Rajit Kapoor
Acting
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.
Filmography 84
Movies (71)
Kaisi Ye Paheli2025Detective Bondo
Pune Highway2024Dr. Mahesh
A Night, After All2024Kishore
The Prince of Jhansi2024Bank Manager- Chhatrapati Sambhaji2024
Birha : The Journey Back Home2023
Mission Majnu2023Pakistan PM Bhutto
Code Name: Tiranga2022
Goldfish2022Ashwin Raina
Maja Ma2022Bob Hansraj
Attack2022Home Minister
Nail Polish2021Kishore Bhushan
Prawaas2020
Bypass Road2019Pratap Kapoor
22 Yards2019
The Gandhi Murder2019Jawaharlal Nehru
Uri: The Surgical Strike2019Prime Minister Of India
Raazi2018Hidayat Khan
Project Papa2018Dr. Dev
Phir Se2018Krish
A Gentleman2017Kavya's Father
Begum Jaan2017Ilias
For Here or to Go?2017Prabhu
Anna2016Rajat Sharma
Baar Baar Dekho2016Panditji (Special Appearance)
Gour Hari Dastaan2015Mohan Joshi
The Threshold2015Raj
Roy2015Detective D. S. Wadia
Kick2014Dr. Jayant Verma
Dishkiyaoon2014Viki's Dad
Shows (13)
Pharma2025Dr. Rajiv Rao
Mithya2022Anand Tyagi
Rocket Boys2022Jawaharlal Nehru
Aisa Waisa Pyaar2021Mahendra Acharya
Kaali Peeli Tales2021Father
Bard of Blood2019Sadiq Shaikh
Going Viral Pvt. Ltd.2017Gulshan Sood
The Kapil Sharma Show2016
Bang Baaja Baaraat2015Ranjeet Arora
Samvidhaan: The Making of the Constitution of India2014Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer
Star Bestsellers1999Directing
Byomkesh Bakshi1993Byomkesh Bakshi- Storm