Personal Info
Birth date
1961-02-11 (64 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Delhi, India
Also known as
-Rajat Kapoor
Biography
Rajat Kapoor is an Indian actor, writer, screenwriter and film director. As a child, Kapoor would watch films with his family and decided to become a filmmaker at the age of 14. He mainly focused on acting at first. In 2013 he joined the theatre group Chingari in Delhi, later moving to Pune to attend the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).
Filmography
CID
6.1
Overview:
The first thrilling investigative series on Indian Television, is today one of the most popular shows on Sony Entertainment Television. Dramatic and absolutely unpredictable, Crime Investigation Department (C.I.D.) has captivated viewers over the last eleven years and continues to keep audiences glued to their television sets with its thrilling plots and excitement. Also interwoven in its fast-paced plots are the personal challenges that the C.I.D. team faces with non-stop adventure, tremendous pressure and risk, all in the name of duty. The series consists of hard-core police procedural stories dealing with investigation, detection and suspense. The protagonists of the serial are an elite group of police officers belonging to the Crime Investigation Department of the police force, led by ACP Pradyuman.
Everest
9
Overview:
group of students enrol in the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, in Uttarkashi, for undergoing training to climb Mount Everest. Anjali Singh Rawat, who feels neglected by her father, wishes to win his love by fulfilling his dream of climbing Everest. Aakash Joshi is a videographer, who is to make a documentary on Arjun Sabharwal's expedition to Everest. As the plot proceeds a relationship between Anjali and Aakash fruitions
Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai
6
Overview:
Host Farooq Shaikh interviews many well-known Bollywood faces as well as television celebrities and gives a peek into their private and professional lives.
Tanaav
4.5
Overview:
Kabir, a special task force veteran, is brought out of retirement to hunt down an enemy, Umar Riaz, he thought he had neutralised but is still alive. He, along with a reassembled special task force, decides to infiltrate Umar's brother's wedding after learning that Umar would be in attendance. However, when things do not go as planned, Kabir and his team must give their all to ensure the dangerous man is caught.
Rana Naidu
7.862
Overview:
Rana Naidu can solve any problem in Bollywood. But when his father is suddenly released from prison, the one mess he can’t handle may be his own.
Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story
8.28
Overview:
Set in 1980's & 90's Bombay, Scam 1992 follows the life of Harshad Mehta - a stockbroker who single-handedly took the stock market to dizzying heights & his catastrophic downfall. Being directed by National Award-winning filmmaker Hansal Mehta, the series is based on journalist Debashis Basu & Sucheta Dalal's book "The Scam".
Call My Agent Bollywood
3.5
Overview:
From pulling off casting coups to calming celebrity egos, the drama never stops for four Mumbai talent agents hustling to save their sinking company.
Jehanabad Of Love & War
7.3
Overview:
In the small town of Jehanabad, where innocent love, in the form of a young independent college student and her professor, and intense violence, with the arrival of a seasoned Naxal commander and an ex-MLA eyeing the Dalit vote bank, are brewing parallelly, they are bound to cross paths.
Raid 2
5.978
Overview:
Set seven years after the events of the first film, it follows the return of IRS officer Amay Patnaik, who is attempting to take down a seemingly benevolent politician.
Khauf
7.667
Overview:
Madhu moves into a hostel in Delhi to start afresh, but her room hides a sinister presence that begins to get stronger each day, alarming the other women on her floor. They know what the room hides and desperately want her gone before it is too late for them all.
Code M
6.375
Overview:
Miltary lawyer,Major Monica Mehra,is roped in to solve, what seems like an open and shut case, of the death of an army officer, killed by militants in an encounter. The truth is far from what it appears to be. Will she crack the code?
Saare Jahan Se Accha: The Silent Guardians
NYR
Overview:
A resilient Indian spy must defeat his counterpart across the border in a battle of wits and tradecraft to sabotage a nuclear program.
Lootere
5.5
Overview:
When pirates hijack a ship off the coast of Somalia, a high-stakes game is played with innocent lives and a precious piece of cargo aboard.
Drishyam 2
7.946
Overview:
7 years after the case related to Vijay Salgaonkar and his family was closed, a series of unexpected events bring truth to light that threatens to change everything for the Salgaonkars. Can Vijay save his family this time?
Dil Chahta Hai
6.858
Overview:
Three inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.
Drishyam
7.619
Overview:
A simple street-smart man tries to protect his family from a cop looking for her missing son who was accidently killed by his daughter.
Gehraiyaan
5.406
Overview:
Alisha Khanna, 30, ambitious, now finds herself at crossroads in life. Her six year long relationship has grown monotonous, her career seems to be going nowhere. But just when she had begun to accept this reality as unchangeable, her life is usurped by the arrival of her cousin, Tia and her fiancé, Zain, with whom she bonds over a troubled past and a common wish to break from its confines.
Kapoor & Sons
7.006
Overview:
Returning home to visit their ill grandfather, two estranged brothers must confront their unresolved rivalry while their parents’ marriage frays.
Monsoon Wedding
6.761
Overview:
As the romantic monsoon rains loom, the extended Verma family reunites from around the globe for a last-minute arranged marriage in New Delhi. This film traces five intersecting stories, each navigating different aspects of love as they cross boundaries of class, continent and morality.
The Best Is Yet to Come
6.834
Overview:
Following a huge misunderstanding, two friends always decide to tackle everything to make up for lost time.Gubbare
NYR
Overview:
The show featured a range of short stories about different people in varied scenarios. They covered incidents which had a humorous side to them and showed the varying facets of human relationships.
Once Upon a Crime
NYR
Overview:
Sougata is a well-known thriller writer of our times, with the publication of his first book. But situations get twisted when his past comes haunting the reality of his present.
