Rajendra Gupta

Acting

Rajendra Gupta

Born

1947-10-17 (79)

Place of birth

Panipat, Haryana, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

64 titles

Known for

The Discovery of India poster
9.4

Bharat Ek Khoj is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru, that dramatically unfolds the 5000 year history of India from its beginnings to the coming of independence in 1947. The drama was directed, written and produced by Shyam Benegal with cinematographer V. K. Murthy in 1988 for state-owned Doordarshan. Benegal's regular script collaborator Shama Zaidi also co-wrote the script.

The Discovery of India

1988

Shaktimaan poster
7.0

When darkness get strengthened to destroy the world, Suryanshis chose Shaktimaan in order to fight against the forces of evil.

Shaktimaan

1997

Black Warrant poster
7.7

When an upright officer accepts a job at Tihar Jail, he vows to make amends after witnessing cold-blooded corruption within its walls.

Black Warrant

2025

Maamla Legal Hai poster
7.8

Chaos collides with the letter of the law at District Court Patparganj, where quirky employees work to uphold justice — but not without a few objections.

Maamla Legal Hai

2024

Yeh Faasley poster
NR

Arunima (Tena Desai) loves dad (Anupam Kher) who, she believes, loved her mom too. But her love is put to test when she begins to suspect her dad and holds him responsible for her mother’s death. Will the daughter avenge her mother’s death even if it means standing up against her father?

Yeh Faasley

2011

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel poster
7.0

British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways as the residents find new purpose in their old age.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2012

Film credits

2020s · 14 titles

Samrat Prithviraj poster
6.5

The true story of legendary Hindu warrior king "Prithviraj Chauhan" including his early military successes, love story with Sanyogita & clashes with Muhammad of Ghor, a ruler of the Ghurid dynasty who led the foundation of Muslim rule in the Indian subcontinent.

Samrat Prithviraj

2022

Sooryavanshi poster
5.8

A fearless, faithful albeit slightly forgetful Mumbai cop, Veer Sooryavanshi, the chief of the Anti-Terrorism Squad in India pulls out all the stops and stunts to thwart a major conspiracy to attack his city.

Sooryavanshi

2021

Maalik poster
5.9

Set in the rural, rusty and politically charged Allahabad of the 1980s, Maalik is a peek into the making of a dreaded gangster from a humble background with intoxication of power to rule the world.

Maalik

2025

Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi poster
6.6

Ramprasad's entire family gathers under one roof for 13 days after his death, to perform and observe the Hindu traditions and rituals called the tehrvi. During the course, the family’s dynamics, politics, and insecurities come out, and then they realise that the importance of people and things are only evident in retrospect.

Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi

2021

Ulajh poster
5.6

The journey of a young IFS officer, belonging to a prominent family of patriots, who gets embroiled in a dangerous personal conspiracy while far from her home turf, at a career-defining post.

Ulajh

2024

Controll poster
3.0

Abhimanyu, a brilliant IMA cadet's seemingly perfect life is shattered when his friend cum brother-in-law commits suicide. Abhimanyu wants to find out who or what drove Dev to suicide, but the more he tries to find out, the more he gets trapped in the intricate web. He learns that Dev was scammed by an organised network. He vows to unmask the organisation that had trapped and scammed Dev. How Abhimanyu and his IMA friends dismantle the scammer's network and bring justice to thousands of people forms the rest of this stylish, action-packed, thrilling adventure.

Controll

2025

Chatrapathi poster
3.7

When Shivaji and his family and the entire community of his village are one day forced to leave Pakistan, he is separated from his beloved mother, who once adopted him, while fleeing to India. Having grown into a respectable and feared man a few years later, Shivaji now sets out in search of his next of kin. But he also stands up for the rights of his people who are forced into forced labor by an exploiter and devotes his whole life to this task, which is why he is henceforth referred to as 'Chatrapathi'.

Chatrapathi

2023

Satyameva Jayate 2 poster
5.4

Satya Azad, an upright Home Minister wants to cleanse the country of corruption with his Anti-Corruption Bill. However, it fails to get enough ‘Ayes’, not only from his allies, but also from his wife Vidya a member of the Opposition, who votes ‘Nay’ in the Vidhan Sabha. When a couple of gruesome killings take place in the city, ACP Jay Azad is brought in to nab the murderer, never mind his motive.

