Rajesh Sharma is an Indian actor who appears mainly in Hindi and Bengali films. He is known for his roles in several Hindi films including Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015), Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017) and Dream Girl (2019).
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Rajesh Sharma was born on Wednesday, October 8, 1980, in Ludhiana, Punjab, India (42 years old; as of 2022). His zodiac sign is Libra. He took acting courses at the National School of Drama, New Delhi.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′8″
Hair color: black
Eye color: dark brown
family
Parents and siblings
There is not much information about his parents and siblings.
Rajesh Sharma and his mother
wife and children
While he was working in theatre, he met Bengali actress Sudipta Chakraborty. Soon they became friends and fell in love with each other. After dating for several years, the couple married in 2005.
Rajesh Sharma and Sudipta Chakraborty’s wedding photos
After nearly four years of marriage, the couple divorced. In 2011, he married his girlfriend Sangeeta Sharma.
Rajesh Sharma and Sangeeta Sharma
Profession
theater artist
Rajesh started his career as a theater artist. He joined a theater group called “Rangakarmi” in Kolkata. He acted in many dramas like Gudia Ki Ghar and Rangakarmi.
actor
Movie
Bengal
In 2000, Rajesh made his debut in the Bengali film “Paromitar Ek Din”, playing the role of Rajeev Shrivastav.
Rajesh Sharma as Paromitar Ek Din
He is popular in the Bengali film industry for playing mostly negative roles. Some of his popular Bengali films include Pratibad (2001), Bombaiyer Bombete (2003), Kranti (2006), Baishe Srabon (2011), Dotara (2018) and Purba Paschim Dakshin 》(2019).
bombay bombet
Hindi
In 2005, he made his Bollywood debut playing the role of Ratan in the film Parineeta (2005).
parinita
However, various sources claim that the Hindi film Maachis (1996) was his debut film. When Rajesh was asked about this in an interview, he said:
No, this is misinformation circulating on the internet. The first film I did was ‘Khosla Ka Ghosla’ but my first film was ‘Parineeta’. The former was delayed and released the next year in 2006. ”
He has appeared in many popular Hindi films such as “The Dirty Picture” (2011), “Special 26” (2013), “Tanu and Manu Returns” (2015), “MS Dhoni: No. Notable Stories” (2016), “Dream”, “Girls” (2019), “Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2” (2022) and “Darling” (2022).
Tanu and Manu return to get married
other languages
In 2007, he appeared in the Odia film “Sakhi Rahila ae Singha Duara”.
Saki Lasheela Aisinha Douala
In 2018, he acted in the Punjabi film Golak Bugni Bank Te Batua.
Gorak Bunni Bank Te Batua
In 2018, he starred in the Tamil film Vada Chennai.
vada chennai
television
In 1999, Rajesh appeared in the episode “Govind Aur Ganesh” of the Hindi TV series “Star Bestellers” aired on Star Plus.
Rajesh Sharma pictures in Govind aur Ganesh
short film
He has also appeared in several Hindi short films such as Mirzaa (2017), Armed (2018), Red (2019), Tindey (2019) and Almariyaan (2020 ).
Dindi short film
web series
In 2018, Rajesh made his debut in a Hindi web series in the Zee5 series Life Sahi Hai, in which he played the role of a maid agency owner.
Living Sahi Hai
In 2020, he appeared in the Bengali-Hindi web series Kark Rogue, playing the role of Ravikant Agarwal. The series airs on Zee5.
He has acted in a few Hindi web series such as “Paatal Lok” (2020; Amazon Prime Video), “JL50” (2021; Sony LIV) and “Amit Bhadana LLB” (2022; YouTube).
JL50
Other jobs
He has appeared in various television commercials such as Godrej Security Systems, Ferns N Petals and Gintaa.
Rajesh Sharma in Gintaa Advertisement
He hosted the Bengali TV show Bangladesh Crime (2020).
bangladesh crime
Favorites
- Film Director: Neeraj Pandey
- Song: Zindagi Ke Safar Me, from the Hindi film Aap Ki Kasam (1974)
Facts/Trivia
- He said in an interview that becoming an actor was his childhood dream.
- In 1994, he drove a Bachchan Singh Dhaba taxi to meet financial expenses. He used to work as a driver in the morning and perform in the theater in the evening.
- He once shared that one of his favorite roles was Titu Mama in the Hindi film Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana.
- While studying at the National School of Drama, he was a classmate of Indian actor Ashish Vidyarthi.
- Rajesh considers Indian theater director Usha Ganguly to be his acting guru. He said in an interview that Indian theater directors Usha Ganguly and Aparna Sen helped him achieve his acting career.
- In 2019, he won the Filmfare Best Actor Award for the Hindi film Tindey.
- In 2021, he purchased an MG Hector car.
Rajesh Sharma and his car
- In his spare time, he enjoys traveling and listening to music.
- His work is managed by Shah Entertainment Media, a Mumbai-based celebrity management company owned by Sunny Shah.
Rajesh Sharma and Sunny Shah
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