Ram Gopal Bajaj

Indian actor and academic (born 1940)

Ram Gopal Bajaj

Born|  (1940-07-01) 1 July 1940 (age 85)

Darbhanga, Bihar Province, British India

Nationality| Indian
Alma mater|  National School of Drama, Delhi
Years active| 1965–present
Known for| Director of NSD, Delhi
Height| 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Spouse(s)| Sulochna Devi and Chandrakala Khemchand Prakash
Children| 3
Relatives| Leena Yadav (daughter-in-law)
Awards| 1996: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
2003: Padma Shri
2017: Kalidas Samman

Ram Gopal Bajaj is an Indian theatre director, academic, and a Hindi film actor. He has also been a faculty member and a former director of National School of Drama, New Delhi (November 1995 – September 2001).[1]

He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2003, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1996 and Life Time Achievement META Award in 2024 for his contribution to theatre.[2]

## Biography

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Bajaj graduated from the National School of Drama (NSD) in 1965.[citation needed] He became a member of its faculty and eventually its Director (November 1995 – September 2001).[3] During his tenure as the head of NSD he started two theatre festivals, Bharat Rang Mahotsava (National Theatre Festival) and Jashn-e-Bachpan (National Children's Theatre Festival).

Over the years, he directed numerous plays with the NSD Repertory Company, starting with Surya Ki Antim Kiran Se, Surya Ki Pehli Kiran Tak in 1974, Jai Shankar Prasad’s Skand Gupta in 1977, followed by Quaid-E-Hayaat in 1989. His other noted production was Ashadh Ka Ek Din by Mohan Rakesh in 1992. He also was the Chief of the NSD Repertory Company from 1988 to 1994. He translated Girish Karnad's Rakt Kalyan (Taledanda) into Hindi, first directed by Ebrahim Alkazi for NSD and then by Arvind Gaur (1995) for Asmita Theater.[4]

In 2017, he was honoured with Kalidas Samman by the Government of Madhya Pradesh.[5]

## Career

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Bajaj has been connected with the film industry for over three decades, first as an assistant director in art films like Utsav (1984) and Godhuli (1977), later appearing in character roles in films like, Masoom (1983), Hip Hip Hurray (1984), Mirch Masala (1985), and Chandni (1989). His most noted film roles have been in Parzania and as the Guru, in Jackie Chan starrer, The Myth, both in 2005. He starred as Dr. Amit Singh in Mango Dreams (2016) and in Jolly LLB 2 as Advocate Rizvi Sahab.

He also starred as "Shankar Dayal Bajpai" and Vikramaditya Singh" in the popular StarPlus TV serials, Navya..Naye Dhadkan Naye Sawaal (2011) and Rishton Ka Chakravyuh (2017) respectively.[5] His latest serial was Sufiyana Pyaar Mera that aired in 2019 on Star Bharat, where he played the character of Sayyed Shehriyat "Miajaan" Shah Ghazi.

He will be seen in LSD Pvt Ltd next TV show for zeetv

His upcoming Web series is Fittrat Season 2[citation needed]

He is a member of the academic council of National School of Drama, New Delhi.

## Filmography

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### Assistant Director

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Year  | Title  | Role

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1984  | Utsav | Assistant Director
1977  | Godhuli | Assistant Director

### Actor

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Year  | Title  | Role

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2017  | Jolly LLB 2 | Rizvi Sahab
2016  | Mango Dreams | Dr. Amit Singh
2007  | Parzania | Guru
2005  | The Myth |
1989  |  Chandni |
1985  | Mirch Masala |
1984  | Hip Hip Hurray |
1983  | Masoom |

### Web series

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Platform  | Notes

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2019  | Fittrat |  | ALTBalaji and ZEE5 | Season 2
2019  | The Verdict - State vs Nanavati | Bhai Pratap  | ALTBalaji and ZEE5  |
2025  | Panchayat | Manju Devi's Father  | Amazon Prime | Season 4

Asur season 1 Sony LIV

## See also

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* Theatre in India

## References

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1. ^ Past Directors Archived 27 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine National School of Drama, New Delhi, Official website.
2. ^ Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards
3. ^ NSD Annual Report Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ Drama critics. "Girish Karnad's Rakt Kalyan (Tale-Danda)". Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
5. ^ a b "Ram Gopal Bajaj to get Kalidas Samman". Business Standard. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.

