Vijay Raaz

Acting

Vijay Raaz

Born 1963-06-05 · Delhi, India

Vijay Raaz is an Indian film actor. His breakthrough hit came when he played the role of Dubeyji in the movie Monsoon Wedding. Since then, Raaz has been cast in small, often comedic roles, in many Hindi movies, often depicting the character of a common man. Raaz was born and raised in Delhi where he attended Kirori Mal College. While at college he was a part of the dramatic society The Players. He also appeared in plays at the National School of Drama. He decided to focus on a film career and moved to Mumbai where he received a role in Ram Gopal Varma's Jungle. Naseeruddin Shah had seen him perform at the NSD and recommended him to Mahesh Mathai for Bhopal Express and to Mira Nair for Monsoon Wedding. After the success of Monsoon Wedding Raaz received many roles. His first mainstream film cast as the leading actor was Raghu Romeo, a box office success where Raaz depicts the life of a confused lower-class Indian fellow. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vijay Raaz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Acting credits

Pati Patni Aur Woh Do poster
5.8

A seemingly perfect marriage in Prayagraj takes an unexpected turn when one decision leads to a chain of misunderstandings, suspicion, and comedic chaos.

Pati Patni Aur Woh Do

2026

Jumper poster
NR

A cable operator with an unusual talent for 'invisibility' is forced into an investigation when an MLA goes missing. What he uncovers is bigger than kidnapping.

Jumper

2026

Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video poster
4.9

Vicky and Vidya, newly married, decide to record a video of their first night together as a keepsake for the future. However, their plan goes awry when the CD with the video gets stolen. What follows is a chaotic and comedic journey as the couple scrambles to retrieve it before things spiral out of control.

Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video

2024

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

Monsoon Wedding poster
6.8

A stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India.

Monsoon Wedding

2001

Gangubai Kathiawadi poster
7.5

Duped and sold to a brothel, a young woman fearlessly reclaims her power, using underworld connections to preside over the world she was once a pawn in.

Gangubai Kathiawadi

2022

Stree poster
7.0

Set in the town of Chanderi, Stree is based on the urban legend of Nale Ba that went viral in Karnataka in the 1990s, and features Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao in pivotal roles.

Stree

2018

Chandu Champion poster
7.2

9 bullet wounds (one still in the body), three different sports and an unshakable determination to fulfill the dream of an Olympic Gold later, Muralikant Petkar, India's first Paralympian to finish at the top of the podium, got the recognition by his own country 45 years after he achieved what no athlete from his country could.

Chandu Champion

2024

Monsoon Mangoes poster
6.2

D.P Pallickal, an amateur film maker who claims he is the next film legend. D.P has great passion, but lacks talent. His family and friends constantly make fun of his amateurishness of his masterpiece short films.

Monsoon Mangoes

2016

Welcome poster
6.9

Two gangsters meet Rajiv, who belongs to a respectable family, and want to fix their sister's wedding with him. However, when Rajiv's uncle refuses to the match, a series of hilarious situations occur.

Welcome

2007

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bhagam Bhag 2

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 poster
5.5

Rooh Baba ventures into a haunted mansion in the kingdom of Raktaghat in West Bengal, where he confronts two vengeful spirits, both asserting to be Manjulika.

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3

2024

Fateh poster
6.0

Ex-Special Ops officer Fateh Singh springs back to action when a girl falls prey to a cybercrime syndicate. Racing against time, can he bring down the mafia?

Fateh

2025

Crime Factory poster
NR

When you have nothing to lose, you are selfless, but when you have something to lose, you are selfish. Since the beginning of time, the three things that man feared losing, and which in turn have given birth to conflicts, wars, deceit and crimes, are power, money and woman. The same philosophy and practice come true in the lives of a group of 5 abandoned boys Sallu, Ajjal, Bikroo, Pappu and Bulbul who are brought up in a slum referred to as "Crime Factory", because of the number of criminals the slum bred. The easiest path for them to survive was the path of crime; starting from peddling weed to extortion, money laundering and murder.

Crime Factory

2021

Kathal poster
6.2

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

Bin Bulaye Baraati poster
3.8

The cat and mouse game of the chase results into chaotic pile-up with more characters colliding together leading to dramatic and comical sequences where all of them end up to take shelter at Madhavgarh Village.

Bin Bulaye Baraati

2011

Gully Boy poster
7.3

Murad, an underdog, struggles to convey his views on social issues and life in Dharavi through rapping. His life changes drastically when he meets a local rapper, Shrikant alias MC Sher.

Gully Boy

2019

Delhi Belly poster
7.1

Three unsuspecting, average guys find themselves on the hit list of one of India's most-powerful crime syndicates.

Delhi Belly

2011

Company poster
7.0

Mallik is a henchman of Aslam Bhai, a Mumbai underworld kingpin. He inducts local hothead Chandu into the gang, and the two of them soon form a formidable faction within the gang, eventually displacing Aslam. As the empire grows, however, the two of them start drifting apart.

Company

2002

Jeevan Bheema Yojana poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Jeevan Bheema Yojana

2026

Chambal Paar poster
NR

As a visitor to his rural Indian homeland recalls the custom of matchmaking by barbers, he involuntarily opens a Pandora's box of his own past where social taboo and protagonism came face to face to find a way out of the social quagmire.

Chambal Paar

Sanam Teri Kasam poster
7.9

Tough ex-convict Inder and traditional mousy Saraswati fall in love and get married, but a tragedy changes their lives forever. The film is a modern rendition of the legends of Shiva-Sati and the novel "Love Story" by Eric Segal.

Sanam Teri Kasam

2016

Shakti: The Power poster
6.4

A couple visits the husband's family in India and finds itself in the middle of a fratricidal battle.

Shakti: The Power

2002

Photograph poster
6.7

A struggling street photographer, pressured to marry by his grandmother, convinces a shy stranger to pose as his fiancée. The pair develops a connection that transforms them in ways that they could not expect.

Photograph

2019

Behind the camera