Rajat Kapoor

Rajat Kapoor

Nascimento : 1961-02-11, Delhi, India

História

Rajat Kapoor is an Indian actor, writer, screenwriter and film director. As a child, Kapoor would watch films with his family and decided to become a filmmaker at the age of 14. He mainly focused on acting at first. In 2013 he joined the theatre group Chingari in Delhi, later moving to Pune to attend the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).

Perfil

Rajat Kapoor
Rajat Kapoor

Filmes

Eyes on the Sunshine
IAS Loshit Modliar
Kora Kagazz
Vivek
Our lives are often more interconnected than we think they are... Kora Kagazz is a Hindi lanuguage film that revolves around three lost souls who find a home away from home. Divya, a juvenile home warden and Vivek, an actor struggling to create art, meet Sandhya, a 14-year old girl, with a dark past, and together they rise above their circumstances.
Drishyam 2
Mahesh Deshmukh
7 years after the case related to Vijay Salgaonkar and his family was closed, a series of unexpected events bring truth to light that threatens to change everything for the Salgaonkars. Can Vijay save his family this time?
Clowning with Shakespeare
Self
Rajat Kapoor, an Indian filmmaker & actor collaborates with fellow actors from Bollywood to put up a theatre play that turns Shakespearean stories into a modern tale with an unconventional twist. Rajat’s clowning act of interpreting Shakespearean classics makes for an unbelievably appealing storytelling. The creative exploration of Rajat and his team is discomforting, entertaining, and addictive at the same time.
Gehraiyaan
Jitesh
Alisha Khanna, 30, ambitious, now finds herself at crossroads in life. Her six year long relationship has grown monotonous, her career seems to be going nowhere. But just when she had begun to accept this reality as unchangeable, her life is usurped by the arrival of her cousin, Tia and her fiancé, Zain, with whom she bonds over a troubled past and a common wish to break from its confines.
RK/RKAY
RK and Mahboob
After wrapping up the shoot of his upcoming period film, in which he also plays the lead character Mehboob, Indie film director-writer RK (Rajat Kapoor) struggles to piece his film together on the editing table. Trouble escalates when he discovers that his lead character has vanished from the film’s footage and entered real life.
RK/RKAY
Writer
After wrapping up the shoot of his upcoming period film, in which he also plays the lead character Mehboob, Indie film director-writer RK (Rajat Kapoor) struggles to piece his film together on the editing table. Trouble escalates when he discovers that his lead character has vanished from the film’s footage and entered real life.
RK/RKAY
Director
After wrapping up the shoot of his upcoming period film, in which he also plays the lead character Mehboob, Indie film director-writer RK (Rajat Kapoor) struggles to piece his film together on the editing table. Trouble escalates when he discovers that his lead character has vanished from the film’s footage and entered real life.
How About a Kiss
Anand
Pari, a 22-year-old, is depressed and Professor Anand tries to counsel and help her come out of depression. Things get complicated when Pari falls in love with Anand.
O Melhor está por vir
Doctor Aman Kapoor
Arthur (Fabrice Luchini) e César (Patrick Bruel) são dois grandes amigos, daqueles que nutrem um forte laço desde os tempos da infância. Por uma ironia do destino e um mal-entendido, César acredita que Arthur irá morrer dentro de pouco tempo, vítima de câncer. Com o objetivo de transformar os últimos momentos do amigo em algo muito especial, ele decide ficar ao seu lado para que possam fazer juntos tudo o que o outro deseja, enquanto isso é possível. O único detalhe que César ainda não sabe que é justamente ele o paciente terminal e Arthur reluta em contar e estragar a felicidade do amigo. Dos mesmos criadores do sucesso Qual o Nome do Bebê? (2012).
