Mohammad Samad

Mohammad Samad is an Indian actor, who works predominantly in Hindi films, including Gattu , Haraamkhor , Tumbbad and Chhichhore. 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.