Cyrus Sahukar is an Indian VJ, model and actor. He is best known for his stand-up comedy.
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Wiki/Biography
Cyrus Sahukar was born on 6 August 1980 (41 years; as in 2021) in MHOW, Indore. He did his schooling from St. Columba’s School, Delhi. He completed his graduation from Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University. Cyrus started acting in theater plays when he was in school. He was also a part of his school band. At the age of 18, Cyrus started working as a VJ and host in MTV.
Cyrus Sahukar holding his childhood image
Cyrus Sahukar (centre) with his friends
Physical Appearance
- Height (approx): 6′ 1″
Family
Cyrus Sahukar was born in a Parsi family.
parents and siblings
His father, Behram Sahukar, was a colonel in the army and his mother, Nimran Sahukar, is a Punjabi writer. His father is Parsi while his mother is Punjabi. Cyrus has an elder sister, Preeti Philip, who is an artist. His parents separated when he was three years old.
Cyrus Sahukar’s father – Behram Sahukar
Cyrus Sahukar with his mother
Cyrus Sahukar’s mother – Nimeran Sahukar
Cyrus Sahukar’s sister – Preeti Philip
Wife
Cyrus married his longtime girlfriend Vaishali Malahara on 15 April 2022 in Alibaug, Maharashtra.
Vaishali is getting married to Cyrus Sahukar
relationships/affairs
Cyrus was in a relationship with Vaishali Malahara.
Cyrus Sahukar with his girlfriend Vaishali Malahara
livelihood
Cyrus Sahukar started his career with MTV as a host and VJ at the age of 18. However, he started acting while he was still in school. He was part of bureaucrat Kiran Bedi’s Literacy Mission programme, under which drama and educational skills were organized for Tihar Jail inmates. Cyrus played a bird in Barry John’s play “Aaron and the Sea of Stories”; Which was based on a novel by Salman Rushdie.
At the age of 15, Sahukar performed his first musical show “Thanks for the Music”, directed by Stefan Marazzi. After doing musical shows, he joined Roshan Abbas and started his professional career by working in radio voice-overs and jingles. Cyrus was also part of Abbas’s producing and directing team for “Starlight Express” and “Graffiti Postcards from School”.
Sahukar hosted his first radio show at the age of 16. The radio show was in Punjabi and titled “Radio Rampage.” When he was 18, he auditioned for MTV VJ Hunt and won it along with Mini Mathur and Asif Seth.
In the year 2000, Cyrus led the show “MTV Completely Foolish”. It was India’s first parody show to spoof TV shows, movies and advertisements; The most popular of which were Sholay, Kaho Na Pyaar Hai and the Indiana Jones series.
Subsequently, he also hosted “Piddhu the Great” and “Semi Girebal”, imitating Navjot Singh Sidhu and Rendezvous with Simi Garewal respectively.
Cyrus Sahukar in “Semi Girebal”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DLY-buR4KM
Cyrus Sahukar then hosted “Kickass Mornings” on MTV and “POGO All-Stars” on POGO. The show “Kickass Mornings” was a mockumentary and featured about 25 characters. Cyrus was also the host of POGO’s game show “Hole in the Wall”.
Cyrus Sahukar in Pogo All-Stars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V4UnrrwqKo
Apart from being a TV professional and host, Cyrus Sahukar has worked in Bollywood films like “Om Jai Jagadish,” “Rang De Basanti,” “Ayesha,” “Delhi 6,” and “Love Breakups Zindagi.”
Cyrus Sahukar, along with Kunal Kapoor, was a part of the travel show “Great Escape with Kunal and Cyrus”. Cyrus and Kunal took a 10-day trip into the mountains and drove from Dharamshala to Spiti Valley. Cyrus said in an interview that she felt like she was on Mad Max: Fury Road while shooting the show.
In 2018, Cyrus Sahukar hosted “Elevator Pitch” which aired on MTV.
Cyrus Sahukar in elevator pitch
In 2019, he appeared in the Amazon Prime web-series “Mind the Malhotras” alongside Mini Mathur.
Mind the Malhotras
Cyrus has also headlined style shows for MTV and corporate events for Infosys, ICICI Bank. HSBC, etc.
Favorite
- Comedians: Chris Rock, George Carlin
- Film: As Good As Possible
- Book: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
- Singers: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Leonard Cohen, Elvis Presley, Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar
- Song: “Castle in the Air” by Don McLean.
- Shows: Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Modern Family, Family Guy
- Quote: ‘Life isn’t fair. But then most of us would not be where we are today.
- Restaurant: Dakshinayan in Juhu
- Band: Nouvelle Vague, Incredible Bongo Band
- Music: Classic Oldies, Old School Rap
- Lyricists: Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Gulzar
- Holiday destination: Türkiye
- Bathroom Number: Zindagi Aa Raha Hoon Main (Mashal, 1950)
Facts/General Knowledge
- Cyrus Sahukar is one of the youngest people to work with MTV. He began his professional journey at the age of 8 and considers himself someone who ‘grew up on television.’
- When he started working with Roshan Abbas, he used to get Rs 300 for a voice-over.
- If Cyrus wasn’t in showbiz, he would have been a folk musician or farmer.
- Interestingly, his parody show “Rendezvous with Semi Girebal” received higher viewership ratings than the original show.
- He has often been quoted as saying, “I like playing offbeat characters.” Of all the shows she has done, “Paromita – A Charming Woman” is her favourite.
- Cyrus considers children as her “loyal fan base”.
- He considers the 2012 film “The Master” as the highest rated film.
- Cyrus Sahukar is fond of watching reruns of the shows “Seinfeld” and “Friends”.
- When he was a child he loved watching the movie “The Jungle Book” (1976).
- He has often received threats for making fun of others. Once at a wedding a boy chased her with a bottle.
- He has been friends with Kunal Kapoor for more than 18 years.
- It was during the show “Great Escape with Kunal and Cyrus” that he tried paragliding for the first time.
- Sahukar has hosted approximately 350 episodes of the game show “Hole in the Wall”.
- His sister is ten years older than him.
- Cyrus Sahukar remembered that when his sister and her friends played, they would often leave him on top of the cupboard so that he would not make a mess.
- He even laughs at anything that is extremely ridiculous.
- He would love to sing a duet with Billy Joel.
- His favorite book, “The Picture of Dorian Gray” written by Oscar Wilde, was gifted to him by his mother.
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