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{{Short description|Indian actor (b. 1963)}}
{{distinguish|Rajat Kapoor}}
{{distinguish|Rajat Kapoor}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2021}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Rajit Kapur
| name = Rajit Kapur
| image = Rajit Kapoor.jpg
| image = Rajit Kapur.jpg
| alt =Kapur at Kashish Film Festival 2011
| alt = Kapur in 2011
| caption =Kapur at Kashish Film Festival 2011
| caption = Kapur in 2011
| birth_name =  
| birth_name =  
| birth_date =<!-- {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1960|08|27}} -->
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1963|08|27}}  
| birth_place = [[Amritsar]], [[East Punjab|Punjab]], [[India]]
| birth_place = [[Amritsar]], [[East Punjab|Punjab]], [[India]]
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
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| alma_mater= [[Sydenham College]]
| alma_mater= [[Sydenham College]]
| occupation = [[Actor]], director, writer, producer
| occupation = [[Actor]], director, writer, producer
| known_for = [[Byomkesh Bakshi (TV series)|Byomkesh Bakshi]], [[The Making of the Mahatma]], [[Agnisakshi (1999 film)|Agnisakshi]], [[Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda]]
| known_for = ''[[Byomkesh Bakshi (TV series)|Byomkesh Bakshi]]'', ''[[The Making of the Mahatma]]'', ''[[Agnisakshi (1999 film)|Agnisakshi]]'', ''[[Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda]]''
| spouse =
| spouse =
| signature =
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Rajit Kapur played the role of the famous [[Bengalis|Bengali]] detective [[Byomkesh Bakshi]] in the eponymously named TV series, ''[[Byomkesh Bakshi (1993 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.  
Rajit Kapur played the role of the famous [[Bengalis|Bengali]] detective [[Byomkesh Bakshi]] in the eponymously named TV series, ''[[Byomkesh Bakshi (1993 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 (1999 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]].
He acted in Malayalam film ''[[Agnisakshi (1999 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]].
He has also acted in several commercially successful movies like [[Kick (2014 film)|Kick]], [[Uri: The Surgical Strike]], and [[Raazi]].
He has also acted in several commercially successful movies like [[Kick (2014 film)|Kick]], [[Uri: The Surgical Strike]], and [[Raazi]]. His latest work is The Threshold.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-10|title=Koimoi Recommends The Threshold: Neena Gupta - Rajit Kapoor Starrer Talks About The Moment A Woman Walks Out & The Male Privilege Crashes|url=https://www.koimoi.com/television/koimoi-recommends-the-threshold-neena-gupta-rajit-kapoor-starrer-talks-about-the-moment-a-woman-walks-out-the-male-privilege-crashes/|access-date=2021-05-15|website=Koimoi|language=en-US}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
!Year
! Title !! Role !! Director !! Notes
!Title
!Role
!Director
!Notes
|-
|-
| 2021
|1992
| ''[[Nail Polish (film)|Nail Polish]]'' || Judge Kishore Bhushan || Bugs Bhargava Krishna  || A legal thriller
