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Rajit Kapur Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 6, 2026 • 3 min read

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Quick Info

Date of birth27 August 1960

Age63 Years

BirthplaceAmritsar, Punjab

ProfessionActor, Director, and Producer

NationalityIndian

Marital statusUnmarried

FamilyPunjabi family; father was a businessman

Rajit Kapur Biography

Rajit Kapur is an Indian actor, director and producer known for his work across film, television and theatre. Born in Amritsar and raised in Mumbai, he won

Early life and background

Rajit Kapur was born on 27 August 1960 in Amritsar, Punjab. His family relocated to Mumbai when he was very young. He completed his schooling at Cathedral & John Connon School in Mumbai and went on to earn a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Sydenham College of Commerce & Economics. In his college years he sang and played the harmonium. He has described hobbies that include swimming, cooking and reading.

Career

Kapur’s first on-screen work came as a child actor in the television production Khel Khilone on DD National. As an adult he began appearing on television in the 1980s, including the serial Ghar Jamai (1986). His breakthrough television role came in 1993 when he played the title character in the detective series Byomkesh Bakshi on DD National, a performance that brought him wide recognition; he later returned to the role in a 1997 sequel.

On the big screen Kapur made his Hindi film debut in Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1992). He has worked across Indian regional cinema, appearing in the Marathi film Limited Manuski (1995), the Malayalam film Agnisakshi (1999) and the Bengali film Abaidha (2002). He has also been cast in notable Hindi films including Train to Pakistan (1998), Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (2005), Guzaarish (2010), Raazi (2018), and Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019).

Kapur has combined screen acting with a long theatre career. He has acted in and directed stage productions, including Love Letters, Class of ’84, Larins Sahib, Are There Tigers in the Congo?, Mr. Behram, Six Degrees of Separation and Pune Highway. He is credited as actor and director of Love Letters, one of India’s longest-running plays, and co-founded the Mumbai theatre company Rage Productions.

He has worked in digital projects as well, appearing in web series such as Bang Baaja Baaraat (2015), TVF Tripling Season 2 (2019) and Bard of Blood (2019).

Awards and recognition

Kapur’s performance as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in The Making of the Mahatma (1996) earned him the National Film Award for Best Actor. He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor in 1998 for his role in Agnisakshi. In 2010 he received the Best Actor award at the Imagine India Film Festival in Spain for Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish.

Public profile

Physically, Kapur is listed at approximately 173 cm (about 5'8") with dark brown eyes and salt-and-pepper hair. He is identified as unmarried. He comes from a Punjabi family and his father was involved in business. Prior to acting, reports indicate he worked as an English and history teacher.

Latest updates

Kapur continues to work across stage, film, television and streaming platforms. His long association with the Byomkesh character and his award-winning film performances remain central highlights of his career.

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Recent Work

Bang Baaja Baaraat

Web series appearance

2015
TVF Tripling Season 2

Web series appearance

2019
Bard of Blood

Web series appearance

2019
Raazi

Feature film appearance

2018
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Career Highlights

  1. Title role in the television series Byomkesh Bakshi (1993) and its sequel (1997)
  2. National Film Award for Best Actor for The Making of the Mahatma (1996)
  3. Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for Agnisakshi (1998)
  4. Long-standing theatre career including acting and directing Love Letters
  5. Co-founder of Mumbai theatre company Rage Productions
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Rajit Kapur was born on 27 August 1960.

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