From Shahid To Badhaai Do, A Look At Rajkummar Rao's Iconic Performances

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In Amit Masurkar's 2017 dark comedy-drama Newton, Rajkummar Rao portrayed Newton Kumar, a government clerk on election duty in a Naxalite area. Rajkummar's performance was much praised in the film

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In Shahid, Rajkummar played a lawyer who defended people falsely accused of terrorism. Inspired by true-events, the film won Rajkummar a National Award

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In Badhaai Do, Rajkummar playes a gay police officer. His film Badhaai Do is one of the most underrated films of the year

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In Stree, the horror-comedy, Rajkummar played a love-sick hero revealing his penchant for comedy

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Rajkummar Rao played a typical middle-class Delhi boy entrenched in notions of misogyny and ignorance. His performance besides Kangana in Queen was much-acclaimed

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In Bareilly Ki Barfi, Rajkummar Rao stole the show with his iconic performance of Pritam Vidrohi