## External links

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* Ram Gopal Bajaj at IMDb

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Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship

1954–1960|

* Allauddin Khan (1954)
* Hafiz Ali Khan (1954)
* Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar (1954)
* Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer (1954)
* Prithviraj Kapoor (1954)
* Anjanibai Malpekar (1958)

1961–1980|

* Gopeshwar Banerjee (1962)
* D. Annaswami Bhagavathar (1962)
* Uday Shankar (1962)
* Papanasam Sivan (1962)
* Swami Prajnanananda (1963)
* Shrikrishna Narayan Ratanjankar (1963)
* Pichu Sambamoorthi (1963)
* Mama Warerkar (1963)
* T. L. Venkatarama Aiyar (1964)
* C. Saraswathi Bai (1964)
* Birendra Kishore Roy Choudhury (1964)
* B. R. Deodhar (1964)
* V. Raghavan (1964)
* P. V. Rajamannar (1964)
* Vinayakrao Patwardhan (1965)
* Ganesh Hari Ranade (1965)
* Dilipkumar Roy (1965)
* Jaideva Singh (1965)
* D. G. Vyas (1965)
* Ashutosh Bhattacharya (1966)
* E. Krishna Iyer (1966)
* Sombhu Mitra (1966)
* Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (1966)
* Ebrahim Alkazi (1967)
* Rukmini Devi Arundale (1967)
* Musiri Subramania Iyer (1967)
* Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (1967)
* P. K. Kunju Kurup (1967)
* Shambhu Maharaj (1967)
* V. Satyanarayana Sarma (1967)
* Adya Rangacharya (1967)
* Kali Charan Patnaik (1968)
* K. C. D. Brahaspati (1970)
* Kapila Vatsyayan (1970)
* Dilip Chandra Vedi (1970)
* Tarapada Chakraborty (1972)
* Krishnarao Phulambrikar (1972)
* Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma (1972)
* Shivaram Karanth (1973)
* Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (1974)
* Jnan Prakash Ghosh (1974)
* M. S. Subbulakshmi (1974)
* T. Balasaraswati (1975)
* Zubin Mehta (1975)
* Rasiklal Parikh (1975)
* Ravi Shankar (1975)
* Embar S. Vijayaraghavachariar (1975)
* Santidev Ghosh (1976)
* Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer (1976)
* Hirjibhai Rustomji Doctor (1977)
* Tinuvengadu Subramania Pillai (1978)
* B. Puttaswamayya (1978)
* Purushottam Laxman Deshpande (1979)
* D. T. Joshi (1979)
* Sumati Mutatkar (1979)
* T. P. Kuppiah Pillai (1979)
* V. K. Narayana Menon (1980)

1981–2000|

* Mani Madhava Chakyar (1982)
* Mallikarjun Mansur (1982)
* M. Kirupanandawari (1984)
* Chandravadan Mehta (1984)
* Siyaram Tiwari (1984)
* V. V. Swarna Venkatesa Deekshithar (1986)
* Komal Kothari (1986)
* S. Ramanathan (1986)
* Satyajit Ray (1986)
* Shivaputra Siddaramayya Komkali ‘Kumar Gandharva’ (1988)
* Lata Mangeshkar (1989)
* Utpal Dutt (1990)
* Ram Gopal (1990)
* Alain Daniélou (1991)
* Kelucharan Mohapatra (1991)
* T. S. Parthasarathy (1991)
* Ali Akbar Khan (1992)
* D. K. Pattammal (1992)
* Prem Lata Sharma (1992)
* Girish Karnad (1993)
* Mrinalini Sarabhai (1993)
* Bismillah Khan (1994)
* Yehudi Menuhin (1994)
* Maheswar Neog (1994)
* Vilayat Khan (1995)
* Ammannur Madhava Chakyar (1996)
* Gangubai Hangal (1996)
* Habib Tanvir (1996)
* Badal Sarkar (1997)
* Bhimsen Joshi (1998)
* Birju Maharaj (1998)
* K. P. Kittappa Pillai (1998)
* Vijay Tendulkar (1998)

