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Rajesh Tailang
Rajesh Tailang with Best Film Award for Siddharth at Beijing Film Festival 2014
NationalityIndia
OccupationActor
Notable workSiddharth (2013 film)

Rajesh Tailang is an Indian actor. He is best known to international audiences for his role in Siddharth,[1] for which he garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actor at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards.[2] He also wrote the dialogues for Siddharth and for Amal. Besides being an actor and writer, he is a poet as well. He is the brother of late cartoonist Sudhir Tailang.

He has also appeared in the films Phantom, Dev, Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa, Thakshak, Amal, Umrika and The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, and the television series Shanti. He also had supporting roles in Netflix Originals Selection Day and Delhi Crime along with Amazon Prime Original Mirzapur.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
2020 Panga (film) National Coach Sinha
2019 Commando 3 Roy
2018 Aiyaary Brigadier K Srinivas
2018 Mukkabaaz Shravan's Father [3]
2018 Omerta General Mahmood
2017 Haseena Parkar Advocate Shyam Keswani [4][5]
2015 Phantom Raw Agent Alok
2015 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Babul
2015 Umrika Postman
2013 Siddharth Mahendra Saini [6]
2007 Amal Dhaba Owner
2005 Mangal Pandey: The Rising Brahmin sepoy
2004 Dev ACP Waman Bhonsle
1998 Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa Somu's Father

Short films

Year Films Role Director Notes
2016 Zoya (Short) Zoologist Sahirr Sethhi Premiered at 2016 Palm Springs International ShortFest[7]
2015 Mast Qalandar Master Divij Roopchand Best Student Film at the Manchester International Film Festival 2016 and Best Short Film at Flicks International Student Short Film Festival.[8]

Television

Year Title Role Platform
2018 Selection Day Mohan Kumar Netflix
2018 Mirzapur Ramakant Pandit Amazon Prime Video
2019 Delhi Crime Bhupender Singh Netflix

References

  1. ^ "A Conversation With Filmmaker Richie Mehta". The New York Times, 20 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Canadian Screen Awards 2014: Nominees Announced For TV And Movie Honours". Huffington Post, 13 January 2014.
  3. ^ "अनुराग कश्यप बहुत स्पेस देते हैं : राजेश तेलंग". NewsTimes Portal. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  4. ^ Hungama, Bollywood (29 March 2017). "REVEALED: Shraddha Kapoor and brother Siddhanth's look in Haseena - The Queen of Mumbai - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  5. ^ News, Rajpath (5 September 2017). "स्टार जैसा व्यवहार नहीं करतीं श्रद्धा : राजेश तैलंग". Rajpath News. Retrieved 8 February 2018. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ Holden, Stephen (26 June 2014). "'Siddharth' Follows a Father's Search for His Son". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  7. ^ 2016 PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL SHORTFEST
  8. ^ ANOTHER WIN FOR LFS GRAD DIVIJ ROOPCHAND