Jugal Hansraj

Jugal Hansraj
Jugal Hansraj
Born	26 July 1972 (age 40) India

Jugal Hansraj (born 26 July 1972) is an Indian actor and director based at Mumbai.

Hansraj started his career as a child artiste in the 1983 film Masoom, which starred Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi. The film was about a 9-year-old boy whose stepmother was not willing to accept him into the family because he was born out of an extramarital relationship. Masoom was based on Man, Woman and Child, a novel by Erich Segal. The film had a positive response and launched Hansraj's career. Later on, he continued his career as a child actor in Karma and Sultanat. Hansraj was also featured as a model for TV and print as a child. He appeared in notable ad campaigns such as Vicks Vaporub, Saffola, Nutramul and many more.

He started his adult career with Aa Gale Lag Jaa in 1994, where he was paired with Urmila Matondkar, who incidentally played his sister in his first film Masoom. His second film was Papa Kehte Hai in 1995 opposite Mayuri Kango. The film also starred Anupam Kher. The 2000 film Mohabbatein, which also featured Shahrukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan, was his adult breakthrough film. He then played minor roles in the successful 2001 multi-starrer Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham; the 2005 hit Salaam Namaste; and Madhuri Dixit's 2007 comeback film, Aaja Nachle.

He served as writer and director for the 2008 computer-animated film Roadside Romeo. Produced jointly by Yash Raj Films and Walt Disney Studios, it stars the voices of Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Javed Jaffrey. It won the National Film Award from the President of India for Best Director (Animation Film), Best Film (Animation Film) and Technical Award for Best Animation. It also won Best Animation Film at the Cairo International Film Festival, judged by an international jury of children. A song sequence from the film was also nominated for the Visual Effects Society Awards in Los Angeles for Best Animated Sequence alongside sequences from Wall-E and Kung Fu Panda. It also won awards for Best Animation Film and Best Director (Animation Film) at the Screen Awards, India and at Frames FICCI. In June 2012, Hansraj was invited by Film Victoria to host a Master Class session at the Indian Film Festival Melbourne. The session was on the subject of animation in India and his experiences in making the first animation feature in India, and in co-production possibilities between India and Victoria State for animation features.

His second film as a director was a romantic comedy Pyaar Impossible (January 2010). This was produced by Yash Raj Films and starred one of the leading female stars Priyanka Chopra along with Uday Chopra.

Filmography

Actor

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1983	Masoom	Rahul D. Malhotra
1984	Jhutha Sach	Bhisan "Binny
1986	Sultanat	Young Boy who joined Sultan
	Karma	Rana's son
1987	Loha	Nawab Hassan Ali
1994	Aa Gale Lag Jaa	Suraj	Debut in a leading role.
1995	The Don	Vijay
1996	Papa Kehte Hai	Rohit Dixit
1997	Gudgudee	Singer
2000	Mohabbatein	Sameer
2001	Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...	Rohan's Friend	Guest Appearance
2002	Hum Pyar Tumhi Se Kar Baithe	Vishwas
2003	Karishma - The Miracles of Destiny	Kunal	TV mini series
2005	Soggadu	Chandu
	Salaam Namaste	Jignesh
2007	Aaja Nachle	Sanjay Mehra
2008	Yahan Ke Hum Sikandar		Post production
2010	Pyaar Impossible		Cameo Role

Director

Year	Film
2008	Roadside Romeo
2010	Pyaar Impossible

External links

• Jugal Hansraj at the Internet Movie Database
• Hansraj, Jugal (2008-10-04). "It's much more than a rat race". Economic Times (India). Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 2008-10-24.