Satyameva Jayate 2

2021

Sadabahar poster
NR

An elderly woman resides in her long-time home, leading a rather uncomplicated existence. Each day, she listens to a radio that was gifted to her by her late husband. One morning, she awakens to discover that her radio has ceased functioning. In an effort to have it repaired, she contacts the radio company, hoping for assistance.

Sadabahar

2024

Urf Ghanta poster
NR

A warm, fuzzy and endearing story of naive Ghanteshwar, a middle-aged unmarried guy, who dreams of getting married one day to the girl of his dreams, but his world is turned upside down when he learns a startling truth about himself.

Urf Ghanta

2021

A Life Inside Me poster
NR

In the final months of his life, Sitaram decides to embrace his gender identity, stepping into his true self after years of repression. At the same time, his daughter confronts her own turning point—facing an abusive marriage and an unexpected pregnancy, she seeks a way out and a new beginning. Their parallel journeys unfold with emotional depth, revealing resilience, transformation, and the pursuit of freedom.

A Life Inside Me

2025

Bhavai poster
NR

The story is about the dream of Rajaram and its impact on the society. Rajaram an enthusiast by nature had only one dream of becoming an actor since his childhood. Being a village resident, he was deprived of that chance to live his dream. Will the duo be able to survive the obstacles or become a victim and succumb to the blind beliefs of the society? Who is the real Ravan, Rajaram or We "The Society"?

Bhavai

2021

Tera Kya Hoga Lovely poster
4.8

The film chronicles the story of a dusky girl tamed by prejudices and biases held by the Indian society against dark skin.

Tera Kya Hoga Lovely

2024

Dada Lakhmi poster
10.0

Based on the musical journey of Pandit Lakhmichand, a folk artist who hailed from Haryana, India

Dada Lakhmi

2022

2010s · 15 titles

Yeh Faasley poster
NR

Arunima (Tena Desai) loves dad (Anupam Kher) who, she believes, loved her mom too. But her love is put to test when she begins to suspect her dad and holds him responsible for her mother’s death. Will the daughter avenge her mother’s death even if it means standing up against her father?

Yeh Faasley

2011

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel poster
7.0

British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways as the residents find new purpose in their old age.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2012

Paan Singh Tomar poster
7.4

Paan Singh Tomar goes from celebrated runner to star brigand and rebel when life after sports fails to unfold as planned.

Paan Singh Tomar

2012

Tanu Weds Manu poster
6.8

Manu comes to India to find a bride for himself and falls for Tanu at first sight but she is a free spirited girl has no plans of marrying him.

Tanu Weds Manu

2011

Rakht Charitra poster
7.0

Based on the life of Paritala Ravindra, the film follows his life from just a college student to being a politician in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Rakht Charitra

2010

PM Narendra Modi poster
3.7

Chronicles Narendra Modi’s life and events leading up to his swearing-in ceremony as the Prime Minister of India in 2014.

PM Narendra Modi

2019

Tanu Weds Manu: Returns poster
6.9

After Tanu and Manu's marriage breaks apart, the latter finds himself smitten by Datto, a lookalike of his ex-wife. But the estranged couple's feelings begin to spark again.

Tanu Weds Manu: Returns

2015

Maximum poster
8.0

A story of two of Mumbai Police's top encounter specialists' fight for control and oneupmanship which goes through a complex maze of politics, land deals, fake encounters and bad money.

Maximum

2012

Well Done Abba poster
6.4

Armaan tells his employer why he was away for three months looking for a husband for his daughter.

Well Done Abba

2010

He... poster
NR

He...' is a story of a 13-year ragpicker boy Hari from the Slums of Mumbai who gets a chance to act in a short movie. Hereafter his friends call him Hero. Under the name 'Hero' he starts a journey, a journey which is all waiting and observing. Under his observation, he confronts the dark side of the society but practically he finds himself helpless. The name Hero gives him a new window to look at his harsh reality.

He...

2011

Trapped in Tradition: Rivaaz poster
5.2

Rivaaz is a film against exploitation, a film about dignity, about hope of women who are traded in the name of tradition. Family-based Prostitution in which exists in many districts. But unfortunately Our Law and Order System does not consider this as a major issue. The system which started as a community tradition (rivaaz) now operating as a money-making trade within the knowledge of the lawmakers and protectors. A man falls in love with a village belle who is destined for traditional prostitution.

