Rajesh Khattar (born 24 September 1966) is an Indian actor, voice artist and screenwriter who works in
Hindi films
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. He was married to
Neelima Azeem
Neelima Azeem (born 2 December 1958) is an Indian actress, classical dancer, writer and the mother of actors Shahid Kapoor and Ishaan Khatter. She is known in India for her roles in television shows.
Early life
Neelima Azeem's father was An ...
and is the father of actor
Ishaan Khattar and step father of
Shahid Kapoor
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.
Personal life
Khattar was born on 24 September 1966.
He was married to
Shahid Kapoor
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's mother,
Neelima Azeem
Neelima Azeem (born 2 December 1958) is an Indian actress, classical dancer, writer and the mother of actors Shahid Kapoor and Ishaan Khatter. She is known in India for her roles in television shows.
Early life
Neelima Azeem's father was An ...
. They have a son,
Ishaan Khatter, who is an actor. Khattar and Azeem got divorced in the year 2001.
Khattar married Vandana Sajnani in 2008.
Their first child, a boy, Yuvaan Vanraj Khattar, was born in June 2019 after 11 years of marriage.
Career
As a film actor, Khattar
worked in
Hindi films
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Hollywood". The industry, producing films in th ...
like
Don,
Don 2
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,
Khiladi 786,
Race 2
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, the
Satish Kaushik
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-directed
Gang of Ghosts,
Manjunath Traffic
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& many others. Khattar also appeared in English and other language TV series and TV films such as German movie ' (2017) directed by Daniel Harrich.
Khattar returned to television after 8 years with ''
Beyhadh'' as Ashwin Mehrotra on
Sony TV, followed by ''
Kya Qusoor Hai Amala Ka?'' as Rishaan Malik on
Star Plus
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. He also featured in
Vikram Bhatt
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's ''Spotlight'' on
Viu. In 2018, Khattar portrayed the role of Harshvardhan Hooda in
Colors TV
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's ''
Bepannah''.
Dubbing career
He has dubbed for numerous Hollywood actors including
Tom Hanks
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,
Johnny Depp
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,
Jack Black
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,
Robert Downey Jr.
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,
Dominic West
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,
Nicolas Cage
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,
Lambert Wilson
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and
Michael Fassbender
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.
He has been the official Hindi voice of
MCU's Tony Stark/Iron Man play by
Robert Downey Jr.
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, for which he is well known.
Filmography
Films
Television
Dubbing credits
Live action films
Indian films
Foreign language films
Animated films
Television
Other production staff
Live action films
Awards and nominations
See also
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Dubbing (filmmaking)
Dubbing (also known as re-recording and mixing) is a post-production process used in filmmaking and the video production process where supplementary recordings (known as doubles) are lip-synced and "mixed" with original production audio to cr ...
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List of Indian Dubbing Artists
References
External links
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1966 births
Living people
Male actors in Hindi cinema
21st-century Indian male actors
Indian male voice actors
Shahid Kapoor