Rajit Kapoor born May 22, 1963 in Amritsar, is a distinguished Indian film and theatre actor and director. He gained fame portraying the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi in the eponymous television series on Doordarshan in 1993. He won the National Film Award for Best Actor for portraying Mahatma Gandhi in the 1996 film The Making of the Mahatma. His film debut was in Shyam Benegal's Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1992). He also won acclaim for his role in the Malayalam film Agnisakshi. A prominent theatre personality, Kapur has appeared in recent films like Raazi, Uri: The Surgical Strike, and Mission Majnu.

Filmography

• 2025Kaisi Ye Paheli — Detective Bondo
• Pharma — Dr. Rajiv Rao
• 2024A Night, After All — Kishore
• 2024Chhatrapati Sambhaji
• 2024Pune Highway — Dr. Mahesh
• 2024The Prince of Jhansi — Bank Manager
• 2023Birha : The Journey Back Home
• 2023Mission Majnu — Pakistan PM Bhutto
• 2022Attack — Home Minister
• 2022Code Name: Tiranga
• 2022Goldfish — Ashwin Raina
• 2022Maja Ma — Bob Hansraj
• Mithya — Anand Tyagi
• Rocket Boys — Jawaharlal Nehru
• Aisa Waisa Pyaar — Mahendra Acharya
• Kaali Peeli Tales — Father
• 2021Nail Polish — Kishore Bhushan
• 2020Prawaas
• 201922 Yards
• Bard of Blood — Sadiq Shaikh
• 2019Bypass Road — Pratap Kapoor
• 2019The Gandhi Murder — Jawaharlal Nehru
• 2019Uri: The Surgical Strike — Prime Minister Of India
• 2018Phir Se — Krish
• 2018Project Papa — Dr. Dev
• 2018Raazi — Hidayat Khan
• 2017A Gentleman — Kavya's Father
• 2017Begum Jaan — Ilias
• 2017For Here or to Go? — Prabhu
• Going Viral Pvt. Ltd. — Gulshan Sood
• 2016Anna — Rajat Sharma
• 2016Baar Baar Dekho — Panditji (Special Appearance)
• Bang Baaja Baaraat — Ranjeet Arora
• 2015Gour Hari Dastaan — Mohan Joshi
• 2015Roy — Detective D. S. Wadia
• 2015The Threshold — Raj
• 2014Benegal's New Cinema
• 2014Dishkiyaoon — Viki's Dad
• 2014Kick — Dr. Jayant Verma
• Samvidhaan: The Making of the Constitution of India — Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer
• 2013The Egyptian Mystery — Al Mamun
• 2012The Bright Day — Father
• 2011Dam 999 — Shankaran
• 2011Monica — Raj Jaitley
• 2011Shaitan — Amy's Father
• 2010Guzaarish — Vipin Patel
• 2010Well Done Abba — Inspector Srikanth Reddy
• 2009Blue Oranges
• 2009Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish — Debu
• 2009Fruit & Nut — Vishwas Atmavishwas Pinakin
• 2009Gulmohar
• 2009Marega Salaa — Rahul Awasthi
• 2009Morning Walk — Indra
• 2008Hansie — Prakash
• 2008Lovesongs
• 2007Dahek A Restless Mind
• 2006Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante — Dr. Viren Goenka
• 2005Bose: The Forgotten Hero — Abid Hasan
• 2005Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara — Ronu Chaudhury
• 2003Ek Alag Mausam — George
• 2002Abaidha — Indra
• 2002Nishad — Dr. Gopi Gujaral
• 2002Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai — Yusuf Zayed Hussein
• 2001Dattak — Sunil
• 2001Zubeidaa — Riyaz Masud
• 2000Hari-Bhari — Khurshid
• 1999Agnisaakshi — Unni
• 1999Prayas — Director
• 1999Samar
• 1999Shuruat — Director
• Star Bestsellers — Director
• 1999Tripti — Director
• 1998Ghulam — Jai, Siddhartha's brother
• 1997Train to Pakistan — Iqbal
• 1996BOMgAY
• 1996Sardari Begum — Sadiq Moosvi
• 1996The Making of the Mahatma — Mahondas Karamchand Gandhi
• 1995Limited Humanity — Sadanand Borse
• 1994Mammo — Older Riyaz
• 1994Shelter of the Wings — Lakhinder
• Byomkesh Bakshi — Byomkesh Bakshi
• 1992Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda — Manek Mullah
• 1975Dharam Karam — Ashok 'Bonga Babu' Kumar
• Storm

Appearances as themselves (1)

• The Kapil Sharma Show — Self