Mulk
6.724
Overview:
The youngest son of a Muslim family settled in Benaras gets involved in terrorist activities, leading to a bomb blast massacre. His actions have an adverse effect on the family who are left to defend themselves as people who are innocent and not anti-nationals.
Midnight's Children
5.5
Overview:
The story of a pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from England, growing up in the country that is nothing like their parent's generation. A Canadian-British film adaptation of Salman Rushdie's novel of the same name.
Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na
6.793
Overview:
Two best friends being convinced that they are not in love search for each other's love.
Ki & Ka
5.5
Overview:
An unconventional woman, gains immense success in her professional life but things take a turn when she meets a guy, who wants to be a house husband.
Teree Sang: A Kidult Love Story
7.2
Overview:
A 15-year-old Maahi, who hails from an rich family, falls in love with Kabir, a 17-year-old. When she becomes pregnant, their families' opposition forces the couple to elope.
Acting
TBASaare Jahan Se Accha: The Silent Guardians (1 Episode) as Unknown
2025Raid 2 as Chief Commissioner Kaul
2025Khauf (8 Episodes) as Unknown
2024Sadabahar as Miyaji's Son
2024Lootere (8 Episodes) as Captain AK Singh
2023Everybody Loves Sohrab Handa as Chandra
2023Armaand as The Father
2023Rana Naidu (8 Episodes) as Viraj Oberoi
2023Jehanabad Of Love & War (10 Episodes) as Shivanand Singh
2023Eyes on the Sunshine as IAS Loshit Modliar
2022Kora Kagazz as Vivek
2022Drishyam 2 as Mahesh Deshmukh
2022Tanaav (24 Episodes) as Jagjit Malik
2022Clowning with Shakespeare as Self
2022Gehraiyaan as Jitesh
2021Call My Agent Bollywood (6 Episodes) as Monty
2021RK/RKAY as RK and Mahboob
2020Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story (10 Episodes) as K. Madhavan
2020Kadakh as Rahul
2020How About a Kiss as Anand
2020Once Upon a Crime (7 Episodes) as Unknown
2020Code M (8 Episodes) as Col. Suryaveer Chauhan
2019The Best Is Yet to Come as Doctor Aman Kapoor
2018Mulk as SSP Danish Javed
2018Pari as Qasim Ali
2018August 25 as Avik
2017Mantra as Kapil Kapoor
2016Waiting as Dr. Nirupam
2016Ki & Ka as Kabir's Father
2016Kapoor & Sons as Harsh Kapoor
2015X: Past Is Present as K
2015Drishyam as Mahesh Deshmukh
2014Rang Rasiya as Auctioneer
2014Everest (102 Episodes) as Ramesh Roongta
2014Ankhon Dekhi as Rishi Chacha
2012Midnight's Children as Aadam Aziz
2012Agent Vinod as ISI Chief Iftekhar Ahmed
2011Jo Dooba So Paar: It's Love in Bihar! as Superintendent of Police
2011Iti Mrinalini as Siddhartha Sarkar
2010Pappu Can't Dance Saala as Palash
2010Phas Gaye Re Obama as Om Shastri
2010I M 24 as Shubendu Roy
2010Rann as Naveen Shankalya
201010ml LOVE as Unknown
2009A One Night Stand as Rahul
2009Ek Tho Chance as Unknown
2009Teree Sang: A Kidult Love Story as Mohit Puri
2009Siddharth: The Prisoner as Siddharth Roy
2008Via Darjeeling as Ronodeep 'Rono' Sen
2008Dasvidaniya as Rajiv Julka
2008Hulla as Janardhan Parikh
2008Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na as Meghna's father
2008Krazzy 4 as Ravi K. Sanyal
2008Anuranan as Amit Banerjee
2007Khoya Khoya Chand as Prem Kumar
2007My Own Sky as Dr. Sen
2007Bheja Fry as Ranjeet Thadani
2007The Last Days of the Raj as Muhammed Ali Jinnah
2006Yun Hota To Kya Hota as US Consulate Officer
2006Corporate as Vinay Sehgal
2006Mixed Doubles as Vinod
2005Time Bomb 9/11 (24 Episodes) as Industrialist Narendra Nath
2005Chehraa as Special Appreance
2005Kisna as Prince Raghuraj
2004Tum: A Dangerous Obsession as Vinod Gupta
2002Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai (2 Episodes) as Himself
2002Kali Salwar as Unknown
2001Monsoon Wedding as Tej Poori
2001Dil Chahta Hai as Mahesh
1999Gubbare (1 Episode) as Unknown
1998CID (2 Episodes) as Tanuj
1997Char Adhyay as Unknown
1989The Khayal Saga as Music Student
Directing
2023Everybody Loves Sohrab Handa ... Director
2021RK/RKAY ... Director
2020Kadakh ... Director
2014Ankhon Dekhi ... Director
2012Fatso! ... Director
2008Mithya ... Director
2006Mixed Doubles ... Director
2004Raghu Romeo ... Director
1997Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One ... Director
1996Hypnothesis ... Director
1995Tarana ... Director
1989The Khayal Saga ... Assistant Director
Writing
2023Everybody Loves Sohrab Handa ... Writer
2021RK/RKAY ... Writer
2020Kadakh ... Writer
2014Ankhon Dekhi ... Writer
2012Fatso! ... Writer
2009A One Night Stand ... Writer
2008Mithya ... Writer
2006Mixed Doubles ... Screenplay
2004Raghu Romeo ... Screenplay
1997Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One ... Screenplay
1996Hypnothesis ... Screenplay
Production
2023Everybody Loves Sohrab Handa ... Producer
2012The Owner ... Producer
2012Fatso! ... Executive Producer
2009A One Night Stand ... Co-Producer
2009Ek Tho Chance ... Producer