| Raj Singh Chaudhary | |
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 Chaudhary in 2010 | |
| Born | Raj Mangal Singh Chaudhary (1975-07-23) 23 July 1975 (age 49) Darjeeling, West Bengal, India |
| Alma mater | B.M.S. College of Engineering,B.M.S. Institute of Technology and Management |
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| Years active | 2003–present |
Raj Mangal Singh Chaudhary is an Indian actor, screenwriter and film director.
Early life and career
Chaudhary was born in Darjeeling, India. After pursuing a career in modelling and earning his degree in software engineering from BMS College of Engineering, he opened his own company in Bangalore. When Chaudhary was defrauded by his business partners he took an opportunity to move to Mumbai in order pursue a new career in acting. Chaudhary was inspired to write his own script after seeing the film Satya with its script written by Anurag Kashyap. Drawing on experiences from his college days, he worked on his script which focused on the practice of ragging, the physical and mental abuse of students in educational institutions. After the film in which he was supposed to appear fell through, Chaudhary took his script to director Kashyap who became his mentor. Kashyap wrote a new screenplay based on Chaudhary's original script for what would eventually become the film Gulaal. In addition to his work on Gulaal, Chaudhury also assisted on the set of Black Friday while playing a minor role and wrote the short story on which No Smoking is based. He appeared in the 2003 film Kuch Naa Kaho which starred Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan. He next appeared in Sushil Rajpal's film Antardwand which won the 2007 National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues and was released in 2010; his upcoming project is the Irffan Khan, Abhay Deol starrer Karmaya.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Functioned as | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | |||
| 2007 | No Smoking | No | Yes | |
| 2009 | Gulaal | No | Yes | |
| 2019 | The Last Chapter | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 2021 | Shaadisthan | Yes | Yes | Hotstar film |
| 2022 | Thar | Yes | Yes | Netflix film |
Acting credits
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Kuch Naa Kaho | Ajay Sehgal | |
| 2004 | Black Friday | Mushtaq Tarani | |
| 2009 | Gulaal | Dileep Singh | |
| 2010 | Ek Anhonee | Josheph "Tiger" Rodriguez | |
| The Waiting Room | Karan | ||
| Antardwand | Raghuveer | ||
| 2018 | Plus Minus | Jeet | Short film |
References
- Mukherjee, Roshni (5 May 2009). "There's no stopping Raj". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012.
- ^ Jha, Sumit (27 March 2009). "Anurag is more than Godfather to me". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
- "Raj Singh Chaudhury: Gulaal changed my life". StarBoxOffice.com. 4 April 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009.