Rajesh Sharma (actor)

This article is about a Hindi actor. For the Malayalam actor with similar name, see Rajesh Sharma (Malayalam actor).

Rajesh Sharma
Born (1970-10-08) 8 October 1970 (age 54)
Ludhiana, Punjab, India
OccupationActor
Years active1990–present
Spouses
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(m. 2000⁠–⁠2009)​
Sangeeta Sharma
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(m. 2011)​

Rajesh Sharma is an Indian actor who acts in Hindi and Bengali films.

Early life

He was born in Ludhiana, India and worked in Kolkata. There, he started acting in a theatre group named 'Rangakarmi' in Kolkata. He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama, New Delhi.[citation needed] Rajesh Sharma married Sudipta Chakraborty, a Bengali actress, and they later got divorced; he has been married to Sangeeta Sharma since 2011.[1]

Career

Rajesh Sharma made his Bollywood debut with the 1996 Hindi movie Maachis.[2] After this, he started acting in Bengali films from the early 2000s.[3] In Maachis, Rajesh Sharma co-starred with Chandrachur Singh, Jimmy Shergill, Raj Zutshi, Tabu and Om Puri. In 2000, he made a comeback in Bengali-film titled Paromitar Ek Din.[4] It was written and directed by Aparna Sen. After acting in a few more Bengali films, he came back to Bollywood in 2005 with the film Parineeta. It was Vidya Balan's debut movie, where she acted against Saif Ali Khan.

Rajesh Sharma[5] works mainly in the Bollywood and Bengali film industries. Sharma has appeared in Hindi films such as Khosla Ka Ghosla, Ishqiya, No One Killed Jessica, Chillar Party, The Dirty Picture, Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana, Special 26, B.A. Pass, Tanu Weds Manu Returns, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story and India's Most Wanted.[6]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Character Language Ref.
1996 Maachis Hindi
2000 Paromitar Ek Din Bengali
2001 Dada Thakur Jyotin Roy Bengali
Pratibad Tinu Bengali
2002 Sonar Sansar Bengali
Sathi Bengali
Desh Bengali
Shubho Mahurat Sunil Bengali
2003 Champion Bengali
Bombaiyer Bombete Victor Perumal Bengali
2004 Badsha The King Shaktinath Bengali
2004 Gyarakal Chanu Bengali
2005 Parineeta Ratan Hindi
2006 Agnishapath Bengali
Khosla Ka Ghosla Munjal Hindi
Shikar Police Officer Rajesh Yadav Bengali
Kranti Bengali
2007 Dus Din Pore Deva Bengali
Sakhi Rahila ae Singha Duara Odia
2008 Neel Rajar Deshe Kidnapper Bengali
2009 Chha-e Chhuti Rajesh Sharma (himself) Bengali
2010 Ishqiya Kamalkant Kakkad aka KK Hindi
2011 No One Killed Jessica N.K. (Cop) Hindi
Bedeni Bengali
Bye Bye Bangkok Bengali
Oh My Love Bengali
Paapi Bengali
Punorutthan Bengali
Bindas Prem Bengali
Chillar Party L. N. Tondon Hindi
System Bengali
Baishe Srabon Amit Srivastav Bengali
The Dirty Picture Selva Ganesh Hindi
2012 Chaalis Chauraasi Mahesh Naik Hindi
Goraay Gondogol Bengali
Laptop Bengali
8:08 Er Bongaon Local Shishir (Cop) Bengali
Teen Yaari Katha Bengali
Om Shanti Manjil Bengali
Life in Park Street Bengali
Darling Payel's Father Bengali
Passport Bengali
Astra Inspector Sanyal Bengali
Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana Tito Mama Hindi
Strings Of Passion Shekhar Banerjee Hindi
2013 Special 26 Joginder Khurana Hindi
Kagojer Nouka Bengali
Ghanchakkar Panditt Hindi
2013 Ganesh Talkies Bengali [7]
B.A. Pass Khanna Hindi
Shuddh Desi Romance Mausa Ji Hindi
Mishawr Rawhoshyo Narendra Verma Bengali
Nirbhoya Bengali
2014 Pizza Hindi
Strings of Passion Hindi, Bengali
Pendulum Bengali
The Xposé Inspector Raj Grover Hindi
Taan Bengali
Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami Daya Shankar Pandey Hindi
2015 Tevar Mahendar Singh Hindi
Dolly Ki Doli Ramesh Sherawat Hindi
Tanu Weds Manu Returns Om Prakash Saangwaan Hindi
Bajrangi Bhaijaan Hamid Khan Hindi
Amanush 2 Bengali
2016 Palki Wakil Hindi [citation needed]
Azhar M. K. Sharma Hindi
M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Keshav Banerjee (Dhoni's first coach) Hindi
Bhawani Mandi Virendar Singh Naruka Hindi
Romantic Noy Bengali
Double Feluda Mr. Sukhwani Bengali
2017 Begum Jaan Shyam Hindi
Hindi Medium MLA Hindi
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha Mathur Hindi
Lucknow Central Pandit Hindi
Panchlait Mulgain Hindi
Game Over Rangeen Awasthi Hindi [citation needed]
2018 Nanu Ki Jaanu Bhali Hindi
Race 3 Brij Mohan (Brijesh) Hindi
Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se Advocate Bhatia Hindi
Tuski Bengali
Kelo Dr Sen Bengali
Golak Bugni Bank Te Batua Money Exchanger Punjabi
Kishore Kumar Junior Firoz Bengali
Dotara Bengali
Vada Chennai Chanchal Tamil
FryDay Inspector Hindi
The Past Guruji Hindi
2019 22 Yards [8] Hindi
The Tashkent Files Omkar Kashyap Hindi
India's Most Wanted Rajesh Singh Hindi
Nakkash Senior Inspector Hindi
One Day: Justice Delivered Pankaj Singh Hindi
Super 30 Bachchi Hindi
Kissebaaz D. D. Shukla Hindi
Batla House Shailesh Arya Hindi
Mardaani 2 Amit Sharma Hindi
Purba Paschim Dakshin † Bengali
Jhootha Kahin Ka Goga (Varun's maternal uncle) Hindi
Dream Girl Mauji (W Ji) Hindi
Dabangg 3 Minister S. S. Sharma Hindi
Pati Patni Aur Woh Prem Tripathi Hindi
2020 Laxmii Sachin Rajput Hindi Disney Plus Hotstar film
2021 Kya Meri Sonam Gupta Bewafa Hai? Travel Agent Hindi Zee5 film
Bhavai Hindi [9]
Dybbuk Ezra's Dad Hindi Amazon Prime Video film
2022 Mere Desh Ki Dharti Kishanlal Hindi
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 Kulwant Thakur: Reet's uncle Hindi
Ramrajya M. P. Shukla Hindi
Tadka Bavarchi (cook) Hindi ZEE5 film
Darlings Kaseem Hindi Netflix film
2023 Mrs Undercover Chief Rangeela Hindi Zee5 film
U-Turn[citation needed] HSP Saxena Hindi Zee5 film
Chatrapathi Hindi
Minus 31: The Nagpur Files Anupam Sharma Hindi
Mission Raniganj Govardhan Roy (MLA) Hindi
2024 Dard Multilingual film;
India Bangladesh joint venture;
Pan-Indian film
Tauba Tera Jalwa Professor Hindi [citation needed]
Aakhir Palaayan Kab Tak Sunil Hindi
IRah Dhananjay Hindi
Crew Prithviraj Mittal Hindi
Wild Wild Punjab SHO Avtar Singh Hindi
Pad Gaye Pange Shastri Hindi
Navras Katha Collage superstar Hindi
Kahan Shuru Kahan Khatam Sumer Singh Chaudhary Hindi
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Meera's uncle Hindi
2025 Mission Grey House Hindi; [10]

