Rajit Kapoor
May 22, 1963 (62 years old) in Amritsar, Punjab, India
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
Attack
Home Minister
Goldfish
Ashwin Raina
Sardari Begum
Sadiq Moosvi
Zubeidaa
Riyaz Masud
Nishad
Dr. Gopi Gujaral
Anna
Rajat Sharma
Dam 999
Shankaran
Dishkiyaoon
Viki's Dad
Hari-Bhari
Khurshid
Credits
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Pharma 2025★ NR -
Kaisi Ye Paheli 2025Detective Bondo★ NR -
A Night, After All 2024Kishore★ NR -
The Prince of Jhansi 2024Bank Manager★ NR -
Chhatrapati Sambhaji 2024★ NR -
★ 9.5 -
Mission Majnu 2023Pakistan PM Bhutto★ 6.8 -
Code Name: Tiranga 2022★ 4.4 -
Goldfish 2022Ashwin Raina★ 7 -
Maja Ma 2022Bob Hansraj★ 6.5 -
Attack 2022Home Minister★ 6.7 -
Mithya 2022Anand Tyagi★ 7 -
Rocket Boys 2022Jawaharlal Nehru★ 8.4 -
Aisa Waisa Pyaar 2021Mahendra Acharya★ NR -
Kaali Peeli Tales 2021Father★ NR -
Nail Polish 2021Kishore Bhushan★ 6.7 -
Prawaas 2020★ NR -
Bypass Road 2019Pratap Kapoor★ 5.2 -
Bard of Blood 2019Sadiq Shaikh★ 7.1 -
22 Yards 2019★ 8.5 -
The Gandhi Murder 2019Jawaharlal Nehru★ 5.5 -
Prime Minister Of India★ 7 -
Raazi 2018Hidayat Khan★ 7.2 -
Project Papa 2018Dr. Dev★ NR -
Phir Se 2018Krish★ 6 -
A Gentleman 2017Kavya's Father★ 6.2 -
Gulshan Sood★ 2 -
Begum Jaan 2017Ilias★ 5.8 -
For Here or to Go? 2017Prabhu★ 6.5 -
Anna 2016Rajat Sharma★ 5 -
Baar Baar Dekho 2016Panditji (Special Appearance)★ 5.8 -
Bang Baaja Baaraat 2015Ranjeet Arora★ 6.5 -
Gour Hari Dastaan 2015Mohan Joshi★ 8 -
The Threshold 2015Raj★ 9 -
Roy 2015Detective D. S. Wadia★ 4.9 -
Kick 2014Dr. Jayant Verma★ 5.7 -
Dishkiyaoon 2014Viki's Dad★ 3.5 -
Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer★ NR -
The Egyptian Mystery 2013Al Mamun★ 5.9 -
The Bright Day 2012Father★ 10 -
Shaitan 2011Amy's Father★ 6.2 -
Dam 999 2011Shankaran★ 3.6 -
Monica 2011Raj Jaitley★ 3 -
Guzaarish 2010Vipin Patel★ 7.4 -
Marega Salaa 2009Rahul Awasthi★ NR -
Fruit & Nut 2009Vishwas Atmavishwas Pinakin★ 3 -
Blue Oranges 2009★ 7 -
Morning Walk 2009Indra★ 7 -
Debu★ 6 -
Lovesongs 2008★ 5 -
Hansie 2008Prakash★ 8 -
★ NR -
Dr. Viren Goenka★ 4.6 -
Ronu★ 5.7 -
Abid Hasan★ 7.4 -
Ek Alag Mausam 2003George★ NR
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Yusuf Zayed Hussein★ 10 -
Nishad 2002Dr. Gopi Gujaral★ NR -
Indra★ 8 -
Dattak 2001Sunil★ NR -
Zubeidaa 2001Riyaz Masud★ 5.2 -
Hari-Bhari 2000Khurshid★ 5 -
Prayas 1999★ NR
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Shuruat 1999★ NR
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With Fire As Witness 1999★ NR
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Samar 1999★ NR
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Ghulam 1998Jai, Siddhartha's brother★ 6.3 -
Train to Pakistan 1997Iqbal★ 4 -
BOMgAY 1996★ 1 -
Sardari Begum 1996Sadiq Moosvi★ 8.8 -
Mahondas Karamchand Gandhi★ 5.5 -
Limited Humanity 1995Sadanand Borse★ NR -
Mammo 1994Older Riyaz★ 5.2 -
Shelter of the Wings 1994Lakhinder★ 5 -
Byomkesh Bakshi 1993Byomkesh Bakshi★ 8.6 -
Manek Mullah★ 7.4 -
Dharam Karam 1975Ashok 'Bonga Babu' Kumar★ 8.5