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Rahul Bhat

Rahul Bhat

Actor · Born December 7, 1977 (48) · Jammu & Kashmir, India

Rahul Bhat is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. He began his career as a model and participated in the Graviera Mr. India contest in 1998, where he won the Mr. Photogenic award. He then starred in several advertisements, including for Ponds and Breeze, and in music videos, including "Punjabi Munda" and "Soni Lag Gayee". Bhat rose to fame for starring in the Sony TV serial Heena from 1998 and 2003, which made him a household name in India. He starred in the films Yeh Mohabbat Hai (2002) and Nayee Padosan (2003), after which he took a long sabbatical from acting. He began producing television serials, such as Meri Doli Tere Angana (2007-2008), Chhukar Mere Man Ko (2007) and Tum Dena Saath Mera (2009). Bhat made his acting comeback with a leading role in Anurag Kashyap's thriller film Ugly (2013), which was screened at various international film festivals and won him major critical acclaim. He then worked with Katrina Kaif in Fitoor (2016) and Priyanka Chopra in Jai Gangaajal (2016). He also received acclaim for his roles in the courtroom drama Section 375 (2019) and Anurag Kashyap's mystery film Dobaaraa (2022).

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
December 7, 1977 (48)
From
Jammu & Kashmir, India
Works as
Actor
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 14% in 30 days

What are Rahul Bhat's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
31%
Bonds
29%
Power
24%
Self
9%
Ideas
7%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Full focus: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their full focus movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 2

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 1 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Melancholic
3
Contemplative
1
Romantic
1
Dread
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Thought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Rahul Bhat's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Rahul Bhat's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

20 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

  • Lost & Found in Kumbh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Madhav (Maddy)

  • Daldal(2026)

    Show 7 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows

  • Crime Beat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · as Binny Chaudhary

  • Black Warrant(2025)

    Show 7 episodes · as DSP Rajesh Tomar

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Kennedy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Uday Shetty/Kennedy

  • Chakki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Vijay

  • Dobaaraa(2022)

    as Vikas Awasthi

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Section 375(2019)

    as Rohan Khurana

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Firdaws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Affy

  • Daas Dev (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Dev Pratap Chauhan

  • Union Leader (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as jay

  • Jai Gangaajal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • Fitoor(2016)

    as Bilal

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Kali-Katha: The Prologue to Ugly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • 1D Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 7 episodes · Still Photographer

  • Ugly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Rahul Kapoor

  • Nayee Padosan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Prabhu

  • The Wound (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Rahul

  • Yeh Mohabbat Hai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Chand

  • The Wives Of Bollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 85th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 20 titles, 19 of them dated from 2002 to 2026; peak year 2013.

Biggest box office

Fitoor (2016)

$3.5M worldwide

Highest rated

Section 375 (2019)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Black Warrant (2025)

Film career

20022026

Peak 2013 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2013Screen debut· Ugly

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting19 of 20: 19 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score42ndOther crew1 of 20: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2000s3 · acting2010s9 · 8 acting · 1 crew2020s7 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Rahul Bhat's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 42nd percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 33rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

33rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

2 of their 5 titles are Cult Classics.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser1

Most divisive · actor

Dobaaraa (2022)

97th percentile spread · 70% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Section 375 (2019)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 62/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Rahul Bhat's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 35 · mildMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Rahul Bhat work with?

People who share at least 2 of Rahul Bhat's MovieCove titles; Clinton Cerejo shares the most, 2.