|''[[Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda]]''
|Manik Mulla
|Shyam Benegal
|
|-
|-
| 2020
| rowspan="2" |1994
| ''[[Rocketry: The Nambi Effect]]'' || [[Vikram Sarabhai]]  || [[R. Madhavan|Madhavan]]  ||A [[Biographical film|biographical]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/reel/900365/rocketry-the-nambi-effect-teaser-madhavan-presents-scientist-nambi-narayans-story|title='Rocketry – The Nambi Effect' teaser: Madhavan presents scientist Nambi Narayanan's story|author=Scroll Staff|website=Scroll.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/madhavan-nambi-narayanan-rocketry-the-nambi-effec-5428666/|title=R. Madhavan: 95 per cent of Indians don't know about Nambi Narayanan, which I think is a crime|date=1 November 2018}}</ref> 
|''[[Mammo]]''
|Riyaz (Adult)
|Shyam Benegal
|First film in "Shyam Benegal's Muslim Trilogy"
|-
|-
| 2020
|''[[Charachar]]''
| '' Fitrat '' ||    || [[Taher Ali Baig]] || Short film<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hlc-cultcritic.com/fitrat-by-taher-ali-baig/|title=FITRAT BY TAHER ALI BAIG|date=9 April 2020}}</ref>
|Lakhinder
|[[Buddhadeb Dasgupta]]
|
|-
|-
| 2019
|1995
|''[[Bypass Road (film)|Bypass Road]]''|| Pratap || Naman Nitin Mukesh ||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/photo-features/movies-to-look-forward-to/bypass-road-neil-nitin-mukesh-is-all-praise-for-senior-actor-rajit-kapur/photostory/69514673.cms|title='Bypass Road': Neil Nitin Mukesh is all praise for senior actor Rajit Kapur - Movies to look forward to|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
|''Limited Manuski''
|Sadanand Borse
|Jayoo Patwardhan
Nachiket Patwardhan
|Marathi film
|-
|-
| TBD
| rowspan="2" |1996
|''[[Life's Good (film)|Life's Good]] ''|| TBA || [[Anant Mahadevan]] ||
|''[[The Making of the Mahatma]]''
|[[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]]
|Shyam Benegal
|Won [[National Film Award for Best Actor]]
|-
|-
|2019
|''[[Sardari Begum]]''
|''[[22 Yards]]''
|Sadiq Moosvi
|Shyam Benegal
|Second film in "Shyam Benegal's Muslim Trilogy"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1998
|''[[Train to Pakistan (film)|Train to Pakistan]]''
|Iqbal
|[[Pamela Rooks]]
|
|
|Mitali Ghoshal
|-
|''[[Ghulam (film)|Ghulam]]''
|Jai
|[[Vikram Bhatt]]
|
|
|-
|-
| 2019
| rowspan="2" |1999
|''[[Uri: The Surgical Strike]]''||Prime Minister of India||[[Aditya Dhar]] ||
|''[[Samar (1999 film)|Samar]]''
|
|Shyam Benegal
|
|-
|-
| 2018
|''[[Agnisakshi (1999 film)|Agnisakshi]]''
|''[[Raazi]]''|| Hidayat Khan || [[Meghna Gulzar]] ||
|Unni
|[[Shyamaprasad]]
|Malayalam film, [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor]]
|-
|-
| 2018
|2000
|''[[Phir Se...]]''|| Krish || [[Kunal Kohli]]<br>Ajay Bhuyan ||
|''[[Hari-Bhari]]''
|Khurshid
|Shyam Benegal
|
|-
|-
| 2017
| rowspan="3" |2001
|''[[A Gentleman]]''|| Kavya's father || [[Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.]] ||  
|''[[Dattak]]''
|Sunil
|[[Gul Bahar Singh]]
|
|-
|-
| 2017
|''[[Censor (2001 film)|Censor]]''
|''The Wishing Tree''|| Fatima's Father || Manika Sharma ||  
|
|[[Dev Anand]]
|
|-
|-
| 2017
|''[[Zubeidaa]]''
