Personal life

Shekhar Suman married Alka Kapur on 4 May 1983, and has a son, Adhyayan Suman a Bollywood film actor. An older son, Aayush, died of a heart ailment at age 11.

Career

On television, he was featured in the shows Dekh Bhai Dekh, Reporter, Kabhi Idhar Kabhi Udhar, Wah janab, Chote Babu, Andaz, Amar Prem 'Aaha', Vilayati Babu, Movers n Shakers, Simply Shekhar and Carry On Shekhar. The last three were primarily modelled on and adapted from The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He hosted Film Deewane The Great Indian Comedy Show on Star One until February 2006 and appeared in some episodes of Dial One Aur Jeeto on Sahara TV. He also did quiz shows including Nilaam Ghar on Zee TV and He-Man on Star One. He also hosted the Poll Khol show on STAR News for five years, which was a satire on Indian politics. In 2015, he has hosted similar type of show named Abki Bari Shekhar Bihari on Aaj Tak.

He was one of the judges of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge along with Navjot Singh Sidhu. This programme, a stand-up comedy contest, was the first of its kind on Indian television. However, Shekhar quit after the end of the third season due to differences with Sidhu. He became the judge of a rival comedy program Comedy Circus. He has also featured as a judge on another comedy show named Comedy Superstar on SAB TV. He also hosted the show Jab Khelo SAB Khelo on SAB TV. He can be seen on Sony TV as a participant in Jhalak Dikhlaja.

He made his singing debut with a music album named Kuch Khwaab Aise, a collection of eight love ballads whose music was composed by Aadesh Shrivastava and lyrics written by Shyam Raj. In December 2009, he appeared as a participant on a reality TV series, Raaz Pichhle Janam Ka based on past life regression.

He has also appeared as a judge in the reality TV show Lux Perfect Bride.

Suman has directed a feature film called Heartless with his son in the lead role.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role
2014	Heartless	Doctor (also director)
2011	Chaloo Movie	Police Sherkhan
2004	Ek Se Badhkar Ek	Anand Mathur
2002	Chor Machaaye Shor	Guru (Shyam's friend)
1993	Professor Ki Padosan	Photographer Vinod
1989	Tridev	Journalist Shrikant Verma
1988	Kharidar
1987	Sansar	Peter Fernandes
1987	Yaatna
1986	Anubhav (1986)	Ramesh
1986	Naache Mayuri
1985	Rehguzar	-
1984	Utsav	Charudutt

Television

Title	Role	Channel
Dam Dama Dam	Sarju/Chichi/Sonu/Karan	Zee TV
Dekh Bhai Dekh	Sameer Diwan	DD Metro
Ek Raja Ek Rani	Ajay Kapoor	DD Metro / Zee TV
Vilayati Babu		DD National
Andaz	Anand	Zee TV
Aaha	Shekhar	Zee TV
Kabhi Idhar Kabhi Udhar	Anand Sinha	Home TV
Hera Pheri	Ajay Premi	STAR Plus
Main Anari Tu Anari	Azaad Bihari	DD Metro
Made in India	Host	DD National
Reporter	Sameer	DD National
Simply Shekhar	Host	Zee TV
Tedhi Baat Shekhar Ke Saath	Various characters	SAB TV
The Great Indian Laughter Challenge	Judge	STAR One
Laugh India Laugh	Judge	Life OK
Movers & Shakers Masala Markey	Host	SAB TV
Bombay Blue	Inspector Marathe	Channel 4
"Comedy Superstar"	Judge	Sab TV
"Vilayati Babu"	Shanty	DD Metro

Awards

Shekhar Suman won the Best Actor Aashirwad award for Ek Raja Ek Rani.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]