Anil Nagrath

Acting

Anil Nagrath

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Anil Nagrath is an Indian actor and film industry professional born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. He started his professional journey in the corporate sector, working as Management Trainee at Dalmia Dairy Industries Ltd. He rose to Branch Manager in Bombay and later served as Regional Manager East when the company acquired Golden Tobacco Ltd. With a decade of senior corporate experience, Mr. Nagrath shifted focus to cinema in 1982, producing "Surkhiyaan" starring Naseeruddin Shah, Suresh Oberoi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, and Moon Moon Sen. He also directed the feature film "Aaj Ki Taaqat" produced by Deepak Joshi. He has also acted in over 600 films From 1987 to 2025. Thanks to his corporate background, Mr. Nagrath was co-opted and later elected to the Executive Committee of IMPPA (Indian Motion Pictures Producers' Association) and FMC (Film Makers Combine), where he became Secretary in 1987 He provided guidance, dispute resolution, and consultancy services so effectively that FMC was called the "Supreme Court of the Film Industry" during his tenure. After leaving IMPPA and FMC, he became Director General of AMPTPP (Association of Motion Pictures and TV Programme Producers), where in 10 years he transformed the body from a small two-employee office to a well-established 16-employee organization with its own 2000 sq. ft. office space and crores in fixed deposits. He boosted membership and revenue by providing top-tier advice, dispute resolution, and arbitration services. Mr. Nagrath then founded Nagrath Consultants, catering to legal, financial, and other industry needs. Between 2006-2009 and again from 2015 onwards, IMPPA appointed him Secretary, under whom IMPPA saw record income and credibility growth. He continued to act, writes on industry issues in Blockbuster magazine, and remains Secretary of IMPPA while heading Nagrath Consultants. Mr. Nagrath is also a Trustee of Pushp Kunj Hospital in Indore under the Nagrath Charitable Trust and is Life Member of CINTAA, Indian Film & TV Directors Association, and Old Dalians Association. TMDB mini biography by: Ashvin Borad

Acting credits

Baadshah poster
6.5

A small time detective is mistaken as a CBI agent and gets embroiled in a deadly mission to save the Chief Minister from an assassination attempt.

Baadshah

1999

No artwork available
NR

To seek justice for her parents who were killed by a bandit on her wedding day, a young woman rebels for revenge with the aid of a hijra.

Mahaarani

1996

Gupt: The Hidden Truth poster
6.4

When Governor Jaisingh Sinha is murdered, the needle of suspicion points towards his estranged step-son, Sahil. Now Sahil must prove his innocence and find out who the real killer is.

Gupt: The Hidden Truth

1997

Ek Tha Raja poster
8.3

When Lalchand is released from prison, he finds out that his son Jay has been adopted by the Commissioner of Police. However, his other son Raj has been assigned to kill him.

Ek Tha Raja

1996

Aitraaz poster
6.1

Raj, a married man, is falsely accused of rape by his ex-girlfriend who is also his employer's wife. He decides to sue her for sexual harassment despite societal pressures.

Aitraaz

2004

Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India! poster
4.7

Miss India and an aspiring actor spend a night together roaming the streets of Mumbai and unwittingly clash paths with a megalomaniacal gangster planning to take over India.

Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India!

1995

Kabrastan poster
NR

A married man has an affair with a married woman in this woman's house. When the woman's husband unexpectedly shows up with a bottle of acid, which he plans to throw on his wife's face, disfiguring her for life. The woman's lover quickly responds by taking out a gun and shooting at the bottle of acid, which is smashed and lands on the husband's face, disfiguring him. The man then shoots the husband, until he is dead. Both the woman and the man, bury the dead, disfigured body, and go about their respective tasks, not knowing that they have unleashed an unstoppable evil force that will spring forth to bring death and destruction to the man, his brothers, and his wife.

Kabrastan

2000

Corporate poster
6.4

Two corporate giants compete in order to recklessly maximize their respective profits.

Corporate

2006

Indian poster
5.2

DCP Raksekhar Azad (Raj) is an invincible cop with a great aim. He arrests a terrorist by the name of Khan. But Khan lands in a prison cell that looks cushier than the Buckingham Palace. However, this gets Raj promoted, and he is congratulated by none other than his father-in-law, who is also a very high ranking policeman. Then all of a sudden, Raj finds out that many policemen would like to see Khan go free. He discusses this issue with his father-in-law, and to his surprise, does not find any support from him. Disagreements and arguments ensue, and as a result, his father-in-law gets killed. The Police suspect Raj of killing him, they begin the process of arresting him, he runs away, while Khan is all set to get freed to do whatever he likes.

Indian

2001

Kaamyaab poster
6.6

The human drama is based on an interesting premise of a seasoned character actor who decides to come out of retirement and begin a quest for a record of some sorts, that elusive 500th role, the one for which he shall be remembered forever.

Kaamyaab

2020

Meri Biwi Ka Jawab Nahin poster
4.0

Ajay gets married to his childhood friend Durga; who is illiterate unable to differentiate between the style of these days and that of long time ago. When Ajay is given the post as police inspector he re-locates to Bombay and later on encourages Durga to move into there new home. In this new environment Durga will meet with some women who are subjected to injustice by some influential people, the police and corrupt politicians. Watch when Durga attempts to defend the rights of these women how she will be maligned and what impact it will cause on her marriage life.

Meri Biwi Ka Jawab Nahin

2004

No artwork available
NR

Samri, a ruthless killer, terrorizes the kingdom of Pratap Singh before murdering the ruler's daughter and being executed. Before his death, he vows revenge, returning years later as a ghost seeking his severed head to destroy Pratap Singh's descendants.

