Biography
Suresh started his career in sales with Crompton Greaves and subsequently worked with 20th Century Finance. Entered media with a stint at Times of India as a core member of the Response (sales) team. He has been in the media industry ever since and now for over 28 years. Suresh moved on to the creative side of media to pursue his interest and ambition in acting. He has worked in more than 40 Hindi Films in various roles ranging from that of a hero to a comic entertainer, to doing cameos. His body of work includes films in Hindi,English,marathi and Malayalam. One of his most remarkable works has been in the Malayalam Film ' Bhramaram' alongside Mohanlal. He has even been nominated as the best supporting actor for the same. Besides this, he has worked with leading production houses and directors to create some memorable characters like (M T Shekharan) in Bheja Fry 2, Guddu in Krazzy 4, (lucky Iyer) in Badhaai ho Badhaai, (munna) in Chalte Chalte, (Sunny) in Deewane Huye Paagal,( Peter) in Phir hera Pheri etc. He has also done entertaining cameos in several blockbusters like Housefull, Partner, Masti and Ra One. He has worked with Directors like Priyadarshan, Yash Chopra, Rakesh Roshan, David Dhawan, Anubhav Sinha, Sagar Bellary, Santosh Sivan, Niraj Vora, Vikram Bhatt,Sanjay Gupta, Nagesh Kukunoor, Shashant Shah, Milap Zaveri and Indra kumar. He has done a cameo in Deepa Mehta 's English film' ' Midnight's children". He played the remarkable character of Hardik in Grand Masti . Recently he surprised us by doing a serious role in Dhanak, a national award winning children's film and a serious role in Kaabil. Suresh's most successful run has been on television, now for several years. He started his career with a UTV show - Main Bhi Detective and was part of the first soap directed by Adi Pocha - Shanti. He has come a long way from there and is today - amongst the premiere comic actors on TV. Suresh has created various iconic characters. Some of his most appreciated works have been on The Great Indian Comedy show, The Kapil Sharma show , Pandey Pillai, Sajid No. 1, Ikke Pe Ikka along with sajid khan -the longest running countdown show on Indian Television. He was also the lead face for all filler and non-music content on the music channel - Mastiii, which by way of its compelling light hearted content, had climbed the top of channel share charts in the music genre. Suresh has also worked as an in house anchor and a creative consultant for ETC - from its inception in 1999 till 2007. He contributed immensely towards their programming line-up, on everything from show concepts to developing liaisons with producers and event management firms. Suresh has also extended his creative interests on radio and dabbled constructively in the arena of stand up comedy. On radio he has created several unforgettable characters like Dr Honey Balkar, Angry Ganeshan & the incorrigible Kamala in Kamala ka hamala on RED FM 93.5. Suresh's weekend show garnered the highest listenership for RED FM for over 52 weeks and created the iconic "Bollywood basappa" for Bangalore RED FM. He has also featured in a lot of commercial ad films and acted in English plays written by Bharat Dabholkar and himself Suresh turned an entrepreneur launching a MCN on youtube channel called ONE ( One Network Entertainment) ...which produces short form comedic content and content for brands,along with industry stalwarts. Truly one of the few actors in the country who has featured in all forms of Media and entertainment.
