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Rakesh Bapat
Rakesh Bapat
Born	Rakesh Bapat; 1 Septtember 1978; India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001 - present

Rakesh Bapat is an Indian film and TV serial actor. He has acted in the Hindi serial Saat Phere as Saloni's friend, Neel.

A Grasim Mr. India (1999) first runner-up title holder, Rakesh Bapat, made his screen debut together with Himanshu Malik in Anubhav Sinha's Tum Bin (2001). After the success of Tum Bin, Anubhav Sinha again casted him as a solo lead in Kuchh Dil Ne Kaha(2002) opposite Reema Sen which bombed at the Box Office. After that he starred in a few average films like Dil Vil Pyar Vyar in 2002 and Koi Mere Dil Mein Hai in 2005, but none of these films clicked. Rakesh failed to make a mark at the box-office and decided to turn towards television. He made his debut in the Zee serial, Saat Phere. With his cute looks and talent, Rakesh earned instant recognition on the mini screen within a short span of time. Originally from Pune, Rakesh has also done some famous ads for Colgate, Wrigley's chewing gum, SSI-Education and Lux etc.

Rakesh Bapat chose to leave and sacrifice his time in the daily serial Saat Phere, due to a film being made in Hollywood somewhere abroad.

Currently he is playing the role of Anuj in the NDTV Imagine show Ek Packet Umeed. He is depicting the role of an MBA graduate who helps run Umeed Bhavan and is in love with Sujata (role played by Rupali Ganguly) who is the daughter of the head of Umeed Bhavan.

He also played the role of Karan Mehra in Simply Sapne as the main actor replaced by Gautam Rode.

Good looking Rakesh Bapat is all set to make his come back on silver screen. He is essaying a modern day prince in John Mathew Mathan’s film ‘A new love Istory’.

“It’s a love triangle between me, Himesh and Niharika Singh. I am playing a modern day prince. It’s a comedy-love story with a dash of drama in it,” he briefs about the film.

Besides film, prince charming will also be doing a show on television for Yashraj banner. “I will be doing a one-hour weekly special for their television show,” he informs. He is also doing a commercial for Fiama Di Wills.

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He was Grasim Mr.India(2000)and is also a MBA graduate from Bombay University.He has worked for 2 very good coporate international companies.He also works in Hollywood movies.His Father was in the Indian Navy and his mother is a surgeon. Being the only child he was highly loved,pampered and every wish of his was fulfilled.By caste he is a brahmin.

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