Chamunda

1999

Khudai poster
10.0

Raj Anand is a Bollywood movie director and lives a wealthy lifestyle with his wife, Padmini, and only son, Varun. He is respected and liked in the industry and is known to be a man of honesty and principles. He feels that Varun should make a debut in one of his movies, which he decides to call "Nagar Vadhu" (Prostitute), and hopes to cast a well-known Bollywood actress, Sakhi Swami, opposite Varun in the female lead role. The only problem is that Varun dislikes acting, but when Raj persuades him, he changes his mind, and agrees to act in this movie. Varun meets with Sakhi, and both are attracted to each other. This does not auger well with Raj and he puts a stop to the production immediately. It is then that Varun finds out that his principled father has been known to have an illicit relationship with Sakhi. How will this knowledge help him overcome the wall of mistrust that has now arisen between his dad, himself, and Sakhi.

Khudai

1994

Dulhe Raja poster
6.3

Poor Raja opens a fast foot restaurant right opposite a five star hotel run by its owner Singhania, earning his wrath. The wealthy hotel owner uses all his influence to remove Raja, but in vain. Things get worse for the wealthy man, when his daughter Kiran wants to marry the poor hotelier. The wealthy man refuses, leading to a confrontation and a condition - which Raja fulfills, he becomes rich virtually overnight, and proposes for the hand of Kiran. The wealthy hotelier reluctantly accepts him as his son-in-law, only to have Kiran elope with a man named Rahul.

Dulhe Raja

1998

Boond poster
NR

The story of Neelam, a poor girl and her encounters with different men in her life, while searching for love

Boond

2001

Gaddaar poster
7.0

Vijay (Harish) and Sunny (Sunil Shetty) are two friends, who are very close to each other. They study together in college and even fall in love with the same girl, Priya (Sonali Bendre). Sunny is rich and influential, and likes to control and dominate. Vijay comes from a poor family. Sunny wants to control the college scene using Vijay as a puppet, which does not work to Sunny's satisfaction. As a result, Sunny's dad (Mohan Joshi), who owns part of the college, steps in, to assert his and Sunny's position, as well as put pressure on the college authorities, and as well on the other hand, attempts to teach Vijay a lesson for betraying Sunny. But Sunny wants revenge in his own way, and he does so diabolically, by being even more friendly and close to his Vijay and his family. Will Sunny succeed?

Gaddaar

1995

My Friend Ganesha poster
5.2

Ashu (8 year old son)and the parents of the boy are too involved in their daily lives and hence cannot give much time to the boy who always feels lonely. He would only get to be with the maid. On one rainy day the boy saves a drowning mouse and saves his life. He brings the small mouse home and tells the maid about it. She is very happy and tells the boy that he has saved Lord Ganesha's pet ride.

My Friend Ganesha

2007

Love in Nepal poster
7.0

The head of a new advertising agency is a flirt. When a new Vice President joins the company after a takeover, the two men clash.

Love in Nepal

2004

Julie poster
5.2

A broken hearted Julie comes to Mumbai to make a living, but the fast moving city will force her to take prostitution as her profession.

Julie

2004

Champion poster
3.6

The film CHAMPION is a tale about a man who has a quest, a dream to be the best of the best. The film centres on four main characters, namely Rajveer Singh (Sunny Deol), a simpleton from a village in Punjab, whose sole dream in life is to become a super-cop and wipe off all crime. After, training, he gets his first posting at Mumbai for a special assignment. Bubbling with enthusiasm, an arrival, he is shocked to find that his job is to protect a nine-year-old boy, Abbas Khan (Abhishek Sharma). A bodyguard, after all the rigorous training to eliminate hardcore criminals! Abbas is the sole heir to millions of riches left to him by his parents, who have expired in a drastic plane crash.

Champion

2000

Kaun Karega Insaaf poster
NR

The story of Sapna, who has spent her entire childhood in an orphanage. When time comes for her to leave the orphanage due to adulthood, Sana decides that she should stay on and help other orphans. After a few months on the job, Sapna discovers that girls from the orphanage keep on vanishing and later end up in brothels. Sapna makes it her goal in life to uncover the people behind this dirty act.

Kaun Karega Insaaf

2002

Sanam Harjai poster
6.0

Film starring Himanshu, Saadhika and Simran

Sanam Harjai

1995

Naam Gum Jaayega poster
6.5

In a mountainous, hilly and forest region; Vishal Saxena and Natasha meet on one of the hills during a college hike only to spend considerable time with each other which eventually blossom into love. Natasha confide to Vishal that she would like to get married but Vishal asks for a time period of 6 months; they both agree on terms that they will not meet or get in contact with each other during this period but after the 6 months has passed they both will reunite at the hill they first meet. Eventually the 6 months passed by and Natasha goes to meet Vishal but even after a long wait he does not turn up prompting Natasha to pay him a visit but unfortunately she find his house occupy by a female named Nalini Sen; when question she gets informed that Nalini brought the house from Vishal 6 months ago. Natasha believes that one day Vishal will return and asks permission from Nalini to take up lodging at the house. Eventually Natasha gets to realize that she is at the mercy of Professor ...

Naam Gum Jaayega

2005

Dracula poster
7.0

Dracula comes back from the grave to exact revenge on fat women searching for a snake-jewel a.k.a 'Nagmani'. Everybody is searching for this jewel and encroaching upon Dracula's resting place. He is not happy.

Dracula

1999

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