Raghubir Yadav

Acting

Raghubir Yadav

Born

1957-06-25 (69)

Place of birth

Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

68 titles

Raghubir Yadav or Raghuvir Yadav is an Indian film, stage and television actor, music composer, singer and set designer. He made his film debut with Massey Sahib (1985), in which he played the title role. He has garnered two International Awards as Best Actor for Massey Sahib, FIPRESCI Critic's Award, Venice Film Festival, 1986 and the IFFI Best Actor Award (Male): Silver Peacock Award at the 11th International Film Festival of India, 1987. The film also starred the noted writer and social activist Arundhati Roy. Raghuvir Yadav is an alumnus of the 1977 batch at the National School of Drama, New Delhi

Known for

Panchayat poster
8.2

Panchayat is a comedy-drama, which captures the journey of an engineering graduate Abhishek, who for lack of a better job option joins as secretary of a panchayat office in a remote village of Uttar Pradesh. Stuck between crazy villagers and a difficult village lifestyle Abhishek starts his job with the sole motivation of getting out of there as soon as possible, for which he even prepares for CAT.

Panchayat

2020

Mandala Murders poster
7.3

When a series of ritualistic murders shakes a small town, a detective and an ex-cop must investigate a mystery with deep ties to their pasts.

Mandala Murders

2025

Hunkkaar: The Roar poster
8.0

When a teenager accuses a revered cult leader of sexual assault, it sparks a national conflict. As the truth unravels, the line between faith and justice blurs.

Hunkkaar: The Roar

2026

Ek Nayi Ummeed: Roshni poster
NR

Ek Nayi Ummeed Roshni is a medical drama with Dr Roshni Singh at the centre of it. She values life and refuses to be bound by rules or protocol!

Ek Nayi Ummeed: Roshni

2015

Ray poster
6.5

From a satire to a psychological thriller, four short stories from celebrated auteur and writer Satyajit Ray are adapted for the screen in this series.

Ray

2021

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

Film credits

2020s · 15 titles

Pagglait poster
6.6

Widowed soon after marriage, a young woman grapples with an inability to grieve, quirky relatives and a startling discovery about her late husband.

Pagglait

2021

Kathal poster
6.3

When two prized jackfruits disappear from a politician's garden, a spirited cop's investigation takes an unexpected turn as she digs for the truth.

Kathal

2023

The Narmada Story poster
NR

A mother from a tribal community in Madhya Pradesh stands defiant against powerful predators pursuing her daughter. With a brave sub-inspector by her side, she challenges a system built on corruption.

The Narmada Story

2026

Ghoomketu poster
5.9

An aspiring writer from a small town in U.P. runs away to Mumbai. He gives himself 30 days to try and prove his worth.

Ghoomketu

2020

Chehre poster
6.4

An ad agency executive takes shelter at an old man's home in mountains amid a dangerous snow storm, but soon finds himself trapped with no way out when the man and his clan of veterans hook him for a game of crime and punishment.

Chehre

2021

Durga poster
5.0

Durga is a movie directed by Abhishek Roy Sanyal featuring Raghuvir Yadav, Sharvari Manoj Kashid.

Durga

2020

Bhool Chuk Maaf poster
6.1

Ranjan, a small-town romantic boy from Banaras, lands a government job to marry Titli, but forgets to vow to Lord Shiva, causing him to be trapped in a time loop. A tale of love, fate, and redemption unfolds, as Ranjan tries to end the loop and get married.

Bhool Chuk Maaf

2025

Hari Ka Om poster
NR

Hari Prasad and his son Om are separated because of ideological differences. When Hari suffers a heart attack one morning and announces that he is going to die in six days, his wish to take his last breath at Kashi (Varanasi) with his elder son Om sets them on a destined journey to heal their dysfunctional relationship.

Hari Ka Om

2026

Minus 31: The Nagpur Files poster
5.3

A murder has happened at the time of COVID, and the female cop is on duty to find the murderer.

Minus 31: The Nagpur Files

2023

Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar poster
6.5

Sandeep, a bank executive & Pinky, a suspended cop, are marked for a kill. Phones tapped, accounts blocked, they escape but escaping is not freedom.

Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar

2021

Jamun poster
7.0

A father trying to find a groom for his daughter who is squinted. In this process, he is diagnosed with Parkinson s disease. Watch Jamun to find out if he gets his daughter married.

Jamun

2021

Sarvagunn Sampann poster
NR

Play by the book in the day and re-define it by night, what makes a perfect woman?

Sarvagunn Sampann

2026

Captain Vidyut poster
NR

Captain Vidyut is the story of an average, ordinary guy, Vidyut Kumar who is a weakling but desires to be a strong man. One night he is struck by a lightning bolt and he ends up gaining extraordinary superpowers and becomes a superhero. Dr Dhakosla has discovered the world’s most powerful substance called ‘Tutofutonium’ and he wants to rule over the world with the help of ‘Tutofutonium’. The film explores the transformation of both Vidyut and Dr Dhakosla into a Superhero and Super Villian respectively and how Captain Vidyut is able to thwart the evil plans of the Dr Dhakosla in the end.

Captain Vidyut

2020

Aadhaar poster
NR

A group of people from government arrives to promote the new identification cards. Parsua becomes the first who has the card that everyone is reluctant to have, and becomes a star. One day, Parsua receives a divination sign that his wife will die due to the serial number.

Aadhaar

2021

Yaatris poster
NR

Sharmas from Banaras are your next door, dysfunctional middle-class family who take on a journey of a lifetime as they navigate love, laughter and life lessons in a heartwarming tale of togetherness.

Yaatris

2023

2010s · 12 titles

Tumbbad poster
7.6

India, 1918. On the outskirts of Tumbbad, a cursed village where it always rains, Vinayak, along with his mother and his brother, care of a mysterious old woman who keeps the secret of an ancestral treasure that Vinayak gets obsessed with.

Tumbbad

2018

Peepli Live poster
7.3

Natha decides to commit suicide to get the farmers' compensation. However, the media and politicians learn about his intentions and descend on their village to capture the rare event.

Peepli Live

2010

Piku poster
7.2

A taxi driver is caught between a dysfunctional relationship between a woman and her father as he drives them to Kolkata.

Piku

2015

Love per Square Foot poster
6.7

Individually, bank employees Sanjay and Karina don't earn enough to be able to buy a home, so they decide to enter into a marriage of convenience.

Love per Square Foot

2018

Romeo Akbar Walter poster
6.1

Prior to the India-Pakistan war of 1971, the RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) trains an Indian banker in espionage and martial arts, and sends him to Pakistan for an undercover operation where he finds himself sinking between emotions and violence.

Romeo Akbar Walter

2019

Sui Dhaaga - Made in India poster
7.3

A heartwarming story of pride and self-reliance capturing the journey of Mauji and his wife Mamta, who pursue their passion by overcoming all odds.

Sui Dhaaga - Made in India

2018

Newton poster
7.2

A government clerk on election duty in a conflict-ridden jungle of Central India tries his best to conduct free and fair voting despite the apathy of security forces and the looming fear of guerrilla attacks by communist rebels.

Newton

2017

Bhouri poster
7.3

A tragic love story of Bhouri, a 23-year old who is married to a 55-year old, the film highlights the exploitation of women in male dominated society.

Bhouri

2016

Mantostaan poster
6.0

Based on the four most controversial short stories of the legendary Urdu writer Saadat Hassan Manto, Mantostaan sheds light on the inhumane side of mankind. Set during the Indo-Pakistan partition in 1947, the movie highlights the retributive genocide between the religions, killing as many as 20,00,000 people and displacing over 14 million people.

Mantostaan

2017

Shakal Pe Mat Ja poster
5.0

Delhi Airport's Chief Security Officer, Om Prakash, is told that his officers have apprehended four males on airport property, filming and taking photographs without authorization. The four suspects are Ankit Sharma, his school-going brother, Dhruv; Rohan Goverdhan Malhotra, and Bulai. The suspects ridicule them and mockingly ask the guards to let them go. A check of their belongings, including a video camera, shows pictures of prominent places, prompting Om Prakash to summon Vijay D. Chauhan, from the Anti-Terrorist Squad. The latter shows up, is initially skeptical, but after he overhears a rather incriminating conversation between Ankit and a woman named Prachi, is convinced that the four may be terrorists and interrogates them. The four steadfastly deny their involvement in any terrorist activity - but must face up to the situation when a fifth suspect, a woman named Diana, claims that they belong to her group - which has already made plans to blow up the airport today.

