Gajraj Rao

Gajraj Rao (born 31 Dec 1970^[1]) is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Hindi films.^[2][3] 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^[4].

Gajraj Rao
Gajraj Rao in 2020
Born	(1970-12-31) 31 December 1970 (age 54) Dungarpur, Rajasthan, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–present
Known for	Black Friday, Badhaai Ho, Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
Spouse	Sanjana Rao
Children	2 sons

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^[5]. 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.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

He also directed a number of ad-films with Code Red Films.^[11][12][13]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films/shows/series that have not yet been released

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
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 officer
2002	Chhal
	Dil Hai Tumhaara
	Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?
2003	Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi	Junior Bihari constable
2005	Yahaan	Home Minister
2007	Black Friday	Dawood Phanse
	No Smoking	Rajendra Kishan Dhingra
2008	Aamir	The Caller
2014	Bhoothnath Returns	Sarkari officer in Bhoot World[14]
2015	Talvar	Inspector Dhaniram
2016	Budhia Singh – Born to Run	Chairman, Child Welfare
2017	Rangoon	Ahuja
2018	Love per Square Foot	Mr. Rehmat
	Blackmail	Chawla
	Badhaai Ho	Jeetendra Kaushik	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
2019	Made in China	Abhay Chopra
2020	Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan	Shankar Tripathi	Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Lootcase	Minister Patil	[15]
2022	Maja Ma	Manohar Patel
	Thai Massage	Atmaram Dubey
2023	Bholaa	Devraj
	Satyaprem Ki Katha	Narayan
	Trial Period	Srivastav
2024	Maidaan	Roy Chaudhary	[16]
	Bad Newz	Akhil's dead father
	Yudhra	Karthik Rathore
2025	Jolly LLB 3	Haribhai Khaitan

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[17]
2021	Ray	Aslam Baig	Netflix[18]
2025	Dabba Cartel	Inspector Deshmukh	Netflix
2025	Dupahiya	Banwari Jha	Amazon Prime Video

Accolades

Year	Film	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2016	Talvar	Producers Guild Film Awards	Best Actor in a Negative Role	Nominated
		17th IIFA Awards	Best Performance in a Negative Role	Nominated	[19]
2018	Badhaai Ho	25th Screen Awards	Best Actor	Nominated	[20]
			Best Actor (Critics)	Won	[21]
2019		Zee Cine Awards	Best Actor (Critics)	Nominated	[22]
			Extraordinary Jodi of the Year	Won [a]
		64th Filmfare Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Won [b]	[23]
2021	Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan	66th Filmfare Awards		Nominated	[24]

Notes

1. Shared with Neena Gupta.
2. Tied with Vicky Kaushal for Sanju