Sanjeev Bhaskar

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Vic Chopra (Sanjeev Bhaskar) falls foul of Ash Desai (Manish Patel)

Sanjeev Bhaskar OBE (born 28 June 1964 in Essex, England) is a British Indian comedian and actor, best known for his work in the BBC2 comedy series, Goodness Gracious Me and as host of The Kumars at No. 42.

Bhaskar has starred in a number of United Kingdom produced films including The Guru and Anita and Me. In 2003, he was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy.

Sanjeev, the Kumars and Gareth Gates collectively released the official single for Comic Relief in 2003. In 2005 he married his frequent collaborator, Meera Syal, who plays his grandmother in The Kumars at No. 42, and was his co-star in Anita and Me. In August 2005 it was announced that they were expecting their first child. Their baby, a boy, was born at the Portland Hospital on 2 December 2005.

In 2005, Bhaskar was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the New Year Honours List. Later that year he appeared in BBC 1 drama Chopratown as private eye Vic Chopra.

He recently appeared as Robin Hood at the Children's Party at the Palace in 2006.

He appeared as a guest on the BBC's Top Gear, setting a time of 1:51.0 around a wet Top Gear test track in a Suzuki Liana placing him 32nd on the original leader board.

He has recently completed filming for the BBC documentary series India with Sanjeev Bhaskar with director Deep Sehgal which will be aired in time for the 60th anniversary of Indian Independence in August 2007.