Rajit Kapoor

Rajit Kapoor born May 22 1963 in Amritsar is a distinguished Indian film and theatre actor and director He gained fame portraying the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi in the eponymous television series on Doordarshan in 1993 He won the National Film Award for Best Actor for portraying Mahatma Gandhi in the 1996 film The Making of the Mahatma His film debut was in Shyam Benegals Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda 1992 He also won acclaim for his role in the Malayalam film Agnisakshi A prominent theatre personality Kapur has appeared in recent films like Raazi Uri The Surgical Strike and Mission Majnu