Rajesh Sharma
Age: N/A | From: Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Ludhiana, Punjab, India
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Movie Involvements: 49
TV Involvements: 6
Most Famous Work
Biography
A prominent face in Bollywood, Rajesh Sharma is an Indian actor who is mostly seen as the villain or in comic roles. The actor who made his debut on the silver screen in 1996 with the super hit movie, Maachis is also a renowned personality in the Bengali film industry. During the 2000s the actor appeared only in Bengali movies before eventually making a comeback to Bollywood in 2005 with the critically acclaimed film Parineeta directed by Pradeep Sarkar. The actor has worked with several renowned filmmakers and actors from both Bengali and Hindi film industry like Salman Khan, Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, Rani Mukerji, Dibakar Bandopadhyay, Aparna Sen, and Haranath Chakraborty. Born in a typical middle-class Punjabi family in Ludhiana, Punjab, Rajesh Sharma is the son of Late Gurucharan Sharma and Amarjit Sharma. After completing his schooling from Bhawanipur Adarsh Hindi High School in Kolkata, the actor went to pursue his graduation from the NSD (National School of Drama) in New Delhi. The actor who has established himself as one of the prominent actors in the Bengali film industry learned Bengali from his neighbors as well as by watching several Bengali dramas at Muktangon. At the age of 17, Rajesh Sharma joined a drama academy where he got a chance to feature in several plays like Gudia Ki Ghar and Rangakarmi. After gaining substantial acting experience on stage, the actor moved to acting in TV serials and films. The actor made his acting debut on the silver screen with the critically acclaimed film, Maachis directed by Gulzar and co-starring, Chandrachur Singh, Jimmy Shergill, Raj Zutshi, Tabu and Om Puri. The film based on the aftermath of the assassination of the Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi and the subsequent Anti-Sikh riots in 1984 was a huge commercial hit and won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. Following his debut movie, the actor took a sabbatical for four years and made his comeback in 2000 with a Bengali film titled Paromitar Ek Din, written and directed by Aparna Sen. The film starring, Rituparna Sengupta, Aparna Sen, and Soumitra Chatterjee won several national and international awards including the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali, Ecumenical Jury Award the 35th International Film Festival of Karlovy Vary, one of the oldest in the world and Central and Eastern Europe's leading film event.
Most Famous Work
Paatal Lok
(2020) Gwala Gujjar
Ray
(2021) Suresh Sharma
Matsya Kaand
(2021) Suri
Mr. & Mrs. Mahi
(2024) Benny Dayal Shukla
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
(2016) Keshav Banerjee
Vada Chennai
(2018) Chanchal
Special 26
(2013) Joginder
Race 3
(2018) BrijmohanActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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| 2024 | Inspector Avtar Singh | |
| Benny Dayal Shukla | ||
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| Kunal | ||
| Dhananjay | ||
| Manoj Mittal | ||
| Sunil | ||
| Professor Syed | ||
| 2023 | Amit Kr. Srivastav | |
| Goverdhan Roy | ||
| Dayanand Pande | ||
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| Politician | ||
| HSP Saxena | ||
| Chief Rangeela | ||
| Babu Saab / Anand Gupta | ||
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| 2022 | Cook | |
| Chugh Uncle | ||
| Rajesh Sharma | ||
| Kasim Kasai | ||
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| Chacha | ||
| Kishanlal | ||
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| 2021 | Suri | |
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| Babloo's Father | ||
| Bajrangi | ||
| Sharma, Deputy Commissioner of Police | ||
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| Suresh Sharma | ||
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| 2020 | Sachin | |
| CBI Investigator Gourango | ||
| Gwala Gujjar | ||
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| 2019 | Minister | |
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| Amit Sharma | ||
| Prem Tripathi | ||
| Kranti | ||
| Mauji (WJI) | ||
| Rajesh | ||
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| Bhandari | ||
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| D. D Shukla | ||
| Inspector | ||
| Rajesh Singh | ||
| Sub Inspector Rawat | ||
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| Omkar Kashyap | ||
| 2018 | Guptaji | |
| Chanchal | ||
| Ranpal | ||
| Firoz | ||
| Lawyer Bhatia | ||
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| Brijmohan | ||
| Inspector Khan | ||
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| Siddhi's Father | ||
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| 2017 | N/A | |
| Purushottam Madan Pandit | ||
| Mathur | ||
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| Abbaji | ||
| M.L.A. | ||
| Shyam | ||
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| Jeetu Arora- Paddy's Manager | ||
| Channel owner | ||
| 2016 | Sukhwani | |
| Keshav Banerjee | ||
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| Ram Charan | ||
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| Maid agency owner | ||
| M. K. Sharma | ||
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| 2015 | Shani | |
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| Senior Pakistani Police Officer | ||
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| Gary Bhujiawala | ||
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| Omprakash 'Omi' Sangwan | ||
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| Ramesh Sherawat | ||
| Home Minister Mahender Singh | ||
| 2014 | N/A | |
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| Grover | ||
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| Shekhar Banerjee | ||
| 2013 | N/A | |
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| Mausa Ji | ||
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| Pandit | ||
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| Joginder | ||
| 2012 | N/A | |
| Titu Mama | ||
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| Khanna | ||
| Sintu Biswas | ||
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| Shishir (Cop) | ||
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| 2011 | Selva Ganesh / Keedadas | |
| Amit Kr. Srivastav | ||
| L.N Tondon | ||
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| Inspector N. K. | ||
| 2010 | N/A | |
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| 2009 | N/A | |
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| 2008 | N/A | |
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| 2007 | Subha | |
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| 2006 | Munjal | |
| Inspector Ranojay | ||
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| 2005 | N/A | |
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| 2004 | N/A | |
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| Durga Prasad | ||
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| 2003 | N/A | |
| Golam | ||
| Sunil Mehra | ||
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| 2002 | N/A | |
| Director | ||
| 2000 | Rajeev Shrivastav | |
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| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Art
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| 2023 | Storyboard Artist | |
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