Background
The son of first-generation Indian immigrants, he met his future writing partner, Richard Pinto, while attending Forest School, Walthamstow.
The son of first-generation Indian immigrants, he met his future writing partner, Richard Pinto, while attending Forest School, Walthamstow.
He graduated in English from Queen Mary and Westfield, University of London (now Queen Mary, University of London), and joined a British Broadcasting Corporation script editing scheme.
He and Richard Pinto became part of the team behind Goodness Gracious Maine, first on radio starting in 1996 and on television from 1998 to 2001. They went on to work as writers for Small Potatoes (1999-2001) and The Kumars at Number. 42 (2001–2006).
Sardana was the writer of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts-nominated short film, Inferno (2001), starring Sanjeev Bhaskar.
Sardana was also a co-writer of Chopratown (2005) for the British Broadcasting Corporation, again starring Sanjeev Bhaskar.
Sardana died of a streptococcal infection at the age of 40.