Shakal Pe Mat Ja

2011

Minugurulu poster
NR

`Raju` a mother-less child is orphaned by his father as he is blinded while editing a video that he has made in a local photo studio. He is admitted to a residential blind orphanage run by a depraved man `Narayana` who battens on the money meant for the welfare of the blind and keeps the children in deplorable conditions.

Minugurulu

2014

Gandhi to Hitler poster
2.0

Chancellor Adolf Hitler assists Azad Hind Fauj, led by Subhas Chandra Bose, which include a group of Indians who are frustrated with the Gandhian manner of non-violence to compel the oppressive British to quit their country. Punjab-based Balbir Singh is one such member of the Fauj, who has left his wife, Amrita, and son, Veer, behind. Ironically, Amrita is a follower of Mohandas Gandhi, and patiently awaits her husband's return home. Mohandas writes to Adolf, addressing him as 'dear friend', imploring him to end the violence. The allies, which include America, Russia, Britain and France close in on the Germans, while Adolf, a little perturbed by defectors, but still in company of many loyal supporters, is determined to continue, and even makes preparations to wed his mistress of 12 years, Eva Braun. Meanwhile Balbir and the rest of the Fauj must risk their lives through treacherous territory..

Gandhi to Hitler

2011

2000s · 14 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

Aśoka poster
6.5

A young Prince Asoka works to perfect his skills in battle and also deals with family conflict. During a struggle with one of his step-brothers, his mother urges Asoka to escape to stay alive. While away, Asoka meets Kaurwaki and falls in love, but must use his skills as a warrior to protect her. A dangerous and heartbreaking web of conspiracy follows, which leads Asoka to embrace a Buddhist path.

Aśoka

2001

Aaja Nachle poster
6.4

Dia is a divorced mom living in New York and must go back to India after she receives news that her guru is on his death bed. When she arrives she finds he is gone and has left her the responsibility of saving and reviving the Ajanta Theater where she used to dance. The problem is that the political officers want it torn down and turned into a shopping mall. The storyline follows Dia and her challenge to stand up for what she believes in and fight the cause to the end, while trying to win back the love and support of the people of the town whom she walked out on ten years prior.

Aaja Nachle

2007

Delhi-6 poster
6.0

Roshan, an NRI, arrives in Old Delhi with his ailing grandmother and starts to rediscover himself before getting caught in a religious dispute that shakes the once peaceful neighborhood.

Delhi-6

2009

Water poster
6.8

In 1938, Mahatma Gandhi's groundbreaking philosophies sweep across India, but 8-year-old Chuyia, newly widowed, must go reside with other outcast widows on an ashram. Her presence transforms the ashram as she befriends two of her compatriots.

Water

2005

Darna Mana Hai poster
6.0

Stranded in an abandoned building, six friends relate scary stories while a crazed killer lurks in the forest.

Darna Mana Hai

2003

Gayab poster
3.8

When Vishnu Prasad Singh wishes he were invisible, the last thing he expects is that it would really happen. Once he cannot be seen, he turns to take revenge on all he thinks have wronged him.

Gayab

2004

Meenaxi: Tale of 3 Cities poster
7.3

Delving into the limitless world of creative endeavors, and vicissitudes in the way of such endeavors, this tale of an artist and his muse, like a painting, leaves itself open to interpretations and readings by every viewer...

Meenaxi: Tale of 3 Cities

2004

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

Ek: The Power of One poster
3.8

Mumbai-based Nandkumar Sharma is a high-priced hit-man. He is paid a princely 1.5 Crore Rupees to injure Anna Mhatre, so that the later can get enough 'sympathy' votes to get him elected as the next Chief Minister, but ends up killing him. On the run from the Police, he ends up assuming the guise of Hoshiyarpur's Puran Singh, who has been away from home for the last 18 years, and does succeed in fooling Puran's joint family. But his hopes for settling there appear to be in vain with the arrival of a CBI Team, led by Inspector Mahendra Kumar Rane - who is determined to expose and arrest Nandkumar at any and all costs.

Ek: The Power of One

2009

No artwork available
NR

Newly weds move into a building owned by another couple. What follows is subtle sexual tension between Irrfan and Shivpuri’s characters and an unexpected twist.

Ek Shaam Ki Mulakaat

2000

Aanch poster
9.0

Vidya lives a middle-class lifestyle in a virtually lawless town called Amarpur, India, along with her widower and disabled dad, Shambhu; married brother, Shiva and his wife, Lata; and her paternal grandma. She studies in the Arts Commerce and Science college in Bombay, and is summoned home to get married to a man of her family's choice, to which she reluctantly agrees. On the day of the marriage, a dancer performs an item which angers Mahadev, who is the Mukhiya of Mandaur, another lawless...

Aanch

2003

Virgin Goat poster
NR

In this unique tale, director Murali Nair portrays life in rural India with ribald wit and sharp social satire.

Virgin Goat

2009

Firaaq poster
6.2

Firaaq is an Urdu word that means both separation and quest. The film is a work of fiction, based on a thousand stories. The story is set over a 24-hour period, one month after a campaign that took place in Gujarat, India, in 2002. It traces the emotional journey of ordinary people- some who were victims, some perpetrators and some who choose to watch silently.

Firaaq

2009

1990s · 16 titles

Rui Ka Bojh poster
8.8

The story revolves around a self-respecting, wise old Indian man, who decides to divide his wealth and property among his sons and then let them take care of them. But all doesn't go according to his plans as his sons don't want to take his responsibility and things start going downhill for the family from there. It's a journey of old-age, family values, love and respect for your family and responsibility.

Rui Ka Bojh

1997

Dil Se.. poster
6.9

Journalist Amar falls for a mysterious woman on an assignment, but she does not reciprocate his feelings. However, when Amar is about to get married, the woman shows up at his doorstep asking for help.

Dil Se..

1998

Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda poster
7.6

A man shares some lazy memories about his friend, Manek Mulla, who had a knack for telling stories. On this particular afternoon, Manek narrates a 'unique' love affair with the help of different stories, various characters' point of views and the social relevance of these stories. As these stories proceed, reality mixes with fiction.

Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda

1992

Bandit Queen poster
6.6

Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phoolan Devi finds freedom only as an avenging warrior, the eponymous Bandit Queen. Devi becomes a kind a bloody Robin Hood; this extraordinary biographical film offers both a vivid portrait of a driven woman and a savage critique of the society that made her.

Bandit Queen

1994

Dushmani: A Violent Love Story poster
7.0

In order to settle personal scores; two gang leaders, Jai Singh and Oberoi fight for many years in gang-wars. There enmity multiplies when Jai's younger brother, Suraj falls in love with Oberoi's sister, Sapna which forces Suraj and Sapna to elope. Jai then locates the duo and brings them back to try and convince Oberoi to get them marry albeit successful.

Dushmani: A Violent Love Story

1995

1942: A Love Story poster
6.0

The son of a politician loyal to the British rule falls in love with the daughter of a freedom fighter.

1942: A Love Story

1994

Earth poster
6.6

In 1947, the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl bears witnesses to tragedy as her ayah is caught between the love of two men and the rising tide of political and religious violence.

Earth

1998

Maya Memsaab poster
5.7

A frustrated housewife whose marriage to an average man does not meet her expectations enters into an affair with a younger man. Of course, there are no easy escapes from reality.

Maya Memsaab

1993

Shaheed-E-Mohabbat Boota Singh poster
6.9

The film is set in 1947. The exodus has begun after Partition. A Sikh ex-military man in his thirties finds a 16-year-old Muslim girl alone in a nearby village and brings her home. But the villagers tell him he should either marry her or leave her in a camp where people bound for Pakistan are located. But he decides that since he is far older, he would better leave her at the camp. As he is about to send her off with a man bound for the camp and who is prepared to marry her there, she asks Buta Singh, if he is so poor that he cannot even feed her two Rotis per day to keep her alive...

