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Rajat Kapoor

Rajat Kapoor Image Source : Wikipedia
  • Place of Birth Delhi
  • Occupation Film Director, Actor, Writer
  • Spouse Meenal Agrawal (1996)
  • Education Film And Television Institute Of India
  • Years active 1989-present

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ABOUT Rajat Kapoor

Rajat Kapoor: A Versatile Talent in Hindi Cinema Rajat Kapoor, a prominent figure in Hindi cinema, is a multifaceted artist excelling as an actor, filmmaker, and playwright. While precise details on recent film projects and achievements beyond his established body of work require further specification, his career reflects a consistent dedication to nuanced performances and compelling narratives. Kapoor's career is marked by a commitment to independent and art-house cinema, often showcasing his versatility in character roles. He is known for his ability to portray complex and layered characters with remarkable depth and subtlety, contributing significantly to the independent film landscape in India. His directorial ventures have also garnered critical acclaim, often exploring unconventional themes and narratives. He has consistently collaborated with a range of talented individuals within the Indian film industry, further enriching his work. Information regarding recent projects and awards would require accessing current databases of film releases and award ceremonies to maintain journalistic accuracy and avoid speculation. Further research into publicly available sources is needed to provide details on the most recent updates to his acting and directorial career. A thorough examination of his filmography would reveal his most iconic roles and key achievements.

Rajat Kapoor FILMS AND CREDITS

Previous Movies Upcoming Movies
  • Tanaav
  • Tanaav

    ( 2022–2024 )

  • Raid 2
  • Raid 2

    ( 2025 )

  • Sadabahar
  • Sadabahar

    ( 2024 )

  • Bheja Fry 3
  • Bheja Fry 3

    ( Not Final )

  • Lootere
  • Lootere

    ( 2024 )

  • Putul
  • Putul

    ( Not Final )

  • Everybody Loves Sohrab Handa
  • Everybody Loves Sohrab Handa

    ( 2023 )

  • Khauf
  • Khauf

    ( Not Final )

  • Armaand
  • Armaand

    ( 2023 )

  • Summer of 77
  • Summer of 77

    ( Not Final )

  • Jehanabad - Of Love & War
  • Jehanabad - Of Love & War

    ( 2023 )

  • For Your Eyes Only
  • For Your Eyes Only

    ( Not Final )

  • Anur: Eyes on the sunshine
  • Anur: Eyes on the sunshine

    ( 2023 )

  • Drishyam 3
  • Drishyam 3

    ( Not Final )

  • Kora Kagazz
  • Kora Kagazz

    ( 2022 )

  • Tumhari Pyari Savita
  • Tumhari Pyari Savita

    ( Not Final )

  • Drishyam 2
  • Drishyam 2

    ( 2022 )

  • Gehraiyaan
  • Gehraiyaan

    ( 2022 )

  • Call My Agent
  • Call My Agent

    ( 2021 )

  • Take 37: Poker Face
  • Take 37: Poker Face

    ( 2021 )

  • RK/RKAY
  • RK/RKAY

    ( 2021 )

  • Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story
  • Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story

    ( 2020 )

  • How About a Kiss
  • How About a Kiss

    ( 2020 )

  • Shobdo Jobdo
  • Shobdo Jobdo

    ( 2020 )

  • Code M
  • Code M

    ( 2020 )

  • Kadakh
  • Kadakh

    ( 2019 )

  • The Best Is Yet to Come
  • The Best Is Yet to Come

    ( 2019 )

  • The Good Karma Hospital
  • The Good Karma Hospital

    ( 2018–2019 )

  • Rat Race - Ek Andhi Daud
  • Rat Race - Ek Andhi Daud

    ( 2018 )

  • Mulk
  • Mulk

    ( 2018 )

  • Pari
  • Pari

    ( 2018 )

  • August 25
  • August 25

    ( 2018 )

  • An Invitation
  • An Invitation

    ( 2017 )

  • Mantra
  • Mantra

    ( 2017 )

  • Kapoor & Sons
  • Kapoor & Sons

    ( 2016 )

  • Waiting
  • Waiting

    ( 2015 )

  • X: Past Is Present
  • X: Past Is Present

    ( 2015 )

  • Drishyam
  • Drishyam

    ( 2015 )

  • Everest
  • Everest

    ( 2014–2015 )

  • Ankhon Dekhi
  • Ankhon Dekhi

    ( 2013 )

  • 10ml LOVE
  • 10ml LOVE

    ( 2012 )

  • Midnight's Children
  • Midnight's Children

    ( 2012 )

  • Agent Vinod
  • Agent Vinod

    ( 2012 )

  • Jo Dooba So Paar: It's Love in Bihar!
  • Jo Dooba So Paar: It's Love in Bihar!

