Rajit Kapoor

Biography

Rajit Kapur (born 27 August 1960) is an Indian film and theatre actor and director. He is known for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in the 1996 film, The Making of the Mahatma for which he won the National Film Award for Best Actor.

Other notable roles are as the protagonist Unni in the Malayalam film Agnisakshi, and the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi in the eponymous television series, directed by Basu Chatterjee and broadcast on Doordarshan. His debut film was Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1992), directed by Shyam Benegal.

He has also acted in several commercially successful movies like Kick, Uri: The Surgical Strike, and Raazi. His latest work is The Threshold. Kapur starred in Deepti Naval's film titled Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish which was supposed to be released in 2012 in India but was released on Netflix in 2019.

In 2022, Kapur acted in his first Punjabi language film Birha – The Journey Back Home. The short won the ‘Best Film award’ at the Amsterdam International Film Festival, Hollywood Shorts FEST, Los Angeles Film Awards (LAFA), New York Indian Film Festival, Calcutta International Cult Film Festival, and the Gangtok International Film Festival.

2023 saw the release of Mission Majnu and Mujib: The Making of a Nation and in both films he played the role of Pakistan's Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.