Rituraj Singh (actor)

Rituraj Singh (born 23 May 1964)[1] is an Indian television actor. He has played his different roles in a number of Indian TV shows like Banegi Apni Baat aired on Zee TV in 1993, Jyoti, Hitler Didi, Shapath, Warrior High, Aahat, and Adaalat, Diya Aur Baati Hum. He also played the role of Balwant Chodhary in the Colors TV serial Laado 2.

For the cricketer, see Rituraj Singh.

Rituraj Singh
Rituraj in 2015
Born (1964-05-23) 23 May 1964
Kota, Rajasthan, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor
Years active1988–present

Personal life

Rituraj Singh's full name is Rituraj Singh Chandrawat Sisodia. He was born in Kota, Rajasthan to a Sisodia Rajput family. Even though a native of Rajasthan, he did not properly live in his home state. Singh did his schooling in Delhi. During his young age, he moved to the United States, before returning back to India at the age of 12. He moved and settled in Mumbai in 1993.[2][3]

Career

Singh has worked in theatre in Delhi along with Barry John's Theatre Action Group (TAG) for 12 years and has been featured in the popular Hindi TV game show, Tol Mol Ke Bol, broadcast on Zee TV.[4] Rituraj Singh is now part of a web series titled 'Abhay' which will be available on Zee5. This web series also marks the digital debut of Kunal Khemu.[5]

Filmography

Films
Year Title Role Note(s)
1989 In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones Arjun Television film
1992 Miss Beatty's Children [4]
1994 Mr Shrimati TV film
2010 Hum Tum Aur Ghost Boxer Aslam
2011 The Masterpiece Filmmaker (voice) Short film
2011 Prakata Het Yad Appa Short film
2017 Badrinath Ki Dulhania[6] Badri's father
2021 Satyameva Jayate 2[7] Madan Lal Joshi
2023 Vash- Possessed by the Obsessed Shastri Hindi Movie
2023 Thunivu Sunil Dutta Tamil Film
Yaariyan 2 Shikhar'a team member Hindi film

Web series
Year Title Role Channel
2017 The Test Case Gen. Bedi ALTBalaji
2019 Hey Prabhu! Ishwar Prabhu MX Player
2019 Criminal Justice Naresh Lakhani Hotstar
2019 Abhay Kuldeep Dhingra (KD) Zee5
2020 Bandish Bandits Harshvardhan Amazon Prime
2020-2021 Never Kiss Your Best Friend Sumer's Father[8] ZEE5
2022 Made in Heaven (TV series) Radhika's Father (Season 2, Episode 6) Amazon Prime

Television series
Year Title Role
1993 Tol Mol Ke Bol Host
1993 Banegi Apni Baat Vikram
1993 Yule Love Stories
1994 Tehkikaat Ramesh Lal
1997 Jaane Kahan Mera Jigar Gaya Ji
1999 Aashiqui
1999 Rishtey - The Love Stories Sadanand
2000 Ghar Ek Mandir
2001 Rishtey - The Love Stories Ravi Bhatnagar
2001 Kutumb Pratham Mittal
2002 Kittie Party
2004 K. Street Pali Hill Aditya Khandelwal
2004 Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii Sanjay Doshi
2007 Ek Ladki Anjaani Si Abhinav Raheja
2007 Kulvaddhu Amit Sahay
2007 Jeete Hain Jiske Liye Tarun Moolchandani
2007 Jersey No. 10 Arjun's father
2009 CID (Episode 568 - Khoon Ka Raaj..Ek Aawaz) Deven
2009 CID (Episode 596 - Khooni Khabar) Hiten
2009 Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai (Story - Intezaar)
2010 CID (Episode 626 - Ek Khoon Do Baar) Dr Sunil
2010 Star One Haunted Nights (Story - Haunted Hospital) Doctor
2010 Adaalat (Episode 37) Trikon
2010 Jyoti Kabir's father
2011 Hitler Didi[9] Kala Diwan Chandela
2011 Diya Aur Baati Hum Mahendra Singh
2012 SuperCops vs Supervillains DCP Kamalkant
2013 Beintehaa[10] Ghulam Haider
2013 Ekk Nayi Pehchaan[11] Sharda's professor
2014 Satrangi Sasural Rajesh Vatsal
2015 Aahat (season 6; episode 5 - Kaun Hai ?)[12] DSP (Rahul's father)
2015 Warrior High Pankaj Malhotra
2016 Meri Awaaz Hi Pehchaan Hai Sohrab Mistry
2016 Trideviyaan[13] Dinanath Chauhan
2017 Laado 2 - Veerpur Ki Mardani[14] Balwant Choudhary
2019 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai[15] Purushottam Ajmera

References
  1. "Actor Rituraj turns 55, vows to work for 'new India'". Outlook India.
  2. "Whts your story with Actor Rituraj.K.Singh" – via YouTube. 5:17 where he gives his bio in Hindi
  3. "What's in a name?".
  4. Shukla, Richa (5 June 2015). "Rituraj Singh: Earlier, makers wanted actors. Now, they just want good-looking faces". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  5. Abhay, retrieved 19 February 2019
  6. "Badrinath Ki Dulhania actor Rituraj Singh: The man who couldn't be Shah Rukh Khan". First Post. 27 March 2017.
  7. "Satyameva Jayate 2 actor Rituraj Singh: The man who couldn't be Shah Rukh Khan". First Post. 27 March 2017.
  8. Grace Cyril (26 November 2021). "Nakuul Mehta and Anya Singh reunite for Never Kiss Your Best Friend Season 2. See pics". India Today. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  9. "Sandeep Baswana and Rituraj Singh in Hitler Didi". Yahoo News. 20 September 2011.
  10. "Naved Aslam & Rituraj Singh in Beintehaa". Times Of India. 15 November 2013.
  11. "Ritu Raj Singh to play Poonam Dhillon's professor in Ekk Nayi Pehchaan?". Times Of India. 29 January 2014.
  12. "Nirav Soni and Rituraj Singh in Sony TV's Aahat".
  13. "Sustaining by adapting to changing times: Actor Rituraj Singh". Business Standard. 19 January 2017.
  14. "'Udann' and 'Laado-Veerpur Ki Mardaani' Come Together on Aap Ka Colors' 'Mahasangam' Episode". India West.
  15. "Rituraj Singh on playing a lecherous man in YRKKH: 'The message here is about women empowerment'". Times Now News.
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