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Rajat Kapoor

Rajat Kapoor

Born 11 Feb 1961 (age 65) · Delhi, India

Actor
37Films
5.9Avg Monk Scoreacross 12 starring roles
5Recommended+of 12
2001–2026Career

Critics have scored 12 of Rajat Kapoor's starring roles since 2007, with an average Monk Score of 5.9. Rajat's best-reviewed collaborations are with Abhishek Pathak (2 films, avg 6.7) and Shakun Batra (2 films, avg 6.7). The most recent, Raat Akeli Hai - The Bansal Murders (2025), scored 6.3.

Rajat Kapoor is an Indian actor, writer and director born in 1961. Kapoor was born in Delhi, India. As a teenager he 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 1983 he joined the theatre group Chingari in Delhi, later moving to Pune to attend the Film and Television Institute of India

Films

Known for

Career arc

Rajat's films, as critics saw them

12 starring roles · Monk Score 0–10

X: Past Is Present (2015): 4.4
Kapoor & Sons (2016): 7.2
  1. Bheja Fry (2007): Monk Score 5.0
  2. I M 24 (2012): Monk Score 4.5
  3. 10ml Love (2012): Monk Score 5.4
  4. Ankhon Dekhi (2014): Monk Score 6.7
  5. Drishyam (2015): Monk Score 6.5
  6. X: Past Is Present (2015): Monk Score 4.4
  7. Kapoor & Sons (2016): Monk Score 7.2
  8. Waiting (2016): Monk Score 6.5
  9. Pari (2018): Monk Score 5.4
  10. Mulk (2018): Monk Score 6.5
  11. Raid 2 (2025): Monk Score 6.3
  12. Raat Akeli Hai - The Bansal Murders (2025): Monk Score 6.3

Highest: Kapoor & Sons 7.2Lowest: X: Past Is Present 4.45 of 12 Recommended or better

Collaborators

Who Rajat works with

Credits

Filmography

SortYearCritic score

Acting (35)

Direction (3)

Writing (3)

Production (1)

Articles

Featuring Rajat Kapoor