He is an impeccable and versatile actor and be him in the lead role or just to support the lead role every time he manages to steal; the show and rule our hearts for proving himself the actor who attained stardom with his simple ways. Even in Queen when the focus was on Kangana Ranaut and we had negative feelings for him, he still with his puppy faces makes us feel sad for him.
His work in the films proves that he is here to stay. His hard work and diligence has broken the stereotypes and put him as one of the finest actors of the generation.
Here are few facts about the man that we should know, so lets simply dig in:
#1. The man is not from South India owing to his name and looks rather he is a North Indian, born in a small village Gurugram of Haryana.
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#2. His real name is Rajkum
mar Yadav. And his birthdate being 31st August 1984.
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#3. In his family, he has his father, one brother Amit and Sister Monika. He lost his mother Kamlesh Yadav on 11th March 2016 as she succumbed to heart attack. Rajkumar’s mother firmly believed in astrology and for his success, she convinced him to write his name as ‘Rajkummar’ with an extra ‘m’.
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#4. At a very early age, he realized that his calling was for acting. During high school, he started acting and did a lot of theatres.
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#5. He completed his education from Blue Bells Model Sr Secondary School in Gurgaon and graduated from Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College (Delhi University) in Arts.
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#6. He is from a humble background and admitted that for two years his teacher paid his school fees.
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#7. In 2008 he graduated from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. His first films were LSD and Ragini MMS, but he admits that it was Ekta Kapoor he got the real exposure when she launched him in the film Kai Po Che!
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He is a big fan of Anurag Kashyap so did a short cameo for him in the film Gangs of Wasseypur II. He is also a big fan of Aamir Khan’s work so did Talaash just to share screen space with him.
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#8. Rajkumar has a lady love in his life, Patralekha Anita Paul whom he knew from FTII Pune times and their love bloomed while shooting for a film. Their relationship is going smoothly for over 3 years.
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#9. The movie City Lights has a special place in his heart as it was in the sets of this film that their love bloomed.
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#10. He had to face negative comments for his looks and complexion. Yet he focused on his goal and for his film ‘Shahid’ he was given the National Award for Best Actor in 2014. He also has three Filmfare Awards in his name, for Shahid and Trapped as best actor and Best Supporting Actor in Bareilly Ki Barfi.
He also has the prestigious Dadasheb Phalke Award for Outstanding Performance in City Lights. At GQ Men of the Year, he was honoured with an award for the Actor of the Year 2017.
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#11. He also played the role of Subhash Chandra Bose in Dead/ Alive that was released on Jio Cinema.
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#12. He is also the hottest Vegetarian celebrities in 2017 as per PETA.
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