Rajkummar Rao filmography

Rajkummar Rao (born 31 August 1984) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi films. He is the recipient of several awards, including a National Film Award, three Filmfare Awards, and an Asia Pacific Screen Award.

Rao in 2019.

Rao graduated from the University of Delhi and went on to study acting at the Film and Television Institute of India. He then moved to Mumbai and made his film debut with Dibakar Banerjee's found footage anthology film Love Sex Aur Dhokha (2010). After a few supporting roles in films like Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2 (2012) and Talaash: The Answer Lies Within, his breakthrough came with the drama film Kai Po Che! in 2013. He rose to prominence with his portrayal of a lawyer Shahid Azmi in Hansal Mehta's critically acclaimed biographical drama Shahid (2013), for which he was awarded the National Film Award for Best Actor and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor.

Rao went on to feature in the successful romantic comedy Queen (2014), Aligarh (2016) and Trapped (2016). Trapped earned him a second Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor. Among his 2017 releases, the romantic comedy Bareilly Ki Barfi and the black comedy Newton were both commercial successes and won him several accolades; the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for the former and the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Actor for the latter. In 2018, he starred in the horror-comedy Stree, which is the highest-grossing film of his career to date.

Films
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Year Title Role Notes
2010 Rann News reader
Love Sex Aur Dhokha Adarsh
Uss Din Un­known Short Film
2011Ragini MMSUday
ShaitanMalwankar Pintya
2012 Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2Shamshad Alam
ChittagongLokenath Bal
TalaashDevrath Kulkarni/Dev
2013 Kai Po Che!Govind PatelNominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
Boyss Toh Boyss HainRahul Shah
D-Day Moin (voice)Cameo appearance
Shahid Shahid AzmiNational Film Award for Best Actor
Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor
A New Love Ishtory News Reportercameo appearance
2014 QueenVijay
CityLights Deepak Singh
Bombay Mirror UnknownShort film
2015 Dolly Ki DoliSonu Sherawat
Hamari Adhuri KahaniHari Prasad
Aligarh Deepu SebastianNominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
2016 Trapped ShauryaFilmfare Critics Award for Best Actor
2017 RaabtaMuwaqqitCameo appearance
Behen Hogi Teri Shiv Kumar Nautiyal (Gattu)
Bareilly Ki Barfi Pritam VidrohiFilmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
Newton Newton KumarAsia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor
Nominated—Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor
Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana IAS Satyendra Mishra
2018 Omerta Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh
Fanney KhanAdhir
Stree VickyNominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Love SoniaManish
5 WeddingsHarbhajan Singh
Amoli Voice Over Film won - National Award - Best Investigative Film
2019 Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa LagaSahil Mirza
Judgementall Hai Kya KeshavNominated—Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor
Made in China Raghuvir Mehta
2020 Shimla MirchiAvinash
Ludo Alok Kumar "Alu" GuptaNetflix release
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor
Chhalaang Mahender "Montu" Singh HoodaReleased On Amazon Prime Video
2021 The White Tiger Ashok Netflix Original
Roohi Bhawra Pandey
Hum Do Hamare Do Dhruv Disney+Hotstar Release
2022 Badhaai DoShardulCompleted[1][2]
Hit: The First CaseVikram RaoFilming[3]
Monica, O My DarlingTBANetflix Original Filming[4]

Television
Year Title Role Network Notes
2017 Bose: Dead/Alive Subhas Chandra Bose ALTBalaji Web series

References
  1. "Bhumi Pednekar, Rajkummar Rao wrap-up shooting for 'Badhaai Do'". ANI News. 6 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. "Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar start shooting for 'Badhaai Do'". India TV News. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  3. "Rajkummar Rao and Sanya Malhotra starrer Hit-The First Case begins with a mahurat pooja ceremony". Bollywood Hungama. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  4. "Nextflix shares first look of Radhika Apte, Huma, Rajkummar from Monica, O My Darling". India Today. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
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