K. K. Raina is an Indian film, television and theatre

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and award-winning script writer, who is best known for his roles as ''Juror #8'' in the 1986 film '' Ek Ruka Hua Faisla'', a remake of 12 Angry Men, and

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's associate Ajit Kumar Banerji in the 1993 Doordarshan detective series ''

''. Raina won the

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in 1998 for the Rajkumar Santoshi film '' China Gate''.

Life and career

Raina was born in a Kashmiri family in

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, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Raina is an alumnus of the

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, graduating college in 1976. He portrayed Manohar J. Pherwani in the Sony LIV series '' Scam 1992''.

Filmography

Actor

* '' Vijeta'' (1982) – Wilson * '' Aadharshila'' (1982) * ''

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'' (1982) – Nehru's Friend * '' Mandi'' (1983) * '' Godam'' (1983) – Edekar * '' Ardh Satya'' (1983) * '' Tasveer Apni Apni'' (1984) – Employee * ''

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'' (1984) – Bharat * '' Aghaat'' (1985) * '' Nasoor'' (1985) – Kamlesh Pai * '' Trikal'' (1985) – Senor Lucio (Anna's father) * '' Ek Ruka Hua Faisla'' (1986) – Juror #8 * '' Susman'' (1987) * '' Mohre'' (1987) – Prakash Raikar * '' Diksha'' (1991) – Shrikar Upadhyay * '' Lifeline'' (1991) (TV series) * '' Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda'' (1993) * ''

Damini ''Damini'' () is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed and co-written by Rajkumar Santoshi. It stars Meenakshi Seshadri in the title role with Rishi Kapoor, Sunny Deol and Amrish Puri. Aamir Khan makes a special appearance ...

'' (1993) – Shekhar's friend * ''

'' (1993) (TV series) – Ajit * '' Ghatak: Lethal'' (1996) – Shiv Nath * '' Dahek'' (1998) – Naseem Bahkshi * '' Aks'' (2001) – Mahadevan Ghatge * '' Bub (Father)'' (2001) – Shiban Lal * '' Rang De Basanti'' (2006) – Politician * '' Salaam-E-Ishq'' (2007) * '' Dharm'' (2007) – Thakur * '' Phoonk'' (2008) – Dr. Pandey * '' Hijack'' (2008) – Rasheed Omar * '' Delhi-6'' (2009) – Haji Suleiman * '' Rann'' (2010) – Prime Minister Digvijay Hooda * '' Tanu Weds Manu'' (2011) – Kishan Sharma (Manu's father) * '' Upanishad Ganga'' (2012–2013) (Doordarshan) (Various Characters) * '' Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'' (2013) - Mr. Wadhwa * ''

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'' (2013) - Gen. Razzak * '' 19th January'' (2014) - Prof. Bashir Ahmed * '' Zed Plus'' (2014) - Mr. Dixit * '' Samvidhaan'' (2014) (TV series) - K.M. Munshi * ''

Tanu Weds Manu Returns ''Tanu Weds Manu Returns'' is a 2015 Indian romantic comedy film directed by Aanand L. Rai, and is a sequel to the 2011 film ''Tanu Weds Manu''. R. Madhavan, Kangana Ranaut, Jimmy Sheirgill, Deepak Dobriyal, Swara Bhaskar, and Eijaz Khan repris ...

'' (2015) - Kishan Sharma (Manu's father) * '' Mirzya'' (2016) - Karan's father * '' Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana'' (2017) - Jugal Kishore Mishra (Sattu's father) * ''Genius'' (2018) - Mr.Das * '' Pati Patni Aur Woh'' (2019) * '' Scam 1992'' (2020) - Manohar J. Pherwani

Writer

* '' Ghatak: Lethal'' (1996) – associate screenplay * '' China Gate'' (1998) – screenplay; dialogues * '' Dahek'' (1998) – screenplay * '' Pukar'' (2000) – dialogues

References

External links

* National School of Drama alumni Indian male film actors Indian male television actors Indian male stage actors Indian theatre directors Living people Hindi theatre 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Indian male actors 20th-century Indian women writers 21st-century Indian male actors Kashmiri actors Male actors from Srinagar Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Indian actresses {{India-stage-actor-stub