Trapped in Tradition: Rivaaz

2011

Ek Noor poster
7.0

'Ek Noor' is a sincere attempt to bring across the audience the message on the noble cause of organ donation and a sincere attempt to make the audience aware of life after death. The gift of living your life through the life of another brings immense joy, satisfaction and blessings, it gives both to the person who does the good deed and to the one who receives it. Its a simple story of a visually impaired orphaned girl, Rabia who is offered a better life when a young couple makes a conscious decision of adopting her and she fills the vacuum in their lives. Then through a twist of circumstances when the protagonist comes to know she is going to die, she makes two important decisions that would change Rabia's life and another young woman's life.

Ek Noor

2011

Jalpari poster
6.4

Tomboy Shreya coaxes her widower father Dev to take her to their ancestral village in Haryana something he is not too keen about. Eventually she gets her way and along with her dad, her brother Sam and granny, she reaches her destination only to understand why her father had been putting off the trip for years.

Jalpari

2012

Bhulan The Maze poster
NR

National Award winning Movie

Bhulan The Maze

2017

Fernes Land poster
8.0

The pakistani hairdresser, Haroon, has immigrated illegally to Germany, the German in- surance broker, Mark, dreams of emigrating. The consequences of a car accident throw these two entirely different people together for one night. At the end of an odyssey through the alien world of illegality, they both discover that something bonds them: a desire to be far away...

Fernes Land

2011

2000s · 16 titles

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India poster
7.3

The year is 1893 and India is under British occupation. In a small village, the tyrannical Captain Russell has imposed an unprecedented land tax on its citizens. Outraged, Bhuvan, a rebellious farmer, rallies the villagers to publicly oppose the tax. Russell offers a novel way to settle the dispute: he challenges Bhuvan and his men to a game of cricket, a sport completely foreign to India. If Bhuvan and his men can defeat Russell's team, the tax will be repealed.

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

2001

Guru poster
6.9

A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay in 1958, and rises from its streets to become the biggest tycoon in India.

Guru

2007

Krishna Cottage poster
5.2

After their car breaks down, a group of collegians are forced to take shelter in the mysterious Krishna Cottage for the night. Little do they know that the cottage is haunted by a spirit awaiting its lover.

Krishna Cottage

2004

Mission Kashmir poster
6.3

A police officer adopts the son and sole survivor of a family he has massacred while pursuing a terrorist. After some time the foster son finds out what the stepfather did.

Mission Kashmir

2000

Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hai poster
5.5

Gangaram alias Ganga has been raised by his foster parents who reside in the village thus he gets accustom to village life. 24 years later his birth parents multi-millionaire Avinash and his wife Radha comes to ask him to move into their bungalow located in the city to which Ganga agrees and goes to bid farewell to his friends and girlfriend Saawni. While in the city Ganga is introduced to his elder brother, Milind, his wife, Supriya, and his younger brother; Ganga finds it very hard to adjust to the city life and is often scuffed at. Avinash arranges his marriage with equally wealthy Tina to which he agrees although he is not comfortable with this marriage as he is still in love with Saawni; meanwhile Ganga's honest policy gets him and his new found family into further problems.

Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hai

2000

Hum To Mohabbat Karega poster
4.7

A man lies about being an eyewitness to a murder in order to spend time with a beautiful female reporter. Only now, he's wanted by those responsible for the killing.

Hum To Mohabbat Karega

2000

Hatya: The Murder poster
8.5

A man is resurrected from the dead as a shape-shifting snake and exacts vengeance on those who killed him and his father.

Hatya: The Murder

2004

No artwork available
9.0

The women of a small Indian village band together when they discover a possible solution for a badly needed well, and the men of the village fail to do what needs to be done.

The Little Republic

2002

Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home poster
6.0

Major Ranvir Kaul (Amitabh Bachchan) is a POW who was captured along with over 50 soldiers by Pakistani soldiers in 1971 during the war between India and Pakistan. 33 years later Ranvir's son Gaurav (Akshaye Khanna) decides to go on a rescue mission to Pakistan and bring back his father who he has not seen since he was a child. Helping him on his mission is Khan (Sanjay Dutt) who had successfully escaped from the same prison. They steal, kill, and plan to get the prisoners out. This movie is inspired by the film The Great Escape.

Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home

2004

Sehar poster
7.4

Ajay Kumar (Warsi) is the newly appointed, honest SSP of Lucknow police who tries to crack down on the Uttar Pradesh mafia. He establishes a Special Task Force consisting of a physics professor (Pankaj Tripathi) to counter the politically backed criminal Gajraj Singh (Sushant Singh). Loosely based on the real-life late 1990s organized crime wave in Uttar Pradesh.

