Sanjeev Bhaskar, OBE (born 28 June 1964) is an Asian-British comedian and actor, best known for his work in the BBC Two comedy series Goodness Gracious Me and as host of The Kumars at No. 42. He also presented and starred in a documentary series called India with Sanjeev Bhaskar where he travelled India and visited his ancestral home in today's Pakistan.
In 2003, he was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy.
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Sanjeev Bhaskar, OBE (born 28 June 1964) is an Asian-British comedian and actor, best known for his work in the BBC Two comedy series Goodness Gracious Me and as host of The Kumars at No. 42. He also presented and starred in a documentary series called India with Sanjeev Bhaskar where he travelled India and visited his ancestral home in today's Pakistan.
In 2003, he was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy.
Bhaskar was born in Ealing on 31 October 1963, and grew up living above a launderette in Hounslow, West London. He experienced racism at school, Hounslow and Southall being particular targets for the British National Front. At one point in his sixth form, all but two of 150 students refused to talk to or sit with him. At first, Bhaskar’s father—a factory supervisor for Nestlé—and mother—a bookkeeper—were mortified by their son’s proposed career. So to appease them, he earned a degree in marketing from The Hatfield Polytechnic (now the University...
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