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{{short description|Indian actor}}
{{short description|Indian television actor}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2009}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
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| name       = Sumeet Sachdev
| name               = Sumeet Sachdev
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| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date |26|2002|May|17}}<ref name="Olivera"/>
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| nationality = Indian
| spouse            = {{marriage|Amrita Gujral|2007}}
| spouse      = Amrita Gujral (2007–present)
| years_active      = 2002–present
| parents            = Neena Sachdev (mother)
| relatives          = {{ubl|Sandeep Sachdev (brother)|Sonia Sachdev (sister)}}
| height            = {{height|ft=6|in=1}}
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'''Sumeet Sachdev''' is an Indian actor and architect known for his role as Gautam Virani in ''[[Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi]]'' and Abhimanyu Raghav in ''[[Yeh Hai Mohabbatein]]''.<ref name="Rege">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Nagpur_Times/Sumeet_Sachdev_to_make_a_comeback/articleshow/2218418.cms|title=Sumeet Sachdev to make a comeback|last=Rege|first=Harshada|date=2007-07-20|newspaper=Times of India|accessdate=2009-05-19}}</ref>
'''Sumeet Sachdev''' (born 18 March 1976) is an Indian television actor and architect who is best known for his role as Gautam "Gomzy" Virani in ''[[Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi]]'' and Abhimanyu "Mani" Raghav in ''[[Yeh Hai Mohabbatein]]''.<ref name="Rege">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Nagpur_Times/Sumeet_Sachdev_to_make_a_comeback/articleshow/2218418.cms|title=Sumeet Sachdev to make a comeback|last=Rege|first=Harshada|date=2007-07-20|newspaper=Times of India|accessdate=2009-05-19}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Sachdev brought up in [[Delhi]].<ref name="Olivera"/> His younger brother Sandeep was the winner of the Indian [[Biggest Loser Jeetega]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-09-02/tv/27989687_1_healthy-lifestyle-medical-tests-amby-valley|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023224720/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-09-02/tv/27989687_1_healthy-lifestyle-medical-tests-amby-valley|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-23|title=Happy to be a loser!|date=2007-09-02|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=2009-05-19}}</ref> Sachdev is an architect by profession.<ref name="Olivera">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bombay-times/sachdev-ka-bolbala/articleshow/10104267.cms|title=Sach(dev) ka bolbala|last=Olivera|first=Roshni|date=2002-05-17|newspaper=Times of India|accessdate=2009-05-19}}</ref><ref name="Chogule">{{cite news|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=14471|title=Moonlighting?|last=Chogule|first=A. L.|date=2006-12-22|newspaper=The Indian Express|accessdate=2009-05-19}}</ref> Sachdev is five days older than his former classmate, [[Smriti Irani]], who played his on-screen mother in ''[[Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi]]''.<ref name="Faaria">{{cite news|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=11384|title=Girls are crazy about Gautam|last=Bhavsar|first=Deepali|date=2005-10-05|publisher=Screen India |accessdate=2009-06-22}}</ref>
Sachdev was brought up in [[Delhi]].<ref name="Olivera"/> His younger brother Sandeep was the winner of the Indian [[Biggest Loser Jeetega]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Happy-to-be-a-loser/etarticleshow/2329676.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023224720/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-09-02/tv/27989687_1_healthy-lifestyle-medical-tests-amby-valley|url-status=live|archive-date=2012-10-23|title=Happy to be a loser!|date=2007-09-02|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2009-05-19}}</ref> Sachdev is an architect by profession.<ref name="Olivera">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bombay-times/sachdev-ka-bolbala/articleshow/10104267.cms|title=Sach(dev) ka bolbala|last=Olivera|first=Roshni|date=2002-05-17|newspaper=Times of India|accessdate=2009-05-19}}</ref><ref name="Chogule">{{cite news|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=14471|title=Moonlighting?|last=Chogule|first=A. L.|date=2006-12-22|newspaper=The Indian Express|accessdate=2009-05-19}}{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He is known for playing the role of Gautam Virani along with his former classmate [[Smriti Irani]] in the 2000 Indian soap opera, ''[[Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi]]''.<ref name="Faaria">{{cite news|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=11384|title=Girls are crazy about Gautam|last=Bhavsar|first=Deepali|date=2005-10-05|publisher=Screen India |accessdate=2009-06-22}}{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>


