D. Santosh

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D. Santosh
Born (1976-09-26) 26 September 1976 (age 48)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
(present-day Mumbai)
Nationality Indian
Alma materPSG College of Education
Occupation Actor
Years active2002–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.

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Early life

Santosh [1] was born on 19 September 1976. He is an engineering graduate from PSG Tech, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

Career

He has a background in Hindi theatre.His first film role was in the Rajkumar Santoshi directed movie The Legend of Bhagat Singh as the revolutionary Shivram Hari Rajguru due to his uncanny resemblance to Rajguru. [2] [3]

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 . [4] [5] 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.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
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 ReddyNominated"Best Actor in Comic Role", Nokia Star Screen Awards, 2009 [6]
2012Savdhan Meri Jaan
2014 Bhoothnath Returns Receptionist at Bhoothworld
Pizza Lobo Shinde (pizza cook)
2017 Commando 2 Bala

Plays and short films

Awards and nominations

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References

  1. "Dsantosh.com | The Legend of Bhagat Singh, Khakee, Zameen, Deewaar, Jawani Diwani, Iqbal, Ahista Ahista, Risk, Traffic Signal, Ram Gopal Verma ki Aag, Dhamaal, My Name is Anthony Gonsalv..." Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
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