Kadakh
Rahul
Sunil is home alone when the doorbell rings. The stranger at the door introduces himself as the husband of Chhaya - a woman that Sunil is having an affair with. The guest immediately asks many uncomfortable questions about their affair, becoming more and more intrusive. The situation is already incredibly tense and then the man pulls out a gun from his bag and aims it straight at Sunil. Pretty soon a shot rings out and the wall is splattered with blood. And that is just the beginning.
Kadakh
Writer
Sunil is home alone when the doorbell rings. The stranger at the door introduces himself as the husband of Chhaya - a woman that Sunil is having an affair with. The guest immediately asks many uncomfortable questions about their affair, becoming more and more intrusive. The situation is already incredibly tense and then the man pulls out a gun from his bag and aims it straight at Sunil. Pretty soon a shot rings out and the wall is splattered with blood. And that is just the beginning.
Kadakh
Director
Sunil is home alone when the doorbell rings. The stranger at the door introduces himself as the husband of Chhaya - a woman that Sunil is having an affair with. The guest immediately asks many uncomfortable questions about their affair, becoming more and more intrusive. The situation is already incredibly tense and then the man pulls out a gun from his bag and aims it straight at Sunil. Pretty soon a shot rings out and the wall is splattered with blood. And that is just the beginning.
Mulk
SSP Danish Javed
The youngest son of a Muslim family settled in Benaras gets involved in terrorist activities, leading to a bomb blast massacre. His actions have an adverse effect on the family who are left to defend themselves as people who are innocent and not anti-nationals.
Pari
Qasim Ali
Um homem tenta ajudar uma mulher chamada Rukhsana, vítima de abuso, que ele encontrou acorrentada em uma cabana.
August 25
Avik
A physics professor receives a surprise visitor who has greater knowledge about his work with regards to time than the Professor himself. Who is this visitor? Where is he from? Questions and doubts flood the professor's mind, until Shayan the visitor, makes the ultimate sacrifice to turn time and reality on its head. A taut thriller with an unexpected twist, August 25 tests the bonds of love, trust and sacrifice that we share with each other. Bonds that defy nature and reality.
Mantra
Kapil Kapoor
In 1991, the Government of India opened up the economy and unleashed the forces of globalization, forever changing the landscape of the country. A dozen years later, India was celebrating its emergence as a global economic super power. Set in 2004, in the midst of a nationwide 'India Shining' campaign, the film Mantra tells the intimate story of a family and its travails, and through it, the story of the New India. The protagonist of the film is Kapil Kapoor, the founder of an iconic Indian snack brand in the 'License Raj' old India. But today - in 2004 - he is fighting a losing battle against a multinational that has taken over the market. But it is not just his company that Kapil is desperately trying to save; it is also his own wife and children who are battling their own crises.
Waiting
Dr. Nirupam
While visiting his comatose wife in the hospital, a serene old professor befriends a vibrant young woman whose husband has also fallen into a coma.
Ki & Ka
Kabir's Father
An unconventional woman, gains immense success in her professional life but things take a turn when she meets a guy, who wants to be a house husband.
Kapoor e Filhos
Harsh Kapoor
Enquanto Rahul está estabelecido como um escritor de sucesso, Arjun ainda está lutando para encontrar sua verdadeira vocação. De volta para casa em Coonoor, sua família tem mais três membros: Daddu, o pai Harsh e a mãe Sunita. Uma ligação informando que seu Avô de 90 anos está internado traz os dois irmãos de volta para casa. Lá eles descobrem que o casamento de seus pais está à beira de um colapso, a família está passando por uma crise financeira e muito mais segredos enquanto o drama se desenrola. Os Kapoors são uma família disfuncional que não pensa duas vezes antes de gritar ou jogar um pote de biscoitos irritado um com o outro. E não, eles não fazem isso por brincadeira. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
X: Past Is Present
K
Ao conhecer uma jovem em uma festa, um cineasta de meia-idade fica atormentado por lembranças de antigos relacionamentos.
