Sanjeev Kohli
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Sanjeev Kohli (born 1976) is a Scottish comedian, writer and actor. He is most famous for his role as Navid Harrid in the sitcom, Still Game. He also starred in Meet the Magoons for Channel 4, co-written by his brother Hardeep, and has appeared in several episodes of the BBC comedy series Look Around You as Synthesiser Patel.
Kohli was the former presenter on the BBC's Asian Network and has previously written for Goodness Gracious Me, The Big Breakfast and Chewin' the Fat, which was also written by future Still Game co-stars, Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill.
[edit] Controversy
Kholi caused controversy in 2004, with a report in the Sunday Herald newspaper, where he claimed that he started supporting Celtic Football Club after watching Rangers F.C. fans racially abuse Mark Walters at an Old Firm game in January 1988.[1]
It should be noted that Walters was himself a Rangers player at the time, a fact which exacerbated Kohli's distaste. It has been conversly claimed that the majority of the abuse on this occasion originated from the home support, sources including former Celtic Youth Player Gerry Britton in writing for the Scotland on Sunday, was disgusted by the fact he was made to remove the bananas thrown on the pitch by at the Celtic support end and MSP Tommy Sheridan who on Real Radio Scotland said that he would not be returning to Parkhead because the Celtic fans behaviour that day.[2]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Sunday Herald. This life: It's Just Not Cricket. Retrieved on October 12, 2006.
- ^ Scotland on Sunday. Missile Throwing is Par for the Course. Retrieved on December 9, 2006.
