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Rajkumar Santoshi is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Assistant Director and Presenter Indian

Rajkumar Santoshi

Rajkumar Santoshi
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Birth name Rajkumar Santoshi
Nationality Inde
Awards Filmfare Awards

Rajkumar Santoshi (Hindi: राजकुमार सन्तोषी) is a Filmfare award-winning Indian film director and producer of Hindi films. He is the son of producer-director P.L. Santoshi.

Usually with

Viju Khote
Viju Khote
(12 films)
Tinnu Anand
Tinnu Anand
(7 films)
K. K. Raina
K. K. Raina
(5 films)
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Filmography of Rajkumar Santoshi (26 films)

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Actor

Halo
Halo (1996)
, 1h32
Directed by Santosh Sivan
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Benaf Dadachanji, Viju Khote, Rajkumar Santoshi, Mukesh Rishi, Tinnu Anand
Rating82% 4.124194.124194.124194.124194.12419
Halo revolves around a seven-year-old girl, Sasha (Benaf Dadachandji), who is in quest of her lost puppy. Having lost her mother in childhood, she yearns for mother’s love and always feels lonely even though, there is a doting father in Rajkumar Santoshi. During vacation, when all other kids are busy playing, she sits silently and doesn’t even eat properly. So, the gluttonous servant fabricates a story that a miracle will happen in form of a Halo. There comes a street dog and Sasha believes it to be the miracle, the God sent Halo. She adopts it and names it Halo. Now her life revolves around it. She sleeps, she drinks, she eats with it. Her father doesn’t object. One day Halo is lost. Sasha is terribly upset. The quest of her lost puppy takes her through the terrifying streets of Mumbai to the neurotic editor of a newspaper, for smuggling, a police commissioner (Mukesh Rishi) and a colorful gang of street urchins.