|''[[Begum Jaan]]''|| Ilias Khan ||  Srijit Mukherji ||
|Riyaz Masud
|Shyam Benegal
|Third film in "Shyam Benegal's Muslim Trilogy"
|-
|-
| 2016
| rowspan="4" |2002
|''[[Anna (2016 film)|Anna: Kisan Baburao Hazare]]''||  || Shashank Udapurkara ||
|''Octave''
|Dr. Gujaral
|[[Shaji N. Karun]]
|
|-
|-
| 2016
|''[[Nishad (2002 film)|Nishad]]''
|''[[Baar Baar Dekho]]''|| Panditji || [[Nitya Mehra]] || Special appearance
|Dr. Gopi Gujaral
|[[Shaji N. Karun]]
|
|-
|-
| 2016
|''[[Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai]]''
|''[[Ki & Ka]]''|| Mr. Kumar Bansal || [[R. Balki]] ||  
|Prakash
|[[Manoj Punj]]
|
|-
|-
| 2015
|''[[Abaidha]]''
|''[[Uvaa]]''|| Principal || Jasbir Bhaati ||
|
|[[Gul Bahar Singh]]
|Bengali film
|-
|-
| 2015
|2003
|''[[Roy (film)|Roy]]''|| Detective Wadia || Vikramjit Singh ||
|''[[Ek Alag Mausam]]''
|George
|[[K.P. Sasi]]
|
|-
|-
| 2014
|2004
|''[[Dishkiyaoon]]''|| Viki's Dad || Sanamjit Singhalwar ||
|''[[Rok Sako To Rok Lo]]''
|Sweety's husband
|[[Arindam Chaudhuri]]
|
|-
|-
| 2014
| rowspan="2" |2005
|''[[Kick (2014 film)|Kick]]''|| Dr. Jayant Verma || [[Sajid Nadiadwala]] ||
|''[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero]]''
|[[Abid Hasan]]
|Shyam Benegal
|
|-
|-
| 2013
|''[[Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara]]''
|''[[Singh Saab the Great]]''|| Iqbal || [[Anil Sharma]] ||
|Ronu Chaudhary
|[[Jahnu Barua]]
|
|-
|-
| 2013
|2006
|''[[Mishawr Rawhoshyo]]''|| Al Mamun || [[Srijit Mukherji]] || Bengali film
|''[[Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante]]''
|Dr. Viren Goenka
|Tanveer Khan
|
|-
|-
| 2011
|2007
|''[[Shaitan (film)|Shaitan]]''|| Amy's Father || [[Bejoy Nambiar]] ||
|''Dahek - A Restless Mind''
|Ajay Mathur
|Aroop Adhikari
|
|-
|-
| 2011
|2008
|''[[Dam 999]]''|| Shankaran || Sohan roy || UAE–Indian co-production film
|''[[Welcome to Sajjanpur]]''
|Collector
|Shyam Benegal
|
|-
|-
| 2011
| rowspan="5" |2009
|''[[Monica (film)|Monica]]''|| Raj Jaitley ||  Sushen Bhatnagar ||
|''[[Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish]]''
|Debu
|[[Deepti Naval]]
|Premiered at [[2009 Cannes Film Festival]]
Direct-to-video
|-
|-
| 2010
|''[[Yeh Mera India]]''
|''[[Guzaarish (2010 film)|Guzaarish]]''|| Public Prosecutor, Vipin Patel || [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]] ||
|Arun Talreja
|[[N. Chandra]]
|
|-
|-
| 2010
|''[[Blue Oranges]]''
|''[[Well Done Abba]]''|| Inspector Rishab Reddy || [[Shyam Benegal]] ||  
|Nilesh
|Rajesh Ganguly
|
|-
|-
| 2009
|''[[Morning Walk]]''
|''[[Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish]] ''|| Debu || [[Deepti Naval]] || Premiered at [[2009 Cannes Film Festival]] <br/> Direct-to-video
|Indra
|Arup Dutta
|
|-
|-
| 2009
|''[[Marega Salaa]]''
|''[[Yeh Mera India]]''|| Arun Talreja || [[N. Chandra]] ||
|Rahul Awasthi
|Devang Dholakia
|
|-
|-
| 2009
| rowspan="2" |2010
|''[[Blue Oranges]]''|| Nilesh || Rajesh Ganguly ||
|''[[Guzaarish (2010 film)|Guzaarish]]''
|Public Prosecutor, Vipin Patel
|[[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]]
|
|-
|-
| 2009
|''[[Well Done Abba]]''
|''[[Morning Walk]]''|| Indra || Arup Dutta ||
|Inspector Rishab Reddy
