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Gajraj Rao is an Indian actor and advert filmmaker. He’s greatest recognized for the position of Jeetendra Kaushik (father of Ayushmann Khurrana) within the 2018 movie ‘Badhaai Ho.’

Wiki/Biography

Gajraj Rao was born in 1971 (age 48 years; as in 2019), in Dungarpur, Rajasthan. He did his education from Rajasthan and Delhi.

Bodily Look

Top (approx.): 5′ 9″

Eye Color: Black

Hair Color: Salt & Pepper

Household, Caste & Spouse

He was born in Rajasthan and introduced up in Delhi. He was born right into a lower-middle-class household. His father was an worker within the Indian Railways. Gajraj is married to Sanjana Rao, and the couple is blessed with two sons. His elder son is a scholar of graphic designing.

Gajraj Rao with His Spouse

Profession

After finishing his education, he joined the theatre group ‘Act One’ on the age of 16 together with the actors, Manoj Bajpayee and Ashish Vidyarthi.

Gajraj Rao with Manoj Bajpai, Nikhil Verma, and Ashish Vidyarthi

At the beginning of his performing profession, he used to do theatres and odd jobs for livelihood concurrently. His first job was in a tailor’s store, ‘Iqbal Tailors’ in Delhi. Later, one among his mates provided him a job in a garment firm. He was good in literature, so, he began working as a contract author for Navbharat and Hindustan Instances. Quickly, he obtained a possibility to jot down anchor’s script for Doordarshan channel. Whereas he was working as a scriptwriter, he met the Indian tv producer, Siddhartha Basu, who provided him to work in a present primarily based on viewers interplay. He then met the Bollywood director and author, Pradeep Sarkar, which was a turning level in his life. He began working with him as a author in advert movies after which moved to Mumbai together with Pradeep Sarkar. Later, his pal, Tigmanshu Dhulia, launched him to the director, Shekhar Kapur. Shekhar provided him a job in his movie ‘Bandit Queen’ (1994) by which he performed the character of Ashok Chand Thakur.

Gajraj Rao in Bandit Queen

In 2003, he opened his personal commercial manufacturing firm, ‘Code Crimson Movies,’ alongside together with his associate Subrat Ray. Gajraj has acted and directed many widespread TV commercials.

Gajraj Rao Taking pictures for a TV Business

Among the advert movies made beneath his manufacturing home embody the large manufacturers like Maruti Suzuki, Samsung, Cadbury, Reliance Basis, HUL, McDonald’s, Flipkart, and Procter & Gamble.

His manufacturing home, ‘Code Crimson Movies,’ has acquired a couple of nationwide and worldwide awards on the Adfest Asia, Promax Singapore, The Cup, NYF, and Asia Pacific Promoting. He did small roles in varied Bollywood movies, together with Dil Se (1998), Aks (2001), Dil Hai Tumhaara (2002), Black Friday (2007), and Aamir (2008).

Gajraj Rao’s Roles in Completely different Movies

In 2015, he debuted within the Hindi web-series, ‘Bang Baaja Baaraat,’ by which he performed the character of Murli Prasad Sharma. He has acted in lots of movies of ‘TVF’s’ (a YouTube channel) web-series, together with ‘A Day With R D Sharma’ (2016), ‘F.A.T.H.E.R.S.’ (2017), ‘Tech Conversations with Dad’ (2018), and ‘TVF Tripling Season 2’ (2019).

In 2016, he directed a brief video, ‘Rorito: Write the New.’ He has produced a couple of documentaries, like ‘Budhia Singh: Born to Run’ (2016) and ‘The Tribal Scoop’ (2018).

Budhia Singh Born to Run (2016)

He obtained immense reputation with the 2018 Bollywood movie ‘Badhaai Ho.’

Gajraj Rao in Badhaai Ho

In 2020, he appeared in Bollywood movies, like ‘Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan’ and ‘Lootcase.’

Gajraj Rao in Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan

Favorite Issues

• Writers/ Poets: Premchand, Elif Shafak, Hisham Matar, Maha Gargash, Ibrahim Eissa, and Rabindranath Tagore

• Net-Collection: Sacred Video games (2018)

Info/Trivia

• He used to stay in a railway colony together with his mother and father in Delhi. In an interview, he stated,

I discovered varied dialects whereas I used to be residing within the railway colony. There can be somebody from Himachal Pradesh, somebody from Punjab, or a area in Uttar Pradesh. I used to be fascinated by these dialects and saved practising them. In all probability, that was the start of the actor in me who out of the blue finds himself being known as out by identify. It additionally helped that the household would undertake yearly journeys to Dungarpur in Rajasthan. We might both get off in Ratlam or Ahmedabad, travelling by Deluxe or Sarvodaya Categorical.”

• He was a mean scholar in his faculty.

• In an interview, he revealed how he obtained an curiosity in theatres, he stated,

Once I was a scholar at Delhi College, a pal launched me to the theatre. I watched Sandhya Chhaya at Shri Ram Centre For Performing Arts, Mandi Home. I used to be blown by the magic of theatre. There have been about 100 individuals within the viewers, and two younger actors performed senior residents on stage. The lighting, the music… all the pieces impressed me  I slept very late that evening as a result of the expertise saved replaying in my thoughts. I used to be drawn to the theatre and my journeys to Mandi Home grew to become extra frequent. I used to be hooked.”

• He acquired laurels for an award-winning advert movie, which was made beneath his manufacturing firm, ‘Code Crimson Movies.’ The advert movie showcased the significance of respect for the Nationwide Anthem of India.

• In an interview, he shared his journey as an advert filmmaker, he stated,

Nitesh Tiwari gave me my second commercial. Somebody stated I used to be a newcomer, however he favored me. A 3-minute movie for Sonata in Tamil (for Lintas, then headed by Balki) did very properly. I labored extensively with famous cinematographer V Manikantan. He’s an amazing affect in my journey.”

• He has acquired many awards for his movie ‘Badhaai Ho’ 2018.
  

  Gajraj Rao Posing with His Award

• His hobbies embody travelling and studying books.
  

  Gajraj Rao Shopping for Books

• He appeared in ‘The Kapil Sharma Present’ for selling his movie ‘Badhaai Ho’ (2018) and ‘Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan’ (2020).
  

  Gajraj Rao in The Kapil Sharma Present

• In ‘The Kapil Sharma Present,’ he revealed that he calls his spouse each half-hour. He additional stated,

‘I noticed a European movie as soon as. There’s a married couple in that movie. The reminiscence of one of many two goes away. After this, the opposite associate feels that the 2 have by no means shared something value remembering from one another, so tips on how to keep in mind the associate in such a scenario. After watching the movie, I made a decision that any more, no matter will occur in my life will hold my spouse up to date.”