Gajraj Rao
Gajraj Rao in 2020
Born1971 (age 52–53)
Dungarpur, Rajasthan, India
OccupationActor
Years active1994–present
Known forBlack Friday, Badhaai Ho, Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan

Gajraj Rao is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Hindi films.[1][2] He is widely known for his performance in the comedy-drama film Badhaai Ho for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.

He debuted in 1994 with a minor role in Shekhar Kapur's Bandit Queen and has since worked in many films and web-series. Rao is known for his leading role in Badhaai Ho and supporting roles in movies like Talvar, Blackmail and web-series like TVF'S F.A.T.H.E.R.S. and Tech Conversations with Dad.[3][4][5][6][7]

He also directed a number of ad-films with Code Red Films.[8][9][non-primary source needed][10]

Filmography

Key
† Denotes films/shows/series that have not yet been released

Films

Year Film Role Notes
1994 Bandit Queen Ashok Chand Thakur
1995 Pathreela Raasta
1998 Dil Se.. CBI investigation officer
2000 Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!! Tiwariji
2001 Aks RAW officer
2002 Chhal
Dil Hai Tumhaara
Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?
2003 Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi Junior Bihari constable
2005 Yahaan Home Minister
2007 Black Friday Dawood Phanse
No Smoking Rajendra Kishan Dhingra
2008 Aamir The Caller
2014 Bhoothnath Returns Sarkari officer in Bhoot World[11]
2015 Talvar Inspector Dhaniram
2016 Budhia Singh – Born to Run Chairman, Child Welfare
2017 Rangoon Ahuja
2018 Love per Square Foot Mr. Rehmat
Blackmail Chawla
Badhaai Ho Jeetendra Kaushik Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
2019 Made in China Abhay Chopra
2020 Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan Shankar Tripathi Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
Lootcase Minister Patil [12]
2022 Maja Ma Manohar Patel
Thai Massage Atmaram Dubey
2023 Bholaa Devraj
Satyaprem Ki Katha Satya's father
Trial Period Srivastav
Maidaan [13]

Web series

Year Series Role Channel
2015 Bang Baaja Baaraat Murli Prasad Sharma Y-Films
2016 A Day With RD Sharma Prof RD Sharma TVF
2017 F.A.T.H.E.R.S. Bhatia TVF
2018 Tech Conversations with Dad "Dad" TVF
2019 TVF Tripling Season 2 Prince Alexander TVF
2020 Masaba Masaba Himself Netflix
2020 PariWar Kashiram Narayan Disney+ Hotstar[14]
2021 Ray Aslam Baig Netflix[15]

Accolades

Year Film Award Category Result Ref.
2016 Talvar Producers Guild Film Awards Best Actor in a Negative Role Nominated
17th IIFA Awards Best Performance in a Negative Role Nominated [16]
2018 Badhaai Ho 25th Screen Awards Best Actor Nominated [17]
Best Actor (Critics) Won [18]
2019 Zee Cine Awards Best Actor (Critics) Nominated [19]
Extraordinary Jodi of the Year Won [a]
64th Filmfare Awards Best Supporting Actor Won [b] [20]
2021 Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan 66th Filmfare Awards Nominated [21]

Notes

  1. ^ Shared with Neena Gupta.
  2. ^ Tied with Vicky Kaushal for Sanju

References

  1. ^ "TVF's 'fathers' a story of three 'modern' dads". Telangana Today. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Blackmail Review: Is This Black Comedy Worth The Hype?". News18. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Three veteran Bollywood actors now part of a web series". mid-day. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  4. ^ "In conversation with the makers of web series 'Bang Baaja Baaraat'". The Indian Express. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Coincidence much? Irrfan Khan's Blackmail to have a connect with the ongoing CDR row, details inside". dna. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Irrfan Khan keen to host Blackmail special screening for Amitabh Bachchan". Deccan Chronicle. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Blackmail teaser out: Watch Irrfan Khan at his quirky best in this hilarious promo". The Asian Age. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  8. ^ "LinkdIn".
  9. ^ "Code Red Films". Code Red Films. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  10. ^ Code Red Films (8 January 2015), Gajraj Rao Showreel, Jan 2015., retrieved 24 September 2018
  11. ^ "Bhoothnath Returns Cast". India Forums.
  12. ^ "'Lootcase' promo: Kunal Kemmu and Rasika Dugal starrer film to be released on 11th October". Times of India. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  13. ^ "Ajay Devgn starrer Maidaan to release on June 3, 2022". Bollywood Hungama. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Upcoming Web Series: जबरदस्त एक्टर्स ने मिलकर बनाया 'परिवार', हॉटस्टार पर होगा कॉमेडी का 'वॉर'". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). 21 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  15. ^ "'Ray' trailer: Netflix anthology is a tribute to the master filmmaker". The Hindu. 9 June 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  16. ^ PTI (27 May 2016). "Deepika, Ranveer starrer 'Bajirao Mastani' leads IIFA 2016 nominations". The Indian Express. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  17. ^ "Badhaai Ho actor Gajraj Rao is grateful to win an award alongside Ranveer Singh and Rajkummar Rao - see post". Times Now. Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. Zoom TV Digital. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  18. ^ Morani, Aly; Morani, Karim; Morani, Mohomed; Nadiadwala, Mazhar; Soorma, Neelam (31 December 2018). "A Star-studded Night". Star Screen Awards. 122 minutes in. Star Plus. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  19. ^ "Zee Cine Awards 2019: Full list of winners out". Free Press Journal. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  20. ^ "Nominations for the 64th Vimal Filmfare Awards 2019 | filmfare.com". www.filmfare.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  21. ^ "Filmfare Awards : Thappad announced Best Film, Irrfan Khan wins posthumous award; see full list". Firstpost. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

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