Sumrit Shahi

Sumrit Shahi is an Indian novelist, screenwriter and motivational speaker. He has written 7 youth based television shows. This includes Sadda Haq - My Life, My Choice which aired on Channel V India and won the Youth show (fiction) category at Zee Gold Awards in 2014 and at Indian Telly Awards in 2014 and 2015, Million Dollar Girl - From Banaras to Paris also on Channel V India, Boyz on Big Magic entertainment, Twist Waala Love, Secret Diaries on Channel V, BIG F on MTV, and Pyar Tune Kya Kiya on Zing. He also has Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera on Star Plus to his credit.[1][2][3] He has written the screenplay for Tu Suraj Mein Saanjh Piya Ki on Star Plus. He has also written the screenplay for a web series called Black Coffee, and dialogues for another web series called Medically Yours for Alt Balaji.

Sumrit Shahi सुमृत शाही
Sumrit Shahi at book launch of Never Kiss Your Best Friend in 2015
Born	12 February 1993 (age 27) Chandigarh, India
Occupation	Novelist, Scriptwriter, Motivational speaker, Freelance Journalist
Nationality	Indian
Education	St. John's High School, SelaQui International School
Alma mater	Symbiosis International University
Genre	Young adult fiction, Romance
Notable works	Just Friends, A lot like love...a li'l like chocolate, Sadda Haq - My Life, My choice
Years active	2010 – Present
Signature

He is the author of three novels, Just Friends, A lot like love...a li'l like chocolate and Never Kiss Your Best Friend, which has been adapted into a web series, Same title, streaming on Zee5 . He wrote his first novel Just Friends at the age of 17.[4][5] In 2015, he was chosen by Hindustan Times in the list of Top 30 under 30 young achievers in the country, terming him as a 'writing rockstar of the young' .[6] His motto in life is "Do your best, God will do the rest."[7]

Sumrit is a TedX speaker.[8] He also delivered talks in leading schools and colleges across the country. Some of them being, IIT Delhi, IIT Bhubaneswar, Narsee Monjee, XIMB, ILS Pune etc.

Personal life

Sumrit Shahi was born on 12 February 1993 into a family of builders, in Chandigarh, India. He studied till 10th grade at St. John's High School, Chandigarh. He further continued his education at SelaQui International School, Dehradun and finally finished his schooling from Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula. He did his graduation in Liberal Arts from Symbiosis International University, Pune and majored in Media Studies with Film Appreciation and Business Management.[9] He is currently based out of both Mumbai and Chandigarh.

Career

Sumrit Shahi's Just Friends released in 2010 when he was seventeen and still studying in school. The novel was based on his observations of platonic relationships during teenage. It went on to become popular soon after. The novel was seen as a welcome change in the segment of heavy IIT induced literature.

In October 2011, his second novel, A lot like love...a li'l like chocolate was released. In his second novel Sumrit talked about practical relationships. The novel was appreciated for its dark humor and realistic take on the subject of love and relationships in contemporary times.[10]

In the summer of 2012, Sumrit started working as a feature writer for The Daily Post, Chandigarh where he extensively covered celebrities, parties and launches. He also freelanced with India Today as a Business Profile writer, in the following months.

In August 2013, he ventured into television script writing starting with the youth-based show Sadda Haq - My Life, My Choice which airs on Channel V India, earlier he has also written the story for a show on Star Plus called Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera. His third show, also an youth-based show named Million Dollar Girl - From Banaras to Paris too aired on Channel V India.[11] Sumrit wrote his fourth show,"Boyz" for Big Magic Entertainment.

His third novel, Never Kiss Your Best Friend, under "Rupa Publications" released in May 2015. It has recently become a national bestseller. Shahi's novels have had a Hindi translation as well.[12][13][14][15]

Works

Novels

• Just Friends (2010)
• A lot like love...a li'l like chocolate (2011)
• Never Kiss Your Best Friend (2015)

Television shows

• Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera (co-writer Durjoy Datta) (2012 - 2015)
• Sadda Haq - My Life, My Choice (co-writer Durjoy Datta) (2013 - 2016)
• Million Dollar Girl - From Banaras to Paris (co-writer Durjoy Datta) (2014 - 2015)
• Boyz (2015)
• Twist Waala Love (2015)
• Secret Diaries (2016)
• Big F ( 2017)
• Pyar Tune Kya Kiya (2017)
• Tu Suraj Mein Saanjh Piya ki (2018)

Web series

• Black Coffee (2017)[16]
• Duck sey Dude (2018)
• Medically Yours (2019)
• Never Kiss Your Best Friend (2020)
• Bhalla Calling Bhalla ( 2020)
• Never Kiss Your Best Friend Lockdown Edition (2020)

See also

• Anuj Tiwari

References

1. "Writers of 12 bestsellers Durjoy and Sumrit write Sadda Haq". indiatimes.com. The Times of India. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
2. "List of nominees and winners of 13th Indian Telly Awards, 2014". indiantelevision.com. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
3. "List of nominees and winners of 14th Indian Telly Awards, 2015". indiantelevision.com. 28 November 2015. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
4. "It's the write time". Telegraph India. 19 February 2012.
5. "Friends, forever". The Tribune.
6. "Top 30 under 30". Hindustan Times.
7. Smilyo 2014, p. 83.
8. TEDx Talks (8 November 2017), Thank God - I Choose Wrong | Sumrit Shahi | TEDxGGDSDCollege, retrieved 27 February 2019
9. "SSLA Student turns National Bestselling Author".
10. "The Tale Teller". The Indian Express. 10 July 2012.
11. "Author Sumrit Shahi motivates students". tribuneindia.com. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
12. "Sealed without a kiss!". tribuneindia.com. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
13. Newznew 11 May 2015
14. News Dailypioneer 12 May 2015
15. News Aajtak 03 June 2015
16. Beyond Originals. "Black Coffee playlist" – via YouTube.

Bibliography

• Smilyo (2014). BLAZE The Uprising! (PDF). smilyo.com. Smilyo Educational Charitable Society ®.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)