Gajraj Rao is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Hindi films. 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.
Career 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.
He also directed a number of ad-films with Code Red Films.
Filmography +Key Denotes films/shows/series that have not yet been released
Films YearFilmRoleNotes 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 officer2002 Chhal Dil Hai Tumhaara Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai? 2003 Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi Junior Bihari constable 2005 Yahaan Home Minister2007 Black Friday Dawood Phanse No Smoking Rajendra Kishan Dhingra 2008 Aamir The Caller 2014 Bhoothnath Returns Sarkari officer in Bhoot World 2015 Talvar Inspector Dhaniram 2016 Budhia Singh – Born to Run Chairman, Child Welfare 2017 Rangoon Ahuja2018 Love per Square Foot Mr. Rehmat Blackmail Chawla Badhaai Ho Jeetendra KaushikFilmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor 2019Made in China Abhay Chopra2020Shubh Mangal Zyada SaavdhanShankar TripathiNominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting ActorLootcaseMinister Patil2022 Maja MaManohar PatelThai MassageAtmaram Dubey2023BholaaDevraj Satyaprem Ki Katha Narayan Trial Period Srivastav2024Maidaan Roy ChaudharyBad NewzAkhil's dead father special appearanceYudhraKarthik Rathore 2025 Jolly LLB 3 Haribhai Khaitan2026Lust Stories 3Abbujaan
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 2021 Ray Aslam Baig Netflix 2025 Dabba Cartel Inspector Deshmukh Netflix2025DupahiyaBanwari JhaAmazon Prime Video
Accolades Year Film Award Category Result2016Talvar Producers Guild Film Awards Best Actor in a Negative Role 17th IIFA Awards Best Performance in a Negative Role 2018 Badhaai Ho 25th Screen Awards Best Actor Best Actor (Critics) 2019Zee Cine AwardsBest Actor (Critics)Extraordinary Jodi of the Year 64th Filmfare AwardsBest Supporting Actor 2021Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan66th Filmfare Awards
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