Rajkummar Rao
Actor
Biography
Rajkummar Rao Yadav is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. Rao has established a career in Hindi cinema and is the recipient of a National Film Award and a Filmfare Award from three nominations.
After graduating, he moved to Mumbai for a film career and made his film debut with the 2010 experimental anthology film Love Sex Aur Dhokha. After starring in brief roles in several of the highly successful Hindi films of the following two years, he achieved success for his breakout role in 2013 with the drama film Kai Po Che!, for which he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award at Filmfare. That same year, he was awarded the Filmfare and the National Film Award for Best Actor and Critics Best Actor for his portrayal of Shahid Azmi in the biographical drama Shahid. In 2014, Rao played the leading man in the successful romantic comedy Queen and the drama CityLights. Rao received critical acclaim for portraying a journalist in the biographical drama Aligarh, which earned him a second nomination for Best Supporting Actor at Filmfare.
Filmography
Queen
as Vijay 2014
Talaash
as Devrath Kulkarni 2012
Bareilly Ki Barfi
as Pritam Vidrohi 2017
Stree
as Vicky 2018
Newton
as Newton Kumar 2017
Kai Po Che!
as Govind "Govi" Patel 2013
Trapped
as Shaurya 2017
Ludo
as Alok Kumar Gupta "Aalu" 2020
Zero
as Self (Special Appearance) 2018
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2
as Shamshad Alam 2012
Monica, O My Darling
as Jayant Arkhedkar 2022
Badhaai Do
as Shardul Thakur 2022
Stree 2
as Vicky 2024
Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana
as Satyendra aka Sattu 2017
Behen Hogi Teri
as Gattu 2017
Shahid
as Shahid Azmi 2013