==Career==
== Career ==
Sachdev made his acting debut in Aamir Reza Hussain's tribute to Kargil war heroes, The Fifty Days War.<ref name="Olivera"/> He later auditioned for the role of Sahil Virani in the show ''[[Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi]],'' but was finalised for another role in the same serial, Gautam Virani.<ref name="Olivera" /> Sachdev gained popularity and recognition for his role as Gomzy and made a prominent position for himself in the Indian television fraternity. Sachdev played a negative character for the first time as Rohit in the serial ''[[Kya Haadsa Kya Haqeeqat]]'' - Hadsaa. He was finalized to play a negative character for the second time as Swayam in the serial ''[[Kahiin To Hoga]]'' but resigned due to back problems. Sachdev played the lead male role of Kabir Khan in the first Muslim orientated television serial ''[[Khwaish]]'', his character was killed off after only a few months but Sachdev was brought back in another role as Kamran. In November 2009, Sachdev made a comeback in TV after a year's break in ''[[Pyaar Ka Bandhan]]'' as Raunak. Moreover, Sachdev has been cast as Rudra in the serial ''[[Bandini (TV series) | Bandini]]''. He was last seen as Abhimanyu Raghav (Mani) in ''[[Yeh Hain Mohabbatein]]''.
Sachdev made his acting debut in Aamir Reza Hussain's tribute to Kargil war heroes, The Fifty Days War.<ref name="Olivera"/> He later auditioned for the role of Sahil Virani in the show ''[[Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi]],'' but was finalized for another role in the same serial, Gautam "Gomzy" Virani.<ref name="Olivera" /> Sachdev gained popularity and recognition for his role as Gautam and made a prominent position for himself in the Indian television fraternity. Sachdev played a negative character for the first time as Rohit in the serial ''[[Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat]]''. He was finalized to play a negative character for the second time as Swayam in the serial ''[[Kahiin To Hoga]]'' but resigned due to back problems. Sachdev played the lead male role of Kabir Khan in ''[[Khwaish]]'', his character was killed off but during the end of the serial Sachdev was brought back in another role as Kamran. In November 2009, Sachdev made a comeback in TV after a year's break in ''[[Pyaar Ka Bandhan]]'' as Raunak. Moreover, Sachdev has been cast as Rudra in the serial ''[[Bandini (TV series)|Bandini]]''. He played Abhimanyu "Mani" Raghav in ''[[Yeh Hai Mohabbatein]]''. He was last seen as Sumer Babbar in ''[[Chashni (TV series)|Chashni]]''


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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The wedding took place in Gujral's home town of [[Chandigarh, India]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv/gomzy-to-tie-the-knot/articleshow/15762820.cms|title=Gomzy to tie the knot|author=Kavita Shyam|date=1 December 2007|work=Mumbai Mirror|accessdate=12 March 2019}}</ref>
The wedding took place in Gujral's home town of [[Chandigarh, India]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv/gomzy-to-tie-the-knot/articleshow/15762820.cms|title=Gomzy to tie the knot|author=Kavita Shyam|date=1 December 2007|work=Mumbai Mirror|accessdate=12 March 2019}}</ref>


