Rajat Barmecha (born 24 April 1989) is an Indian actor who is best known for his lead role in the 2010
Bollywood film
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...
''
Udaan''.
Childhood
Barmecha was born in
Ladnun
Ladnu, also Ladnun, is a city and a municipality, nearby Nagaur city in Nagaur district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is a Tehsil headquarters of Nagaur district. This city is famous as the birthplace of sacred Jain Aacharya Tulsi. It i ...
, Rajasthan, and grew up in
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
. He attended Bal Bharati Public School, Brij Vihar. He has had a passion for acting since childhood. Though his father, Narendra Barmecha, is a Businessman, he supported Rajat to take up his dream. His mother Shanti Barmecha is a homemaker.
His sister
Ritu Barmecha
Ritu Barmecha is an Indian actress.
She starred, along with Allari Naresh, in the film '' Aha Naa Pellanta'' directed by Veerabhadram Chowdary. Her brothers Rajat Barmecha
Rajat Barmecha (born 24 April 1989) is an Indian actor who is b ...
is also an actor and brother Vicky Barmecha is a Film Director who assisted
Anurag Kashyap
Anurag Kashyap (born 10 September 1972) is an Indian filmmaker and actor known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards. For his contributions to film, the Government of France a ...
on
Bombay Velvet
''Bombay Velvet'' is a 2015 Indian period crime thriller film directed and co-produced by Anurag Kashyap, based on historian Gyan Prakash's book '' Mumbai Fables''. It stars Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma and Karan Johar in lead roles, with Kay K ...
.
Career
At 18 years of age, Rajat moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in jewellery designing but dropped the idea within a few days. He started his acting career by featuring in several commercials fr brands like Frooti, Sonata and Max New York life insurance.
At the age of 21, he made his debut in the film ''
Udaan''. His character a 17-year-old Rohan (played by Barmecha) who has been expelled from boarding school after being caught watching an adult film. He is forced to return home to an authoritarian father and a half-brother he had been unaware of. For his role in the film, he was nominated for a
Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male
The Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male is chosen by a distinguished panel of judges from the Indian Bollywood film industry and the winners are announced in December.
Winners
See also
* Screen Awards
* Cinema of India
...
.
He then made a cameo appearance in ''
Shaitan
' (; ''devils'' or ''demons''), singular: (شَيْطَان) are evil spirits in Islam, inciting humans (and jinn) to sin by "whispering" (وَسْوَسَة, “waswasah”) to their qalb, hearts (قَلْب ''qalb''). Folklore suggests that t ...
''. He will next star in a film tentatively titled ''Leader'' which will be presented by
Imtiaz Ali and directed by his associate Rajesh Tibrewal. The film is expected to release in 2018.
Barmecha is a known face when it comes to Web-series. He first appeared in a special appearance as Kartik in the web-series ''Girl In The City'', with Mithila Palkar in 2016.
Filmography
References
External links
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IMDb
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Living people
Male actors from Delhi
Indian male film actors
Indian male voice actors
Male actors in Hindi cinema
1989 births
21st-century Indian male actors