Rajit Kapoor
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 22, 1963, Amritsar, Punjab, India
- Movies
- 74
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2025 | Kaisi Ye Paheli | Detective Bondo |
| 2024 | Pune Highway | Dr. Mahesh |
| 2024 | A Night, After All | Kishore |
| 2024 | The Prince of Jhansi | Bank Manager |
| 2024 | Chhatrapati Sambhaji | |
| 2023 | Birha : The Journey Back Home | |
| 2023 | Mission Majnu | Pakistan PM Bhutto |
| 2022 | Code Name: Tiranga | |
| 2022 | Goldfish | Ashwin Raina |
| 2022 | Maja Ma | Bob Hansraj |
| 2022 | Attack | Home Minister |
| 2021 | Nail Polish | Kishore Bhushan |
| 2020 | Prawaas | |
| 2019 | Bypass Road | Pratap Kapoor |
| 2019 | 22 Yards | |
| 2019 | The Gandhi Murder | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 2019 | Uri: The Surgical Strike | Prime Minister Of India |
| 2018 | Raazi | Hidayat Khan |
| 2018 | Project Papa | Dr. Dev |
| 2018 | Phir Se | Krish |
| 2017 | A Gentleman | Kavya's Father |
| 2017 | Begum Jaan | Ilias |
| 2017 | For Here or to Go? | Prabhu |
| 2016 | Anna | Rajat Sharma |
| 2016 | Baar Baar Dekho | Panditji (Special Appearance) |
| 2015 | Gour Hari Dastaan | Mohan Joshi |
| 2015 | The Threshold | Raj |
| 2015 | Roy | Detective D. S. Wadia |
| 2014 | Benegal's New Cinema | |
| 2014 | Kick | Dr. Jayant Verma |
| 2014 | Dishkiyaoon | Viki's Dad |
| 2013 | The Egyptian Mystery | Al Mamun |
| 2012 | The Bright Day | Father |
| 2011 | Shaitan | Amy's Father |
| 2011 | Dam 999 | Shankaran |
| 2011 | Monica | Raj Jaitley |
| 2010 | Guzaarish | Vipin Patel |
| 2010 | Well Done Abba | Inspector Srikanth Reddy |
| 2009 | Marega Salaa | Rahul Awasthi |
| 2009 | Fruit & Nut | Vishwas Atmavishwas Pinakin |
| 2009 | Blue Oranges | |
| 2009 | Morning Walk | Indra |
| 2009 | Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish | Debu |
| 2009 | Gulmohar | |
| 2008 | Lovesongs | |
| 2008 | Hansie | Prakash |
| 2007 | Dahek A Restless Mind | |
| 2006 | Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante | Dr. Viren Goenka |
| 2005 | Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara | Ronu Chaudhury |
| 2005 | Bose: The Forgotten Hero | Abid Hasan |
| 2003 | Ek Alag Mausam | George |
| 2002 | Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai | Yusuf Zayed Hussein |
| 2002 | Nishad | Dr. Gopi Gujaral |
| 2002 | Abaidha | Indra |
| 2001 | Dattak | Sunil |
| 2001 | Zubeidaa | Riyaz Masud |
| 2000 | Hari-Bhari | Khurshid |
| 1999 | Prayas | |
| 1999 | Shuruat | |
| 1999 | Agnisaakshi | Unni |
| 1999 | Samar | |
| 1998 | Ghulam | Jai, Siddhartha's brother |
| 1997 | Train to Pakistan | Iqbal |
| 1996 | BOMgAY | |
| 1996 | Sardari Begum | Sadiq Moosvi |
| 1996 | The Making of the Mahatma | Mahondas Karamchand Gandhi |
| 1995 | Limited Humanity | Sadanand Borse |
| 1994 | Mammo | Older Riyaz |
| 1994 | Shelter of the Wings | Lakhinder |
| 1992 | Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda | Manek Mullah |
| 1975 | Dharam Karam | Ashok 'Bonga Babu' Kumar |
Directing, Writing & Producing
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