Namit Das

Namit Das (born 10 July 1984) is an Indian film, television and theatre actor. He has acted in several television commercials. He belongs to a family of musicians and singers, his father is reputed ghazal singer Chandan Dass. His maternal grandfather was K. Pannalal, who worked for Delhi All India Radio and Doordarshan, and was a musician par excellence. One of his maternal uncles, Jaidev Kumar is a famous Punjabi music director and another is Ajay K. Pannalal, a Punjabi film director. Namit is also a trained singer and took classical-music training from his father Chandan Dass and Bhavdeep Jaipurwale, but preferred acting over singing for a long time. Recently he has released an album with Anurag Shanker, which has five tracks.

Namit Das
Born (1984-07-10) 10 July 1984
NationalityIndian
Alma materSt Xaviers College, Bhavan's AH Wadia High School
OccupationActor
Years active2002–present
Spouse(s)Shruti Vyas
Parent(s)Chandan Dass
Yamini Dass

Namit Das married his longtime girlfriend Shruti Vyas on 15 February 2015. Shruti herself is a theater and film actress and has appeared in many ads, including an OLX Womaniyan ad, where she was the face of OLX. She is the sister of actor Sumeet Vyas. Namit and Shruti got married in Mumbai in a traditional ceremony, graced by family and friends. Namit's younger brother Anshul Nautiyal is also an underground music producer who is Delhi-based.

Filmography

Films
Year Film Role Comments
2009The President Is ComingRamesh S.
Wake Up SidRishi Atul Raheja
2010Lafangey ParindeyChaddi
Phillum CityChaubey
2011Bulb Hila
Nithya
2013GhanchakkarIdris
2014Ankhon DekhiAjju
2015Hamari Adhuri KahaniSaanjh Prasad (adult)
2018Sui Dhaaga Guddu
PataakhaJagan

TV series
Year Series Role Channel Notes
2004-05PanchamPanchamZee TV
2008Mumbai CallingAmarITV
HBO Asia
ABC1
2010State of the UnionIndian callerCNN
2010Axe Ur ExHostChannel V
2015–2016Sumit Sambhal LegaSumit WaliaStar Plus
2017KaushikiDKViu
2018 Table No 5 ZEE5 Web Series [1][2]
2019 Abhay Govind ZEE5 Web Series [3] [4]
2020 Aarya Jawahar Disney+ Hotstar Web Series
2020 A Suitable Boy Haresh BBC One Filming, BBC One series [5]
2020 Mafia Nitin Kumar ZEE5 Web series[6]

Plays

Das has worked in a number of plays.[7]

Year Play Director Comments
2002Shadow BoxNadir Khan
2002Noises OffAtuI Kumar
2003-04I Am Invincible (Clown Show)AtuI Kumar
2004VoicesAtuI Kumar
2006Much Ado About NothingImogen Butler ColeAlso composed music[8]
2006-07ChairsAtuI Kumar
2006-08Numbers In The DarkAtuI Kumar
2007-The President Is ComingKunal Roy Kapoor
2007The Soul Of A Sales ManEtiene Coutinho
2007Mastana Rampuri Urf ChappanchuriSunil Shanbag
2008-11The Shehenshah Of AzeemoSumeet & Shivani
2008-11Hamlet The Clown PrinceRajat Kapoor
2011-Stories In A SongSunil Shanbag
2011-Bombay TalkiesVikram Kapadia

Dubbing roles

Live action films
Film titleActorCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year ReleaseDub Year ReleaseNotes
Hellboy II: The Golden ArmyDoug JonesAbe SapienHindiEnglish20082008Rajesh Khattar dubbed this role in the previous movie.
Edge of TomorrowKick GurryGriffHindiEnglish20142014Hindi dub only created for the Home media release.
gollark: I think the first wave will have hit the tradehub by now. The release was five hours ago, I think.
gollark: More like in five hours or never, but whatever.
gollark: Can I probably get a CB Copper? I've always dreamed of having unreasonable amounts of those.
gollark: I'm wondering just how much I can trade my pygmy and notpygmy for.
gollark: I got two, at least, which will hopefully allow me to trade for something good.

References
  1. Desk, India com Entertainment (31 May 2018). "Zee 5 Originals Series Table 5 Is A Riveting Mystery Thriller - Read Details". India.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  2. "Namit Das: Television and digital medium will give movies a run for money". The Indian Express. 31 May 2018. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  3. Rajesh, Author: Srividya (28 February 2019). "Namit Das to enter ZEE5 series, Abhay". IWMBuzz. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  4. ""Abhay"... A moody crime series headlined by Kunal Kemmu's composed central act | REVIEW". Filmy Sasi. 7 May 2019. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  5. "BBC - Cast announced for BBC One's A Suitable Boy, the first screen adaptation of Vikram Seth's classic novel - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  6. "Namit Das calls his new web show Mafia a unique project". outlookindia.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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