Sameer Dattani

Sameer Dattani, also known as Dhyan (in the Kannada film industry),^[1] is a former Indian actor who appears in Hindi, Kannada and Tamil films.

Sameer Dattani
Sameer Dattani in 2017
Born	(1982-01-27) 27 January 1982 (age 42) Mumbai, India
Other names	Dhyan
Occupation	actor
Years active	1997–2015
Spouse	Ritika Jolly

Career

Born into a Gujarati family in Bombay, Dattani has worked in predominantly Hindi and Kannada films. He is fluent in several languages.^[2]

Dattani appeared in the Kannada-language film Nanna Preethiya Hudugi.^[3] Besides Monalisa, other Kannada film appearances include Amrithadhare.^[4][5]

Dattani started his Hindi film career with Rajshri Productions. His first Hindi film Uuf Kya Jaadoo Mohabbat Hai was followed by roles in Madhur Bhandarkar's Corporate and Vikram Bhatt's Life Mein Kabhie Kabhie as well as films such as Pyar Mein Twist. In the Hindi film Mukhbir, directed by Mani Shankar, Dattani played the lead role of an undercover police informer.

Dattani's first Tamil film, produced by Gemini Films, was Kutty with Dhanush and Shriya Saran.^[6]

Shyam Benegal cast him in Well Done Abba (2010), alongside Boman Irani and Minissha Lamba. After premiering at international film festivals in Montreal, Dubai and London, it had its commercial release 26 March 2010.^[7]

In 2010, Dattani appeared in Dharma Productions', I Hate Luv Storys.^[8]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2001	Nanna Preethiya Hudugi	Puttu	Kannada
2004	Monalisa	Dhyan	Kannada
	Uuf Kya Jaadoo Mohabbat Hai	Yash	Hindi
2005	Jootata	Sanjay	Kannada
	Pyaar Mein Twist	Sanjay	Hindi
	Amrithadhare	Puru	Kannada
2006	Corporate	Anmol Rawat	Hindi
	Jackpot	Raja	Kannada
2007	Sajni	Vikram	Kannada
	Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee	Jai Gokhale	Hindi
2008	Dhoom Dadakka	Ranbir/Kamal Shankar	Hindi
	Neene Neene	Abhishek	Kannada
	Mukhbiir	Mukhbir	Hindi
2010	Kutty	Arjun Devanayagam	Tamil
	Well Done Abba	Arif Ali	Hindi
	I Hate Luv Storys	Raj Dholakia	Hindi
	Mallika	Saahil	Hindi
	Huduga Hudugi	Sachin	Kannada
2014	Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari	Akash	Kannada	Cameo appearance
2015	Love U Alia	Suman	Kannada	Cameo appearance

References

1. "Untitled". Archived from the original on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
2. Baker, Steven (25 March 2010). ""My work has gone to another level" – Sammir Dattani". Bollyspice.com. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015. Your family is Gujarati, you were born and brought up in Bombay, and you have worked in Hindi, Kannada and Tamil cinema, so what languages do you speak? Well I speak Kannada. I speak Gujarati, Hindi of course, English of course, and a bit of Marathi and Telugu.
3. "Look whos going South!". 8 August 2010 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
4. "Movie review - Monalisa". Idlebrain.com. 7 October 2004.
5. "Amrithdhare: A must watch!". Rediff.com.
6. Srinivasan, Pavithra. "Review: Kutty is fun". Rediff.
7. "Interview with Sammir Dattani : Glamsham.com". Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
8. "I hate Luv Storys: Yup, me too". Bangalore Mirror.

External links

• Sammir Dattani at IMDb
• Dhyaan at IMDb
• Sameer at IMDb