Sanjeev Kohli
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Biography: Sanjeev Singh Kohli is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is best known his role as shopkeeper Navid Harrid in the BBC sitcom Still Game (2002 - 2007, 2016 - 2019), Ramesh Majhu in the radio sitcom Fags, Mags and Bags (2007–present), and A.J. Jandhu in the BBC Scotland soap opera River City (2015–present). He is a former presenter of the BBC's Asian Network and has previously written for Goodness Gracious Me, The Big Breakfast and Chewin' the Fat, which was also written by future Still Game co-stars, Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Brentford, London, England, UK
Birthday: November 30, 1971
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Gender: Male
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Falling for Figaro
Overview: A brilliant young fund manager leaves her unfulfilling job and long-term boyfriend to chase her lifelong dream of becoming an opera singer in the Scottish Highlands.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-01
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Still Game: Live in Glasgow
Overview: Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill are back and reviving their much loved characters Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade for the first time in years! They've not been seen on the small screen since a Hogmanay special in January 2008, but this year sees a full reunion of the original television cast as Jack and Victor are reunited alongside other Still Game favourites Winston, Isa, Tam, Navid, and Bobby.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-24
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My Turban and Me
Overview: Comedian Sanjeev Kohli goes on a heartwarming personal journey to explore his own Sikh identity and find out why the turban is back in fashion for young Sikhs.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-17
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Lost at Christmas
Overview: Set in the remote Scottish town of Fort William on Christmas Eve, when life is turned upside down for Jen and Rob. Suddenly finding themselves heartbroken, single and stranded, they team up to try and reach home 100 miles away to be with their families. "Borrowing" Jen’s now ex-boyfriend’s classic car, the pair hit the road, but it’s not long before the weather turns for the worse forcing them to continue their journey on foot.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-04
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The Magical Beacon Stone
Overview: When an evil genius steals the Magical Beacon Stone and forces the children of Inverclyde to toil in his factories, Bella and Jenny only have five days to find the Stone stop his schemes and save Christmas.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-14
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Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
Overview: 30 years after Fawlty Towers (1975) ended, Stephen Fry narrates a documentary about the making of this classic sitcom.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-10
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The Last Mermaid
Overview: Secluded Glaswegian mermaid struggles in the face of pollution, sustainability.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-22
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Christmas with Strangers
Overview: A behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of the Scottish Indie feature film Lost at Christmas (2020). The stars and filmmakers take us on their journey from script to screen as the world braces itself for a global pandemic.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-26
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Still Game: The Story So Far
Overview: A celebration of the sitcom Still Game, featuring interviews with the cast, celebrities who have appeared on the show and super fans. Including a look at some favourite moments.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-31
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Wha's Like Us
Overview: Sanjeev Kohli takes a humorous look at how films have shown Scots, the Scots character and stereotypes, celebrating some of our most memorable onscreen moments. Are we really as mean, parochial and up for a fight as the movies often make us out to be? Sanjeev examines which Scottish stereotypes have a whiff of truth and which ones should be fed to the Loch Ness Monster. Packed with great film clips from both famous classics and lesser-known cult gems, the programme features contributions from an impressive supporting cast list, including actors Kate Dickie, Clare Grogan, Gary Lewis, Denis Lawson, Alex Norton and Tam Dean Burn.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-31
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Scotland In A Day
Overview: Mockumentary set on the day of the 2014 Scottish Independence referendum and designed to capture a snap shot of a nation on the brink of both triumph and disaster.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-18
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Filth
Overview: A bigoted junkie cop suffering from borderline personality disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way in a bid to secure promotion.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-23
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Festival
Overview: 'Festival' is a black comedy set during the annual Edinburgh Fringe festival. The film is based around both the judging of a major comedy award and the performers at one of the smaller venues. Various plot strands interweave, including the bitter relationship between a famous self-obsessed British comic and his ever-suffering assistant, an actress debuting at the festival with a one-woman show about Dorothy Wordsworth and a depressed, rich housewife who spies on the stoned Canadian theatre troupe to whom she has rented out her house
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-15
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Super November
Overview: An overly romantic librarian believes she's found the one after just three dates, but her friends are more concerned with political turmoil, which leads to a right wing coup.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-03
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Line Signal
Overview: A lone jogger starts witnessing strange happenings along a disused railway.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-14
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Walter
Overview: DI Walter Gambon is a self-styled “Yoda of the force”, whose workload suddenly increases when he’s handed the cases of an officer who committed suicide by throwing himself under a Tube train. Or was he pushed? Gambon must work out whether his former colleague was murdered, while tracking down another officer who has gone so far undercover that nobody knows where he (or she) is.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-08
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Limbo
Overview: An offbeat observation of refugees waiting to be granted asylum on a fictional remote Scottish island. It focuses on Omar, a young Syrian musician who is burdened by the weight of his grandfather’s oud, which he has carried all the way from his homeland.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-28
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Stan & Ollie
Overview: With their golden era long behind them, comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille and Ida – a formidable double act in their own right – the pair's love of performing, as well as for each other, endures as they secure their place in the hearts of their adoring public
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-28
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Shooting Clerks
Overview: The biopic of how Kevin Smith bankrolled his $27,000 first film with maxed-out credit cards and became the darling of the Sundance Film Festival when Clerks debuted there in 1994.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-11
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Sharp Instinct: Volume II
Overview: Malcolm Lyons is back, and this time he’s got a vengeance! Working with hitman Hugh Rafferty, they begin to take hostages, and the clock is ticking for the team to find them and take down Lyons, or he’ll begin to execute them one by one. Will they rescue the hostages in time, or will they just be another addition to Mad Malkie’s death toll?
Genres: Comedy Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-24
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Ooh the Banter!
Overview: Jack Docherty brings together a jam-packed cast of comedians, actors and famous faces for a riotous celebration of Scotland's most valuable export – its sense of humour. Scotland is a small nation with a big funny bone. It's known the world over for self-deprecation, quick-witted patter and deadpan asides. But what makes it so funny? To find out the answer, this programme delves deep into the BBC Scotland archives to find a century’s worth of classic characters, catchphrases and comedy clips.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-12-31
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