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Rajit Kapur

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Rajit Kapur (born 27 August 1963) is an Indian film and theatre actor and director. He is known for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in the 1996 film, The Making of the Mahatma for which he won the National Film Award for Best Actor. Other notable roles are as the protagonist Unni in the Malayalam film Agnisakshi, and the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi in the eponymous television series, directed by Basu Chatterjee and broadcast on Doordarshan. His debut film was Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1992), directed by Shyam Benegal.

Rajit Kapur
Kapur in 2011
Kapur in 2011
Born (1963-05-22) 22 May 1963 (age 63)
Amritsar, Punjab, India
Alma materSydenham College (BCom)
OccupationsActor, director, writer, producer
Known forByomkesh Bakshi, The Making of the Mahatma, Agnisakshi, Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda

Life

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Rajit Kapur was born in Amritsar, India on 27 August 1963 in a Punjabi family.[1][2][3] He received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Sydenham College.[3][4] Kapur is unmarried and has no children.[5]

Career

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When Rajit Kapur was 12 years old, he acted in a children's TV drama on Doordarshan. After 10 years, while working as a stage manager, he acted in the TV series Ghar Jamai, which was his first acting role in a TV series.[6] The 1992 film titled Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda directed by Shyam Benegal was his debut film.[2] Kapur played the role of the famous Bengali detective Byomkesh Bakshi in the eponymously named TV series, Byomkesh Bakshi (1993). Byomkesh Bakshi is a fictitious character created by the popular Bengali writer Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. Basu Chatterjee directed a TV show based on the stories of Bandyopadhyay, and Rajit Kapur played the lead role. The show was very popular and Rajit Kapur achieved his first media recognition through this show. Kapur is also a very prominent theatre actor and director in India. He acted in Malayalam film Agnisakshi in 1999 which won numerous acclodes including National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam, and he was awarded Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor.[7]

He has also acted in several commercially successful movies like Kick, Uri: The Surgical Strike and Raazi. His latest work is The Threshold.[7] Kapur starred in Deepti Naval's film titled Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish which was supposed to release in 2012 in India[5] but was released on Netflix in 2019.[8] In 2022, Kapur acted in his first Punjabi language film Birha – The Journey Back Home. The short won the ‘Best film award’ at Amsterdam International Film Festival, Hollywood Shorts FEST, Los Angeles Film Awards (LAFA), New York Indian Film Festival, Calcutta International Cult Film Festival and at the Gangtok International Film Festival.[9][10] 2023 saw the release of Mission Majnu and Mujib: The Making of a Nation and in both films he played the role of Pakistan's Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.[11][12]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1989 Jazeere Raul
1992 Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda Manik Mulla
1994 Mammo Riyaz (Adult) First film in "Shyam Benegal's Muslim Trilogy"
Charachar Lakhinder
1995 Limited Manuski Sadanand Borse Marathi film
1996 The Making of the Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Won National Film Award for Best Actor
Sardari Begum Sadiq Moosvi Second film in "Shyam Benegal's Muslim Trilogy"
1998 Train to Pakistan Iqbal
Ghulam Jai
1999 Samar
Agnisakshi Unni Malayalam film, Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor
2000 Hari-Bhari Khurshid
2001 Dattak Sunil
Censor
Zubeidaa Riyaz Masud Third film in "Shyam Benegal's Muslim Trilogy"
2002 Octave Dr. Gujaral
Nishad Dr. Gopi Gujaral
Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai Prakash
Abaidha Bengali film
2003 Ek Alag Mausam George
2004 Rok Sako To Rok Lo Sweety's husband
2005 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero Abid Hasan
Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara Ronu Chaudhary
2006 Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante Dr. Viren Goenka
2007 Dahek - A Restless Mind Ajay Mathur
2008 Welcome to Sajjanpur Collector
2009 Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish Debu Premiered at 2009 Cannes Film Festival

Direct-to-video

Gulmohar Deven
Yeh Mera India Arun Talreja
Blue Oranges Nilesh
Morning Walk Indra
Marega Salaa Rahul Awasthi
2010 Guzaarish Public Prosecutor, Vipin Patel
Well Done Abba Inspector Rishab Reddy
2011 Shaitan Amy's Father
Dam 999 Shankaran UAE–Indian co-production film
Monica Raj Jaitley
2013 Singh Saab the Great Iqbal
Mishawr Rawhoshyo Al Mamun Bengali film
2014 Dishkiyaoon Viki's Dad
Kick Dr. Jayant Verma
2015 Uvaa Principal
Roy Detective Wadia
2016 Anna: Kisan Baburao Hazare
Baar Baar Dekho Panditji Special appearance
Ki & Ka Mr. Kumar Bansal
2017 A Gentleman Kavya's father
The Wishing Tree Fatima's Father
Begum Jaan Ilias Khan
2018 Raazi Hidayat Khan
Phir Se... Krish
Mehram Ikhlaque Siddiqui Short film released on ZEE5[13]
2019 Bypass Road Pratap [14]
22 Yards
Uri: The Surgical Strike Prime Minister of India
Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish Debu
2020 Fitrat Short film[15]
2021 Nail Polish Judge Kishore Bhushan ZEE5 original film
2022 Attack: Part 1 Home Minister Digvijay Singh
Life's Good
Rocketry: The Nambi Effect Vikram Sarabhai [16][17]
Code Name: Tiranga Kabir Ali [18]
Birha – The Journey Back Home Punjabi short film released in JioCinema[10]
2023Mission MajnuZulfikar Ali Bhutto[11]
Mujib: The Making of a NationZulfikar Ali Bhutto[12]
2024 Chhatrapati Sambhaji Aurangzeb [19]
2024 Paani Marathi film
2025 Kaisi Ye Paheli Detective Bondo [20]

