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Rajesh Sharma
Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography Movies
Acting
Rater RajaniGandha
A novelist, Rahul, meets Jui and is allured by the way her life shapes up. Played by Rituparna Sengupta, Jui takes a huge step by moving to Kolkata following the demise of her parents. While in Kolkata, she begins to work as a bar singer in the city and there she meets Rajesh Sharma. The two get married, however, things get worse for her as she is forced into the world of prostitution and goes on to become an escort. Rahul, a novelist, meets her and pens her entire story which is very different from that of an ordinary girl.
The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan
While Ekendra Sen was enjoying his vacation in colourful Rajasthan with Bapi and Pramatha, suddenly a professor of archaeology at Oxford University, Shatadru Ghosh, informs Eken about his suspicion on a particular idol he had seen in London went missing. Eken begins his investigation with his two confidantes, where all the mystery facts will baffle him while constantly challenging his intelligence and observation skills. What happens when the situation gets out of hand after finding fake artefacts at the Jaisalmer Museum?
Shororipu 1
Deputy Commissioner of Police Sharma and his detective friend Chandrakant Sen are called on to solve the mystery behind five high-profile murders committed in Kolkata on the same evening. Did their Jew friend Joshua Bane have anything to do with those murders?
Shororipu 2: Jotugriho
Deputy Commissioner of Police Sharma and his detective friend Chandrakant Sen are called on to investigate the death of veteran music director Debraj Sen. Was his death of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome a mere accident? Did his third wife Megha Sen have anything to do with it?
Bindas Prem
A young man falls in love with a woman but conceals his real identity from her. Eventually, the woman finds out some truths about him that change things between them.
Surya
Ashoke, a businessman, provides shelter to Mahim Halder who kills and takes over his property. Soon, Ashoke's son, Surya, sets out to avenge his father's death.
Mere Desh Ki Dharti
Encompasses the journey of two engineering friends who go on a new adventure in the farming industry.
Khosla Ka Ghosla!
Kamal Khosla's land is grabbed by a land shark named Khurana. In a bid to retrieve their land, Khosla's elder son hatches a clever plan to con the crook and enlists the help of his friends and his dysfunctional family.
Mrs. Undercover
An ace undercover agent living as a middle-class housewife is assigned a task after a decade. How will she take down a serial killer targeting ambitious women with her rusty skills?
U-Turn
Radhika, a journalism intern is investigating bike riders violating traffic on a city flyover, turns sinister when she becomes prime suspect in the mysterious death of one of the motorists, she is forced to prove her innocence and find the real culprit.
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