Rajendra Gupta is an Indian film, television and theater actor and director who is best known for his television roles of Pandit Jagarnath in the 1990s Doordarshan fantasy television series Chandrakanta and Sudha''s father - Jagat Narayan - in the 1998-2001 Sony TV drama Saaya.
Rajendra Gupta was born in a business family in Panipat and did his graduation from the Kurukshetra University. An alumnus of the National School of Drama (1972 batch), Gupta has worked in numerous television serials and films. He played the role of the Mukhiya (village headman) of Champaner in the Oscar-nominated 2001 film Lagaan.
His father ran a woolen textiles business but Gupta had no interest in the business; his interests lay, instead, in dramatics and theater. Gupta met wife-to-be, Veena, a Christian, in Indore when he went there to take part in a college play. Since Veena''s parents did not agree to their marriage, the couple eloped to Bhopal, got married, and then returned home.
In 1972, Gupta enrolled himself at the New Delhi-based National School of Drama and completed his post graduation in direction.
Gupta''s daughter, Ravee Gupta, is a television actress.
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