Shaheed-E-Mohabbat Boota Singh

1999

Khamoshi: The Musical poster
6.7

The daughter of deaf-mute parents seeks their understanding when she discovers a love for music.

Khamoshi: The Musical

1996

Sardar poster
7.1

Sardar is a 1993 Indian biopic on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, one of India's greatest freedom fighters, directed by Ketan Mehta and written by noted playwright Vijay Tendulkar.

Sardar

1993

Disha poster
9.0

Two peasants are ill-prepared for life in the big city after moving from their tiny village to Bombay.

Disha

1990

Rudaali poster
4.9

Shanichari is a beautiful girl born in lower cast and her life is full of sufferings because of lower cast, poor finances, lost parents, drunken husband, mischievous son. The title refers to a custom in some parts of Rajasthan—where aristocratic women were long kept secluded and veiled—of hiring professional women mourners on the death of a male relative, a rudaali (pronounced “roo-dah-lee”—literally, a female “weeper”) to publicly express the grief that family members, constrained by their high social status, were not permitted to display—or at times, perhaps did not feel. Underwritten by the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) and Doordarshan (Indian national television) and based on a short story by famed Bengali author Mahasweta Devi—whose tales often focus on the travails of low-caste women.

Rudaali

1993

Dharavi poster
7.4

The film follows a scrappy taxi driver's fortunes as he tries to break out from the clutches of poverty, devising plans and investing all his money in a dubious schemes which eventually blow out on him, coming under the eye of unscrupulous politician and local goons, yet he still perseveres for his dreams.

Dharavi

1991

Kasba poster
6.0

The story centers around a small town entrepreneur named Maniram who makes a major profit by cheating people and selling them tainted food. His business is run by his daughter-in-law Tejo, who is married to Maniram's mentally challenged younger son. When Maniram's elder son comes back into town to get married, things start to go awry.

Kasba

1991

Aasmaan Se Gira poster
8.0

A young prince frustrated with his royal lifestyle encounters a man, Trishanku, who has come from a far away planet. As their friendship blooms, they develop a deep bond with each other.

Aasmaan Se Gira

1992

Series credits

Panchayat poster
8.2

Panchayat is a comedy-drama, which captures the journey of an engineering graduate Abhishek, who for lack of a better job option joins as secretary of a panchayat office in a remote village of Uttar Pradesh. Stuck between crazy villagers and a difficult village lifestyle Abhishek starts his job with the sole motivation of getting out of there as soon as possible, for which he even prepares for CAT.

Panchayat

2020

Mandala Murders poster
7.3

When a series of ritualistic murders shakes a small town, a detective and an ex-cop must investigate a mystery with deep ties to their pasts.

Mandala Murders

2025

Hunkkaar: The Roar poster
8.0

When a teenager accuses a revered cult leader of sexual assault, it sparks a national conflict. As the truth unravels, the line between faith and justice blurs.

Hunkkaar: The Roar

2026

Ek Nayi Ummeed: Roshni poster
NR

Ek Nayi Ummeed Roshni is a medical drama with Dr Roshni Singh at the centre of it. She values life and refuses to be bound by rules or protocol!

Ek Nayi Ummeed: Roshni

2015

Ray poster
6.5

From a satire to a psychological thriller, four short stories from celebrated auteur and writer Satyajit Ray are adapted for the screen in this series.

Ray

2021

The Great Indian Murder poster
5.9

Vikrant aka Vicky Rai, industrialist with a Casanova lifestyle, is killed at his own party to celebrate his acquittal in the rape and murder of two young girls. His father, Jagannath Rai, who is also the Home Minister of Chhattisgarh, demands a CBI inquiry. Officers Suraj Yadav and Sudha Bharadwaj lead the investigation following six suspects.

The Great Indian Murder

2022

Kaun Banegi Shikharwati poster
7.0

A former king, who has a dysfunctional family, devises an outlandish plan to unite his estranged daughters. Meanwhile, an income tax investigation looms over the palace's hidden treasure.

Kaun Banegi Shikharwati

2022

No artwork available
NR

The show featured a range of short stories about different people in varied scenarios. They covered incidents which had a humorous side to them and showed the varying facets of human relationships.

Gubbare

1999