Rajit Kapoor
Acting
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.
Born: May 22, 1963
Place of Birth: Amritsar, Punjab, India
Known For
The Bright Day
Yearning for meaning in his life, a coddled young man abandons his girlfriend and family to set out on a spiritual quest. Shot with sophisticated DSLR cameras and reflecting a new passion in India for personal filmmaking, The Bright Day finds images to chart a soul's progress.
Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai
Murad Hussein and Gul Baloch have been enemies for years. Murad would like to propose a truce so that the two families become friends again, and for this occasion he has chosen to marry his brother to Gul's sister. The wedding is arranged and Gul and his family are accordingly invited. Gul does attend the wedding, bless the couple, and when night came, he and his accomplices brutally kill every male in the household, including his very own brother-in-law. Gul's sister loses her sanity, and is taken back home, where he lives with his daughter...
Birha : The Journey Back Home
A simple Loving Family in a small village is affected by the immature ambitions of their young son. The Road to Redemption is long and lonely. Can Sins of the past be forgiven.
The Threshold
A North Indian couple, in their early 60s, at their mountain retreat. Their son has just gotten married, a reception has ended and all the guests have left. She chooses this moment to tell her husband that she is leaving. What follows is an endless day: the avalanche of this long-gathering decision and what it means to a decades-long relationship. Fragments of conversations, silence and chaos, as nostalgia mingles with menace and tenderness with cruelty. What will they succeed in rescuing against the landslide of memory and emotion?
Sardari Begum
The police were called to investigate the death of a woman who was killed during a riot by a stone thrown by an agitated person. She was known in the community as "Sardari Begum", a popular singer and courtesan in her time. This story chronicles her youth, her contacts, and her lifestyle.
Byomkesh Bakshi
An intelligent detective from Kolkata solves many mystery that unsolved by police without any weapons.
Dharam Karam
Not wishing his son to grow up like himself, a brutish criminal secretly swaps his baby for that of a wealthy entertainer. Is the boys' destiny written in their genes or can the change of environment make a difference ? Their lives and those of their fathers inevitably collide.
22 Yards
Ron Sen is a successful sports agent who manages top players from the Indian cricket team. After controversy ends the prospects of his career, Ron mentors a down-on-luck cricketer, Shome to help achieve his dream.
Rocket Boys
Spanning three crucial decades (1940-60s) in the history of India, the story chronicles the life of three great men responsible for launching India's space and nuclear programs respectively: Dr. Homi J. Bhabha, the architect of India's Nuclear Programme, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, universally acknowledged as the Father of the Indian Space Programme and Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the pioneer of modern Indian aerospace and nuclear technology. The season traces the journey of Bhabha and Sarabhai coming to terms with the challenges facing a young, independent nation and their friendship, sacrifice and determination.
Abaidha - The Demolition Man
Bimawl, an honest government officer, lives an apparently happy conjugal life with his wife Mouli. Things change when Mouli's college friend visits their home.
Filmography
as Dr. Rajiv Rao
as Detective Bondo
as Dr. Mahesh
as Kishore
as Bank Manager
as Pakistan PM Bhutto
as Ashwin Raina
as Bob Hansraj
as Home Minister
as Anand Tyagi
as Jawaharlal Nehru
as Mahendra Acharya
as Father
as Kishore Bhushan
as Pratap Kapoor
as Sadiq Shaikh
as Jawaharlal Nehru
as Prime Minister Of India
as Hidayat Khan
as Dr. Dev
as Krish
as Kavya's Father
as Gulshan Sood
as Ilias
as Prabhu
as Rajat Sharma
as Panditji (Special Appearance)
as Self
as Ranjeet Arora
as Mohan Joshi
as Raj
as Detective D. S. Wadia
as Dr. Jayant Verma
as Viki's Dad
as Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer
as Al Mamun
as Father
as Amy's Father
as Shankaran
as Raj Jaitley
as Vipin Patel
as Rahul Awasthi
as Vishwas Atmavishwas Pinakin
as Indra
as Prakash
as Dr. Viren Goenka
as Ronu
as Abid Hasan
as George
as Yusuf Zayed Hussein
as Dr. Gopi Gujaral
as Indra
as Sunil
as Riyaz Masud
as Khurshid
as Jai, Siddhartha's brother
as Iqbal
as Sadiq Moosvi
as Mahondas Karamchand Gandhi
as Sadanand Borse
as Older Riyaz
as Lakhinder
as Byomkesh Bakshi
as Manek Mullah
as Ashok 'Bonga Babu' Kumar