Rajit Kapur

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Rajit Kapur
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Kapur in 2011
Born (1963-05-22) 22 May 1963 (age 62)
Amritsar, Punjab, India
Nationality Indian
Alma mater Sydenham College (BCom)
Occupation(s) Actor, director, writer, producer
Known for Byomkesh Bakshi , The Making of the Mahatma , Agnisakshi , Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda

Rajit Kapur (born 22 May 1963) is an Indian film and theatre actor and director. He is known for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in the 1996 film, The Making of the Mahatma for which he won the National Film Award for Best Actor. Other notable roles are as the protagonist Unni in the Malayalam film Agnisakshi , and the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi in the eponymous television series , directed by Basu Chatterjee and broadcast on Doordarshan. His debut film was Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1992), directed by Shyam Benegal.

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Life

Rajit Kapur was born in Amritsar, India on 22 May 1963 in a Punjabi family. [1] [2] [3] He received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Sydenham College. [3] [4] Kapur is unmarried and has no children. [5]

Career

When Rajit Kapur was 12 years old, he acted in a children's TV drama on Doordarshan. After 10 years, while working as a stage manager, he acted in the TV series Ghar Jamai, which was his first acting role in a TV series. [6] The 1992 film titled Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda directed by Shyam Benegal was his debut film. [2] Kapur played the role of the famous Bengali detective Byomkesh Bakshi in the eponymously named TV series, Byomkesh Bakshi (1993). Byomkesh Bakshi is a fictitious character created by the popular Bengali writer Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. Basu Chatterjee directed a TV show based on the stories of Bandyopadhyay, and Rajit Kapur played the lead role. The show was very popular and Rajit Kapur achieved his first media recognition through this show. Kapur is also a very prominent theatre actor and director in India. He acted in Malayalam film Agnisakshi in 1999 which won numerous acclodes including National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam, and he was awarded Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor. [7]

He has also acted in several commercially successful movies like Kick , Uri: The Surgical Strike and Raazi . His latest work is The Threshold. [7] Kapur starred in Deepti Naval's film titled Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish which was supposed to release in 2012 in India [5] but was released on Netflix in 2019. [8] In 2022, Kapur acted in his first Punjabi language film Birha – The Journey Back Home. The short won the ‘Best film award’ at Amsterdam International Film Festival, Hollywood Shorts FEST, Los Angeles Film Awards (LAFA), New York Indian Film Festival, Calcutta International Cult Film Festival and at the Gangtok International Film Festival. [9] [10] 2023 saw the release of Mission Majnu and Mujib: The Making of a Nation and in both films he played the role of Pakistan's Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. [11] [12]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
1989 Jazeere Raul Govind Nilhani
1992 Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda Manik Mulla Shyam Benegal
1994 Mammo Riyaz (Adult) Shyam Benegal First film in "Shyam Benegal's Muslim Trilogy"
Charachar Lakhinder Buddhadeb Dasgupta
1995Limited ManuskiSadanand BorseJayoo Patwardhan

Nachiket Patwardhan

Marathi film
1996 The Making of the Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Shyam BenegalWon National Film Award for Best Actor
Sardari Begum Sadiq MoosviShyam BenegalSecond film in "Shyam Benegal's Muslim Trilogy"
1998 Train to Pakistan Iqbal Pamela Rooks
Ghulam Jai Vikram Bhatt
1999 Samar Shyam Benegal
Agnisakshi Unni Shyamaprasad Malayalam film, Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor
2000 Hari-Bhari KhurshidShyam Benegal
2001 Dattak Sunil Gul Bahar Singh
Censor Dev Anand
Zubeidaa Riyaz MasudShyam BenegalThird film in "Shyam Benegal's Muslim Trilogy"
2002OctaveDr. Gujaral Shaji N. Karun
Nishad Dr. Gopi Gujaral Shaji N. Karun
Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai Prakash Manoj Punj
Abaidha Gul Bahar Singh Bengali film
2003 Ek Alag Mausam George K.P. Sasi
2004 Rok Sako To Rok Lo Sweety's husband Arindam Chaudhuri
2005 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero Abid Hasan Shyam Benegal
Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara Ronu Chaudhary Jahnu Barua
2006 Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante Dr. Viren GoenkaTanveer Khan
2007Dahek - A Restless MindAjay MathurAroop Adhikari
2008 Welcome to Sajjanpur CollectorShyam Benegal
2009 Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish Debu Deepti Naval Premiered at 2009 Cannes Film Festival

Direct-to-video

Gulmohar Deven Gajendra Ahire
Yeh Mera India Arun Talreja N. Chandra
Blue Oranges NileshRajesh Ganguly
Morning Walk IndraArup Dutta
Marega Salaa Rahul AwasthiDevang Dholakia
2010 Guzaarish Public Prosecutor, Vipin Patel Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Well Done Abba Inspector Rishab Reddy Shyam Benegal
2011 Shaitan Amy's Father Bejoy Nambiar
Dam 999 ShankaranSohan royUAE–Indian co-production film
Monica Raj JaitleySushen Bhatnagar
2013 Singh Saab the Great Iqbal Anil Sharma
Mishawr Rawhoshyo Al Mamun Srijit Mukherji Bengali film
2014 Dishkiyaoon Viki's DadSanamjit Singhalwar
Kick Dr. Jayant Verma Sajid Nadiadwala
2015 Uvaa PrincipalJasbir Bhaati
Roy Detective WadiaVikramjit Singh
2016 Anna: Kisan Baburao Hazare Shashank Udapurkara
Baar Baar Dekho Panditji Nitya Mehra Special appearance
Ki & Ka Mr. Kumar Bansal R. Balki
2017 A Gentleman Kavya's father Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.
The Wishing TreeFatima's FatherManika Sharma
Begum Jaan Ilias KhanSrijit Mukherji
2018 Raazi Hidayat Khan Meghna Gulzar
Phir Se... Krish Kunal KohliAjay Bhuyan
MehramIkhlaque SiddiquiZain AnwarShort film released on ZEE5 [13]
2019 Bypass Road PratapNaman Nitin Mukesh [14]
22 Yards Mitali Ghoshal
Uri: The Surgical Strike Prime Minister of India Aditya Dhar
Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish Debu Deepti Naval
2020Fitrat Taher Ali Baig Short film [15]
2021 Nail Polish Judge Kishore BhushanBugs Bhargava KrishnaA legal thriller, a ZEE5 originals film
2022 Attack: Part 1 Home Minister Digvijay SinghLakshya Raj Anand
Life's Good Anant Mahadevan
Rocketry: The Nambi Effect Vikram Sarabhai Madhavan A biographical drama film. [16] [17]
Code Name: Tiranga Kabir Ali Ribhu Dasgupta [18]
Birha – The Journey Back HomePuneet Prakash Punjabi short film released in JioCinema [10]
2023 Mission Majnu Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Shantanu Bagchi [11]
Mujib: The Making of a Nation Zulfikar Ali BhuttoShyam Benegal [12]
2024 Chhatrapati Sambhaji Aurangzeb Rakesh Subesingh Dulgaj [19]
2024 Paani Marathi film

Plays

Television series

Year(s)TitleCredited asNotes
ActorDirectorRole
1986Ghar JamaiYes
1991 Kshitij Ye Nahi Yes
1993 Byomkesh Bakshi Yes Byomkesh Bakshi Season 1
1995-96YugantarYes
1997-98JunoonYes
1997 Byomkesh Bakshi YesByomkesh BakshiSeason 2
1999 Star Bestsellers YesYesEpisode entitled "Tripti". Also, writer and producer.
Star Bestsellers YesEpisode 12 –"Prayas"
Star Bestsellers YesYesEpisode 8 –"Shuruaat". Also, producer.
2001 Rishtey –The Love Stories YesShastriEpisode 158 –"Poorab Aur Pashchim"
2014 Samvidhaan Yes Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer
2015Bang Baaja BaaraatYesWeb series
2019 Bard of Blood YesSadiq ShaikhNetflix series
TVF Tripling Yes Satyanweshi Season 2 of the web series
2022 Rocket Boys Yes Jawaharlal Nehru SonyLIV
2024-presentSardar: The Game ChangerYes Vallabhbhai Patel DD National

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "My Intriguing Conversation With The Only Actor To Have Played Modi, Nehru and Gandhi". YouTube. UNFILTERED by Samdish. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Happy Birthday Rajit Kapur: From Ghulam to Raazi, a look at the actor's notable performances". Firstpost . 21 May 2022. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  3. 1 2 Ghosh, Ananya (17 August 2019). "Personal Agenda with Rajit Kapur: "I danced to Hindi pop tunes in an all-gold outfit on my 40th birthday!"". Hindustan Times . Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Guftagoo with Rajit Kapur". YouTube. Sansad TV. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  5. 1 2 "'I am married to theatre'". Deccan Herald . 17 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  6. ↑ Ghosh, Ananya (5 August 2022). "Nostalgia with Rajit Kapur, "I only had some pocket money, no bank balance"". Hindustan Times . Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Koimoi Recommends The Threshold: Neena Gupta - Rajit Kapoor Starrer Talks About The Moment A Woman Walks Out & The Male Privilege Crashes". Koimoi. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Is Do Paise Ki Dhoop Chaar Aane Ki Baarish (2009) on Netflix Singapore?". whatsnewonnetflix.com.
  9. ↑ "Rajit Kapur, Manav Vij's Birha gets selected at The Ottawa Indian Film Festival Awards". Firstpost. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  10. 1 2 "Punjabi short film 'Birha' wins hearts at international film fests". Telangana Today. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  11. 1 2 Jawaid, Farheen (5 February 2023). "Mission Majnu: Threadbare thriller about Indian tailor-spy in Pakistan 'needs stitches'". Geo TV . Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  12. 1 2 "Mujib The Making of a Nation trailer: Shyam Benegal's film shows Arifin Shuvoo as Mujibur Rahman leading 1971 war". Hindustan Times . 1 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  13. ↑ "Mehram actor Farida Jalal: Today's films lack soul". The Indian Express. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  14. ↑ "'Bypass Road': Neil Nitin Mukesh is all praise for senior actor Rajit Kapur - Movies to look forward to". The Times of India.
  15. ↑ "FITRAT BY TAHER ALI BAIG". 9 April 2020.
  16. ↑ Scroll Staff (31 October 2018). "'Rocketry – The Nambi Effect' teaser: Madhavan presents scientist Nambi Narayanan's story". Scroll.in.
  17. ↑ "R. Madhavan: 95 per cent of Indians don't know about Nambi Narayanan, which I think is a crime". 1 November 2018.
  18. ↑ "Parineeti Chopra and Harrdy Sandhu quietly begin shooting for Ribhu Dasgupta's action thriller in Turkey". Bollywood Hungama. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  19. ↑ More, Priya (1 February 2024). "Chhatrapati Sambhaji Movie: 'छत्रपती संभाजी' २ फेब्रुवारीला येणार भेटीला, 'या' ५ भाषांमध्ये होणार रिलीज". Saam TV Marathi News (in Marathi). Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  20. ↑ "N e w S". Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
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