Pradeep Rawat (actor)

Pradeep Rawat
Rawat in 2014
Born	(1952-01-21) 21 January 1952 (age 73) [1] Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1983–present
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Pradeep Rawat (born 21 January 1952) ^[2] is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil language films. Notable for playing villainous roles, Rawat's first appearance was in B.R. Chopra's Mahabharat as Ashwatthama.

Rawat was introduced into Telugu cinema with the film Sye . In Tamil cinema, he acted in the film Ghajini (2005). where he appeared in a double role. He reprised his role in the Hindi remake. ^[3] He debuted in Kannada cinema with Parodi ; Malayalam cinema with China Town ; Bengali cinema with Hero 420 and Bhojpuri cinema with Crack Fighter .

Awards

• 2004: Winner, Filmfare Best Villain Award (Telugu) for Sye
• 2004: Winner, Santosham Best Villain Award for Sye
• 2004: Winner, Nandi Award for Best Villain for Sye
• 2012: Nominated - SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role (Telugu) for Mangala
• 2014: Nominated - SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role (Telugu) for Naayak

Filmography

Telugu

List of Pradeep Rawat Telugu film credits

Year	Movie	Role	Notes
2004	Sye	Bikshu Yadav	Filmfare Award for Best Villain
2005	Bhadra	Veerayya
	Andarivadu	Satti Bihari
	Jagapati	MLA Goud
	Chhatrapati	Ras Bihari
2006	Lakshmi	Rayudu
	Maayajaalam	MP Pradeep
	Hanumanthu	Krishna Murthy "KM"
	Stalin	MLA
2007	Desamuduru	Tambi Durai
	Yogi	Narsing Pahilwan
	Maharadhi
	Jagadam	Manikyam
	Maisamma IPS	Khan Bhaiyya
2008	Veedhi Rowdy
	Nagaram	Kaasim Bhai
	Bhale Dongalu	Veer Raju
	Homam	Police Officer Vishwanath
	Baladur	Umapathi
	Adivishnu	Yadagiri
	Raksha	Sanathan Baba
2008	Ghajini	Ghajini Dharmatma
2009	Maska	Shinde
	Mesthri	Subbaraju
	Mitrudu
	Oy!	Ras Bihari
	Kasko	Basavanna
2010	Panchakshari	Radeep/Billa Bhai
	Ragada	Peddhanna
2011	Mangala
	Chattam
	Veera	Pedda Rayudu
	Rajanna
	Dalapati
2012	All the Best	Razak
	Rebel	Simhadri
	Nippu	Raja Goud
	Poola Rangadu	Lala Goud
	Adhinayakudu	Ramappa
	Genius	MLA Nanaji
2013	Sevakudu	Balram Jadoo
	Naayak	Minister Rawat
	Baadshah	Violent Victor
	Wall Poster
2014	1: Nenokkadine	Taxi Driver
	Alludu Seenu	Bhanu Bhai
2015	Lion	Dhooli Krishna
	Soukhyam	Bavuji
2016	Nenu Sailaja	Maharshi
	Sardaar Gabbar Singh	Bhairav Singh's father
	Sarrainodu	Obul Reddy
2017	Prajapathi	Sivaji
	Aakatayi	Jehangir
	Katamarayudu	Radia
	Nene Raju Nene Mantri	Sarpanch
	Jai Lava Kusa	Yadagiri
2018	Achari America Yatra	Subramanyam
	Naa Peru Surya	PC
2019	Mismatch	Mahalakshmi's father
2022	Aadavallu Meeku Johaarlu	Vasu
2023	Waltair Veerayya	David	[4]

