K. K. Raina

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

Life and career Raina was born in a Kashmiri family in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Raina is an alumnus of the National School of Drama, graduating college in 1976. He portrayed Manohar J. Pherwani in the Sony LIV series Scam 1992.

Filmography

Actor

Vijeta (1982) – Wilson Aadharshila (1982) Gandhi (1982) – Nehru's Friend Mandi (1983) Godam (1983) – Edekar Ardh Satya (1983) Tasveer Apni Apni (1984) – Employee Party (1984) – Bharat Aghaat (1985) Nasoor (1985) – Kamlesh Pai Trikal (1985) – Senor Lucio (Anna's father) Ek Ruka Hua Faisla (1986) – Juror #8 Susman (1987) Mohre (1987) – Prakash Raikar Diksha (1991) – Shrikar Upadhyay Lifeline (1991) (TV series) Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1993) Damini (1993) – Shekhar's friend Byomkesh Bakshi (1993) (TV series) – Ajit Ghatak: Lethal (1996) – Shiv Nath Dahek (1998) – Naseem Bahkshi Aks (2001) – Mahadevan Ghatge Bub (Father) (2001) – Shiban Lal Rang De Basanti (2006) – Politician Salaam-E-Ishq (2007) Dharm (2007) – Thakur Phoonk (2008) – Dr. Pandey Hijack (2008) – Rasheed Omar Delhi-6 (2009) – Haji Suleiman Rann (2010) – Prime Minister Digvijay Hooda Tanu Weds Manu (2011) – Kishan Sharma (Manu's father) Upanishad Ganga (2012–2013) (Doordarshan) (Various Characters) Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013) - Mr. Wadhwa D-Day (2013) - Gen. Razzak 19th January (2014) - Prof. Bashir Ahmed Zed Plus (2014) - Mr. Dixit Samvidhaan (2014) (TV series) - K.M. Munshi Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015) - Kishan Sharma (Manu's father) Mirzya (2016) - Karan's father Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana (2017) - Jugal Kishore Mishra (Sattu's father) Genius (2018) - Mr.Das Pati Patni Aur Woh (2019) Scam 1992 (2020) - Manohar J. Pherwani

Writer Ghatak: Lethal (1996) – associate screenplay China Gate (1998) – screenplay; dialogues Dahek (1998) – screenplay Pukar (2000) – dialogues