Danish Sait
Danish Sait
Danish Sait (born July 1, 1987) [8] is an Indian Radio Host, Emcee, TV Presenter, Actor and Writer. His big break came after winning the Gold at The World Championship of Performing Arts, for acting and stand up comedy. He currently lives in Bengaluru, India. In 2017, he received the Pride of Karnataka Award for his contributions to the field of entertainment. [20] [2]
Early life & Family
Sait graduated from Bharathiar University with a Bachelor of Science in Visual communication before beginning his radio career in 2009. He has two sisters named Kubra and Beta. His grandfather, Azeez Sait, was a Congressman from Mysuru [19]. Yasmin Sait who is also Sait's mother, manages Sait's upcoming projects. Yasmit Sait was also born and raised in Mysuru and is credited for almost single-handedly raising her children. She also goes by "Momager". [9] Danish also has a sister, Kubbra Sait.[33]
Sait is fully multilingual and speaks Kannada, Hindi Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and English.
Career
Sait began his career in 2009.
He began his radio career in Bahrain for 104.2 FM Radio voice as a radio host and then switched gears to work with 105.4 Radio spice in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He owns and operates one of India’s biggest SoundCloud accounts. With over 32 million plays, his prank calls, TV presentations and 8 alter egos have reached people across the world. [3]
Sait performed all around India and said Bengaluru has the best sense of humour:
I love Bengaluru.
It’s a great mix.
It’s super cosmopolitan.
It’s my home, the city took to me and my humour sooner than everybody else around the country.
I’m very grateful to the people for identifying and supporting my talent.[33]
Recently, Sait has started shooting for the 1st season of Humble Politician Nograj with Applause Entertainment. He also has a regional film releasing in 2020. He will be covering the World Cup in Australia later in the year.[33]
Sait will next be seen in director Pannaga’s film, French Biryani. Produced by Puneeth Rajkumar, the movie chronicles a 3-day journey between Danish who plays as an auto driver from Shivajinagar and Sal Yusuf, a French expatriate. As of May 2020, the project is in its final stages of production and will directly have an OTT release. [34][37]
Coronavirus Outbreak
Sait released a 25-episode series that he shot during the lockdown titled 'Conversations'.[34] From conversations with friends during the lockdown to those while ordering groceries at the supermarket, his videos have been widely shared and liked.
He has videos about those who 'made peace' with the virus sound, what a wedding film might look like, one on a conversation during a relatively muted Ramzan in 2020, how people only created chaos while trying to cook dishes over video calls with their mothers, one about the home-fitness enthusiasts during the lockdown and others.
Among the popular characters are Didi, Jaya and Charles.[35][36]
Social Media
Personal Life
Suffering from Depression
In June 2020, Sait shared his experience of suffering from depression and how therapy and medications have helped him treat it.
He decided to open up after Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s died, reportedly by suicide. He wrote on Twitter:
“My 3rd year through therapy and anti depressants, I don’t sleep at night without taking my cipralex tablet.
Depression doesn’t look like anything, it makes you feel like nothing from within.
Hard to describe, harder to understand.
Doctors / professionals have been my only hope.”[38]
He repeatedly suggested seeking medical help:
“Spend time with therapists and you realise there’s a science to living life.
There are techniques that help us deal with everyday bull, people / situations / conversations cause trauma, can’t blame them for being them, instead we work on oursvelves to navigate around problems.
A broken hand can’t be fixed by a mechanic next door, it needs a professional.
A broken mind needs a professional too.
Self fixing is hard,simple truth is we’re barely aware of ourselves.”[38]
He concluded with some advice:
“The truth of life is we are on our own journey, it gets lonely, it gets bright, it gets gloomy, and sometimes it’s a fight.
I pray for Sushanth’s departed soul, must’ve gone through a lot.
Give life a chance, we can’t fix it all ourselves, we’re human, seek help from professionals.”[38]
Speaking to The News Minute, Danish began by recounting his mental health journey which began around eight years ago. At the time, he said, he was experiencing intense, full-body pain. "Imagine feeling that the soles of your feet, your fingertips are burning constantly," he said. “I went to all sorts of professionals. Someone even diagnosed me with fibromyalgia (a disease where the patient experiences musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, memory, and mood issues). Finally, a friend recommended that I seek help from a psychiatrist,” Danish said.[39]
After five years of experiencing this pain, Danish sought help from a mental health professional and was diagnosed with severe anxiety.
He was prescribed medication as well.
“Within 3-4 months, the pain I had experienced for half a decade subsided – that’s how much the anxiety had affected me.
The relief was immense.
Until then, I didn’t even think it was a mental health issue,” Danish admitted.