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.
2024
2024
2024
as Meera's Uncle
2024
2024
2024
as Shastri ji
2024
as Inspector Avtar Singh
2024
as Benny Dayal Shukla
2024
as Deteknik Detective
2024
as Kunal
2024
as Dhananjay
2024
as Manoj Mittal
2024
as Sunil
2024
as Professor Syed
2023
as Amit Kr. Srivastav
2023
as Goverdhan Roy
2023
as Dayanand Pande
2023
2023
as Politician
2023
as HSP Saxena
2023
as Chief Rangeela
2023
as Babu Saab / Anand Gupta
2023
2022
as Cook
2022
as Chugh Uncle
2022
as Rajesh Sharma
2022
as Kasim Kasai
2022
2022
2022
as Chacha
2022
as Kishanlal
2022
2021
as Suri
2021
2021
as Babloo's Father
2021
as Bajrangi
2021
as Sharma, Deputy Commissioner of Police
2021
2021
as Suresh Sharma
2021
2020
as Sachin
2020
as CBI Investigator Gourango
2020
as Gwala Gujjar
2020
2020
2019
as Minister
2019
2019
as Amit Sharma
2019
as Prem Tripathi
2019
as Kranti
2019
as Mauji (WJI)
2019
as Rajesh
2019
2019
2019
2019
2019
as Bhandari
2019
as D. D Shukla
2019
as Inspector
2019
as Rajesh Singh
2019
as Sub Inspector Rawat
2019
2019
as Omkar Kashyap
2018
as Guptaji
2018
as Chanchal
2018
as Ranpal
2018
as Firoz
2018
as Lawyer Bhatia
2018
2018
as Brijmohan
2018
as Inspector Khan
2018
2018
as Siddhi's Father
2018
2018
2017
2017
as Purushottam Madan Pandit
2017
as Mathur
2017
2017
as Abbaji
2017
as M.L.A.
2017
as Shyam
2017
2017
as Jeetu Arora- Paddy's Manager
2017
as Channel owner
2016
as Sukhwani
2016
as Keshav Banerjee
2016
2016
as Ram Charan
2016
as Sharma
2016
as Maid agency owner
2016
as M. K. Sharma
2016
2016
2015
as Shani
2015
2015
as Senior Pakistani Police Officer
2015
2015
as Gary Bhujiawala
2015
2015
as Omprakash 'Omi' Sangwan
2015
2015
2015
as Ramesh Sherawat
2015
as Home Minister Mahender Singh
2014
2014
2014
2014
as Grover
2014
2014
2014
as Shekhar Banerjee
2013
2013
2013
as Mausa Ji
2013
2013
as Pandit
2013
2013
2013
2013
as Joginder
2012
2012
as Titu Mama
2012
2012
as Khanna
2012
as Sintu Biswas
2012
2012
as Shishir (Cop)
2012
2012
2011
as Selva Ganesh / Keedadas
2011
as Amit Kr. Srivastav
2011
as L.N Tondon
2011
2011
2011
as Inspector N. K.
2010
2010
2009
2009
2008
2008
2007
as Subha
2007
2007
2006
as Munjal
2006
as Inspector Ranojay
2006
2006
2006
2006
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2004
2004
2004
2004
as Durga Prasad
2004
2004
2003
2003
as Golam
2003
as Sunil Mehra
2003
2003
2003
2002
2002
as Director
2000
as Rajeev Shrivastav