Gajraj Rao is an Indian actor and filmmaker. He was born in the year 1971 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He likes reading, writing and watching movies. He also takes deep interest in photography and chess. 

Gajraj Rao is married and has a son. 

Interesting facts about Gajraj

His favourite actors are Girish Kulkarni, Utpal Dutt and Shabana Azmi. 

His favourite films are Nayak the Real Hero, Gangajal, Tu Mera Sunday and Raazi. 

Gajraj likes to watch cricket and his favourite players are Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma.

His favourite travelling destinations are Dubai, Iran and Europe. 

He likes to read books of Premchand, Elif Shafak, Hisham Matar, Maha Gargash, Ibrahim Eissa and Rabindranath Tagore.

Gajraj's debut film

He started his acting career as a theatre artist and after that he went on to work in Hindi TV serials.

He was first seen in the 1994 movie ‘Bandit Queen’. It was made under the direction of Shekhar Kapur. 

He has appeared in many Bollywood movies like, Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?, Talvar,  Ameer, Black Friday, Buddhiya Singh- Born to Run, Badhaai Ho.

Some of his television and OTT shows are Ray (2021), PariWar (2020), Bang Baaja Baaraat (2015), Masaba Masaba (2020) and Fathers (2017).

Awards

He won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in ‘Badhaai Ho’.

Gajraj has also directed and acted in several ad films, commercials, web series and short films. 

Gajraj's latest project

Gajraj appeared in Ajay Devgn’s film ‘Bholaa’.

He was last seen in the film ‘Satyaprem Ki Katha’. It came out in June 2023.