|[[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|-
|-
| 2009
| rowspan="3" |2011
|''[[Marega Salaa]]''|| Rahul Awasthi || Devang Dholakia ||
|''[[Shaitan (film)|Shaitan]]''
|Amy's Father
|[[Bejoy Nambiar]]
|
|-
|-
| 2008
|''[[Dam 999]]''
|''[[Welcome to Sajjanpur]]''|| Collector || Shyam Benegal ||
|Shankaran
|Sohan roy
|UAE–Indian co-production film
|-
|-
| 2007
|''[[Monica (2011 film)|Monica]]''
|''Dahek - A Restless Mind''|| Ajay Mathur ||  Aroop Adhikari ||
|Raj Jaitley
|Sushen Bhatnagar
|
|-
|-
| 2006
| rowspan="2" |2013
|''[[Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante]]''|| Dr. Viren Goenka || Tanveer Khan ||
|''[[Singh Saab the Great]]''
|Iqbal
|[[Anil Sharma]]
|
|-
|-
| 2005
|''[[Mishawr Rawhoshyo]]''
|''[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero]] ''||[[Abid Hasan]] || Shyam Benegal ||
|Al Mamun
|[[Srijit Mukherji]]
|Bengali film
|-
|-
| 2005
| rowspan="2" |2014
|''[[Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara]]''|| Ronu Chaudhary || [[Jahnu Barua]] ||
|''[[Dishkiyaoon]]''
|Viki's Dad
|Sanamjit Singhalwar
|
|-
|-
| 2004
|''[[Kick (2014 film)|Kick]]''
|''[[Rok Sako To Rok Lo]]''|| Sweety's husband || [[Arindam Chaudhuri]] ||
|Dr. Jayant Verma
|[[Sajid Nadiadwala]]
|
|-
|-
| 2003
| rowspan="2" |2015
|''[[Ek Alag Mausam]]''|| George || [[K.P. Sasi]] ||
|''[[Uvaa]]''
|Principal
|Jasbir Bhaati
|
|-
|-
| 2002
|''[[Roy (2015 film)|Roy]]''
|''Octave''|| Dr. Gujaral || [[Shaji N. Karun]] ||
|Detective Wadia
|Vikramjit Singh
|
|-
|-
| 2002
| rowspan="3" |2016
|''[[Nishad (2002 film)|Nishad]]''|| Dr. Gopi Gujaral || [[Shaji N. Karun]] ||
|''[[Anna (2016 film)|Anna: Kisan Baburao Hazare]]''
|
|Shashank Udapurkara
|
|-
|-
| 2002
|''[[Baar Baar Dekho]]''
|''[[Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai]]''|| Prakash || [[Manoj Punj]] ||
|Panditji
|[[Nitya Mehra]]
|Special appearance
|-
|-
| 2002
|''[[Ki & Ka]]''
|''[[Abaidha]]''||  || [[Gul Bahar Singh]] || Bengali film
|Mr. Kumar Bansal
|[[R. Balki]]
|
|-
|-
| 2001
| rowspan="3" |2017
|''[[Dattak]]''|| Sunil || [[Gul Bahar Singh]] ||
|''[[A Gentleman]]''
|Kavya's father
|[[Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.]]
|
|-
|-
| 2001
|''The Wishing Tree''
|''[[Censor (film)|Censor]]''|| || [[Dev Anand]] ||
|Fatima's Father
|Manika Sharma
|
|-
|-
| 2001
|''[[Begum Jaan]]''
|''[[Zubeidaa]]''|| Riyaz Masud || Shyam Benegal || Third film in "Shyam Benegal's Muslim Trilogy"
|Ilias Khan
|Srijit Mukherji
|
|-
|-
| 2000
| rowspan="3" |2018
|''[[Hari-Bhari]]''|| Khurshid || Shyam Benegal ||
|''[[Raazi]]''
|Hidayat Khan
|[[Meghna Gulzar]]
|
|-
|-
| 1999
|''[[Phir Se...]]''
|''[[Samar (1999 film)|Samar]]''|| || Shyam Benegal ||
|Krish
|[[Kunal Kohli]]Ajay Bhuyan
|
|-
|-
| 1999
|''Mehram''
|''[[Agnisakshi (1999 film)|Agnisakshi]]''|| Unni || [[Shyamaprasad]] || Malayalam film, [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor]]
|Ikhlaque Siddiqui
|Zain Anwar
|Short film released on [[ZEE5]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-08-24|title=Mehram actor Farida Jalal: Today’s films lack soul|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/farida-jalal-films-mehram-5321808/|access-date=2021-04-08|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 1998
