Amit Sadh
Amit was recently seen playing the role of the chief investigating officer in Amazon Prime's web series Breath (2018) and its second season Breath: Into the Shadows (2020) playing the role of Inspector Kabir Sawant. In the new series Avrodh the Siege Within on Sony Liv, he plays Major Videep Singh.
Early Life
Sadh was born on 5 June 1979 in Delhi. He completed his graduation from La Martiniere College, Lucknow. Sadh's father Ram Chandra Dogra, was a national-level hockey player. Sadh lost his father when he was only 16 years old.
His family home is in Punjab. At the age of 21, he left home and moved to Mumbai to become an actor.
Career
Television career (2002–2008)
Sadh's first major role was in Neena Gupta production's Kyun Hota Hai Pyarrr, where he portrayed the character of Aditya. He then starred in the series Kohinoor. He appeared as a contestant on the reality show Bigg Boss. Sadh participated in the original seasons of Nach Baliye and Fear Factor.
Film career (2010–present)
Amit Sadh has played key supporting roles in several movies. He worked in Kai Po Che! (2013) playing the role of a priest's son alongside Amrita Puri, Rajkummar Rao, and Sushant Singh Rajput. In Sultan, he played the role of a businessman alongside Salman Khan and Anushka Sharma. He appeared in Gold as Raghubir Pratap Singh (based on the real-life character on K. D. Singh Babu) alongside Akshay Kumar and the role of Shakuntala Devi's son-in-law in the eponymous film of that name.
In 2018, he featured as Inspector Kabir Sawant in the web series Breathe and reprise his role in Breathe: Into the Shadows. In 2020, he played the role of Major Videep Singh in Avrodh: The Siege Within which was a fictionalized retelling of the 2016 Uri attack and the following surgical strikes. He donned the role of retired Indian Army special forces officer Major Deependra Singh Sengar in Jeet Ki Zid.
Awards and Nominations:
- In the year 2020, Amit won the best-supporting actor Filmfare OTT award for Drama Series Breathe: Into the Shadows.
- In the year 2022, he gets nominated for popular actor web Indian Television Academy Awards for Avrodh: The Siege Within, Jeet Ki Zidd, and 7 Kadam.