Sumrit Shahi is an Indian Novelist and a screenwriter. He is known for writing Romantic fiction.
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Wiki/Biography
Sumrit Shahi was born on Friday, 12 February 1993 (age 30 years; as of 2023) in Chandigarh, India. His zodiac sign is Aquarius. He completed his 10th grade at St. John’s High School, Chandigarh and then went to SelaQui International School, Dehradun but was soon expelled and came back to Chandigarh and completed his schooling at Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula. Later, he did his graduation in Liberal Arts at Symbiosis International University, Pune and also majored in Media Studies with Film Appreciation and Business Management.
Family
Sumrit was born into a Punjabi Sikh family.
Parents & Siblings
His mother’s name is Smiley Shahi and he has two sisters Jasween Pathania and Twinkle Shahi.
Sumrit Shahi with his mother
Sumrit Shahi (standing on right) with his family
Religion/Religious Views
He follows Sikhism.
Sumrit Shahi at Golden Temple
Signature/Autograph
Career
Novels
At 17, Sumrit wrote his first Novel “Just Friends” in 2010 and his debut novel sold more than 1 Lakh copies in the first few months. His second novel, “A Lot Like Love… A Li ‘l Like Chocolate” was released in October 2011, his second book became famous because of its dark humour and later in May 2015, his third novel “Never Kiss Your Bestfriend” was published under Rupa Publications. His novels are translated and published in Hindi as well.
Television
Sumrit has written stories for more than 1300 episodes in 10 television shows including Ek Veer Ki Ardaas…Veera (2012 – 2015) co-written with Durjoy Dutta, Sadda Haq – My Life, My Choice(2013 – 2016), Million Dollar Girl – From Banaras to Paris(2014 – 2015), and Boyz (2015).
Newspapers
Sumrit worked as a feature writer for The Daily Post, Chandigarh in the summer of 2012 and later the same year, he freelanced with India Today as a Business Profile writer.
WebSeries
His third novel Never Kiss Your Bestfriend was adapted to a web series with the same name and Sumrit, along with, Durjoy Dutta wrote the screenplay for the show starring Nakuul Mehta and Anya Singh. He has written the scripts for many Web series including Black Coffee (2017), Duck Sey Dude (2018), Medically Yours (2019), and Dev DD (2021).
Awards, Honours, Achievements
- In 2015, he was selected for the list of the top 30 young artists under 30 in the country by the Hindustan Times.
Favourites
- Food: Rajma Chawal, Sushi
- Book Series: Harry Potter
Facts/Trivia
- He was referred to as the “rock star of youth writing” after the release of his second novel.
- He is also a TEDx speaker.
Sumrit Shahi during his TED talk at GGDSD College
- Sumrit Shahi is a Dog Lover.
Sumrit Shahi with his dog
- He was one of the panellists at the Jaipur Literature Festival in 2020.
Sumrit Shahi at the Jaipur Literature Festival
- Sumrit Shahi loves to travel.
Sumrit Shahi on a beach
- He describes himself as a foodie person and often uploads his pictures with different food items on his Instagram.
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