Shahir Chundra

Shahir 'Shaz' Chundra (born 27 May 1980), is a South African Indian actor and filmmaker, producer and musician. He is best known for his acting roles in the television serials Isidingo, Homeland and Bedford Wives. and his directing roles on The Bachelor SA S1 and as showrunner on the international Netflix hit Young, Famous & African S1 and S2.

Personal life He was born on 27 May 1980 in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa to an Indian family.

Career He started acting at the age of 5 as a child actor. At the age 17, he started a degree in filmmaking at AFDA, The School for the Creative Economy in Johannesburg. After graduation, he directed popular South African SABC youth culture shows including; Street Journal and Kasi 101 and Noted. During this period, he worked as a writer of South African sitcoms: My Perfect Family and Majakhatata Records. In 2011 he moved to USA and studied acting at the New York Film Academy.

He became the content director on Survivor South Africa Champions and Masterchef Season 3. Then he became the Head of Content on Power Couple South Africa. As a Series Director, he made several notable programs such as Reality Check and Bootcamp Msanzi Celebrity Edition and Zavion season 1. The film was also screened at the 62nd BFI London Film Festival and Africa in Motion Film Festival in October 2018.

In 2019, he acted in the 3 Days to Go and played the supporting role 'Roy'. The film had its theatrical release on 25 January 2019. In 2019, he became the Series Director on television series The Bachelor.

In 2021 he became the showrunner on Netflix worldwide hit, their first South African original reality show, Young, Famous & African and went on to showrun S2 and thereafter was the co-executive producer of The Ultimatum S1.

Filmography Year Film Role Genre Ref. 2005–12 Isidingo: The Need Officer Brown TV series 2008 Entabeni Officer Cole TV mini-series 2014 Homeland Infantry Major TV series 2017 An Act of Defiance Mac Maharaj Film 2018 Mayfair Parvez Film 2019 The Bachelor Director TV series 2019 3 Days to Go Roy Film 2019 Bedford Wives Raj TV Series