Rajesh Sharma (actor)

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Rajesh Sharma
Born
Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Occupation Actor
Years active1990–present
Spouses
(m. 20002009)
Sangeeta Sharma
(m. 2011)

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

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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. [1] Rajesh Sharmam married and later became divorced from Sudipta Chakraborty, a Bengali actress; 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 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

YearTitleLanguageCharacterRef.
1996 Maachis Hindi
2000 Paromitar Ek Din Bengali
2001 Dada Thakur Bengali Jyotin Roy
Pratibad BengaliTinu
2002Sonar SansarBengali
Sathi Bengali
DeshBengali
Shubho Mahurat BengaliSunil
2003 Champion Bengali
Bombaiyer Bombete BengaliVictor Perumal
2004 Badsha The King BengaliShaktinath
2005 Parineeta HindiRatan
2006 Agnishapath Bengali
Khosla Ka Ghosla HindiMunjal
Shikar BengaliPolice Officer Rajesh Yadav
Kranti Bengali
2007Dus Din PoreBengaliDeva
Sakhi Rahila ae Singha DuaraOdia
2008 Neel Rajar Deshe BengaliKidnapper
2009Chha-e ChhutiBengaliRajesh Sharma (himself)
2010 Ishqiya HindiKamalkant Kakkad aka KK
2011 No One Killed Jessica HindiN.K. (Cop)
Bedeni Bengali
Bye Bye Bangkok Bengali
Oh My LoveBengali
PaapiBengali
PunorutthanBengali
Bindas PremBengali
Chillar Party HindiL. N. Tondon
SystemBengali
Baishe Srabon BengaliAmit Srivastav
The Dirty Picture HindiSelva Ganesh
2012 Chaalis Chauraasi HindiMahesh Naik
Goraay GondogolBengali
Laptop Bengali
8:08 Er Bongaon Local BengaliShishir (Cop)
Teen Yaari Katha Bengali
Om ShantiBengaliManjil
Life in Park Street Bengali
DarlingBengaliPayel's Father
PassportBengali
Astra BengaliInspector Sanyal
Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana HindiTito Mama
Strings Of PassionHindiShekhar Banerjee
2013 Special 26 HindiJoginder Khurana
Kagojer Nouka Bengali
Ghanchakkar HindiPanditt
2013 Ganesh Talkies Bengali [8]
B.A. Pass HindiKhanna
Shuddh Desi Romance HindiMausa Ji
Mishawr Rawhoshyo BengaliNarendra Verma
Nirbhoya Bengali
2014PizzaHindi
Strings of Passion Hindi, Bengali
Pendulum Bengali
The Xposé HindiRaj Grover
Taan Bengali
Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami HindiDaya Shankar Pandey
2015 Tevar HindiMahendar Singh
Dolly Ki Doli HindiRamesh Sherawat, Sonu's Father
Tanu Weds Manu Returns HindiOm Prakash Saangwaan
Bajrangi Bhaijaan HindiHamid Khan
Amanush 2 Bengali
2016PalkiHindiWakil [9]
Azhar HindiM.K. Sharma
M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story HindiKeshav Banerjee(Dhoni's first coach)
Bhawani MandiHindiVirendar Singh Naruka
Romantic Noy Bengali
Double Feluda BengaliMr. Sukhwani
2017 Begum Jaan HindiShyam
Hindi Medium HindiMLA
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha HindiMathur
Lucknow Central HindiPandit
Panchlait Hindi(TBA)
Game OverHindiRangeen Awasthi [10]
2018 Nanu Ki Jaanu HindiBhali
Race 3 HindiAnil's friend - Brijmohan
Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se Hindilawyer Bhatia
Tuski Bengali
KeloBengaliDr Sen
Golak Bugni Bank Te Batua PunjabiMoney Exchanger
Kishore Kumar Junior BengaliFiroz
Dotara Bengali
Vada Chennai Tamil Chanchal
FryDay HindiInspector
The Past HindiGuruji
2019 22 Yards Hindi [11]
The Tashkent Files HindiOmkar Kashyap
India's Most Wanted HindiRajesh Singh
Nakkash HindiSenior Inspector
One Day: Justice Delivered HindiPankaj Singh
Super 30 HindiBachchi
Kissebaaz HindiD.D. Shukla
Batla House HindiShailesh Arya
Mardaani 2 HindiAmit Sharma
Purba Paschim Dakshin Bengali
Jhootha Kahin Ka HindiGoga (Varun's maternal uncle)
Dream Girl HindiMauji (W Ji)
Dabangg 3 HindiMinister S. S. Sharma
Pati Patni Aur Woh HindiPrem Tripathi
2020 Laxmii HindiSachin Disney Plus Hotstar film
2021 Kya Meri Sonam Gupta Bewafa Hai? HindiTravel Agent Zee5 film
Bhavai Hindi [12]
Dybbuk HindiEzra's Dad Amazon Prime Video film
2022 Mere Desh Ki Dharti HindiKishanlal
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 HindiKulwant Thakur: Reet's uncle
Ramrajya HindiM P Shukla
Tadka HindiBavarchi (cook) ZEE5 film
Darlings HindiKaseem Netflix film
2023 Mrs Undercover HindiChief Rangeela Zee5 film
U-Turn [13] HindiHSP Saxena Zee5 film
Chatrapathi Hindi
Minus 31: The Nagpur Files HindiAnupam Sharma
Mission Raniganj HindiGovardhan Roy (MLA)
2024 Dard Multilingual film;
India Bangladesh joint venture;
Pan-Indian film
Tauba Tera Jalwa HindiProfessor [14]
Aakhir Palaayan Kab Tak HindiSunil
IRah HindiDhananjay
Crew HindiPrithviraj Mittal

Web series

YearTitleRoleLanguagePlatformNotes
2018 Life Sahi Hai Maid agency ownerHindi ZEE5 [15]
2020Kark RogueRavikant AgarwalBengali, Hindi [16]
Paatal Lok Tycoon Gwala GurjerHindi Amazon Prime Video
JL50 GaurangoHindi Sony LIV
2021 Matsya Kaand SooriHindi MX Player
Ray Suresh SharmaHindi Netflix
2022 Online 24x7 Mr. PatelHindi
2022 Amit Bhadana LL.B Advocate MehtaHindi YouTube
2023 NH6 InspectorBengali Klikk [17]

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