Balvinder Singh Suri Wiki, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Balvinder Singh Suri is an Indian television actor, director, and writer who predominantly works in Indian television serials. He is known for playing the role of Roshan Singh Sodhi in the popular show Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah.

Wiki/Biography

Balvinder Singh Suri was born on Sunday, 18 October 1970 (age 52 years; as of 2022) in Mumbai. His zodiac sign is Taurus. Balvinder Singh Suri completed his schooling at Mumbai’s Cosmopolitan High School and SCD Barfiwala Highschool, Mumbai.

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 5′ 9″

Weight (approx.): 75 Kg

Hair Colour: Black

Eye Colour: Black

Family

Balvinder Singh Suri belongs to a Sikh family.

Parents & Siblings

Balvinder Singh Suri’s father’s name is Bejinder Suri. His mother’s name is Manbir Kaur Suri.

His brother Raminder Singh Suri is a film director and has worked with Rohit Shetty as an associate director.

Wife & Children

Balvinder Singh’s wife, Savinder Suri, is a baker.

This couple has a son named Prabfateh Singh Suri, who’s a food photographer.

Career

Films

In 1997, Balvinder made his acting debut with the film ‘Dil To Pagal Hai’.

Subsequently, he has appeared in various films like Khalsa Mero Roop Hai Khaas (2000), Rab ne Bana Di Jodi (2008), and Poster Boys (2017). While sharing his experience of working with Shah Rukh Khan, he said

He is a very supportive co-star. Even during Dil Toh Pagal Hai, he would make sure all his co-stars were at ease and are doing their best. If we would struggle at any step or anything he would walk up to us and take us to a corner and talk to us. He would guide us and say let me know what suits you, I will do the step according to you. I will change to suit and be in sync with the entire group and that’s why he is Shah Rukh Khan today. His thinking is that his co-stars should also look good. That is why he is so successful. This is the quality that I’ve learnt from him and I try to implement at my level also ^[1] The Times of India

Balvinder Singh still from the film Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Television 

Balvinder made his television debut with the SAB TV show Mr N Mrs Sharma Allahbadwale. In 2020, he replaced Gurcharan Singh who was playing the role of Roshan Singh Sodhi in Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah. In an interview Balvinder said

Popular is a small word. It is an iconic show. After Ramayan and Mahabharat, it is Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah on TV. It is for me present day’s mythology. It feels great to be a part of it and it is once in a lifetime opportunity to bag a role like this and be a part of the longest running sitcom. The feeling is still sinking in. I’ve been acting since last so many years. I did a college show called Campus in 1995. ^[2] The Times Of India

Balvinder Singh as Roshan Sodhi in the show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah

Scriptwriter

In 2007, Balvinder Singh Suri worked as a screenwriter for the Hindi film Dhamaal (2007). Then, in 2020, he worked as a writer for the Disney+ Hotstar series Akbar Ka Bal Birbal.

Assistant Director

Balvinder Singh Suri worked as an assistant director for the Hindi film Loafer (1996) and Saajan Chale Sasural (1996).

Facts/Trivia

• He is also known by the name Ballu.

• When Balvinder Singh Suri replaced Gurcharan Singh as Roshan Singh Sodhi in the popular Indian sitcom Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah after Gurcharan Singh left the show in 2020, the fans of Roshan Singh Sodhi got disappointed and started trolling Suri on social media. Reportedly, Balvinder Singh Suri was suggested by Gurcharan Singh himself for replacing him in the show. In an interview, Gurcharan said,
  

  I had met the one who replaced me before (Laad Singh) and told him that he should do it well as he has got a very plum assignment. I remember meeting him in a Gurdwara in Mumbai (Andheri, Four Bunglows). The other Sodhi (Balwinder Singh Suri) was in a way recommended by me; he used to work in our show in the Creative team and I suggested that he will do it aptly. Frankly, I haven’t seen much of the second one to give you an assessment. But I think there are several people who still want me back ^[3] The Indian Express

• Balvinder promotes her wife’s bakery by uploading photos of bakery items on Instagram. His wife also has an Instagram account, cakingbysweetysuri, where she promotes her bakery products.

• In 2021, Balvinder Singh Suri appeared in a TV commercial for Reliance Petroleum.