Danish Sood (Actor) Wiki, Age, Family, Biography & More

Danish Sood is an Indian musician and actor. He is known for acting in the 2021 Bollywood film ‘Meenakshi Sundareshwar,’ and in Hindi web series Hostages (2020) and The Fame Game (2022).

Wiki/Biography

Danish Pratap Sood was born in Delhi. He did his schooling at Delhi Public School, Dwarka. In 2013, he pursued a bachelor’s degree in Economics at Ramjas College in Delhi. Later, he pursued a master’s degree in Visual and Performing Arts at Dr B. R. Ambedkar University, Delhi. In 2019, he graduated with a post-graduate diploma in Cinematography and Film/Video Production from Mumbai’s St. Xavier’s College.

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 5′ 8″

Weight (approx.): 65kg

Hair Colour: Black

Eye Colour: Black

Body Measurements (approx.): Chest: 38 inches, Waist: 28 inches, Biceps: 13 inches

Family

Parents & Siblings

Danish belongs to a family of doctors. His father’s name is Balbir Pratap Sood. Danish has a sister named Sabrina Sood who is an Obstetrics Gynecologist in Delhi.

Career

Marketing Intern

In 2014, Danish interned at Micromax Informatics Ltd. in Gurgaon for two months.

Assistant Director

In 2013, he became an executive member of the Shoonya theatre group in Delhi where he lead a team of 50+ trained students to the street and stage dramatics. In 2017, he became a part of a production house, Whomadethesefilms, and worked as an assistant director.

Musician

Danish made his debut as a music producer in a play, Don Juan Tenorio. The play was play originally written in 1844 by José Zorrilla. Apart from this, he also produced music for another play based on The Gaucho Martin Fierro, a poem by José Hernández. In 2022, he voiced the song ‘Jaanu Na’ from the series ‘Mismatched- season 2.’

Actor

Web series

In 2020, Danish made his OTT debut with a series titled A Suitable Boy. In this series, he played the role of a college student. He appeared in the 2019 web series titled Hostages in which he played the role of CBI Officer Rohan. Danish has also appeared in other web series such as The Fame Game (2022) and Jugaadistan (2022). In the series Jugaadistan, Danish shared the screen with popular actors Ahsaas Channa and Sumeet Vyas.

In 2022, Danish appeared in the web series ‘CAT’ in which the protagonist Randeep Hooda played the role of a former police informant and Danish played the role of Sunny Singh, his younger brother.

Film

In 2021, Danish made his Bollywood debut with a rom-com titled Meenakshi Sundareshwar, directed by Vivek Soni.

Facts/Trivia

• When Danish was studying in school, he used to sing Christmas carols. After his sister left for college, he started learning music out of desperation.

• Danish Sood enjoys playing the guitar and he often shares videos of singing song covers on social media.

• In an interview, Danish talked about how ‘CAT’ was his breakthrough web series and said,
  

  When I auditioned for it, I didn’t know what it was for. The thing that I get the most attracted to is the idea of the show. In CAT, I could offer way more than I did in other projects. After two rounds of audition, I really wanted to do it and I am lucky to have got this part.”

• In an interview, while talking about his co-actor Randeep Hooda in the series CAT, Danish said,
  

  Randeep is a big actor who is committed to his art. Even on the sets, he was so immersed in his character. I wanted to perform better and not let him feel that I am lacking somewhere. He used to be punctual on the sets and give me feedback on my scenes. And, sharing the screen space with him is just so surreal.”

• In an interview in December 2022, Danish revealed his future projects and said,
  

  Soon, I’ll be starting a documentary in Benaras. There’s another show which will hit a popular OTT platform next year. Besides these, I am also auditioning and reading scripts.”