Sehar

2005

James poster
3.5

James, who comes to Mumbai seeking a successful life, and ends up working as a bouncer at a club there, and fighting gangsters. He then encounters the brother of an MP who is always causing crime. James has a little fight in club which cause causes a huge conflict between the two, this also gets his brother and MP Shanthi Narayana involved. This conflict then causes death of James's friend, whom he lives with, Babloo, and because of this James is set on revenge.

James

2005

Chamku poster
4.2

A traumatized child becomes a political activist but agrees to become an assassin upon being captured.

Chamku

2008

Return Of Hanuman poster
6.6

A young boy, Minku, ridiculed by his friends, begs the gods to send him down to Earth, and his wish is granted.

Return Of Hanuman

2007

No artwork available
NR

The film, based upon the life of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, caused some controversy as the Punjab and Haryana High Court issued a notice to the producers calling for a ban of the movie.It was released in 2002. In the same year two other movies on Bhagat Singh were also released named '23d march 1931 Shaheed' and 'The Legend of Bhagat Singh'.

Shaheed-E-Azam

2002

No artwork available
NR

Vikrut is the story of a masked serial killer in Mumbai who targets prostitutes. A hot-headed gangster gets on his tail after his lover is murdered.

Vikrut

2000

Laado poster
10.0

Urmi, a newly married young bride is left behind in the village with her in-laws, while her husband Arvind goes off to a job in the big city. Inder, her husband's cousin falls in love with her and proposes to her. Unable to deal with her husband's neglect and her in-laws nagging her for a child, Urmi escapes into a relationship with Inder. When the relationship comes out in the open, Urmi has to deal with not only the family's accusations but also her lover's cowardice. Declared guilty by the local village court, Urmi demands justice from a court made of all the village heads, where her husband's neglect and her lover's cowardice are revealed.

Laado

2000

1990s · 3 titles

Undated · 3 titles

Series credits

The Discovery of India poster
9.4

Bharat Ek Khoj is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru, that dramatically unfolds the 5000 year history of India from its beginnings to the coming of independence in 1947. The drama was directed, written and produced by Shyam Benegal with cinematographer V. K. Murthy in 1988 for state-owned Doordarshan. Benegal's regular script collaborator Shama Zaidi also co-wrote the script.

The Discovery of India

1988

The Discovery of India poster
9.4

Bharat Ek Khoj is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru, that dramatically unfolds the 5000 year history of India from its beginnings to the coming of independence in 1947. The drama was directed, written and produced by Shyam Benegal with cinematographer V. K. Murthy in 1988 for state-owned Doordarshan. Benegal's regular script collaborator Shama Zaidi also co-wrote the script.

The Discovery of India

1988

Shaktimaan poster
7.0

When darkness get strengthened to destroy the world, Suryanshis chose Shaktimaan in order to fight against the forces of evil.

Shaktimaan

1997

Black Warrant poster
7.7

When an upright officer accepts a job at Tihar Jail, he vows to make amends after witnessing cold-blooded corruption within its walls.

Black Warrant

2025

Maamla Legal Hai poster
7.8

Chaos collides with the letter of the law at District Court Patparganj, where quirky employees work to uphold justice — but not without a few objections.

Maamla Legal Hai

2024

Samvidhaan: The Making of the Constitution of India poster
NR

How the constitution of the largest Democratic Republic in the world was created.

Samvidhaan: The Making of the Constitution of India

2014

Crime Next Door poster
NR

A twisted tale full of murder, mysteries and deceit. The truth is not what it seems to be.

Crime Next Door

2021

Jagannath Aur Purvi Ki Dosti Anokhi poster
9.0

A retired govt employee Jagannath Mishra struggles to cope with a sense of loss of purpose in the autumn of his life. But when a young, vulnerable girl with messed up emotions enters his life unexpectedly, he unwillingly gets involved. In their journey to find justice and rehabilitation for the girl, Jagannath and his wife Kusum will have to face many suppressed demons of their own lives and the journey will eventually lead them to ease strained relations with their own children and grandchildren.

Jagannath Aur Purvi Ki Dosti Anokhi

2022

Sandeep Bhaiya poster
7.7

‘Sandeep Bhaiya’ is a spinoff of the blockbuster webshow TVF Aspirants. It will have a total of eight episodes and is inspired by his iconic character in TVF Aspirants.

Sandeep Bhaiya

2023

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