Rajesh Tailang

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Rajesh Tailang
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Rajesh Tailang with Best Film Award for Siddharth at Beijing Film Festival 2014
Born (1970-10-10) 10 October 1970 (age 53)
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor
Notable work Siddharth (2013 film)

Rajesh Tailang is an Indian actor. He is best known to international audiences for his role in Siddharth , [1] for which he garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actor at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards. [2] He also wrote the dialogues for Siddharth and for Amal . Besides being an actor and writer, he is a poet as well. He is the brother of late cartoonist Sudhir Tailang.

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He has also appeared in the films Phantom , Dev , Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa , Thakshak , Amal , Umrika and The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel , and the television series Shanti . He also had supporting roles in Netflix Originals Selection Day and Delhi Crime along with Amazon Prime Original Mirzapur .

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa Somu's Father
2004 Dev ACP Waman Bhonsle
2005 Mangal Pandey: The Rising Brahmin Sepoy of India
2007 Amal Dhaba Owner
2013 Siddharth Mahendra Saini [3]
2015 Umrika Postman
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Babul
Phantom Raw Agent Alok
2017 Haseena Parkar Advocate Shyam Keswani [4] [5]
2018 Omerta General Mahmood
Mukkabaaz Shravan's Father [6]
Aiyaary Brigadier K Srinivas
2019 Commando 3 Roy
2020 Panga National Coach Sinha
Comedy Couple Mukesh
2021 Pagglait Tarun Netflix Release
2022 Khuda Haafiz: Chapter 2 – Agni Pariksha TV News Reporter Ravi Kumar
2024 Ulajh TBA [7] [8]

Short films

YearFilmsRoleDirectorNotes
2015Mast QalandarMasterDivij RoopchandBest Student Film at the Manchester International Film Festival 2016 and Best Short Film at Flicks International Student Short Film Festival. [9]
2016Zoya (Short)ZoologistSahirr SethhiPremiered at 2016 Palm Springs International ShortFest [10]

Web series

YearTitleRolePlatform
1995ShantiManu Doordarshan
2018–present Mirzapur Ramakant Pandit Amazon Prime Video
2018 Selection Day Mohan Kumar Netflix
2019–present Delhi Crime Bhupender Singh Netflix
2020 Crackdown Ashvini Rao Voot
2020 Bandish Bandits Rajendra Amazon Prime Video
2021 Dhindora Parshad YouTube
2021 Andaman UPSC Interview panel chairman Dailymotion
2022 Dahan: Raakan Ka Rahasya Parimal Singh Disney+ Hotstar
2023 Trial By Fire Veer Singh Netflix

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