Rajesh Sharma (actor)

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Rajesh Sharma
Born (1970-10-08) 8 October 1970 (age 54)
Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Occupation Actor
Years active1990–present
Spouses
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(m. 2000⁠–⁠2009)​
Sangeeta Sharma
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(m. 2011)​

Rajesh Sharma is an Indian actor who acts in Hindi and Bengali films. [1]

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Early life

He was born in Ludhiana, India and worked in Kolkata. There, he started acting in a theatre group named 'Rangakarmi' in Kolkata. He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama, New Delhi.[ citation needed ] Rajesh Sharma married Sudipta Chakraborty, a Bengali actress, and they later got divorced; he has been married to Sangeeta Sharma since 2011. [2]

Career

Rajesh Sharma made his Bollywood debut with the 1996 Hindi movie Maachis . [3] After this, he started acting in Bengali films from the early 2000s. [4] In Maachis, Rajesh Sharma co-starred with Chandrachur Singh, Jimmy Shergill, Raj Zutshi, Tabu and Om Puri. In 2000, he made a comeback in Bengali-film titled Paromitar Ek Din . [5] It was written and directed by Aparna Sen. After acting in a few more Bengali films, he came back to Bollywood in 2005 with the film Parineeta. It was Vidya Balan's debut movie, where she acted against Saif Ali Khan.

Rajesh Sharma [6] works mainly in the Bollywood and Bengali film industries. Sharma has appeared in Hindi films such as Khosla Ka Ghosla , Ishqiya , No One Killed Jessica , Chillar Party , The Dirty Picture , Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana , Special 26 , B.A. Pass , Tanu Weds Manu Returns , Bajrangi Bhaijaan , Toilet: Ek Prem Katha M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story and India's Most Wanted . [7]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleCharacterLanguageRef.
1996 Maachis Hindi
2000 Paromitar Ek Din Rajeev Shrivastav Bengali
2001 Dada Thakur Jyotin Roy
Pratibad Tinu
2002Sonar Sansar
Sathi
Desh
Shubho Mahurat Sunil
2003 Champion Sports Coach
Bombaiyer Bombete Victor Perumal
2004 Badsha The King Shaktinath
2004 Gyarakal Chanu
2005 Parineeta RatanHindi
2006AgnishapathBengali
Khosla Ka Ghosla MunjalHindi
Shikar Police Officer Rajesh YadavBengali
Kranti Inspector Ranajoy
2007 Pagal Premi Sibu [8]
Dus Din PoreDeva
Sakhi Rahila ae Singha Duara Odia
2008 Neel Rajar Deshe KidnapperBengali
2009Chha-e ChhutiRajesh Sharma (himself)
2010 Ishqiya Kamalkant Kakkad aka KKHindi
2011 No One Killed Jessica N.K. (Cop)
Bedeni Bengali
Bye Bye Bangkok Hotel Receptionist
Oh My Love
Paapi
Punorutthan
Bindas Prem
Chillar Party L. N. TondonHindi
SystemBengali
Baishe Srabon Amit Srivastav
The Dirty Picture Selva GaneshHindi
2012 Chaalis Chauraasi Mahesh Naik
Goraay GondogolBengali
Laptop Rakesh
8:08 Er Bongaon Local Shishir (Cop)
Teen Yaari Katha Sentu da
Om ShantiManjil
Life in Park Street
DarlingPayel's Father
Passport
Astra Inspector Sanyal
Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana Tito MamaHindi
Strings Of PassionShekhar Banerjee
2013 Special 26 Joginder Khurana
Kagojer Nouka Arvind SinghBengali
Ghanchakkar PandittHindi
2013 Ganesh Talkies Bengali [9]
B.A. Pass KhannaHindi
Shuddh Desi Romance Mausa Ji
Mishawr Rawhoshyo Narendra VermaBengali
Nirbhoya
2014PizzaHindi
Strings of Passion Hindi, Bengali
Pendulum BuilderBengali
The Xposé Inspector Raj GroverHindi
Taan Jahangir SardarBengali
Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami Daya Shankar PandeyHindi
2015 Tevar Mahendar Singh
Dolly Ki Doli Ramesh Sherawat
Tanu Weds Manu Returns Om Prakash Saangwaan
Bajrangi Bhaijaan Hamid Khan
Amanush 2 Inspector TarafdarBengali
2016PalkiWakilHindi[ citation needed ]
Azhar M. K. Sharma
M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Keshav Banerjee (Dhoni's first coach)
Bhawani MandiVirendar Singh Naruka
Romantic Noy Shekar's BossBengali
Double Feluda Mr. Sukhwani
2017 Begum Jaan ShyamHindi
Hindi Medium MLA
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha Mathur
Lucknow Central Pandit
Panchlait Mulgain
Game OverRangeen Awasthi[ citation needed ]
2018 Nanu Ki Jaanu Bhali
Race 3 Brij Mohan (Brijesh)
Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se Advocate Bhatia
Tuski Tuski's fatherBengali
KeloDr Sen
Golak Bugni Bank Te Batua Money Exchanger Punjabi
Kishore Kumar Junior FirozBengali
Dotara
Vada Chennai Chanchal Tamil
FryDay InspectorHindi
The Past Guruji
2019 22 Yards Ravi Khanna
The Tashkent Files Omkar Kashyap
India's Most Wanted Rajesh Singh
Nakkash Senior Inspector
One Day: Justice Delivered Pankaj Singh
Super 30 Bachchi
Kissebaaz D. D. Shukla
Batla House Shailesh Arya
Mardaani 2 Amit Sharma
Purba Paschim Dakshin PanditjiBengali
Jhootha Kahin Ka Goga (Varun's maternal uncle)Hindi
Dream Girl Mauji (W Ji)
Dabangg 3 Minister S. S. Sharma
Pati Patni Aur Woh Prem Tripathi
2020 Laxmii Sachin Rajput Disney Plus Hotstar film
2021 Kya Meri Sonam Gupta Bewafa Hai? Travel Agent Zee5 film
Bhavai Bajrangi [10]
Dybbuk Ezra's Dad Amazon Prime Video film
2022 Mere Desh Ki Dharti Kishanlal
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 Kulwant Thakur: Reet's uncleHindi
Ramrajya M. P. Shukla
Tadka Bavarchi (cook) ZEE5 film
Darlings Kaseem Netflix film
2023 Mrs Undercover Chief Rangeela Zee5 film
U-Turn [ citation needed ]HSP Saxena
Chatrapathi Kanthilal
Minus 31: The Nagpur Files Anupam Sharma
Mission Raniganj Govardhan Roy (MLA)
2024 Dard Film Producer ShawkatBengali, HindiMultilingual film;
India Bangladesh joint venture;
Pan-Indian film
Tauba Tera Jalwa ProfessorHindi[ citation needed ]
Aakhir Palaayan Kab Tak Sunil
IRahDhananjay
Crew Prithviraj Mittal
Wild Wild Punjab SHO Avtar Singh
Pad Gaye Pange Shastri
Navras Katha Collage superstar
Kahan Shuru Kahan Khatam Sumer Singh Chaudhary
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Meera's uncle
2025 Mission Grey House [11]
Badass Ravi Kumar Jagarwar Choudhary