| rowspan="3" |2019
|''[[Train to Pakistan (film)|Train to Pakistan]]''|| Iqbal || [[Pamela Rooks]] ||
|''[[Bypass Road (film)|Bypass Road]]''
|Pratap
|Naman Nitin Mukesh
|<ref>{{Cite web|title='Bypass Road': Neil Nitin Mukesh is all praise for senior actor Rajit Kapur - Movies to look forward to|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/photo-features/movies-to-look-forward-to/bypass-road-neil-nitin-mukesh-is-all-praise-for-senior-actor-rajit-kapur/photostory/69514673.cms|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 1998
|''[[22 Yards]]''
|''[[Ghulam (film)|Ghulam]]''|| Jai || [[Vikram Bhatt]] ||
|
|Mitali Ghoshal
|
|-
|-
| 1996
|''[[Uri: The Surgical Strike]]''
|''[[The Making of the Mahatma]] ''||[[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] || Shyam Benegal || Won [[National Film Award for Best Actor]]
|Prime Minister of India
|[[Aditya Dhar]]
|
|-
|-
| 1996
| rowspan="2" |2020
|''[[Sardari Begum]]''|| Sadiq Moosvi || Shyam Benegal || Second film in "Shyam Benegal's Muslim Trilogy"
|''[[Rocketry: The Nambi Effect]]''
|[[Vikram Sarabhai]]
|[[R. Madhavan|Madhavan]]
|A [[Biographical film|biographical]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web|author=Scroll Staff|title='Rocketry – The Nambi Effect' teaser: Madhavan presents scientist Nambi Narayanan's story|url=https://scroll.in/reel/900365/rocketry-the-nambi-effect-teaser-madhavan-presents-scientist-nambi-narayans-story|website=Scroll.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=1 November 2018|title=R. Madhavan: 95 per cent of Indians don't know about Nambi Narayanan, which I think is a crime|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/madhavan-nambi-narayanan-rocketry-the-nambi-effec-5428666/}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 1995
|''Fitrat''
|''Limited Manuski''|| Sadanand Borse || Jayoo Patwardhan <br/> Nachiket Patwardhan || Marathi film
|
|[[Taher Ali Baig]]
|Short film<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 April 2020|title=FITRAT BY TAHER ALI BAIG|url=https://www.hlc-cultcritic.com/fitrat-by-taher-ali-baig/}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 1994
|2021
|''[[Mammo]]''|| Riyaz (Adult) || Shyam Benegal || First film in "Shyam Benegal's Muslim Trilogy"
|''[[Nail Polish (film)|Nail Polish]]''
|Judge Kishore Bhushan
|Bugs Bhargava Krishna
|A legal thriller, a [[List of ZEE5 original films|ZEE5 originals film]]
|-
|-
| 1994
|TBD
|''[[Charachar]]''|| Lakhinder || [[Buddhadeb Dasgupta]] ||
|''[[Life's Good (film)|Life's Good]]''
|-
|TBA
| 1992
|[[Anant Mahadevan]]
|''[[Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda]]''|| Manik Mulla || Shyam Benegal ||
|
|-
|-
|2022
| Untitled film
| {{TBA}}
| [[Ribhu Dasgupta]]
| Filming<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/parineeti-chopra-harrdy-sandhu-quietly-begin-shooting-ribhu-dasguptas-action-thriller-turkey|title=Parineeti Chopra and Harrdy Sandhu quietly begin shooting for Ribhu Dasgupta's action thriller in Turkey |date=21 April 2021 |work=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref>
|}
|}