A Chantagem
Mahesh Deshmukh
Medidas desesperadas são tomadas por um homem que tenta salvar sua família do lado negro da lei, depois de cometer um crime inesperado.
Rang Rasiya
Auctioneer
A look a the life of 19th century Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma.
Ankhon Dekhi
Writer
Depois de um incidente com sua filha, um homem passa a acreditar só no que vê. Ele aprende uma lição que vai mudar sua vida.
Ankhon Dekhi
Rishi Chacha
Depois de um incidente com sua filha, um homem passa a acreditar só no que vê. Ele aprende uma lição que vai mudar sua vida.
Ankhon Dekhi
Director
Depois de um incidente com sua filha, um homem passa a acreditar só no que vê. Ele aprende uma lição que vai mudar sua vida.
I m 24
Shubendu Roy
Saying the truth was always difficult, and lying, they say, is much simpler. Shubendu lives by the tougher option. But when this honest, 42 year old balding writer falls in love with a 22 year old beauty queen, he is tempted to lie. What's more, his jerk of a roommate, Gagan, who swears by the magic of lies, helps him cook up stories. What follows is a hilarious ride of lies, cover-ups, goof-ups and contradicting tales. Shubendu begins enjoying this ride. Why didn't he know that lying was so much fun?! But at some point, the madness has got to stop. The question is: When? This Saurabh Shukla directed romantic comedy will touch all hearts, both young and old.
Os Filhos da Meia-Noite
Aadam Aziz
Em 15 de agosto de 1947, a Índia conquistou a sua independência. Neste exato momento, à meia-noite, nasceram duas crianças em uma maternidade. No entanto, uma enfermeira decidiu trocá-los: Saleem, filho indesejado de uma mãe pobre, foi criado no lugar de Shiva, o filho biológico de um casal rico. A história dos dois garotos será para sempre ligada ao destino político do país, principalmente quando a Índia entra em guerra, e eles se encontram em lados opostos na batalha.
The Owner
Producer
The film follows a backpack on a journey around the world, intersecting the lives of dozens of fascinating characters along the way. The story progresses, we learn details about the mysterious man to whom the bag belongs.
Fatso!
Co-Producer
Killed too soon due to a clerical error in heaven, a man is sent back to earth with a new lease on life, this time in the body of his portly friend.
Fatso!
Executive Producer
Killed too soon due to a clerical error in heaven, a man is sent back to earth with a new lease on life, this time in the body of his portly friend.
Fatso!
Writer
Killed too soon due to a clerical error in heaven, a man is sent back to earth with a new lease on life, this time in the body of his portly friend.
Fatso!
Director
Killed too soon due to a clerical error in heaven, a man is sent back to earth with a new lease on life, this time in the body of his portly friend.
Pappu Can't Dance Saala
Palash
One time bickering neighbors are forced to share the same apartment. The cultural clash between traditional-orthodox-India and modern-urban-India. The collision of two cultures creates havoc in the beginning but finds a peaceful co-existence, at the end. An orthodox boy from the holy city of Banaras, is forced to stay with a chorus dancer in Bombay... The film does the journey of these two opposite personalities and how, after the initial phase of rejection, they find each others place in their respective lives.
Jo Dooba So Paar: It's Love in Bihar!
Superintendent of Police
A high-school drop-out is smitten with a visiting American Researcher.
Phas Gaye Re Obama
Om Shastri
Phase Gaye Re Obama is a comedy set against the backdrop of global recession/meltdown that originated in USA. The film traces the journey of OM Shashtri, an American citizen of Indian origin, who loses all his wealth overnight to the global recession & has been asked to vacate his home by the bank unless he pays up $100,000 (mortgaged amount) within 30 days. Seeing no other option Om comes to India to sell a small piece of an ancestral property. But within days of landing in India he is kidnapped by a 'recession-hit' underworld gang those who think that he is still a millionaire. What happens to Om, is he able to save his home, how did the 'poor' gangster cope with their 'poor' catch & what do small town Indian gangsters have to say to President Obama...is largely forms the rest of the story. The film, showcases how global recession/ meltdown impacted lives from an America based businessman to underworld dons in the dusty plains of small town India.