Web series

Year Title Role Language Platform Notes
2018 Life Sahi Hai Maid agency owner Hindi ZEE5 [11]
2020 Kark Rogue Ravikant Agarwal Bengali, Hindi [12]
Paatal Lok Tycoon Gwala Gurjer Hindi Amazon Prime Video
JL50 Gaurango Hindi Sony LIV
2021 Matsya Kaand Soori Hindi MX Player
Ray Suresh Sharma Hindi Netflix
2022 Online 24x7 Mr. Patel Hindi
2022 Amit Bhadana LL.B Advocate Mehta Hindi YouTube
2023 NH6 Inspector Bengali Klikk [13]

References

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  2. ^ "Ace actor Rajesh Sharma to host 'Bengal Crime' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Rajesh Sharma - Movies, Biography, News, Age & Photos". BookMyShow.
  4. ^ "Rajesh Sharma To Debut As Television Show Host". www.spotboye.com. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Rajesh Sharma - Movies, Biography, News, Age & Photos". BookMyShow. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Rajesh Sharma". IMDb. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  7. ^ [1] Times of India
  8. ^ "Movie details 22 yards". Times of India. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  9. ^ "'Scam 1992' star Pratik Gandhi's upcoming 'Raavan Leela' to release in cinemas on Oct 1". India TV News. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Ianslive". ianslive.in. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Watch: Luv Ranjan's web series Life Sahi Hai's first episode hits the internet waves". Deccan Chronicle. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Kark Rogue: Zee5's new medical thriller". Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Jon Halder's new web series 'NH6' features Rajesh Sharma". BruTimes.