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
(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.[ citation needed ] Rajesh Sharma married Sudipta Chakraborty, a Bengali actress, and they later got divorced; he has been married to Sangeeta Sharma since 2011. [1]

Career

Rajesh Sharma made his Bollywood debut with the 1996 Hindi movie Maachis . [2] After this, he started acting in Bengali films from the early 2000s. [3] 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 . [4] 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 [5] 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 . [6]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleCharacterLanguageRef.
1996 Maachis Hindi
2000 Paromitar Ek Din Bengali
2001 Dada Thakur Jyotin Roy Bengali
Pratibad TinuBengali
2002Sonar SansarBengali
Sathi Bengali
DeshBengali
Shubho Mahurat SunilBengali
2003 Champion Bengali
Bombaiyer Bombete Victor PerumalBengali
2004 Badsha The King ShaktinathBengali
2004 Gyarakal ChanuBengali
2005 Parineeta RatanHindi
2006 Agnishapath Bengali
Khosla Ka Ghosla MunjalHindi
Shikar Police Officer Rajesh YadavBengali
Kranti Bengali
2007Dus Din PoreDevaBengali
Sakhi Rahila ae Singha DuaraOdia
2008 Neel Rajar Deshe KidnapperBengali
2009Chha-e ChhutiRajesh Sharma (himself)Bengali
2010 Ishqiya Kamalkant Kakkad aka KKHindi
2011 No One Killed Jessica N.K. (Cop)Hindi
Bedeni Bengali
Bye Bye Bangkok Bengali
Oh My LoveBengali
PaapiBengali
PunorutthanBengali
Bindas PremBengali
Chillar Party L. N. TondonHindi
SystemBengali
Baishe Srabon Amit SrivastavBengali
The Dirty Picture Selva GaneshHindi
2012 Chaalis Chauraasi Mahesh NaikHindi
Goraay GondogolBengali
Laptop Bengali
8:08 Er Bongaon Local Shishir (Cop)Bengali
Teen Yaari Katha Bengali
Om ShantiManjilBengali
Life in Park Street Bengali
DarlingPayel's FatherBengali
PassportBengali
Astra Inspector SanyalBengali
Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana Tito MamaHindi
Strings Of PassionShekhar BanerjeeHindi
2013 Special 26 Joginder KhuranaHindi
Kagojer Nouka Bengali
Ghanchakkar PandittHindi
2013 Ganesh Talkies Bengali [7]
B.A. Pass KhannaHindi
Shuddh Desi Romance Mausa JiHindi
Mishawr Rawhoshyo Narendra VermaBengali
Nirbhoya Bengali
2014PizzaHindi
Strings of Passion Hindi, Bengali
Pendulum Bengali
The Xposé Inspector Raj GroverHindi
Taan Bengali
Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami Daya Shankar PandeyHindi
2015 Tevar Mahendar SinghHindi
Dolly Ki Doli Ramesh SherawatHindi
Tanu Weds Manu Returns Om Prakash SaangwaanHindi
Bajrangi Bhaijaan Hamid KhanHindi
Amanush 2 Bengali
2016PalkiWakilHindi[ citation needed ]
Azhar M. K. SharmaHindi
M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Keshav Banerjee (Dhoni's first coach)Hindi
Bhawani MandiVirendar Singh NarukaHindi
Romantic Noy Bengali
Double Feluda Mr. SukhwaniBengali
2017 Begum Jaan ShyamHindi
Hindi Medium MLAHindi
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha MathurHindi
Lucknow Central PanditHindi
Panchlait MulgainHindi
Game OverRangeen AwasthiHindi[ citation needed ]
2018 Nanu Ki Jaanu BhaliHindi
Race 3 Brij Mohan (Brijesh)Hindi
Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se Advocate BhatiaHindi
Tuski Bengali
KeloDr SenBengali
Golak Bugni Bank Te Batua Money ExchangerPunjabi
Kishore Kumar Junior FirozBengali
Dotara Bengali
Vada Chennai Chanchal Tamil
FryDay InspectorHindi
The Past GurujiHindi
2019 22 Yards [8] Hindi
The Tashkent Files Omkar KashyapHindi
India's Most Wanted Rajesh SinghHindi
Nakkash Senior InspectorHindi
One Day: Justice Delivered Pankaj SinghHindi
Super 30 BachchiHindi
Kissebaaz D. D. ShuklaHindi
Batla House Shailesh AryaHindi
Mardaani 2 Amit SharmaHindi
Purba Paschim Dakshin Bengali
Jhootha Kahin Ka Goga (Varun's maternal uncle)Hindi
Dream Girl Mauji (W Ji)Hindi
Dabangg 3 Minister S. S. SharmaHindi
Pati Patni Aur Woh Prem TripathiHindi
2020 Laxmii Sachin RajputHindi Disney Plus Hotstar film
2021 Kya Meri Sonam Gupta Bewafa Hai? Travel AgentHindi Zee5 film
Bhavai Hindi [9]
Dybbuk Ezra's DadHindi Amazon Prime Video film
2022 Mere Desh Ki Dharti KishanlalHindi
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 Kulwant Thakur: Reet's uncleHindi
Ramrajya M. P. ShuklaHindi
Tadka Bavarchi (cook)Hindi ZEE5 film
Darlings KaseemHindi Netflix film
2023 Mrs Undercover Chief RangeelaHindi Zee5 film
U-Turn [ citation needed ]HSP SaxenaHindi Zee5 film
Chatrapathi Hindi
Minus 31: The Nagpur Files Anupam SharmaHindi
Mission Raniganj Govardhan Roy (MLA)Hindi
2024 Dard Multilingual film;
India Bangladesh joint venture;
Pan-Indian film
Tauba Tera Jalwa ProfessorHindi[ citation needed ]
Aakhir Palaayan Kab Tak SunilHindi
IRahDhananjayHindi
Crew Prithviraj MittalHindi
Wild Wild Punjab SHO Avtar SinghHindi
Pad Gaye Pange ShastriHindi
Navras Katha Collage superstarHindi
Kahan Shuru Kahan Khatam Sumer Singh ChaudharyHindi
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Meera's uncleHindi
2025 Mission Grey House Hindi; [10]

Web series

YearTitleRoleLanguagePlatformNotes
2018 Life Sahi Hai Maid agency ownerHindi ZEE5 [11]
2020Kark RogueRavikant AgarwalBengali, Hindi [12]
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 [13]

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