat, and the hard decisions that come ...

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Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven

In this epic two-part finale, the Doctor comes face to face with the mysterious Missy, and an imposs...

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Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall

Inspired by "Letters of Note", the bestselling anthology compiled by Shaun Usher, and "To the Letter...

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Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge

THE UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND CELEBRATED ITS EPIC TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION AT THE ROYAL ALBERT H...

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Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery

Gemma is delighted to be recruited by the Serious Crimes Agency, but sadly they don't want Terry bec...

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Paddington in Peru
Paddington in Peru

Paddington travels to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired B...

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The Sick Party
The Sick Party

The Brockmans throw a Christmas party with jubilee bunting for decorations but Pete is not happy. Of...

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The Guru
The Guru

Bored with Bollywood movies but fascinated with their Hollywood counterparts from his youth, Ram dre...

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The Family Plan 2
The Family Plan 2

Now that Dan's assassin days are behind him, all he wants for Christmas is quality time with his kid...

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Space 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit
Space 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit

Celebrating 50 years of Space: 1999. This documentary examines the inception, characters, cultural i...

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