Rajkummar Rao

Actor

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.

Known For

The White Tiger Not in library

The White Tiger

2021

Queen Not in library

Queen

2014

Talaash Not in library

Talaash

2012

Bareilly Ki Barfi Not in library

Bareilly Ki Barfi

2017

Stree Not in library

Stree

2018

Kai Po Che! Not in library

Kai Po Che!

2013

Newton Not in library

Newton

2017

Trapped Not in library

Trapped

2017

Ludo Not in library

Ludo

2020

Zero Not in library

Zero

2018

Acting

2028 Doosara Mahayudh as Vicky
2028 Pehla Mahayudh as Vicky
2027 Stree 3 as Vicky
2026 RaftaaR
2025 Bhool Chuk Maaf as Ranjan
2025 Maalik as Deepak / Maalik
2025 The Ba***ds of Bollywood as Rajkummar Rao (2 episodes) In Library
2024 Srikanth as Srikanth Bolla
2024 Mr. & Mrs. Mahi as Mahendra "Mahi" Aggarwal
2024 Stree 2 as Vicky In Library
2024 Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video as Vicky
2024 The Great Indian Kapil Show as Self (1 episode)
2024 Aapka Apna Zakir as Self (1 episode)
2023 Bheed as Surya Kumar Singh Tikas
2023 Pushtaini as Ankur Bhatia
2023 Guns & Gulaabs as Paana Tipu (7 episodes)
2023 The Thugesh Show as Self (1 episode)
2022 HIT: The First Case as Vikram
2022 Monica, O My Darling as Jayant Arkhedkar
2022 Bhediya as Vicky
2022 Badhaai Do as Shardul Thakur
2021 The White Tiger as Ashok
2021 Roohi as Bhaunra Pandey
2021 Hum Do Hamare Do as Dhruv Shikhar
2020 Shimla Mirchi as Avinash
2020 Ludo as Alok Kumar Gupta "Aalu"
2020 Chhalaang as Mahinder Hooda (Montu)
2020 Uss Din
2019 Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga as Sahil Mirza
2019 Judgementall Hai Kya as Keshav
2019 Made In China as Raghuvir Mehta
2019 Movie Masti With Manish as Himself (1 episode)
2018 Love Sonia as Manish
2018 Omertà as Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh
2018 5 Weddings as Officer Harbhajan Singh
2018 Fanney Khan as Adhir
2018 Stree as Vicky
2018 Amoli as Narrator (Hindi)
2018 Zero as Self (Special Appearance)
2018 Kanpur Waale Khuranas as Himself (1 episode)
2018 Dance Deewane as Himself (1 episode)
2018 Vinod -The Legend as Rajkummar Rao (2 episodes)
2017 Trapped as Shaurya
2017 Newton as Newton Kumar
2017 Behen Hogi Teri as Gattu
2017 Bareilly Ki Barfi as Pritam Vidrohi
2017 Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana as Satyendra aka Sattu
2017 Raabta as Muwwaqit
2017 The Drama Company as Self (2 episodes)
2017 Bose: Dead/Alive as Subhas Chandra Bose (9 episodes)
2016 Aligarh as Deepu Sebastian
2016 The Kapil Sharma Show as Self (4 episodes) In Library
2016 The Kapil Sharma Show In Library
2016 The Kapil Sharma Show as Himself (4 episodes) In Library
2016 BFFs with Vogue as Self (2 episodes)
2015 Dolly Ki Doli as Sonu Sarawat
2015 Hamari Adhuri Kahani as Hari Prasad (Vasudha's husband)
2014 Bombay Mirror
2014 City Lights as Deepak Singh
2014 Queen as Vijay
2014 Son of Abish as Himself (1 episode)
2013 Kai Po Che! as Govind "Govi" Patel
2013 Shahid as Shahid Azmi
2013 Boyss Toh Boyss Hain
2013 D-Day as Zoya’s husband (voice)
2013 Comedy Nights with Kapil as Self (2 episodes)
2012 Talaash as Devrath Kulkarni
2012 Chittagong as Lokenath Bal
2012 Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2 as Shamshad Alam
2011 Ragini MMS as Uday
2011 Shaitan as Malwankar
2010 LSD: Love, Sex aur Dhokha as Adarsh
2010 Rann as News reporter
2004 Koffee with Karan as Self (1 episode)
1954 Filmfare Awards as Host (1 episode)
1954 Filmfare Awards
— Dainik
— Bachpan Ka Pyar
— Toaster as Ramakant
— Ganguly as Sourav Ganguly
— Nikam as Ujjwal Nikam
— Shoojit Sircar Mythological Comedy Project
— Housewife

Production

2026 RaftaaR Producer
— Toaster Producer