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Sabyasachi Chakrabarty (সব্যসাচী চক্রবর্তী)

Sabyasachi Chakrabarty (সব্যসাচী চক্রবর্তী), also called Benu, is a Bengali film, television, radio and stage actor born 1956 in Calcutta, best known as Feluda on screen from 1995 to 2016 after Soumitra Chatterjee; he announced his retirement from acting in January 2023.

Saccharine (film)

Saccharine is a 2026 Australian supernatural body horror film by Natalie Erika James, starring Midori Francis as a medical student haunted by a hungry ghost after a weight-loss craze of eating human ashes; premiered at Sundance 2026.

Sacha Baron Cohen

Sacha Baron Cohen (born 1971, Hammersmith, London), also known as Ali G, Borat, Bruno, and Aladeen, is a British comedian and actor famous for undercover satirical characters, two Golden Globes, three Oscar nominations, Who Is America?, and the 2026 directorial debut Ali G: Who Iz I?

Sacha Dhawan

Sacha Dhawan, born 1984, is a British actor who originated Akthar in The History Boys and played the Master in Doctor Who from 2020 to 2022.

Sacha Gervasi

Sacha Gervasi (born 1966, London) is a British-American screenwriter and director of Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008) and Hitchcock (2012), and writer of Spielberg's The Terminal (2004).

Sacheen Littlefeather

Sacheen Littlefeather (Marie Louise Cruz, 1946-2022), American actress and activist who declined Marlon Brando's 1973 best actor Oscar in a Native American rights protest; later accused by her sisters of fabricating Apache and Yaqui identity.

Sachein

Sachein (சச்சின்) is a 2005 Tamil romantic comedy directed by John Mahendran, starring Vijay, Genelia D'Souza, and Bipasha Basu; a remake of the Telugu film Nee Tho, released 14 April 2005 against Chandramukhi and re-released in 2025.

Sachi Parker

Sachi Parker (サチ・パーカー), born 1956, American actress and writer, only child of Shirley MacLaine and Steve Parker; supporting roles in Back to the Future, Peggy Sue Got Married, and Scrooged, and 2013 memoir Lucky Me.

Sachiin J. Joshi

Sachiin J. Joshi, also spelled Sachin Joshi, is an Indian actor-producer in Telugu cinema and Bollywood (Aazaan, Mumbai Mirror, Jackpot) and chairman of Viiking Ventures, known for buying Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher Villa and a 2021 ED arrest.

Sachin Khedekar (सचिन खेडेकर)

Sachin Khedekar (सचिन खेडेकर), born 1965 in Mumbai, is an Indian actor and director in Marathi, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Gujarati cinema. Known for Astitva, Bose in Shyam Benegal's The Forgotten Hero, Mi Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy, and hosting Marathi Kon Honaar Crorepati.

Sachin Pilgaonkar (सचिन पिलगांवकर)

Sachin Pilgaonkar (सचिन पिलगांवकर), born 1957 in Mumbai, is an Indian Marathi and Hindi cinema actor, director, producer, writer, and singer; a National Award-winning child artist of about 65 films, lead of Geet Gaata Chal, and director of Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi.

Sachin Tyagi (सचिन त्यागी)

Sachin Tyagi (सचिन त्यागी), Indian TV actor born 1975 in Meerut; played Manish Goenka in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (2016–2023), dubbed Hindi for Vijay in Bigil and Varisu, now Digvijay in Anupamaa; married to Rakshanda Khan.

Sachin: A Billion Dreams

Sachin: A Billion Dreams (सचिन: ए बिलियन ड्रीम्स) is a 2017 Indian biographical documentary film on cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, directed by James Erskine and narrated largely by Tendulkar himself, released in May 2017.

Sachy (writer)

Sachy (K. R. Sachidanandan, 1972-2020) was a Malayalam screenwriter, director, and producer. Half of the Sachi-Sethu duo (Chocolate, Robinhood), he later wrote Run Baby Run, Driving Licence, and directed Anarkali and the posthumous National Award-winning Ayyappanum Koshiyum; he died in 2020 after post-surgical cardiac arrest.

Sacred Games (TV series)

Sacred Games, Netflix's first Indian original series (2018-2019), a Hindi crime thriller adapted from Vikram Chandra's 2006 novel, starring Saif Ali Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, two seasons, Emmy-nominated, ended without a third season.

