In Conversation With Sacha Dhawan
By kamla bhatt • May 12th, 2011Category: Diaspora, Entertainment, Featured, Hollywood, London, People, South Asian Actors
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British actor Sacha Dhawan acts as Manmeet in the NBC TV serial Outsourced, a workplace comedy series about an American company’s call center in Mumbai, India. Outsourced debuted in 2010. This is the first time an American television series is based on the South Asian community and features a large ensemble of South Asian actors. Outsourced is based on a film by the same name that was released in 2006.
As Manmeet in Outsourced his 2 main interests are: American culture and women.
Sacha has been acting since the age of 12 and has appeared in theatre, television and films. He played the role of Akhtar in “The History Boys,” a film that was eventually made into a film by the same name. He has appeared in “Bradford Riots,” “The Deep,” “Wired”, “City Central”, “The Last Train,” “Out of Sight” “Forgive“, and “Splintered.”
In this interview Sacha talks about his acting career, Manmeet, Outsourced and growing up in Manchester, Bollywood and Elvis Presley. Does Bollywood figure in Sacha’s plans? Tune in to find out.
Kamla Bhatt is the host and producer of an Internet Radio show where listeners can find stories about the new and emerging India and the global Indian community. As a pioneer of 'internet radio' format in India Kamla started her first show News about India, followed by TalkNewsIndia in 2005. In 2006 she premiered her new show: The Kamla Bhatt Show: Life, People and Ideas. 
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