Rajit Kapoor

Biography

Rajit Kapoor born May 22, 1963 in Amritsar, is a distinguished Indian film and theatre actor and director. He gained fame portraying the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi in the eponymous television series on Doordarshan in 1993. He won the National Film Award for Best Actor for portraying Mahatma Gandhi in the 1996 film The Making of the Mahatma. His film debut was in Shyam Benegal's Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1992). He also won acclaim for his role in the Malayalam film Agnisakshi. A prominent theatre personality, Kapur has appeared in recent films like Raazi, Uri: The Surgical Strike, and Mission Majnu.

Known For

The Kapil Sharma Show

The Kapil Sharma Show

Prawaas

Rocket Boys

Mithya

Uri: The Surgical Strike

Raazi

Bard of Blood

All Movies (70)

• Kaisi Ye Paheli2025 · as Detective Bondo
• Pune Highway2024 · as Dr. Mahesh
• A Night, After All2024 · as Kishore
• The Prince of Jhansi2024 · as Bank Manager
• Chhatrapati Sambhaji2024
• Birha : The Journey Back Home2023
• Mission Majnu2023 · as Pakistan PM Bhutto
• Code Name: Tiranga2022
• Goldfish2022 · as Ashwin Raina
• Maja Ma2022 · as Bob Hansraj
• Attack2022 · as Home Minister
• Nail Polish2021 · as Kishore Bhushan
• Prawaas2020
• Bypass Road2019 · as Pratap Kapoor
• 22 Yards2019
• The Gandhi Murder2019 · as Jawaharlal Nehru
• Uri: The Surgical Strike2019 · as Prime Minister Of India
• Raazi2018 · as Hidayat Khan
• Project Papa2018 · as Dr. Dev
• Phir Se2018 · as Krish
• A Gentleman2017 · as Kavya's Father
• Begum Jaan2017 · as Ilias
• For Here or to Go?2017 · as Prabhu
• Anna2016 · as Rajat Sharma
• Baar Baar Dekho2016 · as Panditji (Special Appearance)
• Gour Hari Dastaan2015 · as Mohan Joshi
• The Threshold2015 · as Raj
• Roy2015 · as Detective D. S. Wadia
• Kick2014 · as Dr. Jayant Verma
• Dishkiyaoon2014 · as Viki's Dad
• The Egyptian Mystery2013 · as Al Mamun
• The Bright Day2012 · as Father
• Shaitan2011 · as Amy's Father
• Dam 9992011 · as Shankaran
• Monica2011 · as Raj Jaitley
• Guzaarish2010 · as Vipin Patel
• Marega Salaa2009 · as Rahul Awasthi
• Fruit & Nut2009 · as Vishwas Atmavishwas Pinakin
• Blue Oranges2009
• Morning Walk2009 · as Indra
• Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish2009 · as Debu
• Gulmohar2009
• Lovesongs2008
• Hansie2008 · as Prakash
• Dahek A Restless Mind2007
• Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante2006 · as Dr. Viren Goenka
• Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara2005 · as Ronu
• Bose: The Forgotten Hero2005 · as Abid Hasan
• Ek Alag Mausam2003 · as George
• Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai2002 · as Yusuf Zayed Hussein
• Nishad2002 · as Dr. Gopi Gujaral
• Abaidha2002 · as Indra
• Dattak2001 · as Sunil
• Zubeidaa2001 · as Riyaz Masud
• Hari-Bhari2000 · as Khurshid
• Prayas1999
• Shuruat1999
• Agnisaakshi1999 · as Unni
• Samar1999
• Ghulam1998 · as Jai, Siddhartha's brother
• Train to Pakistan1997 · as Iqbal
• BOMgAY1996
• Sardari Begum1996 · as Sadiq Moosvi
• The Making of the Mahatma1996 · as Mahondas Karamchand Gandhi
• Limited Humanity1995 · as Sadanand Borse
• Mammo1994 · as Older Riyaz
• Shelter of the Wings1994 · as Lakhinder
• Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda1992 · as Manek Mullah
• Dharam Karam1975 · as Ashok 'Bonga Babu' Kumar
• Benegal's New Cinema—

All TV Shows (13)

• Pharma2025 · as Dr. Rajiv Rao
• Mithya2022 · as Anand Tyagi
• Rocket Boys2022 · as Jawaharlal Nehru
• Aisa Waisa Pyaar2021 · as Mahendra Acharya
• Kaali Peeli Tales2021 · as Father
• Bard of Blood2019 · as Sadiq Shaikh
• Going Viral Pvt. Ltd.2017 · as Gulshan Sood
• The Kapil Sharma Show2016
• The Kapil Sharma Show2016 · as Self
• Bang Baaja Baaraat2015 · as Ranjeet Arora
• Samvidhaan: The Making of the Constitution of India2014 · as Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer
• Byomkesh Bakshi1993 · as Byomkesh Bakshi
• Storm—