Raj Arjun

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Raj Arjun
Born (1972-02-08) 8 February 1972 (age 52) [1]
Education Film and Television Institute of India
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present
SpouseSanya Arjun
Children2, including Sara Arjun

Raj Arjun is an Indian actor who mainly works in Hindi cinema. He has also worked in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu cinema. [2] [1] He is the recipient of Zee Cine Awards for Best Actor In A Negative Role and Indian Television Academy Awards for Best Actor.

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Early and personal life

Raj Arjun was born on 8 February in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. He was associated with theatre in Bhopal for multiple years. [3] He is married to Sanya. His daughter Sara Arjun is also an actress. [4]

Career

Hindi cinema

Arjun made his debut in Hindi Film Industry with the film Black Friday. [2] He got recognition in industry with the film Secret Superstar. [5] He has also acted in films like Thalaivii and Love Hostel. [3] [6]

Tamil

He made his debut in Tamil Film Industry with the film Thaandavam. [7]

Telugu

He made his debut in Telugu Film Industry with the film Dear Comrade. [8]

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

List of Raj Arjun film credits
YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Company
2004 Black Friday Nasir Deklu
2005 D Bhupesh
2010 Kaalo Chandan
2011 Shabri Murad
Khap Chander
2012 Thaandavam Kenny ThomasTamil film
Rowdy Rathore Jagdish
2013 Satyagraha Sangram Singh
Shree Krishna Kant Desai
Thalaivaa Bhima's henchmanTamil film
2016 BHK Bhalla@Halla.Kom Gagan Bhalla
Traffic Aslam Bhai
Tutak Tutak Tutiya Sanjay KumarTrilingual film
2017 Raees Ilyas
Secret Superstar Farookh Malik
Daddy Rafique
2019 Dear Comrade Ramesh RaoTelugu film
Watchman TerroristTamil film
Tadbeer
DarklightBaba
2021 Shershaah Subedaar Raghunath
Thalaivii R. N. VeerappanHindi version
2022 Love Hostel DCP Sushil Rathi
2024 Article 370 ID Station Chief of Srinagar Khawar Ali
Razakar – Silent Genocide of Hyderabad Kasim Razvi Telugu film
Gam Gam Ganesha TBATelugu film [9]
Yudhra Firoz [10]
TBAKhajuraho DreamsTBAMalayalam film [11]
2025 Match Fixing TBAHindi film
TBARushTBA

Short films

List of Raj Arjun short film credits
YearTitleRoleRef.
2010MishaRoshan Uncle[ citation needed ]
2015Holding BackSuresh[ citation needed ]
2018IrrfanIrrfan[ citation needed ]
The Perfect GirlShasha's father [12]
2020 Natkhat Sonu's father[ citation needed ]
2021PilibhitSiraj [13] [14]
2022 The Miniaturist of Junagadh Kishorilal Randeria [15]

Web series

Key
Denotes series that have not yet been released
List of Raj Arjun web series credits
YearTitleRoleNotes
2018 Karenjit Kaur – The Untold Story of Sunny Leone Anupam Chaubey
2021 Sabka Sai Sai Baba
2022 Dr. Arora Firangi Baba [16]
2022-2023 Jhansi CalebTelugu

Television

List of Raj Arjun television credits
YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Kumkum - Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan Jagannath[ citation needed ]
2007 Durgesh Nandinii Chandu[ citation needed ]
2014 Encounter Dr. Roshan Lal[ citation needed ]

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations received by Raj Arjun
YearMovieAwardCategoryResultRef.
2018 Secret Superstar Zee Cine Awards Best Actor In A Negative RoleWon [17]
2021Sabka Sai Indian Television Academy Awards Best ActorWon [17]
2021The Minituarist Of JunagarhIFFSA TorontoBest ActorWon [18]
2022PilibhitChitra Bharati Film FestivalBest ActorWon [18]
2022 Thalaivii 67th Filmfare Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated[ citation needed ]

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