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Rajit Kapoor

Known for acting · Born 22 May 1963 · 63 · Amritsar, Punjab, India

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Rajit Kapoor born May 22, 1963 in Amritsar, is a distinguished Indian film and theatre actor and director. He gained fame portraying the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi in the eponymous television series on Doordarshan in 1993. He won the National Film Award for Best Actor for portraying Mahatma Gandhi in the 1996 film The Making of the Mahatma. His film debut was in Shyam Benegal's Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1992). He also won acclaim for his role in the Malayalam film Agnisakshi. A prominent theatre personality, Kapur has appeared in recent films like Raazi, Uri: The Surgical Strike, and Mission Majnu.

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Known for

Raazi

2018

Byomkesh Bakshi

1993

Ghulam

1998

Rocket Boys

2022

A Gentleman

2017

Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara

2005

Mission Majnu

2023

The Egyptian Mystery

2013

Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda

1992

Mithya

2022

Attack

2022

Roy

2015

Acting (83)

2025PharmaDr. Rajiv Rao · 8 episodesSeries
2025Kaisi Ye PaheliDetective BondoFilm
2024Pune HighwayDr. MaheshFilm
2024Chhatrapati SambhajiFilm
2024A Night, After AllKishoreFilm
2024The Prince of JhansiBank ManagerFilm
2023Mission MajnuPakistan PM BhuttoFilm
2023Birha : The Journey Back HomeFilm
2022AttackHome MinisterFilm
2022Rocket BoysJawaharlal Nehru · 16 episodesSeries
2022Maja MaBob HansrajFilm
2022Code Name: TirangaFilm
2022MithyaAnand Tyagi · 12 episodesSeries
2022GoldfishAshwin RainaFilm
2021Nail PolishKishore BhushanFilm
2021Kaali Peeli TalesFatherSeries
2021Aisa Waisa PyaarMahendra Acharya · 4 episodesSeries
2020PrawaasFilm
2019Uri: The Surgical StrikePrime Minister Of IndiaFilm
2019Bard of BloodSadiq Shaikh · 2 episodesSeries
2019Bypass RoadPratap KapoorFilm
2019The Gandhi MurderJawaharlal NehruFilm
201922 YardsFilm
2018RaaziHidayat KhanFilm
2018Phir SeKrishFilm
2018Project PapaDr. DevFilm
2017A GentlemanKavya's FatherFilm
2017Begum JaanIliasFilm
2017For Here or to Go?PrabhuFilm
2017Going Viral Pvt. Ltd.Gulshan Sood · 8 episodesSeries
2016Baar Baar DekhoPanditji (Special Appearance)Film
2016The Kapil Sharma ShowSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2016AnnaRajat SharmaFilm
2015RoyDetective D. S. WadiaFilm
2015Bang Baaja BaaraatRanjeet Arora · 5 episodesSeries
2015Gour Hari DastaanMohan JoshiFilm
2015The ThresholdRajFilm
2014KickDr. Jayant VermaFilm
2014DishkiyaoonViki's DadFilm
2014Benegal's New CinemaFilm
2014Samvidhaan: The Making of the Constitution of IndiaAlladi Krishnaswamy Iyer · 8 episodesSeries
2013The Egyptian MysteryAl MamunFilm
2012The Bright DayFatherFilm
2011ShaitanAmy's FatherFilm
2011Dam 999ShankaranFilm
2011MonicaRaj JaitleyFilm
2010GuzaarishVipin PatelFilm
2010Well Done AbbaInspector Srikanth ReddyFilm
2009Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki BaarishDebuFilm
2009Morning WalkIndraFilm
2009Blue OrangesFilm
2009Fruit & NutVishwas Atmavishwas PinakinFilm
2009Marega SalaaRahul AwasthiFilm
2009GulmoharFilm
2008LovesongsFilm
2008HansiePrakashFilm
2007Dahek A Restless MindFilm
2006Deadline: Sirf 24 GhanteDr. Viren GoenkaFilm
2005Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin MaraRonu ChaudhuryFilm
2005Bose: The Forgotten HeroAbid HasanFilm
2003Ek Alag MausamGeorgeFilm
2002AbaidhaIndraFilm
2002Zindagi Khoobsoorat HaiYusuf Zayed HusseinFilm
2002NishadDr. Gopi GujaralFilm
2001ZubeidaaRiyaz MasudFilm
2001DattakSunilFilm
2000Hari-BhariKhurshidFilm
1999AgnisaakshiUnniFilm
1999SamarFilm
1999PrayasFilm
1999ShuruatFilm
1998GhulamJai, Siddhartha's brotherFilm
1997Train to PakistanIqbalFilm
1996The Making of the MahatmaMahondas Karamchand GandhiFilm
1996Sardari BegumSadiq MoosviFilm
1996BOMgAYFilm
1995Limited HumanitySadanand BorseFilm
1994MammoOlder RiyazFilm
1994Shelter of the WingsLakhinderFilm
1993Byomkesh BakshiByomkesh Bakshi · 34 episodesSeries
1992Suraj Ka Satvan GhodaManek MullahFilm
1975Dharam KaramAshok 'Bonga Babu' KumarFilm
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Directing (4)

1999Star BestsellersDirectorSeries
1999PrayasDirectorFilm
1999ShuruatDirectorFilm
1999TriptiDirectorFilm