Iti Mrinalini: An Unfinished Letter...
Siddhartha Sarkar
An award-winning aging actress reflects on her life while writing a suicide note.
Rann
Naveen Shankalya
The revered chief of a news agency tries to maintain journalistic integrity as his bureau and a rival agency vie for viewers following a terrorist attack.
10ml LOVE
A romantic comedy concerning the tribulations of a love quadrangle during a night of magic & madness.
A One Night Stand
Writer
Following a wild party, a married man meets with his friends in order to try and remember his indiscretions.
A One Night Stand
Co-Producer
Following a wild party, a married man meets with his friends in order to try and remember his indiscretions.
A One Night Stand
Rahul
Following a wild party, a married man meets with his friends in order to try and remember his indiscretions.
Teree Sang: A Kidult Love Story
Mohit Puri
An under-aged couple fall in love, face opposition from the girl's wealthy parents, elope, and go on the run from the police.
Siddharth: The Prisoner
Siddharth Roy
Siddharth Roy gets discharged from jail, and with his lawyer's assistance, returns to his rental flat in Mumbai and is asked to consider a divorce settlement from his wife, Maya. While in his flat he finalizes a manuscript titled 'The Prisoner', and then attends the Om Shree Internet Cafe to email publisher, Tim Wright. When he returns home he finds that the briefcase he got from the Internet café is not his, and contains Rs.20 Lakhs in cash. He decides to keep the cash, and returns to the café to see if he can locate his briefcase in order to get his book published. He does not do so - but is unaware that the briefcase belongs to a gangster, Atul Bhai, who has already assigned two armed men, Amin Bhai, and Aseem, to get it back, while the café attendant, Mohan, who had Googled Siddharth, is actively engaged in locating him.
Via Darjeeling
Ronodeep 'Rono' Sen
Via Darjeeling is the story of a honeymooning couple Ankur (Kay Kay Menon) and Rimli (Sonali Kulkarni) who are very much in love. On the day of their departure from Darjeeling, Ankur disappears mysteriously leaving Rimli all alone frantically searching for him. Here enters the policeman Robin Dutt (Vinay Pathak) who tries to trace Ankur, but in vain. The story then moves onto a group of friends partying and having a good time, where Robin who is one of the guests narrates the story of Ankur and Rimli to his friends. How each one of them make their own interpretations as to what happened to Ankur makes the movie an interesting watch.
Dasvidaniya
Rajiv Julka
A man who loves to make "to-do lists" makes one last bucket list when he realizes he is about to die.
Hulla
Janardhan Parikh
A stockbroker who moves into a flat finds that he cannot sleep because of the loud whistle blown by the night-watchman. This leads him into conflict with the building's secretary who insists on the use of the whistle.
Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na
Meghna's father
Jai é afável; a linda Aditi, irrascível -- apesar das diferenças, a família e os amigos sabem que eles formam o par perfeito.
Krazzy 4
R K Sanyal
Os Krazzy 4 é sobre quatro caras loucos. Raja é um paciente com transtorno explosivo intermitente. Dr. Mukherjee é um paciente de transtorno de personalidade obsessivo-compulsivo. Dabboo é um paciente de mutismo seletivo. Gangadhar é um paciente com esquizofrenia. Dra. Sonali trata os Krazzy 4 em um hospital psiquiátrico. Ela acredita que com um pouco de paciência e tempo, os quatro podem voltar a ser uma parte da sociedade. Ela resolve levar eles para assistir a uma partida de críquete, mas no caminho é sequestrada e os Krazzy 4 ficam à solta na sociedade. O que acontece a seguir são situações engraçadas na tentativa dos Krazzy 4 em resgatar a amável Dra. Sonali.
