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- Acclaimed Actor-Producer and National Award Winner, Sanjay Suri born and raised in Srinagar (Kashmir), spent the first 20 years of his life in the Valley. Sanjay is credited with 30 features as an Actor and 7 features as a Producer. His filmography as an actor includes acclaimed films like "Firaag", "Pinjar", "Daman", "Filhaal", "Dhoop" and other trendsetting films such as "Jhankaar Beats" and "My Brother Nikhil" where he gained acclaim as an actor. Sanjay has been at the forefront of the current revolution of Independent Cinema in India.
He independently starred in and produced the path breaking film, "My Brother Nikhil" and also won the prestigious National Award (2011) for best Hindi language film as Producer for "I AM". I AM is also one of India's largest crowd sourced films with 400 co-producers from over 40 cities across the world. The filmmakers successfully democratized the film making process and are considered pioneers in Crowd Sourcing in India. I AM went on to win the NETPAC Award for Best in Asian Cinema with a Special Jury Mention at the 15th International Film Festival of Kerala 2012.
Sanjay also acted in and produced the award winning "Chauranga"(Four Colors), Winner Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature at IFFLA 2015, Winner Best Film at the Mumbai Film Festival (India Gold) 2014, Winner Incredible India Award as the best project at Film Bazaar 2011 & winner of the Goteborg International Script development Fund, Officially Selected for Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF'2014), New York Indian Film Festival 2015, Goteborg International Film Festival 2016, Cinemasia Film Festival 2016 & London Asian Film Festival 2016. "Chauranga" was theatrically released in India.
Sanjay has participated in various International Co-Production markets and labs and was selected by CNC to attend the Producers network at the Marché du Film Festival de Cannes 2012 and 2013. Sanjay has served as a Jury member at MAMI (Mumbai Academy of Moving Images, 2012) & at the prestigious Dubai International Film Festival (2013) feature category in the 'Muhr Arab' Section.
Besides his love for cinema, Sanjay loves sports, traveling, photography, philosophy, his cup of coffee & dark chocolate.- IMDb mini biography by: Amazon Video X-Ray
- SpouseAmbika Suri(November 21, 2001 - present)
- Starred in the shelved movie Triple Aar Movies " Kab? Kyon? Aur Kahan?"(2001) Starring Chandrachur Singh(who later dropped out from the movie), Yukta Mookhey( Who later dropped out),Aditya Pancholi,Sharad Kapoor,Sanjay Suri,Neha, Mallika Sherawat(Using the screen name Reema Puri),Arif Zakaria,Zulfi Sayed, Jaya Seal, Music by Nikhil Vinay, Produced by Ramesh Sharma, Directed by Anil Mattoo.
- Appeared on the cover of the Stardust Annual 1994 with Pooja Bhatt.
- Starred in the shelved film " Kabhi Up Kabhi Down" (2007). Starring Sanjay Suri, Perizad Zorabian, Ninad Kamat. Produced by Kamal Kaur Chandra, Directed by Raman Shripad Bhardwaj.
- While shooting the film producers had run shot of funds and we're sitting depressed in a place.Where an old man saw them and said the will arrange the food for whole of the crew which was around 60 members.
- Film had around 400 film producers.
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