    ( 2011 )

  • Iti Mrinalini: An Unfinished Letter...
  • Iti Mrinalini: An Unfinished Letter...

    ( 2010 )

  • Phas Gaye Re Obama
  • Phas Gaye Re Obama

    ( 2010 )

  • I Am 24
  • I Am 24

    ( 2010 )

  • Pappu Can't Dance Saala
  • Pappu Can't Dance Saala

    ( 2010 )

  • That Girl in Yellow Boots
  • That Girl in Yellow Boots

    ( 2010 )

  • ...And Once Again
  • ...And Once Again

    ( 2010 )

  • Rann
  • Rann

    ( 2010 )

  • Ek Tho Chance
  • Ek Tho Chance

    ( 2009 )

  • Raat Gayi, Baat Gayi?
  • Raat Gayi, Baat Gayi?

    ( 2009 )

  • Teree Sang: A Kidult Love Story
  • Teree Sang: A Kidult Love Story

    ( 2009 )

  • Siddharth: The Prisoner
  • Siddharth: The Prisoner

    ( 2009 )

  • Dasvidaniya
  • Dasvidaniya

    ( 2008 )

  • Rang Rasiya
  • Rang Rasiya

    ( 2008 )

  • Hulla
  • Hulla

    ( 2008 )

  • Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na
  • Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na

    ( 2008 )

  • Via Darjeeling
  • Via Darjeeling

    ( 2008 )

  • Krazzy 4
  • Krazzy 4

    ( 2008 )

  • Khoya Khoya Chand
  • Khoya Khoya Chand

    ( 2007 )

  • Apna Asmaan
  • Apna Asmaan

    ( 2007 )

  • Bheja Fry
  • Bheja Fry

    ( 2007 )

  • The Last Days of the Raj
  • The Last Days of the Raj

    ( 2007 )

  • Anuranan
  • Anuranan

    ( 2006 )

  • Bombay Skies
  • Bombay Skies

    ( 2006 )

  • What If?
  • What If?

    ( 2006 )

  • Corporate
  • Corporate

    ( 2006 )

  • Dhadkanein
  • Dhadkanein

    ( 2006 )

  • Mixed Doubles
  • Mixed Doubles

    ( 2006 )

  • Chehraa
  • Chehraa

    ( 2005 )

  • Kisna: The Warrior Poet
  • Kisna: The Warrior Poet

    ( 2005 )

  • C.I.D.
  • C.I.D.

    ( 2005 )

  • Raat Hone Ko Hai
  • Raat Hone Ko Hai

    ( 2004 )

  • Tum: A Dangerous Obsession
  • Tum: A Dangerous Obsession

    ( 2004 )

  • Mudda: The Issue
  • Mudda: The Issue

    ( 2003 )

  • Kabhie Kabhie
  • Kabhie Kabhie

    ( 2003–2004 )

  • Hubahu
  • Hubahu

    ( 2002 )

  • Kali Salwaar
  • Kali Salwaar

    ( 2002 )

  • Monsoon Wedding
  • Monsoon Wedding

    ( 2001 )

  • Dil Chahta Hai
  • Dil Chahta Hai

    ( 2001 )

  • Little Mirchi Thoda Pepper
  • Little Mirchi Thoda Pepper

    ( 2000 )

  • Gharwali Uparwali
  • Gharwali Uparwali

    ( 2000 )

  • Gubbare
  • Gubbare

    ( 1999–2000 )

  • Junoon
  • Junoon

    ( 1994–1998 )

  • Khayal Gatha
  • Khayal Gatha

    ( 1989 )

