Rajesh Tailang is an Indian actor, director, poet, and writer. He gained immense popularity for playing the role of Ramakant Pandit in the Amazon Prime web series, ‘Mirzapur’ in 2018.
Wiki/Biography
Ritwik was born in 1970 (age 50 years; as in 2020), in Bikaner, Rajasthan. He attended school from Sadul High School, Bikaner. He pursued his BSc in Mathematics from Dungar College, Bikaner. In 1993, he graduated from the National School of Drama, New Delhi.
Rajesh Tailang Childhood Pictures
Physical appearance
Height: 6′
Eye Color: Black
Hair Color: Black
Family, Caste & Wife
He was born in a Hindu family. His father, Shrikrishna Tailang owned a printing press in Bikaner. Datuk Rajesh, Pt. Govind Lal Goswami was a table player and exponent of haveli sangeet. His brother, Sudhir Tailang is a famous Indian cartoonist, who died on February 6, 2016 due to brain cancer. She was married and blessed with a son Aryaditya.
Datuk Rajesh Tailang
Rajesh Tailang With His Parents
Rajesh Tailang with his Parents and Son
Rajesh Tailang with his Father and Son
Rajesh Tailang With His Sister
Rajesh Tailang With His Family
Career
At the age of 13, he started working as an actor. In 1989, he started his career as an actor in the Doordarshan TV series, ‘Dhai Akshar’ in which he played the lead role. In 1990, he was elected to NSD, New Delhi. At that time, he had two options; one is working in a TV series or joining the National Drama School. So, he decided to get proper training in acting and joined NSD in New Delhi. He is a famous Indian theater artist and has acted in various theater plays.
Rajesh Tailang in Theater Drama
After graduating from acting school in 1994, he got involved in the popular TV serial, ‘Shanti’ where he played the role of Manu.
Rajesh Tailang in Shanti
When she was asked in an interview, how she got the role in ‘Shanti,’ she said,
After passing out from NSD, I was looking for a job. One day, in the NSD bathroom, I met a man who asked if I was an actor. He said they are making a TV show which is India’s first daily show. He is one of the directors of Shanti – Partho Mitra. Partho belongs to Delhi and asked me to meet him at his place in CR Park. Then he called me to Mumbai for an audition at the UTV office. I went to Mumbai and auditioned. I remember that day it was raining heavily. I gave my audition completely soaked. But, I got the role.”
He has acted in Hindi films, such as ‘Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa’ (1998), ‘Dev’ (2004), ‘Mangal Pandey: The Rising’ (2005), ‘Siddharth’ (2013), ‘The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel ‘ (2015), ‘Phantom’ (2015), ‘Mukkabaaz’ (2018), ‘Commando 3’ (2019) and ‘Panga’ (2020).
He has worked as a director for the Hindi TV series, ‘India’s Most Wanted’ (1999) which aired on Zee TV. She has acted in two Hindi short films, ‘Mast Qalandar’ (2015) and ‘Zoya’ (2016). He has also appeared in several Hindi web series, including ‘Mirzapur’ (2018), ‘Election Day’ (2018), ‘Delhi Crime’ (2019) and ‘Bandish Bandits’ (2020).
Still From Bandish Bandits
He is famous for his role as Mahendra Saini in the Indo-Kanada film, ‘Siddharth’ in 2013. Apart from acting in this film, he has written dialogues for the film. He has also worked as a writer for various theater plays.
Favorite Things
- Novels: Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach and The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- Movies: Padosan (1968), Sholay (1975), Cinema Paradiso (1988), Schindler’s List (1993) and all Charlie Chaplin movies
Facts/Trivia
- In an interview, when asked how he got interested in acting, he said,
My father used to take me to the projector room where I had watched many movies during my childhood. It was there that my interest in cinema began to develop. And then my uncle took all of us kids to perform in the colony. That was when I acted for the first time. Then, when I was 14, I attended an NSD summer workshop specifically for children. After that, I did some more workshops and then performed in some plays. Then I joined the amateur theater. So, that’s how it happened.”
- He was nominated for the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards for the film, ‘Siddharth’ (2013).
- At the National School of Drama, New Delhi, his acting teacher was veteran Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah.
Rajesh Tailang with Naseeruddin Shah
- He is a classmate of famous TV actor, Anup Soni in NSD, New Delhi.
Old Pictures of Anup Soni and Rajesh Tailang
- When she was a child, she clicked a photo with Amitabh Bachchan’s cut, and later, she got a chance to share the screen with him.
Rajesh Tailang With Amitabh Bachchan
- In an interview, he shared that he had decided to leave acting in films once, he further said,
There was a gap between 2007 to 2012. I had stopped acting for films and cameras for those five years. I moved to Delhi and had quit my job because of the kind of role I was getting, I was not happy with that. I decided that I would do theater and focus entirely on that. Along with that, I have started teaching at NSD. Also, I wrote about 18 plays during that time. And then I traveled with my play all over the world during that period. Then after those five years, when Richie came to me with Siddharth, that’s when I broke my sabbatical.”
- He has a YouTube channel, ‘YouTube talkies’ where he uploads short films.
- He is an avid dog lover and owns a pet dog, Inca.
Rajesh Tailang With His Pet Dog
- His hobbies include writing poetry, doing photography, going on forest tours, and listening to music. In an interview, he said,
Acting is my first love and wildlife is my second. I went on jungle tours, watched a lot of documentaries about wildlife and read a lot about nature conservation and such. It’s one of the subjects that always fascinates me, apart from acting.
- In 2020, he released his book on poetry, ‘Chaand Pe Chai.’
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Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI
