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'''Raj Singh Chaudhary''' is an Indian actor, screenwriter and model best known for his lead role in the 2009 [[Bollywood|Hindi-language]] film, ''[[Gulaal]]''. He has appeared in various other films such as ''[[Kuch Naa Kaho]]'' and ''[[Black Friday (2004 film)|Black Friday]]'' and as a lead in ''[[Antardwand]]'' (2010).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-05/news-interviews/28166339_1_gulaal-software-firm-true-story|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103062346/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-05/news-interviews/28166339_1_gulaal-software-firm-true-story|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 November 2012|title=There's no stopping Raj|date=5 May 2009|first1=Roshni|work=[[The Times of India]]|last1=Mukherjee}}</ref>

==Early life and career==
Chaudhary was born in Darjeeling, India. After pursuing a career in modelling and earning his degree in software engineering from [[BMS College of Engineering]], he opened his own company in [[Bangalore]]{{cn|date=June 2021}}. When Chaudhary was defrauded by his business partners he took an opportunity to move to Mumbai in order pursue a new career in acting. Chaudhary was inspired to write his own script after seeing the film ''[[Satya (1998 film)|Satya]]'' with its script written by [[Anurag Kashyap]]. Drawing on experiences from his college days, he worked on his script which focused on the practice of [[ragging]], the physical and mental abuse of students in educational institutions. After the film in which he was supposed to appear fell through, Chaudhary took his script to director Kashyap who became his mentor.<ref name=anurag>{{cite news | last= Jha | first= Sumit | title= Anurag is more than Godfather to me | url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-03-27/news-interviews/28023489_1_raj-singh-chaudhary-first-film-godfather | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110811034656/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-03-27/news-interviews/28023489_1_raj-singh-chaudhary-first-film-godfather | url-status= dead | archive-date= 11 August 2011 | date= 27 March 2009 | work= [[The Times of India]] | access-date=9 April 2009 }}</ref> Kashyap wrote a new screenplay based on Chaudhary's original script for what would eventually become the film ''Gulaal''.<ref>{{cite web | title= Raj Singh Chaudhury: Gulaal changed my life | url= http://www.starboxoffice.com/newsDetails.aspx?xfile=2009/April/News_20090403_16 | date= 4 April 2009 | publisher=StarBoxOffice.com | access-date=9 April 2009 }}</ref> In addition to his work on ''Gulaal'', Chaudhury also assisted on the set of ''[[Black Friday (2004 film)|Black Friday]]'' while playing a minor role and wrote the short story on which ''[[No Smoking (2007 film)|No Smoking]]'' is based. He appeared in the 2003 film ''Kuch Naa Kaho'' which starred [[Aishwarya Rai]] and [[Abhishek Bachchan]]. He next appeared in Sushil Rajpal's film ''[[Antardwand]]'' which won the 2007 [[National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues|National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues]] and was released in 2010; his upcoming project is the Irffan Khan, Abhay Deol starrer ''Karmaya''.<ref name=anurag/>

==Filmography==

===Actor===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|- style="background:#CCC; text-align:center;"
! Year!! Film !! Role !! Director !! Other notes
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Kuch Naa Kaho]]''
| Ajay Sehgal
| Rohan Sippy
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Black Friday (2004 film)|Black Friday]]''
| Mushtaq Tarani
| Anurag Kashyap
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Gulaal]]''
| Dileep Singh
| Anurag Kashyap
|Also writer
|-
| 2010
| ''Ek Anhonee''
| Josheph
| Dhiraj Kotkar
| A very good thrilling suspense
|-
|rowspan= 4| 2010
|''[[The Waiting Room (2010 film)|The Waiting Room]]''
| Karan
|[[Maneej Premnath]]
|
|-
|''[[Antardwand]]''
| Raghuveer
|Sushil Rajpal
|[[National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues|National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues]]
|-
|''Old Monk''
|
|
|Announced
|-

|}

===Writer===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|- style="background:#CCC; text-align:center;"
! Year!! Film
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Gulaal]]''
|-
| 2007
| ''[[No Smoking (2007 film)|No Smoking]]''
|}

===Director===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|- style="background:#CCC; text-align:center;"
! Year!! Film!! Platform
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Shaadisthan]]''
| Disney+ Hotstar
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1758779}}

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[[Category:Indian male film actors]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Darjeeling]]
[[Category:Male actors in Hindi cinema]]
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