Neeraj Kabi is an Indian film and theatre actor. He is also a theatre director and acting coach. He founded the Indian theatre troupe ‘Pravah’ in 1996.
Wiki/Biography
Neeraj Kabi was born on Tuesday, March 12, 1968 (52 years old in 2020) in Jamshedpur, Bihar. His star sign is Pisces. He attended Loyola School in Jamshedpur. Later, he obtained a diploma in computer science from Symbiosis College in Pune.
appearance
Height (approximate): 6 feet
Eye color: Black
Hair color: gray and white
Family and caste
He was born into a Hindu family.
Parents and siblings
His father’s name is Tushar Kabi and his mother’s name is Zarin Kabi. He has a brother named Partha Kabi.
Neeraj Kabi’s parents
Neeraj Kabi’s brother
Relationships, Wife and Children
He is married to fashion designer Deepali Kosta and has a daughter, Saptakshi Kabi.
Neeraj Kabi and his wife
Neeraj Kabi and family
Profession
He started his career as a theatre artist and has acted in various plays such as Macbeth (1998), A Game of Love and Chance (2001), Lady with a Puppy (2003), Gate of India Song (2013) and Father (2017). He made his Bollywood debut in the 1997 National Film Award-winning film Shesha Drushti (The Last Vision). He has also acted in various other Hindi films such as Talvar (2015), Hichki (2018) and Bloodline (2019).
In 2014, he starred in the Rajya Sabha television series Samvidhaan: The Making of the Indian Constitution (2014), in which he played Mahatma Gandhi. He has acted in many English films such as Gandhi of the Month (2014), Viceroy’s House (2016), The Hunger (2017) and Fields (2018). He has also acted in various popular Hindi web series including Sacred Games (2018), The Last Call (2019), Taj Mahal (2019) and Paatal Lok (2020).
Awards and Honors
- 2013: Best Actor in a Film at the 4th Jagran Film Festival
- 2014: Won the Best Actor Award at the 4th Sakhalin International Film Festival for his role in “Ship of Theseus”
- 2015: Newsmaker Achievement Award for Best Actor for his contribution to Indian drama and cinema
Note: He has won many more honors.
Facts/Trivia
- In 1990, he applied to study at the National School of Drama but was rejected.
- In an interview, he shared his days of struggling in the film industry, saying
Nothing worked. No one called me. It went on and … [taken up jobs such as] Production work, commercials, live production, etc. I was a junior copywriter for an advertising agency. I sold books door to door for many years. I taught classes to students, door to door, all over the city. All kinds of courses: elocution, public speaking, math, English. There I learned something very important in life: humility. My self-esteem was crushed because I was crushed by everything that happened to me. You can never [imagine] Doors will be shut, you will be abused, you will be pushed, you will be kicked, a lot of things will happen to you. And it’s not one year, two years, but ten, fifteen, eighteen years. This is where the survival problem comes in, and I start teaching [acting]… Because when you’re being abused all the time, you lose confidence in yourself. You think, ‘If you don’t leave now, you’re going to get sick.’ Because you can’t take this torture every day.”
- He frequently organizes drama workshops for various actors, schools, colleges and corporates.
Neeraj Kabi attending one of his acting workshops
- He is trained in many dance forms and martial arts.
- His hobbies include singing, dancing, yoga and traveling.
- Neeraj Kabi played the role of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in the film Sam Bahadur (2023) and received a remuneration of about Rs 30 lakh.
Neeraj Kabi plays Jawaharlal Nehru in the film Sam Bahadur (2023)
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