2001–2021|

* M. Balamuralikrishna (2001)
* B. V. Karanth (2001)
* Vempati Chinna Satyam (2001)
* Shanno Khurana (2002)
* Kavalam Narayana Panicker (2002)
* Chandralekha (2004)
* Annapurna Devi (2004)
* Bindhyabasini Devi (2004)
* Ramankutty Nair (2004)
* Zohra Sehgal (2004)
* Tapas Sen (2004)
* Rohini Bhate (2006)
* T. N. Krishnan (2006)
* Kishan Maharaj (2006)
* Gursharan Singh (2006)
* Ningthoukhongjam Khelchandra (2006)
* Sushil Kumar Saxena (2007)
* Khaled Choudhury (2008)
* Sitara Devi (2008)
* Bhupen Hazarika (2008)
* R. C. Mehta (2008)
* Kishori Amonkar (2009)
* Jasraj (2009)
* Lalgudi Jayaraman (2009)
* Yamini Krishnamurthy (2009)
* Shriram Lagoo (2009)
* Kamlesh Dutt Tripathi (2009)
* Girija Devi (2010)
* T. K. Murthy (2010)
* Nataraja Ramakrishna (2010)
* Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar (2010)
* M. Chandrasekaran (2011)
* Hariprasad Chaurasia (2011)
* Kalamandalam Gopi (2011)
* Chandrashekhara Kambara (2011)
* Heisnam Kanhailal (2011)
* Mukund Lath (2011)
* Shivkumar Sharma (2011)
* Rajkumar Singhajit Singh (2011)
* Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (2011)
* Padma Subrahmanyam (2011)
* Amjad Ali Khan (2011)
* N. Rajam (2012)
* Ratan Thiyam (2012)
* T. H. Vinayakram (2012)
* Mahesh Elkunchwar (2013)
* Kanak Rele (2013)
* R. Sathyanarayana (2013)
* Tulsidas Borkar (2014)
* S. R. Janakiraman (2014)
* Vijay Kumar Kichlu (2014)
* M. S. Sathyu (2014)
* C. V. Chandrasekhar (2015)
* Arvind Parikh (2016)
* R. Vedavalli (2016)
* Ram Gopal Bajaj (2016)
* Sunil Kothari (2016)
* Zakir Hussain (2018)
* Jatin Goswami (2018)
* Sonal Mansingh (2018)
* T. K. Kalyanasundaram (2018)
* Saroja Vaidyanathan (2019–2021)
* Sadanam Krishnankutty (2019–2021)
* Darshana Jhaveri (2019–2021)
* Chhannulal Mishra (2019–2021)
* A. K. C. Natarajan (2019–2021)
* Swapan Chaudhuri (2019–2021)
* Malini Rajurkar (2019–2021)
* T. V. Gopalakrishnan (2019–2021)
* Teejan Bai (2019–2021)
* Bharat Gupt (2019–2021)

2022–2023|

* Vinayak Khedekar (2022–2023)
* R. Visweswaran (2022–2023)
* Sunayana Hazarilal (2022–2023)
* Raja and Radha Reddy (2022–2023)
* Dulal Roy (2022–2023)
* Daya Prakash Sinha (2022–2023)

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