Sanjeev Singh Kohli is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is best known his role as shopkeeper Navid Harrid in the BBC sitcom Still Game (2002 - 2007, 2016 - 2019), Ramesh Majhu in the radio sitcom Fags, Mags and Bags (2007–present), and A.J. Jandhu in the BBC Scotland soap opera River City (2015–present). He is a former presenter of the BBC's Asian Network and has previously written for Goodness Gracious Me, The Big Breakfast and Chewin' the Fat, which was also written by future Still Game co-stars, Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill.

Filmography

• 2026Glenrothan — Dunkie
• Coldwater — Malky
• Dept. Q — Martin Fleming
• 2025Fight or Flight — Pilot
• Gifted — Mr. Jackson
• 2025Grow — Ned
• 2025I Swear — Kenny
• 2025The Draw — Tim
• 2024Sharp Instinct: Volume II — Ravi Khossla
• Stonehouse — Prosecuting Counsel
• The Chemistry of Death — DCI Wallace
• The Rig — Doctor Sail
• 2022Little English — Ranjeet
• Magpie Murders — Sajid Khan / Dr Kamal
• 2021Falling for Figaro — Jimi
• Avenue 5 — Stan Clark
• 2020Limbo — Vikram
• 2020Lost at Christmas — Sid
• 2020The Magical Beacon Stone — Jagmohan McKay
• 2019The Last Mermaid
• 2018Stan & Ollie — Glasgow Empire Manager
• 2018Super November — Big Sanj
• Porters — Muzz
• 2016Shooting Clerks — Dr. Jared Patel
• 2016Wha's Like Us — Narrator
• 2015Line Signal — Rob (voice)
• You, Me and the Apocalypse — Doctor
• 2014Scotland In A Day
• 2014Still Game: Live in Glasgow — Navid Harrid
• 2014Walter — Hardeep
• 2013Filth — Sunil
• 2013Found — Writer
• It's Kevin — Various
• Fresh Meat — Dr Minaj
• 2010I Love Luci — Chemist
• Phoo Action — Alan Arthanayake
• 2007Nothing — Producer
• Rush Hour
• The Peter Serafinowicz Show — Various
• 2005Festival — Ahmed Khan
• Meet the Magoons
• 2004Instant Credit
• Shoebox Zoo — Mr. Kasmani
• 2002Chewin' the Fat: Hogmanay Special 2002 — Additional Writing
• Look Around You — Synthesizer Patel
• Still Game — Navid Harrid
• 2000Chewin' the Fat: Hogmanay Special 2000 — Additional Writing
• Chewin' the Fat: Hogmanay Special 2001 — Additional Writing

Appearances as themselves (13)

• 2025City Lights: Pure Dead Brilliant — Self
• The Celebrity Inner Circle — Self - Participant
• 2024Rikki — Self
• 2022Ooh the Banter! — Self
• 2021Christmas with Strangers — Self
• The Weakest Link — Self - Contestant
• 2017My Turban and Me — Self - Presenter
• Richard Osman's House of Games — Self - Contestant
• 2014Still Game: The Story So Far — Self - Navid Harrid
• 2010Gerard Kelly: A Celebration — Self
• 2009Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened — Self
• Banned in the UK — Self
• Just Dandy — Self