Rituraj Singh (actor)

Rituraj Singh (23 May 1964 – 20 February 2024) was an Indian television actor who worked prominently with Bollywood. He played different roles in a number of Indian TV shows like Banegi Apni Baat aired on Zee TV in 1993, Jyoti, Hitler Didi, Shapath, Warrior High, Aahat, Adaalat, and Diya Aur Baati Hum. He also played the role of Balwant Chodhary in the Colors TV serial Laado 2.

Rituraj Singh
Singh in 2015
Born	(1964-05-23)23 May 1964 Kota, Rajasthan, India
Died	20 February 2024(2024-02-20) (aged 59) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1988–2024

Early life

Rituraj Singh's full name was Rituraj Singh Chandrawat Sisodia. He was born on 23 May 1964 in Kota, Rajasthan, to a Sisodia Rajput family.^[1][2] Even though a native of Rajasthan, he did not properly live in his home state. Singh did his schooling in Delhi. He then moved to the United States, before returning to India at the age of 12. He moved and settled in Mumbai in 1993.^[3]

Career

Singh worked in theatre in Delhi along with Barry John's Theatre Action Group (TAG) for 12 years and was featured in the popular Hindi TV game show, Tol Mol Ke Bol, broadcast on Zee TV.^[4] Singh was also part of a web series titled Abhay available on Zee5. This web series marked the digital debut of Kunal Khemu.^[5]

Death

Singh died of a cardiac arrest on 20 February 2024, at the age of 59.^[6] He was undergoing treatment for pancreatic ailments.^[7]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Note(s)
1992	Miss Beatty's Children [4]
2010	Hum Tum Aur Ghost	Boxer Aslam
2011	The Masterpiece	Filmmaker (voice)	short
2011	Prakata Het Yad	Appa	short
2017	Badrinath Ki Dulhania[8]	Badri's father
2021	Satyameva Jayate 2[9]	Madan Lal Joshi
2023	Vash- Possessed by the Obsessed	Shastri
2023	Thunivu	Sunil Dutta	Tamil film
	Yaariyan 2	Shikhar's team member

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones	Arjun	Television film
1991	Suno re Kissa	Raja	Theatrical Play
1993	Tol Mol Ke Bol	Host
1993	Banegi Apni Baat	Vikram
1993	Yule Love Story
1994	Mr Shrimati		TV film
1994	Tehkikaat	Ramesh Lal
1997	Jaane Kahan Mera Jigar Gaya Ji
1999	Aashiqui
1999	Rishtey - The Love Stories	Sadanand
2000	Ghar Ek Mandir
2001	Rishtey - The Love Stories	Ravi Bhatnagar
2001	Kutumb	Ajay Mittal
2002	Kittie Party
2002	Sanjivani - A Medical Boon
2004	K. Street Pali Hill	Aditya Khandelwal
2004	Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii	Sanjay Doshi
2007	Ek Ladki Anjaani Si	Abhinav Raheja
2007	Kulvaddhu	Amit Sahay
2007	Jeete Hain Jiske Liye	Tarun Moolchandani
2007	Jersey No. 10	Arjun's father
2009	CID	Deven	episode:" Khoon Ka Raaj..Ek Aawaz"
2009	CID	Hiten	episode: "Khooni Khabar"
2009	Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai		Story: "Intezaar"
2010	CID	Dr Sunil	episode: "Ek Khoon Do Baar"
2010	Star One Haunted Nights	Doctor	story: "Haunted Hospital"
2010	Adaalat	Trikon
2010	Jyoti	Kabir's father
2011	Hitler Didi[10]	Inder sharma,Kala Diwan Chandela
2011	Diya Aur Baati Hum	Mahendra Singh	[11]
2012	SuperCops vs Supervillains	DCP Kamalkant / Nikhil
2013	Beintehaa[12]	Ghulam Haider
2013	Ekk Nayi Pehchaan[13]	Sharda's professor
2014	Satrangi Sasural	Rajesh Vatsal
2015	Aahat	DSP
2015	Warrior High	Pankaj Malhotra
2016	Meri Awaaz Hi Pehchaan Hai	Sohrab Mistry
2016	Trideviyaan[14]	Dinanath Chauhan
2017	Laado 2 - Veerpur Ki Mardani[15]	Balwant Choudhary
2019	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai[16]	Purushottam Ajmera
2019	Abhay	Kuldeep Dhingra (KD)
2019	Criminal Justice	Naresh Lakhani
2020	Bandish Bandits	Harshvardhan
2020–2021	Never Kiss Your Best Friend	Sumer's Father	[17]
2022	Made in Heaven (season 2)	Radhika's Father
2023–2024	Anupamaa	Yashpal Dhillon
2024	Indian Police Force	Rafeeq

Web

Year	Title	Role
2017	The Test Case	Gen. Bedi
2019	Hey Prabhu!	Ishwar Prabhu