K. K. Raina

K. K. Raina is an Indian film, television and theatre character actor, and award-winning script writer,[1] who is best known for his roles as Juror #8 in the 1986 film Ek Ruka Hua Faisla,[2] a remake of 12 Angry Men, and Byomkesh Bakshi's associate Ajit Kumar Banerji in the 1993 Doordarshan detective series Byomkesh Bakshi.[3] Raina won the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue in 1998 for the Rajkumar Santoshi film China Gate.[4]

Raina was born in a Kashmiri Pandit family in Srinagar in 1952. During his college days he was inspired by Ebrahim Alkazi and decided to join National School of Drama and got enrolled in 1973 that too with scholarship.[5]. His parents were not supportive as he declined a well established govt job of an auditor in CAG.

Raina considers M.P. Sharma as his guru.

Filmography

Actor

Writer
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gollark: It *was* designed as a weapon of electronic warfare against Terrariola.
gollark: National security reasons.
gollark: No, some weird bug did.
gollark: Hey, you should install potatOS on one random computer per week and see what happens.

References
  1. Dharm: Movie review
  2. My character in 'Hijack' based on Masood Azhar: KK Raina
  3. DD days: Most iconic TV characters
  4. Best Dialogue Writer (Technical Awards)
  5. Alumni List For The Year 1976


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