Plays

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  • Love Letters
  • Class of '84
  • Larins Sahib
  • Are There Tigers in the Congo?
  • Mr. Behram
  • Six Degrees of Separation
  • Pune Highway
  • Me Kash and Cruise
  • Flowers
  • A Walk In The Woods
  • One on One Part 2
  • The Siddhus of Upper Juhu
  • Mahua (as director)

Television series

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Year(s) TitleCredited asNotes
ActorDirectorRole
1986 Ghar Jamai Yes
1991 Kshitij Ye Nahi Yes
1993 Byomkesh Bakshi Yes Byomkesh Bakshi Season 1
1995-96 Yugantar Yes
1997-98 Junoon Yes
1997 Byomkesh Bakshi Yes Byomkesh Bakshi Season 2
1999 Star Bestsellers Yes Yes Episode entitled "Tripti". Also, writer and producer.
Star Bestsellers Yes Episode 12 – "Prayas"
Star Bestsellers Yes Yes Episode 8 – "Shuruaat". Also, producer.
2001 Rishtey – The Love Stories Yes Shastri Episode 158 – "Poorab Aur Pashchim"
2014 Samvidhaan Yes Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer
2015 Bang Baaja Baaraat Yes Web series
2019 Bard of Blood Yes Sadiq Shaikh Netflix series
TVF Tripling Yes Satyanweshi Season 2 of the web series
2022 Rocket Boys Yes Jawaharlal Nehru SonyLIV
2024-present Sardar: The Game Changer Yes Vallabhbhai Patel DD National
2025 Pharma Yes Dr. Rajeev Rao JioHotstar Malayalam series

Awards

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References

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  1. ↑ "My Intriguing Conversation With The Only Actor To Have Played Modi, Nehru and Gandhi". YouTube. UNFILTERED by Samdish. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Happy Birthday Rajit Kapur: From Ghulam to Raazi, a look at the actor's notable performances". Firstpost. 21 May 2022. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  3. 1 2 Ghosh, Ananya (17 August 2019). "Personal Agenda with Rajit Kapur: "I danced to Hindi pop tunes in an all-gold outfit on my 40th birthday!"". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Guftagoo with Rajit Kapur". YouTube. Sansad TV. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  5. 1 2 "'I am married to theatre'". Deccan Herald. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  6. ↑ Ghosh, Ananya (5 August 2022). "Nostalgia with Rajit Kapur, "I only had some pocket money, no bank balance"". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Koimoi Recommends The Threshold: Neena Gupta - Rajit Kapoor Starrer Talks About The Moment A Woman Walks Out & The Male Privilege Crashes". Koimoi. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Is Do Paise Ki Dhoop Chaar Aane Ki Baarish (2009) on Netflix Singapore?". whatsnewonnetflix.com.
  9. ↑ "Rajit Kapur, Manav Vij's Birha gets selected at The Ottawa Indian Film Festival Awards". Firstpost. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  10. 1 2 "Punjabi short film 'Birha' wins hearts at international film fests". Telangana Today. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  11. 1 2 Jawaid, Farheen (5 February 2023). "Mission Majnu: Threadbare thriller about Indian tailor-spy in Pakistan 'needs stitches'". Geo TV. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  12. 1 2 "Mujib The Making of a Nation trailer: Shyam Benegal's film shows Arifin Shuvoo as Mujibur Rahman leading 1971 war". Hindustan Times. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  13. ↑ "Mehram actor Farida Jalal: Today's films lack soul". The Indian Express. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  14. ↑ "'Bypass Road': Neil Nitin Mukesh is all praise for senior actor Rajit Kapur - Movies to look forward to". The Times of India.
  15. ↑ "FITRAT BY TAHER ALI BAIG". 9 April 2020.
  16. ↑ Scroll Staff (31 October 2018). "'Rocketry – The Nambi Effect' teaser: Madhavan presents scientist Nambi Narayanan's story". Scroll.in.
  17. ↑ "R. Madhavan: 95 per cent of Indians don't know about Nambi Narayanan, which I think is a crime". 1 November 2018.
  18. ↑ "Parineeti Chopra and Harrdy Sandhu quietly begin shooting for Ribhu Dasgupta's action thriller in Turkey". Bollywood Hungama. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  19. ↑ More, Priya (1 February 2024). "Chhatrapati Sambhaji Movie: 'छत्रपती संभाजी' २ फेब्रुवारीला येणार भेटीला, 'या' ५ भाषांमध्ये होणार रिलीज". Saam TV Marathi News (in Marathi). Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  20. ↑ Bhirani, Garvit (4 June 2025). "This Hindi movie to have world premiere at New York Indian Film Festival; director reveals why he chose dark comedy". Mint. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  21. ↑ "N e w S". Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
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