Mohammad Samad

Mohammad Samad
Born (2000-05-07) 7 May 2000 (age 26)
OccupationActor
Years active2008–present
Known forChhichhore (2019 film)
Haraamkhor (2015 film)
Tumbbad (2018 film)
Gattu (2012 film)

Mohammad Samad (born 7 May 2000) is an Indian actor, who works predominantly in Hindi films, including Gattu (2012), Haraamkhor (2015), Tumbbad (2018) and Chhichhore (2019). He played the lead role of Manju Kumar in the Netflix series Selection Day.

Early life

Mohammad Samad was born in Roorkee, Uttarakhand where his parents ran a grocery store. He has one elder brother and four elder sisters. He did his schooling from St. Gabriel's Academy, Roorkee.

Career

His first breakthrough performance was in the movie Gattu where he played the titular lead role for which he won the Best Child Actor Award at the 12th New York Indian Film Festival. He has acted in films like Haraamkhor and Tumbbad. In 2018, he played the lead role in the web series Selection Day on Netflix. In the 2019 film Chhichhore, he played the role of the teenage son of the characters played by lead actors Sushant Singh Rajput and Shraddha Kapoor.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Firaaq Mohsin
2012 Gattu Gattu
2017 Haraamkhor Mintu
2018 Tumbbad Pandurang
2019 Chhichhore Raghav
2024 Gaami CT-333 Debut in Telugu cinema
Malhar Jatin
2025 Mayasabha – The Hall of Illusion Vasu
2027 Tumbbad 2 Pandurang Filming

Streaming television

Year Title Role Channel
2018 Selection Day Manju Kumar Netflix
2021 Sabka Sai Young Sai Baba MX Player
2024 Zindaginama Raju SonyLIV
TBA Ramgarh 98 Batti TBA