Rajit Kapoor
May 22, 1963 (62 years old) in Amritsar, Punjab, India
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Kaisi Ye Paheli as Detective Bondo
- 2024 · A Night, After All as Kishore
- 2024 · The Prince of Jhansi as Bank Manager
- 2024 · Chhatrapati Sambhaji as
- 2023 · Birha : The Journey Back Home as
- 2023 · Mission Majnu as Pakistan PM Bhutto
- 2022 · Code Name: Tiranga as
- 2022 · Goldfish as Ashwin Raina
- 2022 · Maja Ma as Bob Hansraj
- 2022 · Attack as Home Minister
- 2022 · Mithya as Anand Tyagi
- 2022 · Rocket Boys as Jawaharlal Nehru
- 2021 · Aisa Waisa Pyaar as Mahendra Acharya
- 2021 · Kaali Peeli Tales as Father
- 2021 · Nail Polish as Kishore Bhushan
- 2020 · Prawaas as
- 2019 · Bypass Road as Pratap Kapoor
- 2019 · Bard of Blood as Sadiq Shaikh
- 2019 · 22 Yards as
- 2019 · The Gandhi Murder as Jawaharlal Nehru
- 2019 · Uri: The Surgical Strike as Prime Minister Of India
- 2018 · Raazi as Hidayat Khan
- 2018 · Project Papa as Dr. Dev
- 2018 · Phir Se as Krish
- 2017 · A Gentleman as Kavya's Father
- 2017 · Going Viral Pvt. Ltd. as Gulshan Sood
- 2017 · Begum Jaan as Ilias
- 2017 · For Here or to Go? as Prabhu
- 2016 · Anna as Rajat Sharma
- 2016 · Baar Baar Dekho as Panditji (Special Appearance)
- 2016 · The Kapil Sharma Show as
- 2016 · The Kapil Sharma Show as Self
- 2015 · Bang Baaja Baaraat as Ranjeet Arora
- 2015 · Gour Hari Dastaan as Mohan Joshi
- 2015 · The Threshold as Raj
- 2015 · Roy as Detective D. S. Wadia
- 2014 · Kick as Dr. Jayant Verma
- 2014 · Dishkiyaoon as Viki's Dad
- 2014 · Samvidhaan: The Making of the Constitution of India as Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer
- 2013 · The Egyptian Mystery as Al Mamun
- 2012 · The Bright Day as Father
- 2011 · Shaitan as Amy's Father
- 2011 · Dam 999 as Shankaran
- 2011 · Monica as Raj Jaitley
- 2010 · Guzaarish as Vipin Patel
- 2009 · Marega Salaa as Rahul Awasthi
- 2009 · Fruit & Nut as Vishwas Atmavishwas Pinakin
- 2009 · Blue Oranges as
- 2009 · Morning Walk as Indra
- 2009 · Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish as Debu
- 2008 · Lovesongs as
- 2008 · Hansie as Prakash
- 2007 · Dahek A Restless Mind as
- 2006 · Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante as Dr. Viren Goenka
- 2005 · Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara as Ronu
- 2005 · Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero as Abid Hasan
- 2003 · Ek Alag Mausam as George
- 2002 · Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai as Yusuf Zayed Hussein
- 2002 · Nishad as Dr. Gopi Gujaral
- 2002 · Abaidha - The Demolition Man as Indra
- 2001 · Dattak as Sunil
- 2001 · Zubeidaa as Riyaz Masud
- 2000 · Hari-Bhari as Khurshid
- 1999 · Prayas as
- 1999 · Shuruat as
- 1999 · With Fire As Witness as
- 1999 · Samar as
- 1998 · Ghulam as Jai, Siddhartha's brother
- 1997 · Train to Pakistan as Iqbal
- 1996 · BOMgAY as
- 1996 · Sardari Begum as Sadiq Moosvi
- 1996 · The Making of the Mahatma as Mahondas Karamchand Gandhi
- 1995 · Limited Humanity as Sadanand Borse
- 1994 · Mammo as Older Riyaz
- 1994 · Shelter of the Wings as Lakhinder
- 1993 · Byomkesh Bakshi as Byomkesh Bakshi
- 1992 · The Seventh Horse of the Sun as Manek Mullah
- 1975 · Dharam Karam as Ashok 'Bonga Babu' Kumar
- Future · Pharma as