==Filmography==
== Television ==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
''' Television '''
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Year
! Year
! Show
! Serial
! Role
! Role
! Channel
! Notes
! Notes
! Co–Star
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2002–2003
| 2002
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat]]''
| ''[[Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat]]'' – ''Hadsaa''
| Rohit (Episode 1 - Episode 25)
| Rohit (Episode 1 to Episode 25)
| rowspan="2" | Episodic Role
| [[Sony Entertainment Television]]
| Episodic Role
| {{ubl|[[Pallavi Kulkarni]]|[[Geetanjali Tikekar]]}}
|-
|-
| Rajeev Khandelwal (Episode 160 - Episode 176)
| 2002–2008
| ''[[Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi]]''
| Gautam "Gomzy" Virani
| [[Star Plus]]
| Supporting Role
| {{ubl|[[Shilpa Saklani]]|[[Ashlesha Sawant]]|''Ravee Gupta''|[[Riva Bubber]]}}
|-
|-
| 2002 - 2008
| 2003
| ''[[Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi]]''
| ''[[Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat]]'' – ''Khaall''
| Gautam (Gomzy) Virani
| Rajeev Khandelwal (Episode 160 to Episode 176)
| Lead Role
| [[Sony Entertainment Television]]
| Episodic Role  
| {{ubl|[[Achint Kaur]]|[[Geetanjali Tikekar]]|[[Urvashi Dholakia]]}}
|-
|-
| 2006 ; 2007 - 2008
| 2006; 2007–2008
| ''[[Karam Apnaa Apnaa]]''
| ''[[Karam Apnaa Apnaa]]''
| Shashank
| Shashank Basu
| Negative role<ref>{{cite news |title=‘I don’t want to be a victim of greed’ |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-i-don-t-want-to-be-a-victim-of-greed-1051511 |access-date=24 December 2020 |work=DNA India |date=6 September 2006 |language=en}}</ref>
| [[Star Plus]]
| Negative Role<ref>{{cite news |title='I don't want to be a victim of greed' |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-i-don-t-want-to-be-a-victim-of-greed-1051511 |access-date=24 December 2020 |work=DNA India |date=6 September 2006 |language=en}}</ref>
| {{ubl|[[Pallavi Subhash]]|''Shaika Parveen''}}
|-
|-
| 2007
| 2007
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Khwaish]]''
| rowspan = "2" | ''[[Khwaish]]''
| Kabir Khan (Episode 1 - Episode 37)
| Kabir Khan (Episode 1 to Episode 37)
| rowspan = "3" | [[Sony Entertainment Television]]
| Lead Role
| Lead Role
| [[Priya Bathija]]
|-
|-
| 2008
| 2008
| Kamran (Episode 149 - Episode 163)
| Kamran (Episode 149 to Episode 163)
| Cameo Role
| Cameo Role
|
|-
|-
| 2009 - 2010
| 2009–2010
| ''[[Pyaar Ka Bandhan]]''
| ''[[Pyaar Ka Bandhan]]''
| Raunak
| Raunak
| Lead Role
| Supporting Role
| [[Lavanya Tripathi]]
|-
|-
| 2010
| 2010
| ''[[Bandini (TV series) | Bandini]]''
| ''[[Bandini (TV series)|Bandini]]''
| Rudra
| Rudra
| [[Imagine TV]]
| Cameo Role
| Cameo Role
| [[Aasiya Kazi]]
|-
|-
| 2014 ; 2016 - 2019
| 2014
| ''[[Yeh Hai Aashiqui]]'' – ''This Or That?''
| Aseem Sen (Episode 37)
| [[Bindass]]
| Episodic Role
| [[Anupriya Goenka]]
|-
| 2014; 2016–2019
| ''[[Yeh Hai Mohabbatein]]''
| ''[[Yeh Hai Mohabbatein]]''
| Abhimanyu Raghav (Mani)
| Abhimanyu "Mani" Raghav
| [[Star Plus]]
| Supporting Role
| Supporting Role
| {{ubl|[[Divyanka Tripathi]]|[[Anita Hassanandani]]}}
|-
|-
| 2014 - 2015
| 2018
| ''[[Box Cricket League#Team Members: Season 1|Box Cricket League 1]]''
| ''[[C.I.D. (Indian TV series)|C.I.D.]]'' – ''Daya Ek Hathyara''
| Contestant
| Ankush / Jigar (Episode 1485)
| Sports Reality Television Show
| [[Sony Entertainment Television]]
| Episodic Role
| ''Deepali Saini''
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Chashni (TV series)|Chashni]]''
| Sumer Babbar
| [[Star Plus]]
| rowspan = "4" | Supporting Role
| ''Srishti Singh''
|-
| 2025
| ''Aye Dil Jee Le Zara''
| Karan Bindra
| [[Dangal (TV channel)|Dangal]]
| [[Suhasi Dhami]]
|-
| 2025–present
| ''[[Jhanak]]''
| Aniruddh Bose
| rowspan = "2" | [[Star Plus]]
| {{ubl|[[Ashlesha Sawant]]|[[Parvati Sehgal]]}}
|-
| 2026
| ''[[Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2]]''
| Gautam 'Gomzy' Virani
| ''Ravee Gupta''
|-
|}
 
=== Reality Shows ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Show
! Role
! Channel
! Notes
|-
| 2014–2015
| ''Box Cricket League 1''
| rowspan = "3" | Contestant
| [[Sony Entertainment Television]]
| rowspan = "3" | Sports Reality Television Show
|-
|-
| 2016
| 2016
| ''[[Box Cricket League#Team members: Season 2|Box Cricket League 2]]''
| ''Box Cricket League 2''
| Contestant
| [[Colors TV]]
| Sports Reality Television Show
|-
|-
| 2018
| 2018
| ''[[C.I.D. (Indian TV series) | C.I.D.]]''- Daya Ek Hathyara
| ''Box Cricket League 3''
| Ankush / Jigar (Episode 1485)
| [[MTV (Indian TV channel)|MTV]]
| Episodic Role
|-
|}
 
=== Web Series ===
{| class = "wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Show
! Role
! Channel
|-
| rowspan = "2" | 2023
| ''Slum Golf''
| Kumud Vajpayee
| ''Amazon Mini TV''
|-
|-
| 2018
| ''Adhure Hum''
| ''[[Box Cricket League#Team members: Season 3|Box Cricket League 3]]''
| Abhimanyu
| Contestant
| Atrangii
| Sports Reality Television Show
|-
|-
|}
|}

Latest revision as of 15:41, 27 March 2026


Sumeet Sachdev
Born (1976-03-18) 18 March 1976 (age 50)
Occupation
  • Actor
  • architect
Years active2002–present
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Spouse(s)
Amrita Gujral
(
m. 2007)
Parent(s)Neena Sachdev (mother)
Relatives
  • Sandeep Sachdev (brother)
  • Sonia Sachdev (sister)

