Sumrit Shahi
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Shahi at book launch of Never Kiss Your Best Friend in 2015 | |
| Born | 12 February 1993 (age 32) Chandigarh, India |
| Occupation | Novelist, Scriptwriter, Motivational speaker, Freelance Journalist |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | St. John's High School, SelaQui International School |
| Alma mater | Symbiosis International University |
| Genre | Young adult fiction, Romance |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Notable works | Just Friends, A lot like love...a li'l like chocolate, Sadda Haq - My Life, My choice |
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Sumrit Shahi (born 12 February 1993) is an Indian novelist and screenwriter. He has written 7 youth based television shows. This includes Sadda Haq - My Life, My Choice which aired on Channel V India and won the Youth show (fiction) category at Zee Gold Awards in 2014 and at Indian Telly Awards in 2014 and 2015, Million Dollar Girl - From Banaras to Paris also on Channel V India, Boyz on Big Magic entertainment, Twist Waala Love, Secret Diaries on Channel V, BIG F on MTV, and Pyar Tune Kya Kiya on Zing. He also has Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera on Star Plus to his credit. He has written the screenplay for Tu Suraj Mein Saanjh Piya Ki on Star Plus. He has also written the screenplay for a web series called Black Coffee, and dialogues for another web series called Medically Yourrs for Alt Balaji.
He is the author of three novels, Just Friends, A lot like love...a li'l like chocolate and Never Kiss Your Best Friend, which has been adapted into a web series, Same title, streaming on Zee5. He wrote his first novel Just Friends at the age of 17. In 2015, he was chosen by Hindustan Times in the list of Top 30 under 30 young achievers in the country, terming him as a 'writing rockstar of the young'.
Sumrit is a TedX speaker.