Director

Phata Poster Nikhla Hero
Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Shahid Kapoor, Ileana D'Cruz, Padmini Kolhapure, Nargis Fakhri, Salman Khan, Darshan Jariwala
Rating49% 2.453012.453012.453012.453012.45301
Vishwas Rao (Shahid Kapoor) is raised by his mother, Savitri (Padmini Kolhapure), who hopes that her son will grow up to be a brave Inspector. But Vishwas wants to become an actor. Dressed as a Police Inspector for a photo shoot, he meets social worker Kajal (Ileana D'Cruz) during a car chase. Kajal mistakes him as an inspector and thanks him for helping her catch the goons, while Vishwas plays along. He is mistakenly published in the newspaper as an Inspector, which Savitri sees. She arrives in Mumbai to see her dream come true, and circumstances lead Vishwas to carry on his lie not only to Kajal, but also to his mother.
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, 2h41
Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Upen Patel, Salman Khan, Darshan Jariwala, Smita Jaykar
Rating63% 3.1987853.1987853.1987853.1987853.198785
Prem (Ranbir Kapoor) is a free-loader who, while helping his friend elope, meets Jenny (Katrina Kaif). They both share the trait of developing a stammer when they are emotional. In such a moment, the stammering Jenny induces a spontaneous stammer in Prem, which she misunderstands for mockery. Although this makes her dislike Prem initially, when she finds out his stammer is authentic, the two become friends.
Halla Bol
Halla Bol (2008)
, 2h30
Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Genres Drama
Themes Films about television
Actors Ajay Devgn, Vidya Balan, Pankaj Kapur, Darshan Jariwala, Sanjay Mishra, Anupam Shyam Saikia
Rating59% 2.9982752.9982752.9982752.9982752.998275
Ashfaque (Ajay Devgn) is a small town boy aspiring to be a film star in the Hindi film industry. He joins a street theatre group run by a reformed dacoit Sidhu (Pankaj Kapoor), who uses street theatre as a medium to bring about an awakening in the masses. Ashfaque struggles to give a creative vent to the actor in him in order to realise his dreams. Ashfaque's determined struggle pays off and he gets a break in films. He gets a new screen name – Sameer Khan. With the passage of time, he moves up the success ladder in a very short time.
Family
Family (2006)
, 2h34
Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Aryeman, Bhumika Chawla, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sushant Singh
Rating57% 2.8514552.8514552.8514552.8514552.851455
The story is based on the concept of karma and bad deeds. Viren Sahai (Amitabh Bachchan), is an underworld don who rules over India. His son Abhir (Sushant Singh) is spoilt and believes he can do anything due to his father's power. When Viren's enemy Khan (Kader Khan) attacks Abhir, Viren demands revenge. Viren receives full proof information that Khan will be hidden at an local cinema theater on an particular date. The plot then moves onto the life of a simple cook, Shekhar Bhatia (Akshay Kumar) who is married to Dr. Kavita (Bhumika Chawla). Shekhar lives with his parents, wife and his younger brother Aryan (Aryeman Ramsay). When Aryan runs away from home, Shekhar searches the whole city to find him. During his search, he witnesses Viren attacking the cinema theater in which Khan is hidden, and decides to help the innocent people in the cinema.
Khakee
Khakee (2004)
, 2h54
Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Origin Inde
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films, Bollywood
Actors Akshay Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Aishwarya Rai, Prakash Raj, Kamlesh Sawant
Rating73% 3.6973853.6973853.6973853.6973853.697385
Maharashtra Police seizes a large quantity of arms from a house in the communal riot torn town of Chandangarh. The house belongs to Dr. Iqbal Ansari (Atul Kulkarni), a Muslim doctor. The police conclude that he is an agent for ISI, and is responsible for engineering the riots. Ansari is arrested as per Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002 and is set to be presented before a special court in Mumbai. However, the convoy of police vehicles transporting Ansari from Chandangarh is ambushed by an unknown group. The police team somehow manages to secure him, but suffers heavy casualties. The unknown group, presumed to be terrorists, seems determined to free Ansari from the government's custody.
Kuch Naa Kaho, 2h56
Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, Rohan Sippy
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Arbaaz Khan, Satish Shah, Himani Shivpuri, Jaspal Bhatti
Rating54% 2.7030552.7030552.7030552.7030552.703055
Happy American bachelor Raj (Abhishek Bachchan) reluctantly attends his cousin's wedding in Mumbai where he finds himself pushed towards marriage by his overzealous uncle (Satish Shah). His uncle's employee, Namrata (Aishwarya Rai), begrudgingly chaperones Raj on a series of set-ups that he deliberately sabotages. Eventually on one of these dates, Raj watches Namrata dancing and realises he loves her. He finally gets the strength to tell her, but to his surprise he discovers she has a 9- or 10-year-old son, Aditya, and is already married.
The Legend of Bhagat Singh, 2h35
Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Crime
Themes Political films
Actors Ajay Devgn, Raj Babbar, Sushant Singh, Amrita Rao, D. Santosh, Akhilendra Mishra
Rating80% 4.0473754.0473754.0473754.0473754.047375
Bhagat Singh was born in British India in 1907. As a child he witnessed numerous atrocities committed on fellow Indians by their British rulers, who came to trade under the guise of the East India Company, but ended up controlling most of the nation, and permitting tyrants such as General Reginald Dyer to massacre thousands of innocent men, women and children in Jallianwala Bagh. As a child he was impressed by Mahatma Gandhi, especially his call to launch the non-cooperation movement, which led to thousands of people burning British-made clothing, giving up school, college studies, and government jobs — only to be let down by Gandhi when he called off the movement. Undaunted, Bhagat Singh (Ajay Devgan) decided to be a revolutionary, starting with getting into petty fights, then as a grown-up joining the Hindustan Republic Association. His father, Kishan, paid Rs.60,000/- and bailed him out, so that he could get him to run a dairy-farm and get married to a girl named Mannavali (Amrita Rao) .
Lajja
Lajja (2001)
, 3h22
Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Manisha Koirala, Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Mahima Chaudhry, Madhuri Dixit, Rekha
Rating65% 3.2990653.2990653.2990653.2990653.299065
Vaidehi (Manisha Koirala) lives with her husband Raghu (Jackie Shroff). On the outside, she lives a sophisticated life, but behind closed doors, her husband is abusive and has extramarital affairs. When she takes a stand for herself, she is banished from the household. She goes back to her parents' house but they too reject her. Vaidehi soon finds out that she is pregnant.
Pukar
Pukar (2000)

Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Romance
Actors Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Namrata Shirodkar, Danny Denzongpa, Om Puri, Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Rating66% 3.3478753.3478753.3478753.3478753.347875
Major Jaidev Rajvansh (Anil Kapoor) and his fellow officer manage to rescue a leading politician as well as capture his kidnapper, Abhrush (Danny Denzongpa). The terrorist has been wanted for years and he is finally captured by the two officers. Jai returns to a joyous welcome and is declared a national hero. He takes a break from the army and returns to his hometown. There he meets his childhood friend Anjali (Madhuri Dixit) who has always harboured love for Jai. Anjali wants to make most of Jai's holiday and tries to get close to him and spend time with him as much as she can.
China Gate
China Gate (1998)

Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Samir Soni, Om Puri, Amrish Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Danny Denzongpa, Mamta Kulkarni
Rating64% 3.248313.248313.248313.248313.24831
The story begins with Col. Krishnakant and his ten men who were sacked from the Indian army as they failed in the China Gate mission. After witnessing the brutal slaying of her Forest Officer father, Sunder Rajan, at the hands of dreaded dacoit Jageera, Sandhya goes to Col. and asks for his assistance in bringing an end to Jageera's rule in the Devdurg region. Krishnakant agrees to assist her and summons ten of his fellow officers and subordinates to assist him in this mission. They assemble at Devdurg with the necessary ammunitions and arms to combat Jageera, not realizing that Jageera has influence over the local police detachment, who will prevent Krishnakant and his men to possess any guns and weapons. This does not deter the men, and they continue to stay on in Devdurg and gain the confidence of the villagers. What the villagers do not know that Krishnakant and his men had all been dishonorably discharged from the army for cowardice and retreating when attacked by the enemy.
Ghatak: Lethal, 2h38
Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Sunny Deol, Meenakshi Seshadri, Danny Denzongpa, Amrish Puri, K. K. Raina, Sanjay Batra
Rating74% 3.747263.747263.747263.747263.74726
Kashi (Sunny Deol) is a kind-hearted wrestler and the dutiful son of Shambhu Nath (Amrish Puri) living in Banaras. Shambhu Nath who was a freedom fighter awarded with Tambra Patra, is an honourable and respectable man in town. Kashi comes to Mumbai with his father for his medical treatment of throat and stays with his brother Shiv Nath (K. K. Raina). Kashi meets Gauri (Meenakshi Seshadri) and starts liking her. He learns that the colony is being terrorized by a tyrannical gangster named Katya (Danny Denzongpa) along with his other six brothers. Before Kashi's arrival, a resident named Sachdev (Om Puri) tries to initiate revolt against Katya but gets ruthlessly killed by him, thereby making Malti (Ila Arun), wife of Sachdev, go mad. Katya and his brothers become enemy with Kashi when he beats up their goons when they were beating up Malti. Shambhu Nath is later diagnosed with throat cancer and has only a few days to live.
Barsaat
Barsaat (1995)

Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Bobby Deol, Twinkle Khanna, Raj Babbar, Mukesh Khanna, Danny Denzongpa, Harish Patel
Rating56% 2.801052.801052.801052.801052.80105
Badal (Bobby Deol) is a naive but intelligent young man who comes from a small village to the big city. He is introduced to city life by Damru (Harish Patel) who calls himself Danny. When Badal attends college, he meets pretty and precocious Tina Oberoi (Twinkle Khanna) and, after a few misunderstanding and misadventures, they fall in love.
Andaz Apna Apna, 2h40
Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Raveena Tandon, Karisma Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Shakti Kapoor
Rating79% 3.9974653.9974653.9974653.9974653.997465
It's a story of two men competing for the hand of an heiress get drawn into love – and into trying to save her from an evil criminal. Amar (Aamir Khan) and Prem (Salman Khan) are two daydreamers with a common aim: getting rich by marrying a rich heiress, Raveena Bajaj (Raveena Tandon), daughter of Ram Gopal Bajaj (Paresh Rawal). The guys run into each other on a bus and soon realise that they have a common goal. The duo fail at various attempts to woo the lady.