Rajit Kapoor
Biography
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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Acting History
2025
Pharma as Dr. Rajiv Rao
2025Kaisi Ye Paheli as Detective Bondo
2024A Night, After All as Kishore
2024The Prince of Jhansi as Bank Manager
2024Chhatrapati Sambhaji
2023Birha : The Journey Back Home
2023Mission Majnu as Pakistan PM Bhutto
2022Code Name: Tiranga
2022Goldfish as Ashwin Raina
2022Maja Ma as Bob Hansraj
2022Attack as Home Minister
2022Mithya as Anand Tyagi
2022Rocket Boys as Jawaharlal Nehru
2021Aisa Waisa Pyaar as Mahendra Acharya
2021Kaali Peeli Tales as Father
2021Nail Polish as Kishore Bhushan
2020Prawaas
2019Bypass Road as Pratap Kapoor
2019Bard of Blood as Sadiq Shaikh
201922 Yards
2019The Gandhi Murder as Jawaharlal Nehru
2019Uri: The Surgical Strike as Prime Minister Of India
2018Raazi as Hidayat Khan
2018Project Papa as Dr. Dev
2018Phir Se as Krish
2017A Gentleman as Kavya's Father
2017Going Viral Pvt. Ltd. as Gulshan Sood
2017Begum Jaan as Ilias
2017For Here or to Go? as Prabhu
2016Anna as Rajat Sharma
2016Baar Baar Dekho as Panditji (Special Appearance)
2016The Kapil Sharma Show
2016The Kapil Sharma Show as Self
2015Bang Baaja Baaraat as Ranjeet Arora
2015Gour Hari Dastaan as Mohan Joshi
2015The Threshold as Raj
2015Roy as Detective D. S. Wadia
2014Kick as Dr. Jayant Verma
2014Dishkiyaoon as Viki's Dad
2014Samvidhaan: The Making of the Constitution of India as Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer
2013The Egyptian Mystery as Al Mamun
2012The Bright Day as Father
2011Shaitan as Amy's Father
2011Dam 999 as Shankaran
2011Monica as Raj Jaitley
2010Guzaarish as Vipin Patel
2009Marega Salaa as Rahul Awasthi
2009Fruit & Nut as Vishwas Atmavishwas Pinakin
2009Blue Oranges
2009Morning Walk as Indra
2009Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish as Debu
2008Lovesongs
2008Hansie as Prakash
2007Dahek A Restless Mind
2006Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante as Dr. Viren Goenka
2005Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara as Ronu
2005Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero as Abid Hasan
2003Ek Alag Mausam as George
2002Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai as Yusuf Zayed Hussein
2002Nishad as Dr. Gopi Gujaral
2002Abaidha - The Demolition Man as Indra
2001Dattak as Sunil
2001Zubeidaa as Riyaz Masud
2000Hari-Bhari as Khurshid
1999Prayas
1999Shuruat
1999With Fire As Witness
1999Samar
1998Ghulam as Jai, Siddhartha's brother
1997Train to Pakistan as Iqbal
1996BOMgAY
1996Sardari Begum as Sadiq Moosvi
1996The Making of the Mahatma as Mahondas Karamchand Gandhi
1995Limited Humanity as Sadanand Borse
1994Mammo as Older Riyaz
1994Charachar as Lakhinder
1993Byomkesh Bakshi as Byomkesh Bakshi
1992The Seventh Horse of the Sun as Manek Mullah
1975Dharam Karam as Ashok 'Bonga Babu' Kumar