Hindi

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Aitbaar	Police Inspector
	Meri Jung	Rawat
1986	Aap Ke Saath	Rajwa	Uncredited role
	Samundar	Navy Officer
1987	Kaash	Man in hotel
	Insaaf	Police Inspector at hospital	Uncredited role
1988	Mar Mitenge	Manjit's Henchman
1989	Desh Ke Dushman	Rakka's goon
	Hisaab Khoon Ka [5]	Rajkumar of the princely state
1990	Maha-Sangram	Pakya
	Awaargi	Rajesh Kumar
	Agneepath	Vijay's Henchman
	Baaghi	Buddha
	Zimmedaaar
	Mera Pati Sirf Mera Hai	Gangaram
1991	Patthar Ke Phool	Meera's first husband
1992	Apradhi	Tejoo
1993	Andha Intequam	Karan
	Rani Aur Maharani	Police Inspector Sher Singh
	Kayda Kanoon	Inspector Deshmukh
	Kohra [6]	Tinnu's henchman
1994	Aag Aur Chingaari
	Jazbaat
	Insaniyat	Brijbhan's Man
	Sangdil Sanam	Pradeep
1995	Vartmaan
	Policewala Gunda	Jailor Patania
	Sarhad
1996	Dushmani: A Violent Love Story
	Rajkumar
1997	Koyla	Police Commissioner DIG
1998	Major Saab	Subiedaar Singh
1999	Sarfarosh	Sultan
2001	Lagaan	Deva Singh Sodhi
2003	The Hero: Love Story of a Spy	Chief of RAW
2004	Deewaar	Baldev
2008	Ghajini	Ghajini Dharmatma
2011	Shabri	Rajdhar Bhau
2013	Grand Masti	Robert Pereira
2015	Singh Is Bliing	Kirpal Singh
2025	Chhaava	Yesaji Kank

Tamil

Year	Title	Role
2005	Thotti Jaya	Seena Thana
	Ghajini	Lakshman/Ram
2006	Sabari	Vajravelu
	Vathiyar	Nachiyar
2010	Aasal	Kali Mama (Kalivardhan)
2011	Rajapattai	Abdul Kathir (Vappa)
2012	Mirattal	Soori
2013	Haridas	Aadhi
2014	Jilla	Commissioner
	Veeram	Vanangamudi
2015	Aambala	Pasupathy
	Eli	Nagarajan
2017	Shivalinga	Baba
	Aayirathil Iruvar	Bhima Raju
2019	Market Raja MBBS	Manohar Singh
2022	Gulu Gulu	David
2023	DD Returns	Fernandes

Kannada

Year	Title	Role
2007	Parodi
2008	Gaja
2009	Abhay	MLA Narasimha Murthy
2013	Bachchan	Minister Madhusudhan
	Election	Narasimha
2016	Shivalinga	Baba
	Lakshmana
2022	Champion
TBA	Thrishulam

Malayalam

Year	Title	Role
2011	China Town	Gauda
2013	Ithu Pathiramanal	Police Constable Shouri
2014	Cousins	Nagarajan Adiga
2019	Oru Kadathu Naadan Kadha	Baba

Other language films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2000	Nightfall	Django	English
2012	A.C.P. Ranveer [7]	Salim Langda	Odia
2016	Hero 420	Anukul Roy	Bengali	Indo-Bangladesh joint production
2019	Crack Fighter	Changez Khan	Bhojpuri
2024	Hrashwo Deergha	Mahamant	Nepali
	Dharmarakshak Mahaveer Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj: Chapter 1	Muqarrab Khan	Marathi

Television

Year	Serial	Role	Channel	Notes
1988–1990	Mahabharat	Ashwatthama	DD National
1994	Tehkikaat	Episode 12/13 Terror Attack Conspirancy-Tiger, Sharp Shooter
	Chandrakanta (TV series)	Aiyyar Himmat Singh
1996	Yug	British Police Officer Marshall
1999–2000	Gul Sanobar
2003	Mission Fateh	Puneet Nath Dutt's father	Sahara One

References

1. "Pradeep Rawat: Movies, Photos, Videos, News, Biography & Birthday | eTimes". The Times of India .
2. "Pradeep Rawat (actor)". IMDb .
3. "Aamir Khan's 'Ghajini' co-star Pradeep Rawat recalls the actor getting injured during action scene: 'Heard him scream in pain' | - Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
4. Arvind V (13 January 2023). "Waltair Veerayya Movie Review: An in-form Chiranjeevi doesn't make this film a pumped-up experience". Pinkvilla. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
5. "Hisaab Khoon Ka". Cinemaazi. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
6. "Kohra - Movie - - Box Office India". www.boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
7. Dasgupta, Priyanka. "Ghajini comes to Ollywood". The Times of India.

External links

• Pradeep Rawat at IMDb