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.
A childhood picture of Danish Pratap Sood (extreme right)
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
His father’s name is Balbir Pratap Sood.
Danish Sood’s parents with her sister
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 with a song in a play called 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.’
‘Jaanu Na,’ a song sung by Danish Sood for the series ‘Mismatched’
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.
Danish Sood on the official poster of the TV series ‘Jugaadistan’ (2022)
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 te role of Sunny Singh, his younger brother.
Danish Sood and Randeep Hooda in a still from the series ‘CAT’ (2022)
Film
In 2021, Danish made his Bollywood debut with a rom-com titled Meenakshi Sundareshwar, directed by Vivek Soni.
Facts/Trivia
- Danish Sood enjoys playing guitar and he often shares videos of singing song covers on social media.
- In an interview, Danish talked 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.”