Sacrifice (2020 film)

Sacrifice (金刚川, Jin Gang Chuan) is a 2020 Chinese Korean War drama by Guan Hu, Frant Gwo, and Lu Yang about CPV soldiers defending a pontoon bridge during the Battle of Kumsong; it earned $53 million in three days.

Sacrifice (2025 film)

Sacrifice (2025 film) is Romain Gavras's English-language satirical dark comedy, co-written with Will Arbery, starring Chris Evans and Anya Taylor-Joy. A doomsday cult hijacks a Greek charity gala to sacrifice three people to a volcano; premiered at TIFF 2025, streamed on Netflix October 16, 2026, with weak critical scores (35% RT, Metascore 48).

Sacrifice of Youth (青春祭)

Sacrifice of Youth (青春祭, Sacrificed Youth) is a 1985 Chinese drama directed by Zhang Nuanxin, adapted from Zhang Manling's novella There Is a Beautiful Place, about a Han sent-down youth awakening among the Dai in Yunnan; not the 2015 TV series.

Sadaarame

Sadaarame (ಸದಾರಮೆ) is a Kannada comedy play by Bellave Narahari Shastri, one of the most popular works of early Kannada company theater, filmed as a talkie in 1935 and 1956 and revived as Miss Sadaarame.

Sadak (सड़क)

Sadak (सड़क), 1991 Hindi romantic thriller by Mahesh Bhatt, Vishesh Films, starring Sanjay Dutt, Pooja Bhatt, and Sadashiv Amrapurkar as Maharani; Taxi Driver-inspired hit that won a Filmfare negative-role award and spawned Sadak 2 (2020).

Sadak 2

Sadak 2 (सड़क २), 2020 Hindi drama sequel to Sadak (1991), directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Sanjay Dutt, Alia Bhatt, Aditya Roy Kapur, Pooja Bhatt; streamed on Disney+ Hotstar 28 August 2020 to strongly negative reviews.

Sadako vs. Kayako

Sadako vs. Kayako (貞子vs伽椰子) is a 2016 Japanese supernatural horror film, directed by Koji Shiraishi, pitting the Ring series' Sadako against the Ju-on series' Kayako.

Sadako Yamamura (山村貞子)

Sadako Yamamura (山村貞子), renamed Samara in the American remake, is the vengeful psychic of Koji Suzuki's Ring (1991) whose cursed videotape kills viewers a week after watching; icon of Ringu (1998) and the Ring franchise.

Sadashiv Amrapurkar

Sadashiv Amrapurkar (सदाशिव अमरापूरकर, 1950–2014) was an Indian actor in Marathi and Hindi films; best known as Rama Shetty in Ardh Satya and Maharani in Sadak, the first Filmfare Best Villain winner.

Sadda Haq (TV series)

Sadda Haq – My Life, My Choice, Indian youth TV series on Channel V India (25 November 2013 to June 2016), created by Anand Sivakumaran, starring Harshita Gaur and Param Singh; about Sanyukta Aggarwal fighting gender bias to become a mechanical engineer. Distinct from the 2013 Punjabi film Sadda Haq.

Sadha

Sadha (Sadhaf Mohammed Syed, born 1984), also spelled Sada or Sadaa, is an Indian actress of Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada cinema, known for Jayam (2002), Anniyan (2005), and Unnale Unnale, distinct from Soudah Development and Sādhana Saptah.

Sadhana Shivdasani (साधना शिवदासानी)

Sadhana Shivdasani (साधना), known simply as Sadhana, was a leading Indian actress of 1960s Hindi cinema, remembered for Woh Kaun Thi? and the "Sadhana cut" hairstyle.

Sadhu Kokila (ಸಾಧು ಕೋಕಿಲ)

Sadhu Kokila (Sahaya Sheelan Shadrach), Kannada cinema comedy actor, composer, and director, born 1966 in Bangalore. Renamed by Upendra for Shhh!, twice won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director.

Sadie Frost

Sadie Frost (Sadie Liza Vaughan, born 1965) is an English actress, producer, fashion designer, and documentary director. Known for Lucy Westenra in Bram Stoker's Dracula, Natural Nylon, FrostFrench, and directing Quant and Twiggy.

Sadie Harris

Sadie Harris is a Grey's Anatomy season 5 character played by Melissa George, a post-college friend of Meredith Grey who briefly interns at Seattle Grace, joins interns practicing on each other, nearly dies in a botched appendectomy, and quits in "Before and After".