Mithya
Writer
A two-bit actor faces challenges after he is asked by Police to impersonate a look-alike gangster.
Mithya
Director
A two-bit actor faces challenges after he is asked by Police to impersonate a look-alike gangster.
Khoya Khoya Chand
Prem Kumar
Circa 1960s Lucknow-based author Zafar Ali Naqvi, who has issues with his father and his four wives, including the 4th one who lusts after him, re-locates to Bombay, starts writing for movies, and falls in love with starlet Nikhat Sheikh. Both decide to get married but cancel the plans at the last minute after she finds out that her mother and her live-in boyfriend...
My Own Sky
Dr. Sen
In order to make their autistic child a genius, a couple injects a drug into his body, only to face drastic consequences later.
Bheja Fry
Ranjeet Thadani
Ranjeet Thadani (Rajat Kapoor), a bored, arrogant music company executive hurts his back the night he has found a prize catch for a weekly bring - your -idiot talent dinner hosted by his friends and him. He ends up spending the evening with this idiot, Bharat Bhushan (Vinay Pathak) who tries to help him get his wife (Sarika) back who left him earlier that day. The result is utter chaos let loose by the idiot, who cannot do a single thing without messing it up further. The plot turns around to be a series of mini disasters that leave Ranjeet's comfortable life in ruins. Call it the idiot's revenge!
The Last Days of the Raj
Muhammed Ali Jinnah
Lord Louis Mountbatten arrives in India in March 1947 as Britain's Last Viceroy. He is committed to transfer administrative and authoritative power to an independent and sovereign India. Six months later India indeed was set free, but it had also been partitioned and overwhelmed by an orgy of sectarian violence involving Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs.
Anuranan
The story of two couples - each with their own struggles to survive as a couple and as individuals. After living in London for a few years, Rahul and Nandita have recently moved back to Kolkata and become friends with Amit and Preeti. It is the lives of these four friends that creates a resonance, a chord, that echoes through their present and future.
Yun Hota To Kya Hota
US Consulate Officer
Four individuals from different parts of India board a US-bound flight. However, they are stuck in an unfortunate situation as the flight is hijacked soon after take-off.
Corporate
Vinay Sehgal
Two corporate giants compete in order to recklessly maximize their respective profits.
Mixed Doubles
Script
Bored with his sex life, a man tries to convince his wife to swap partners.
Mixed Doubles
Vinod
Bored with his sex life, a man tries to convince his wife to swap partners.
Mixed Doubles
Director
Bored with his sex life, a man tries to convince his wife to swap partners.
Kisna
Prince Raghuraj
The film is set in the India of the tumultuous 1930's when nationalists fighting for the country's independence rose up as one, urging the British to quit. At this time, a young Indian, Kisna befriends and then shields a British girl Katherine, from an enraged mob of nationalists including Kisna's own uncle and brother. Katherine is the young daughter of a ruthless British collector. Kisna takes it upon himself to escort Katherine to the safety of the British High Commission in New Delhi, who will arrange for her to board a ship home. A tender attraction develops between Kisna and Katherine during the journey, a love story that is torn between 'Karma' (the noble deed) and 'Dharma' (the duty). Laxmi, the Indian girl Kisna is engaged to, forms the third point in an emotional triangle involving the Indo-British romantic pair
Tum: A Dangerous Obsession
Vinod Gupta
A married woman has a one-night stand with a lustful photographer while on vacation, and soon cannot escape her past mistake when the photographer follows her home and wants to continue his lustful fling with her at any cost.
Raghu Romeo
Screenplay
Ankur Goyal is a guileless 30-year-old waiter henpecked by his mother and by the boss who seldom pays him. In his naivete, Raghu thinks he must protect the virtue of that joint's floozies from grabby clients, especially Sweety, a hitman's honey whose cynical surface masks a soft spot for the clueless hero. But he only has eyes for Neeta, a quintessential TV-soap suffering-heroine played by not-so-nice Reshma. Unable to distinguish between reel and real life, Raghu kidnaps the terrified actress and takes her to the countryside house of Sweety. Turns out she is on the hit-list.