==Plays==
==Plays==
{{Colbegin}}
* ''Love Letters''
* ''Love Letters''
* ''Class of '84''
* ''Class of '84''
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* ''The Siddhus of Upper Juhu''
* ''The Siddhus of Upper Juhu''
* ''Mahua'' (as director)
* ''Mahua'' (as director)
{{Colend}}


==Television series==
==Television series==
In reverse chronological order:
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"  
 
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year(s)
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" width="100%"
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title !! colspan="3" scope="col" | Credited as !! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes  
! width="20%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title !! width="4%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year(s) !! colspan="3" scope="col" | Credited as !! width="30%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes  
|-
! scope="col" | Actor  !! scope="col" | Director!! scope="col" | Role
|-
! scope="row" align="left" | 1986
|''Ghar Jamai''
| {{yes}}
|
|
|
|-
|-
! width="6%" scope="col" | Actor  !! width="25%" scope="col" | Director!! width="25%" scope="col" | Role
! scope="row" align="left"| 1991
|''[[Kshitij Ye Nahi]]''
| {{yes}}
|
|
|
|-
|-
! scope="row" align="left" |''[[Bard of Blood]]''  
! scope="row" align="left"| 1993
|| 2019||{{yes}} || || Sadiq Shaikh || Netflix series
|''[[Byomkesh Bakshi (TV Series)|Byomkesh Bakshi]]''
| {{yes}}  
|
|[[Byomkesh Bakshi]]
| Season 1
|-
|-
! scope="row" align="left" |''[[TVF Tripling]]''
! scope="row" align="left" | 1995-96
|| 2019||{{yes}} || || [[Byomkesh Bakshi|Satyanweshi]] || Season 2 of the web series
|''Yugantar''
| {{yes}}  
|
|
|
|-
|-
! scope="row" align="left" |''Bang Baaja Baaraat''
! scope="row" align="left" | 1997-98
|| 2015||{{yes}} || || || Web series
|''Junoon''
| {{yes}}
|
|
|
|-
|-
! scope="row" align="left" |''[[Samvidhaan]]''
! scope="row" align="left" | 1997
|| 2014||{{yes}} || || [[Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer]] ||
|''[[Byomkesh Bakshi (TV Series)|Byomkesh Bakshi]]''
|{{yes}}  
|  
| Byomkesh Bakshi
| Season 2
|-
|-
! scope="row" align="left" |''[[Rishtey (TV series)|Rishtey{{snd}}The Love Stories]]''
! scope="row" align="left" | 1999
|| 2001||{{yes}} || || Shastri || Episode 158{{snd}}"Poorab Aur Pashchim"
|''[[Star Bestsellers]]''
|-
| {{yes}}  
! scope="row" align="left" |''[[Star Bestsellers]]''
| {{yes}}  
|| 1999||{{yes}} ||{{yes}} || ||Episode entitled "Tripti". Also, writer and producer.
|
|-
|Episode entitled "Tripti". Also, writer and producer.
! scope="row" align="left" |''[[Star Bestsellers]]''
|| 1999||{{yes}} || || || Episode 12{{snd}}"Prayas"
|-
|-
! scope="row" align="left" |''[[Star Bestsellers]]''
! scope="row" align="left" | 1999
|| 1999||{{yes}} ||{{yes}} || || Episode 8{{snd}}"Shuruaat". Also, producer.
| ''[[Star Bestsellers]]''
| {{yes}}  
|  
|  
| Episode 12{{snd}}"Prayas"
|-
|-
! scope="row" align="left" |''Junoon''
! scope="row" align="left" | 1999
|| 1997{{ndash}}98||{{yes}} || || ||
| ''[[Star Bestsellers]]''
| {{yes}}  
|{{yes}}  
|  
| Episode 8{{snd}}"Shuruaat". Also, producer.
|-
|-
! scope="row" align="left" |''[[Byomkesh Bakshi (TV Series)|Byomkesh Bakshi]]''
! scope="row" align="left" | 2001
|| 1997||{{yes}} || || Byomkesh Bakshi || Season 2
| ''[[Rishtey (TV series)|Rishtey{{snd}}The Love Stories]]''
| {{yes}}  
|
| Shastri
| Episode 158{{snd}}"Poorab Aur Pashchim"
|-
|-
! scope="row" align="left" |''Yugantar''
! scope="row" align="left" | 2014
|| 1995{{ndash}}96||{{yes}} || || ||
|''[[Samvidhaan]]''
| {{yes}}  
|
| [[Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer]]
|
|-
|-
! scope="row" align="left" |''[[Byomkesh Bakshi (TV Series)|Byomkesh Bakshi]]''
! scope="row" align="left" | 2015
|| 1993||{{yes}} || ||[[Byomkesh Bakshi]] || Season 1
|''Bang Baaja Baaraat''
| {{yes}}  
|
|
| Web series
|-
|-
! scope="row" align="left" |''[[Kshitij Ye Nahi]]''
! scope="row" align="left" | 2019
|| 1991||{{yes}} || || ||
|''[[Bard of Blood]]''  
| {{yes}}  
|
| Sadiq Shaikh
| Netflix series
|-
|-
! scope="row" align="left" |''Ghar Jamai''
! scope="row" align="left" | 2019
|| 1986||{{yes}} || || ||
|''[[TVF Tripling]]''
| {{yes}}
|
| [[Byomkesh Bakshi|Satyanweshi]]
| Season 2 of the web series
|-
|-
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Not to be confused with Rajat Kapoor.

