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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Morning Walk
as Indra
2009
Abaidha - The Demolition Man
as Indra
2002
Hansie
as Prakash
2008
Roy
as Detective D. S. Wadia
2015
Nishad
as Dr. Gopi Gujaral
2002
Ghulam
as Jai, Siddhartha's brother
1998
Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara
as Ronu
2005
Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda
as Manek Mullah
1992
The Bright Day
as Father
2012
Attack
as Home Minister
2022
Dharam Karam
as Ashok 'Bonga Babu' Kumar
1975
Goldfish
as Ashwin Raina
2022
Lovesongs
2008
Sardari Begum
as Sadiq Moosvi
1996
Maja Ma
as Bob Hansraj
2022
Train to Pakistan
as Iqbal
1997
Shuruat
1999
Prayas
1999
Birha : The Journey Back Home
2023
Mammo
as Older Riyaz
1994
TV Appearances
Kaali Peeli Tales
as Father
2021
Byomkesh Bakshi
as Byomkesh Bakshi
1993
Aisa Waisa Pyaar
as Mahendra Acharya
2021
Rocket Boys
as Jawaharlal Nehru
2022
Mithya
as Anand Tyagi
2022
The Kapil Sharma Show
2016
Bang Baaja Baaraat
as Ranjeet Arora
2015
Pharma
as Dr. Rajiv Rao
2025
The Kapil Sharma Show
as Self
2016
Bard of Blood
as Sadiq Shaikh
2019
Going Viral Pvt. Ltd.
as Gulshan Sood
2017
Samvidhaan: The Making of the Constitution of India
as Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer
2014