Raghu Romeo
Director
Ankur Goyal is a guileless 30-year-old waiter henpecked by his mother and by the boss who seldom pays him. In his naivete, Raghu thinks he must protect the virtue of that joint's floozies from grabby clients, especially Sweety, a hitman's honey whose cynical surface masks a soft spot for the clueless hero. But he only has eyes for Neeta, a quintessential TV-soap suffering-heroine played by not-so-nice Reshma. Unable to distinguish between reel and real life, Raghu kidnaps the terrified actress and takes her to the countryside house of Sweety. Turns out she is on the hit-list.
Kali Salwar
Sultana, a small town prostitute and her pimp Khudabaksh migrate to the metropolis, bringing with them their dreams and meagre belongings. Sultana goes about her bright and artful seductions but somehow misses her targets. Her business collapses. Desperately, Khudabaksh too tries his hand at many jobs but is unsuccessful. Sultana's loneliness and despair get objectified in her desire for a 'salwaar' that she needs to complete her black ensemble for the observance of mourning for Moharram.
Um Casamento à Indiana
Tej Poori
A família Verma se reúne em Nova Delhi para um casamento arranjado às pressas. Várias histórias se entrelaçam, retratando diferentes aspectos do amor e atravessando fronteiras geográficas, sociais e morais. Após um relacionamento fracassado, Aditi (Vasundhara Das), a noiva, aceitou casar-se com Herman, um engenheiro texano, e encontra-se apreensiva com a mudança para os Estados Unidos. Lalit (Naseeruddin Shah) e Pimmi (Lillete Dubey), seus pais, enfrentam o desafio de manter as tradições familiares enquanto Dubby (Vijay Raaz), o responsável pelo cerimonial, apaixona-se pela empregada da família. E há também a presença da independente Ria e da adolescente Ayesha (Neha Dubey), primas de Aditi.
O que o Coração Deseja
Mahesh
O filme é sobre três personagens distintas, Akash (Aamir Khan), Sameer (Saif Ali Khan) e Siddharth (Akshaye Khanna), suas relações individuais e os efeitos que essas relações têm sobre eles.
Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One
Screenplay
An urban contemporary film about adultery, murder and betrayal in the film noir style. A simple story to which the director imparts a feeling of unrest and disquiet, catching the city in its various moods. The film breaks generic conventions, notably in the presentation of the private detective through his deglamourised life and his process of discovery of 'who did it'. It is not constructed through his point of view at all. In fact the policeman and the detective, the fact finders, are in the dark about the crime, to the very end.
Char Adhyay
Set in the Bengali Renaissance of the 1930s and 1940s. A group of young intellectuals get embroiled in the struggle for Indian independence, sometimes at the expense of their personal lives.
Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One
Director
An urban contemporary film about adultery, murder and betrayal in the film noir style. A simple story to which the director imparts a feeling of unrest and disquiet, catching the city in its various moods. The film breaks generic conventions, notably in the presentation of the private detective through his deglamourised life and his process of discovery of 'who did it'. It is not constructed through his point of view at all. In fact the policeman and the detective, the fact finders, are in the dark about the crime, to the very end.
Tarana
Director
This film is on the 'Tarana' gharana of Indian classical music. A Tarana Bandish normally does not use words instead it employs men monic syllables. Some of these are borrowed from tabla bols,some from the moment of her instruments. It has been suggested that these syllables may have religious origin both from Hindu and Sufi faith.
The Khayal Saga
Music Student
A music student listens to stories and legends about the birth and evolution of the Khayal form of classical Indian singing. These stories are re-enacted by actors who play several key figures throughout the history of classical music.