Rajit Kapur
Kapur in 2011
Kapur in 2011
Born (1963-08-27) 27 August 1963 (age 62)
Amritsar, Punjab, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materSydenham College
OccupationActor, director, writer, producer
Known forByomkesh Bakshi, The Making of the Mahatma, Agnisakshi, Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda

Rajit Kapur is an Indian film and theatre actor and director. He is known for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in the 1996 film,[1] 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[2] 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.

Career

Rajit 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. He has also acted in several commercially successful movies like Kick, Uri: The Surgical Strike, and Raazi. His latest work is The Threshold.[3]

Filmography

Year Title Role Director Notes
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
1995 Limited Manuski Sadanand Borse Jayoo Patwardhan

Nachiket Patwardhan

Marathi film
1996 The Making of the Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Shyam Benegal Won National Film Award for Best Actor
Sardari Begum Sadiq Moosvi Shyam Benegal Second 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 Khurshid Shyam Benegal
2001 Dattak Sunil Gul Bahar Singh
Censor Dev Anand
Zubeidaa Riyaz Masud Shyam Benegal Third film in "Shyam Benegal's Muslim Trilogy"
2002 Octave Dr. 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 Goenka Tanveer Khan
2007 Dahek - A Restless Mind Ajay Mathur Aroop Adhikari
2008 Welcome to Sajjanpur Collector Shyam Benegal
2009 Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish Debu Deepti Naval Premiered at 2009 Cannes Film Festival

Direct-to-video

Yeh Mera India Arun Talreja N. Chandra
Blue Oranges Nilesh Rajesh Ganguly
Morning Walk Indra Arup Dutta
Marega Salaa Rahul Awasthi Devang 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 Shankaran Sohan roy UAE–Indian co-production film
Monica Raj Jaitley Sushen Bhatnagar
2013 Singh Saab the Great Iqbal Anil Sharma
Mishawr Rawhoshyo Al Mamun Srijit Mukherji Bengali film
2014 Dishkiyaoon Viki's Dad Sanamjit Singhalwar
Kick Dr. Jayant Verma Sajid Nadiadwala
2015 Uvaa Principal Jasbir Bhaati
Roy Detective Wadia Vikramjit 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 Tree Fatima's Father Manika Sharma
Begum Jaan Ilias Khan Srijit Mukherji
2018 Raazi Hidayat Khan Meghna Gulzar
Phir Se... Krish Kunal KohliAjay Bhuyan
Mehram Ikhlaque Siddiqui Zain Anwar Short film released on ZEE5[4]
2019 Bypass Road Pratap Naman Nitin Mukesh [5]
22 Yards Mitali Ghoshal
Uri: The Surgical Strike Prime Minister of India Aditya Dhar
2020 Rocketry: The Nambi Effect Vikram Sarabhai Madhavan A biographical drama film.[6][7]
Fitrat Taher Ali Baig Short film[8]
2021 Nail Polish Judge Kishore Bhushan Bugs Bhargava Krishna A legal thriller, a ZEE5 originals film
TBD Life's Good TBA Anant Mahadevan
2022 Untitled film
TBA
Ribhu Dasgupta Filming[9]

Plays

  • Love Letters
  • Class of '84
  • Larins Sahib
  • Are There Tigers in the Congo?
  • Mr. Behram
  • Six Degrees of Separation
  • Pune Highway
  • Me Kash and Cruise
  • Flowers
  • A Walk In The Woods
  • One on One Part 2
  • The Siddhus of Upper Juhu
  • Mahua (as director)

Television series

Year(s) Title Credited as Notes
Actor Director Role
1986 Ghar Jamai Yes
1991 Kshitij Ye Nahi Yes
1993 Byomkesh Bakshi Yes Byomkesh Bakshi Season 1
1995-96 Yugantar Yes
1997-98 Junoon Yes
1997 Byomkesh Bakshi Yes Byomkesh Bakshi Season 2
1999 Star Bestsellers Yes Yes Episode entitled "Tripti". Also, writer and producer.
1999 Star Bestsellers Yes Episode 12 – "Prayas"
1999 Star Bestsellers Yes Yes Episode 8 – "Shuruaat". Also, producer.
2001 Rishtey – The Love Stories Yes Shastri Episode 158 – "Poorab Aur Pashchim"
2014 Samvidhaan Yes Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer
2015 Bang Baaja Baaraat Yes Web series
2019 Bard of Blood Yes Sadiq Shaikh Netflix series
2019 TVF Tripling Yes Satyanweshi Season 2 of the web series

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Academy, Himalayan. "Hinduism Today Magazine". www.hinduismtoday.com. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Kapur, Rajit. "Even now people call Rajit Kapur Byomkesh Bakshi". GQ India. GQ. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Mehram actor Farida Jalal: Today's films lack soul". The Indian Express. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "'Bypass Road': Neil Nitin Mukesh is all praise for senior actor Rajit Kapur - Movies to look forward to". The Times of India.
  6. ↑ Scroll Staff. "'Rocketry – The Nambi Effect' teaser: Madhavan presents scientist Nambi Narayanan's story". Scroll.in.
  7. ↑ "R. Madhavan: 95 per cent of Indians don't know about Nambi Narayanan, which I think is a crime". 1 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "FITRAT BY TAHER ALI BAIG". 9 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ [1][dead link]

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