Web series

YearTitleRoleLanguagePlatformNotes
2018 Life Sahi Hai Maid agency ownerHindi ZEE5 [12]
2020Kark RogueRavikant AgarwalBengali, Hindi [13]
Paatal Lok Tycoon Gwala GurjerHindi Amazon Prime Video
JL50 GaurangoHindi Sony LIV
2021 Matsya Kaand SooriHindi MX Player
Ray Suresh SharmaHindi Netflix
2022Online 24x7Mr. PatelHindi
2022Amit Bhadana LL.BAdvocate MehtaHindi YouTube
2023 NH6 InspectorBengali Klikk [14]

References

  1. ↑ "Actor Rajesh Sharma opens up on playing Delhi Capitals fan in 'DC PG by Gulati', favourite IPL team - The Tribune". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "Man for all reasons". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Ace actor Rajesh Sharma to host 'Bengal Crime' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Rajesh Sharma - Movies, Biography, News, Age & Photos". BookMyShow.
  5. ↑ "Rajesh Sharma To Debut As Television Show Host". www.spotboye.com. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Rajesh Sharma - Movies, Biography, News, Age & Photos". BookMyShow. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Rajesh Sharma". IMDb. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Pagal Premi (2007)". IMDb. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  9. ↑ Times of India
  10. ↑ "'Scam 1992' star Pratik Gandhi's upcoming 'Raavan Leela' to release in cinemas on Oct 1". India TV News. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "Ianslive". ianslive.in. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  12. ↑ "Watch: Luv Ranjan's web series Life Sahi Hai's first episode hits the internet waves". Deccan Chronicle. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  13. ↑ "Kark Rogue: Zee5's new medical thriller" . Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  14. ↑ "Jon Halder's new web series 'NH6' features Rajesh Sharma". BruTimes.
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