Sumeet Sachdev (born 18 March 1976) is an Indian television actor and architect who is best known for his role as Gautam "Gomzy" Virani in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and Abhimanyu "Mani" Raghav in Yeh Hai Mohabbatein.[1]

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

Sachdev was brought up in Delhi.[2] His younger brother Sandeep was the winner of the Indian Biggest Loser Jeetega.[3] Sachdev is an architect by profession.[2][4] He is known for playing the role of Gautam Virani along with his former classmate Smriti Irani in the 2000 Indian soap opera, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.[5]

Career[edit | edit source]

Sachdev made his acting debut in Aamir Reza Hussain's tribute to Kargil war heroes, The Fifty Days War.[2] He later auditioned for the role of Sahil Virani in the show Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, but was finalized for another role in the same serial, Gautam "Gomzy" Virani.[2] Sachdev gained popularity and recognition for his role as Gautam and made a prominent position for himself in the Indian television fraternity. Sachdev played a negative character for the first time as Rohit in the serial Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat. He was finalized to play a negative character for the second time as Swayam in the serial Kahiin To Hoga but resigned due to back problems. Sachdev played the lead male role of Kabir Khan in Khwaish, his character was killed off but during the end of the serial Sachdev was brought back in another role as Kamran. In November 2009, Sachdev made a comeback in TV after a year's break in Pyaar Ka Bandhan as Raunak. Moreover, Sachdev has been cast as Rudra in the serial Bandini. He played Abhimanyu "Mani" Raghav in Yeh Hai Mohabbatein. He was last seen as Sumer Babbar in Chashni

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Sachdev married Amrita Gujral, the head of International Media Marketing at The Times of India on 9 December 2007. The wedding took place in Gujral's home town of Chandigarh, India.[6]

Television[edit | edit source]

Year Serial Role Channel Notes Co–Star
2002 Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat – Hadsaa Rohit (Episode 1 to Episode 25) Sony Entertainment Television Episodic Role
2002–2008 Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi Gautam "Gomzy" Virani Star Plus Supporting Role
2003 Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat – Khaall Rajeev Khandelwal (Episode 160 to Episode 176) Sony Entertainment Television Episodic Role
2006; 2007–2008 Karam Apnaa Apnaa Shashank Basu Star Plus Negative Role[7]
2007 Khwaish Kabir Khan (Episode 1 to Episode 37) Sony Entertainment Television Lead Role Priya Bathija
2008 Kamran (Episode 149 to Episode 163) Cameo Role
2009–2010 Pyaar Ka Bandhan Raunak Supporting Role Lavanya Tripathi
2010 Bandini Rudra Imagine TV Cameo Role Aasiya Kazi
2014 Yeh Hai Aashiqui – This Or That? Aseem Sen (Episode 37) Bindass Episodic Role Anupriya Goenka
2014; 2016–2019 Yeh Hai Mohabbatein Abhimanyu "Mani" Raghav Star Plus Supporting Role
2018 C.I.D. – Daya Ek Hathyara Ankush / Jigar (Episode 1485) Sony Entertainment Television Episodic Role Deepali Saini
2023 Chashni Sumer Babbar Star Plus Supporting Role Srishti Singh
2025 Aye Dil Jee Le Zara Karan Bindra Dangal Suhasi Dhami
2025–present Jhanak Aniruddh Bose Star Plus
2026 Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2 Gautam 'Gomzy' Virani Ravee Gupta

Reality Shows[edit | edit source]

Year Show Role Channel Notes
2014–2015 Box Cricket League 1 Contestant Sony Entertainment Television Sports Reality Television Show
2016 Box Cricket League 2 Colors TV
2018 Box Cricket League 3 MTV

Web Series[edit | edit source]

Year Show Role Channel
2023 Slum Golf Kumud Vajpayee Amazon Mini TV
Adhure Hum Abhimanyu Atrangii

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Rege, Harshada (20 July 2007). "Sumeet Sachdev to make a comeback". Times of India. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Olivera, Roshni (17 May 2002). "Sach(dev) ka bolbala". Times of India. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
  3. ↑ "Happy to be a loser!". The Times of India. 2 September 2007. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
  4. ↑ Chogule, A. L. (22 December 2006). "Moonlighting?". The Indian Express. Retrieved 19 May 2009.[dead link]
  5. ↑ Bhavsar, Deepali (5 October 2005). "Girls are crazy about Gautam". Screen India. Retrieved 22 June 2009.[dead link]
  6. ↑ Kavita Shyam (1 December 2007). "Gomzy to tie the knot". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "'I don't want to be a victim of greed'". DNA India. 6 September 2006. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
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