Rajesh Sharma
Acting
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.
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Filmography of
Rajesh Sharma
Dasund Acharya
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Satyendra Mishra
... 2026
... 2025
Jagawar
... 2025
Yashpal Singh
... 2025
... 2024
Meera's Uncle
... 2024
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Shastri ji
... 2024
Inspector Avtar Singh
... 2024
Benny Dayal Shukla
... 2024
Deteknik Detective
... 2024
Kunal
... 2024
Dhananjay
... 2024
Manoj Mittal
... 2024
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Professor Syed
... 2024
Amit Kr. Srivastav
... 2023
Goverdhan Roy
... 2023
Dayanand Pande
... 2023
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Politician
... 2023
HSP Saxena
... 2023
Chief Rangeela
... 2023
Babu Saab / Anand Gupta
... 2023
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Cook
... 2022
Rajesh Sharma
... 2022
Kasim Kasai
... 2022
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Chacha
... 2022
Kishanlal
... 2022
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... 2021
Babloo's Father
... 2021
Bajrangi
... 2021
Sharma, Deputy Commissioner of Police
... 2021
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Sachin
... 2020
... 2020
Minister
... 2019
Amit Sharma
... 2019
Prem Tripathi
... 2019
... 2019
Kranti
... 2019
Mauji (WJI)
... 2019
Rajesh
... 2019
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D. D Shukla
... 2019
Inspector
... 2019
Rajesh Singh
... 2019
Sub Inspector Rawat
... 2019
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Omkar Kashyap
... 2019
Guptaji
... 2018
Chanchal
... 2018
Ranpal
... 2018
Firoz
... 2018
Lawyer Bhatia
... 2018
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Brijmohan
... 2018
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Siddhi's Father
... 2018
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... 2017
Purushottam Madan Pandit
... 2017
Mathur
... 2017
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Abbaji
... 2017
M.L.A.
... 2017
Shyam
... 2017
... 2017
Jeetu Arora- Paddy's Manager
... 2017
Channel owner
... 2017
Sukhwani
... 2016
Keshav Banerjee
... 2016
... 2016
Ram Charan
... 2016
Sharma
... 2016
M. K. Sharma
... 2016
... 2016
... 2016
Shani
... 2015
... 2015
Senior Pakistani Police Officer
... 2015
... 2015
... 2015
Omprakash 'Omi' Sangwan
... 2015
... 2015
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Ramesh Sherawat
... 2015
Home Minister Mahender Singh
... 2015
... 2014
Daya Shankar Pandey
... 2014
... 2014
... 2014
Grover
... 2014
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... 2014
Shekhar Banerjee
... 2014
... 2013
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Mausa Ji
... 2013
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Pandit
... 2013
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Joginder
... 2013
... 2012
Titu Mama
... 2012
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Ashok Khanna
... 2012
Sintu Biswas
... 2012
Rakesh
... 2012
Shishir (Cop)
... 2012
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... 2012
Selva Ganesh / Keedadas
... 2011
Amit Kr. Srivastav
... 2011
L.N Tondon
... 2011
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Inspector N. K.
... 2011
... 2010
Kamalkant Kakkad
... 2010
... 2009
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Sibu
... 2007
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Deva
... 2007
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Munjal
... 2006
Inspector Ranojay
... 2006
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... 2005
Tour Guide
... 2005
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Durga Prasad
... 2004
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Golam
... 2003
Sunil Mehra
... 2003
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Director
... 2002
Film Actor
... 2000
Rajeev Shrivastav
... 2000
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