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, and 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.
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.. 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
- Vijeta – Wilson
- Aadharshila
- Gandhi – Nehru's Friend
- Mandi
- Godam – Edekar
- Ardh Satya
- Tasveer Apni Apni – Employee
- Party – Bharat
- Aghaat
- Nasoor – Kamlesh Pai
- Trikal – Senor Lucio
- Ek Ruka Hua Faisla – Juror #8
- Susman
- Mohre – Prakash Raikar
- Diksha – Shrikar Upadhyay
- Lifeline
- Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda
- Damini – Shekhar's friend
- Byomkesh Bakshi – Ajit
- – Shiv Nath
- Dahek – Naseem Bahkshi
- Aks – Mahadevan Ghatge
- Bub – Shiban Lal
- Lakshya
- Rang De Basanti – Politician
- Salaam-E-Ishq
- Dharm – Thakur
- Phoonk – Dr. Pandey
- Hijack – Rasheed Omar
- Delhi-6 – Haji Suleiman
- Rann – Prime Minister Digvijay Hooda
- Tanu Weds Manu – Mr. Sharma
- Upanishad Ganga
- Bhaag Milkha Bhaag - Mr. Wadhwa
- D-Day - Gen. Razzak
- Zed Plus - Mr. Dixit
- Samvidhaan - K.M. Munshi
- Tanu Weds Manu Returns - Mr. Sharma
- Mirzya -
- Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana - Jugal Kishore Mishra
- Pati Patni Aur Woh
Writer
- – associate screenplay
- China Gate – screenplay; dialogues
- Dahek – screenplay
- Pukar – dialogues
