Jatin Sarna


Jatin Sarna is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films and theatre. He is best known for his work in Meeruthiya Gangsters, Saat Uchakkey, Sonchiriya, Darbar, 83 and the two original Netflix series Sacred Games and Khakee: The Bihar Chapter. Jatin is known for his work with several Bollywood film directors such as Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, AR Murugadoss, Hansal Mehta, Abhishek Chaubey, Kanu Behl and Kabir Khan.

Personal life

Jatin was born and brought up in a Punjabi family in New Delhi, India. He is a commerce graduate and did his B.Com from Delhi University.

Career

After completing his acting course from Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts, Jatin acted in several plays including Spartacus, The Seagull, Hamlet, Veer Abhimanyu, Gangster Samiti, Khidki and Maharathi. He has acted in more than 25 plays. His play Gangster Samiti got tremendous response from both the audiences and critics. He acted in the television series Zindagi Dot Com, Faujji...The Iron Man and Kyunki Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai. He also appeared in a TV commercial for Murugappa Group.
Jatin's first film role came in director Rakesh Ranjan Kumar's Dear Friend Hitler, which was released as Gandhi to Hitler in India. He next appeared as Javed in Oass in 2012. In the same year he acted in a short film, A Perfect Murder, which won numerous awards at the Delhi 48 Hour Film Project including Best Actor award for Jatin. He then made brief appearances in films like Chor Chor Super Chor, O Teri and Unfreedom.
In 2015, he bagged a key role in Zeishan Quadri's Meeruthiya Gangsters, which had an ensemble cast including Jaideep Ahlawat, Aakash Dahiya, Nushrat Bharucha, Sanjay Mishra and Mukul Dev. His portrayal of Sanjay 'Foreigner' in the film got him rave reviews. In 2016, he appeared in writer director Sanjeev Sharma's Saat Uchakkey as Babbe Tashni. Despite having a stellar cast of Manoj Bajpayee, Vijay Raaz, Kay Kay Menon, Annu Kapoor and Anupam Kher, the film failed to impress the critics as well as the audiences.
He recently appeared in On Camera with Ravie and shared his experiences and journey in Bollywood. On 8 July 2017, the Delhi premiere of his award winning short film , written and directed by, was held at Instituto Cervantes, Connaught Place, New Delhi, as a part of Whatashort Independent International Film Festival.
His breakthrough performance came in the form of Deepak "Bunty" Shinde in Sacred Games, an original Netflix series directed by Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane. It is based on Sacred Games (novel) by Vikram Chandra (novelist). Jatin's portrayal of Bunty, the hot headed, abusive, misogynist yet loyal right hand man of Ganesh Gaitonde made him an overnight sensation. He is all set to thrill the audience with his new web series titled ''Dark 7 White.''

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
2011Dear Friend HitlerShaqir
2012' Contract Killer Rajat KhannaWon 48 Hour Film Project Best Actor Award
2012OassInspector Javed
2013Chor Chor Super ChorRamesh
2014'Yamdas
2014O TeriDrunk Police Officer
2014UnfreedomJanaka's Officer
2015NH-8 Road to NidhivanPolice Inspector
2015Meeruthiya GangstersSanjay 'Foreigner'
2016Saat UchakkeyBabbe Tashni
2017'Jodha
2017'
2019SonchiriyaRatan Singh
2020DarbarGangsterTamil film
2020BamfaadZahidZee5 film
2020ChhalaangDimpyAmazon Prime Video
2020PaintraShort film
202183Yashpal Sharma
2025SikandarDe Niro