Raj Singh Chaudhary is an Indian model, actor, writer and director. He was an entrepreneur before becoming an actor and then a director. She is known for her role in Anurag Kashyap’s Gulaab and directing the film Thar starring Anil Kapoor.
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Raj Singh Chaudhary was born in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. According to one source, he was born on July 13, 1975 (age 48 years; as of 2022), and according to another source, he was born on July 23, 1975 (age 48 years; as of 2022). He attended Goethals Memorial School, Kurseong, Darjeeling and later attended Delhi Public School, RK Puram, New Delhi. He graduated in 1995 with a degree in Software Engineering from BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka. He decided to go to the USA to pursue his MBA and got accepted; However, he did not go to study abroad.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 6′0″
Weight (approx): 85 kg
Hair color: black
Eye Color: Black
family
Born in a Rajasthani family.
parents and siblings
His father’s name was Mangal Singh Chaudhary and he owned a tea estate in Darjeeling, West Bengal. He has two sisters named Rita and Nita.
Raj Singh Chaudhary’s father, Mangal Singh Chaudhary and his mother
Raj Singh Chaudhary with his sister Rita Singh
Raj Singh Chaudhary’s father Mangal Singh Chaudhary with Raj’s sister Nita
A photo of Raj Singh Chaudhary’s grandparents
wife and children
He is unmarried.
Relationships/affairs
He is single.
Career
model
She started modeling during her college days on the advice of some of her friends. He was a tennis player, so he was also tall and tall. She modeled in various college-level modeling competitions and continued to model in several small commercials. Took second place in Gladrags Manhunt competition.
Raj Singh Chaudhary (left) during his early modeling days
Raj Singh Chaudhary plays tennis
Entrepreneur
He started a software company with his two friends who tricked him and he returned to Kolkata where his parents stayed. He decided to start a new software firm when he met producer-director Tappan Saha, who saw him in an advertisement and offered him a role in his film.
Beautiful
He went to Mumbai to attend a seminar on Jugalbandi, which he later shelved; However, he decided to try his hand at acting. After struggling to find any roles for several months, he landed the role of Ajay Sehgal in the Hindi film Kuch Naa Kaho starring Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Arbaaz Khan, directed by Rohan Sippy in 2003. ag Kashyap and had Kay Kay Menon and Pawan Malhotra in lead roles. In 2009, she played the lead role in the film Gulaal, starring Abhimanyu Singh, Piyush Mishra and Mahi Gill, directed by Anurag Kashyap.
Raj Singh Chaudhary on Gulaal movie poster
He was roped in for Karmaya starring Abhay Deol and Irrfan Khan, which was later shelved. In 2010, he played the role of Joseph ‘Tiger’ Rodriguez in the film ‘Ek Anhonee’ and Karan in the film ‘The Waiting Room’ starring Radhika Apte and Sandeep Kulkarni. In the same year, he played the lead role of Raghuveer in the film Antardwand with Swati Sen and Vinay Pathak, based on a forced marriage (Pakadua marriage) performed in some parts of Bihar. In 2018, she played the role of Jetty in the short film Plus Minus, starring Bhuvan Bam and Divya Dutta.
writer and director
He started writing after watching the movie Satya starring Manoj Bajpajyee. He was impressed by the story of the film and wrote the story on which Anurag Kashyap made Gulaal. He wrote another story on which the film No Smoking is based, starring John Abraham, Ayesha Takia and Paresh Rawal. In 2019, he directed the short film The Last Chapter, which was praised by critics. In 2021, she directed the film Shaadisthan starring Keerthy Kulhar, Neena Bora and Nivedita Bhattacharya which was based on women empowerment and was released on Disney+, Hotstar VIP and Disney+ Hotstar Premium. In 2022, he directed the film Thar starring Anil Kapoor, Harshvardhan Kapoor, Satish Kaushik and Fatima Sana Shaikh. It was shot in different parts of Rajasthan and released on Netflix.
Raj Singh Chaudhary (right) with Anil Kapoor on the set of Thar
Confrontation
Payment issues
In 2012, he was embroiled in controversy when he was shooting for the Rajasthani film Mere Des Main, starring Madhurima Tuli in Indore and directed by Arif Hamid. According to him, when he asked for money after shooting, he was told to shoot for another 40 days to get any money, due to which he lost 2 films. He also stated that he only got half of it and refused to dub the film. He accused producer Ravindra Bishnoi of forcing him to act in the film on the pretext of false promises as Raj was told that Swanand Kirkire would be the lyricist for the film; However, he later discovered that this was not the case. When he discovered that Ravindra was finding another artist to dub for his role, he threatened to not give a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) and file a formal complaint with the Cine and Television Artistes Association of India (CINTAA) and a local court if they released the film with an artist other than him. Ravindra responded to the allegations by saying that there were some issues with the payment; However, the dubbing would be done by Raj himself.
Raj Singh Chaudhary with the crew of the Rajasthani film Mere Des Main
Facts/Trivia
- He won the Best Director Award for the film Thar in the OTT Film category at the 2022 Indian Television Academy Awards, India.
Raj Singh Chaudhary (right) with Anil Kapoor after winning the Best Director award for Thar
- While filming Thar, he took inspiration from Clint Eastwood’s Dollars trilogy and Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained. He also used references from his personal life as he used his father’s jacket as Anil Kapoor’s costume and used a Yazidi bike as his father liked to ride a Yazidi bike. He also appeared in an episode of The Kapil Sharma Show.
- In 2010, his film Antardwand won the National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues.
- He has helmed various commercials with famous athletes including Roger Federer and Virat Kohli.
Raj Singh Chaudhary (centre) with Roger Federer (left) and Boris Becker
Raj Singh Chaudhary working with Virat Kohli (left)
- He has more than 2 decades of friendship with Lara Bhupathi and runs a production house in partnership with him.
An old photo of Raj Singh Chaudhary (left) with Lara Bhupathi
- He likes to drink Darjeeling tea.
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