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D. Santosh | |
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| Born | 26 September 1976 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | PSG College of Education |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Notable work | The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002) |
D. Santosh (born 26 September 1976) is an Indian film and theatre actor from Trichy, Tamil Nadu who works in Hindi films and theatre plays.
Santosh [1] was born on 19 September 1976. He is an engineering graduate from PSG Tech, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
His desire to learn 'the performing art' made him enroll in a workshop conducted by Amol Palekar and Bhakti Barve in 1998. Following that, he joined Pandit Satyadev Dubey's free workshops and soon started performing in plays. His tryst with genius playwright-director Makarand Deshpande started as a backstage artist for his play Vasanth Ka Teesra Youvan. Since then, he has been an integral part of Deshpande's Ansh Theatre Group doing three plays —Saa Hi Besura, Ek Kadam Aage and Sakharam Binder Ki Khoj Mein Hawaldar.
According to Santosh:
"Theater to me is 'Riyaaz' and so I will continue pursuing it. In movies, a character ends as soon as the closing credits show up. But in theatre, a character lives and dies with every show. We can experiment with the character. Every show gives the actor the opportunity to live the character. One can see the happiness, sadness and various other emotions in audience's eyes. Theater is a complete visual and aural experience of performing art. I just love to be a part of this world".
His first film role was in the Rajkumar Santoshi directed movie The Legend of Bhagat Singh as the legendary revolutionary Shivram Hari Rajguru. In a relatively short period, he has been honored to work with all the leading names in the industry — directors like Shivam Nair, Pradeep Sarkar, Nagesh Kukunoor, Madhur Bhandarkar, Indra Kumar, E. Niwas, Ram Gopal Verma, Saeed Mirza, Shimit Amin. In addition, he has shared screen-space with legendary actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Aamir Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah, Ajay Devgn, Kay Kay Menon, Makarand Deshpande, Sonali Kulkarni, Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan.
In 2009, he received wide appreciation for his work as Giri Reddy, a porn-obsessed office colleague in the Shimit Amin directed and Ranbir Kapoor starrer Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year . In addition to film and theatre, he has worked in TV commercials and his sole work in a short film VAAPSI won the award for the Best Short Film in MAMI, Mumbai.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2002 | The Legend of Bhagat Singh | Shivram Hari Rajguru | |
| 2003 | Zameen | Kadam | |
| 2004 | Khakee | Ganjanan Mhatre | |
| Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home | P.O.W. Raghu Jen | ||
| 2005 | Iqbal | Satish Bhatawdekar | |
| 2006 | Ahista Ahista | Pipney (Ankush's roommate) | |
| Jawani Diwani | Pandu | ||
| 2007 | Risk | Jamal's mentally challenged son | |
| Traffic Signal | Jaffar Bhai | ||
| Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag | Coolie | ||
| Dhamaal | Encounter Cop | ||
| 2008 | My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves | Michael | |
| 2009 | Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year | Girish Reddy | Nomination for "Best Actor in Comic Role", Nokia Star Screen Awards, 2009 |
| 2012 | Savdhan Meri Jaan | ||
| 2014 | Bhoothnath Returns | Receptionist at Bhoothworld | |
| Pizza | Lobo Shinde (As pizza cook) | ||
| 2017 | Commando 2 | Bala |
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