Image Source : IMDB & Wikipedia

Rajat Kapoor AWARDS

Awards
  • The Bombay International Film Festival for - 2003 Raghu Romeo

  • Best Actor
  • The Cinefan - Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema for Best Actor - 2008 Siddharth: The Prisoner

  • Best Director
  • The Festival of Globe for Best Director - 2015 Ankhon Dekhi

  • Best Story
  • The Filmfare Awards for Best Story - 2015 Ankhon Dekhi

  • Best Film
  • The Filmfare Awards for Best Film - 2015 Ankhon Dekhi

  • Best Regional Film (Hindi)
  • The National Film Awards, India for Best Regional Film (Hindi) - 2004 Raghu Romeo

  • Best Story
  • The Screen Awards, IN for Best Story - 2015 Ankhon Dekhi

  • Best Ensemble Cast
  • The Screen Awards, IN for Best Ensemble Cast - 2015 Ankhon Dekhi

  • Best Actor in a Negative Role - Hindi Web Originals - Mystery
  • The ScreenXX Summit & Awards for Best Actor in a Negative Role - Hindi Web Originals - Mystery - 2020 Code M

  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  • The e4m Play Streaming Media Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - 2021 Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story

Image Source : IMDB & Wikipedia

RAJAT KAPOOR NEWS

Saare Jahan Se Accha: Netflix sabotages Suhail Nayyar's performance; humiliates Tillotama Shome by editing her scenes out

August 23, 2025 10:19 pm

Post Credits Scene: Netflix's new spy drama, Saare Jahan Se Accha, feels like it has been edited by Edward Scissorhands; it's tantamount to self-sabotage. Poor Tillotama Shome, Sunny Hinduja, and Suhail Nayyar are done particularly dirty.

Sinners and Khauf, two atmospheric works of the genre, reveal that true horror is never otherworldly; it lives in the grammar of everyday oppression

May 09, 2025 8:00 am

What’s greatly unsettling is how both Sinners and Khauf suggests that for the marginalised to claim power, they must first inhabit the very skin of their oppressors.

Khauf review: Psychological horror show digs deep, builds dread

April 18, 2025 12:54 pm

Khauf review: The series works best when its women, with all their pain and their messy back stories, are on screen, doing their thing.

Rajat Kapoor on directing plays and films: 'They are vastly different worlds'

March 27, 2025 9:45 am

"Art is a way to question, to challenge the status quo, and even if you don’t have all the answers, just raising those questions leads to change," said Kapoor.

Rajat Kapoor says OTT platforms being 'saviours' is a 'lie', calls them out for deciding what people should watch: 'They've not been kind'

April 20, 2024 6:57 pm

Rajat Kapoor, who has helmed and starred in several acclaimed independent films, said that OTT platforms are also functioning like the traditional film studios as they also prefer stars headlining projects.

Lootere review: A tense, high-wire hostage drama

March 22, 2024 10:57 pm

Lootere review: Coming from the Scam 92 team of director Jai Mehta and showrunner Hansal Mehta, Lootere doesn’t dial back on danger, and manages to keep its stakes high.

Lootere trailer: Hansal Mehta’s series is a gripping tale of gun, violence and treachery

March 06, 2024 4:29 pm

Hansal Mehta has released the trailer of his upcoming show Lootere. Helmed by Jai Mehta, the series is headlined by Rajat Kapoor

‘The sky won’t fall if you don’t have a cellphone’

August 14, 2023 11:46 am

Actor-director Rajat Kapoor says it is possible to live a regular life without a cellphone in your hand

Ideas and thoughts force you to act, to write, to direct, so that they can be expressed… it’s like a compulsion: Rajat Kapoor

August 08, 2023 4:54 pm

Rajat Kapoor says he identifies himself as a director first and that filmmaking has always been his first passion. His play 'Nothing Like Lear', starring Vinay Pathak, was recently staged at the fourth edition of the Delhi Theatre Festival.

Kora Kagazz movie review: The film fails to deliver on its promise

November 25, 2022 4:40 pm

Kora Kagazz movie review: It isn’t bad. It’s just not interesting enough.

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