K. K. Raina

K. K. Raina
K. K. Raina
Born	Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
Alma mater	National School of Drama
Occupation	Actor; Script writer
Relatives	M. K. Raina (brother)

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K. K. Raina is an Indian film, television and theatre character actor and award-winning script writer,^[1] who is best known for his roles as Juror #8 in the 1986 film Ek Ruka Hua Faisla,^[2] a remake of 12 Angry Men, and Byomkesh Bakshi's associate Ajit Kumar Banerji in the 1993 Doordarshan detective series Byomkesh Bakshi.^[3] Raina won the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue in 1998 for the Rajkumar Santoshi film China Gate.^[4]

Life and career[edit]

Raina was born in a Kashmiri family in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.^[5] Raina is an alumnus of the National School of Drama, graduating college in 1976.^[6] He portrayed Manohar J. Pherwani in the Sony LIV series Scam 1992.

Filmography[edit]

Actor[edit]

Vijeta (1982) – Wilson
Aadharshila (1982)
Gandhi (1982) – Nehru's Friend
Mandi (1983)
Godam (1983) – Edekar
Ardh Satya (1983)
Tasveer Apni Apni (1984) – Employee
Party (1984) – Bharat
Aghaat (1985)
Nasoor (1985) – Kamlesh Pai
Trikal (1985) – Senor Lucio (Anna's father)
Ek Ruka Hua Faisla (1986) – Juror #8
Susman (1987)
Mohre (1987) – Prakash Raikar
Diksha (1991) – Shrikar Upadhyay
Lifeline (1991) (TV series)
Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1993)
Damini (1993) – Shekhar's friend
Byomkesh Bakshi (1993) (TV series) – Ajit
Ghatak: Lethal (1996) – Shiv Nath
Dahek (1998) – Naseem Bahkshi
Aks (2001) – Mahadevan Ghatge
Bub (Father) (2001) – Shiban Lal
Lakshya (2004)
Rang De Basanti (2006) – Politician
Salaam-E-Ishq (2007)
Dharm (2007) – Thakur
Phoonk (2008) – Dr. Pandey
Hijack (2008) – Rasheed Omar
Delhi-6 (2009) – Haji Suleiman
Rann (2010) – Prime Minister Digvijay Hooda
Tanu Weds Manu (2011) – Kishan Sharma (Manu's father)
Upanishad Ganga (2012–2013) (Doordarshan) (Various Characters)
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013) - Mr. Wadhwa
D-Day (2013) - Gen. Razzak
Zed Plus(2014) - Mr. Dixit
Samvidhaan(2014) (TV series) - K.M. Munshi
Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015) - Kishan Sharma (Manu's father)
Mirzya (2016) - Karan's father
Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana (2017) - Jugal Kishore Mishra (Sattu’s father)
Pati Patni Aur Woh (2019)
Scam 1992 (2020) - Manohar J. Pherwani

Writer[edit]

Ghatak: Lethal (1996) – associate screenplay
China Gate (1998) – screenplay; dialogues
Dahek (1998) – screenplay
Pukar (2000) – dialogues

References[edit]

↑ Dharm: Movie review
↑ My character in 'Hijack' based on Masood Azhar: KK Raina
↑ DD days: Most iconic TV characters
↑ Best Dialogue Writer (Technical Awards)
↑ "Guftagoo with K K Raina". YouTube. Rajya Sabha TV. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
↑ Alumni List For The Year 1976

External links[edit]

K. K. Raina on IMDb

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[1] Dharm: Movie review

[2] My character in 'Hijack' based on Masood Azhar: KK Raina

[3] DD days: Most iconic TV characters

[4] Best Dialogue Writer (Technical Awards)

[5] "Guftagoo with K K Raina". YouTube. Rajya Sabha TV. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

[6] Alumni List For The Year 1976

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v t e Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue
1959–1970	Rajinder Singh Bedi (1959) Ramanand Sagar (1960) Amanullah Khan, Kamal Amrohi, Wajahat Mirza & Ehsan Rizvi (1961) Wajahat Mirza (1962) Akhtar ul Iman (1963) Arjun Dev Rashk (1964) Govind Moonis (1965) Akhtar ul Iman (1966) Vijay Anand (1967) Manoj Kumar (1968) Ali Raza (1969) Pt Anand Kumar (1970)
1971–1990	Rajinder Singh Bedi (1971) Gulzar (1972) Ramesh Pant (1973) Gulzar (1974) Kaifi Azmi (1975) Salim-Javed (1976) Sagar Sarhadi (1977) Vrajendra Gaur (1978) Rahi Masoom Raza (1979) Satyadev Dubey (1980) Shabd Kumar (1981) Kader Khan (1982) Dr. Achla Nagar (1983) Mahesh Bhatt (1984) Sai Paranjpye (1985) Rahi Masoom Raza (1986) no award (1987) no award (1988) Kamlesh Pandey (1989) Javed Akhtar (1990)
1991–2010	Suraj Sanim (1991 ) Rahi Masoom Raza (1992) Kader Khan (1993) Prof Jay Dixit (1994) K K Singh (1995) Aditya Chopra & Javed Siddiqui (1996) Gulzar (1997) Aditya Chopra (1998) Rajkumar Santoshi & K. K. Raina (1999) Hriday Lani & Pathik Vats (2000) O. P. Dutta (2001) Karan Johar (2002) Gulzar & Jaideep Sahni (2003) Abbas Tyrewala (2004) Aditya Chopra (2005) Prakash Jha (2006) Rajkumar Hirani & Abhijat Joshi (2007) Imtiaz Ali (2008) Manu Rishi (2009) Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi (2010)
2011–present	Habib Faisal (2011) Farhan Akhtar (2012) Anurag Kashyap, Zeishan Quadri, Akhilesh Jaiswal & Sachin Ladia (2013) Subhash Kapoor (2014) Abhijat Joshi & Rajkumar Hirani (2015) Himanshu Sharma (2016) Ritesh Shah (2017) Hitesh Kewaliya (2018) Akshat Ghildial (2019) Vijay Maurya (2020)