Rituraj Singh

Some Lesser Known Facts About Rituraj Singh

• During his school days, he moved to the United States from Jaipur, Rajasthan. He then returned to India when he was 12 years old and began learning theatre.

• Once, in a media conversation, he shared that his parents lived in Jaipur, and he frequently visited Jaipur to see them.

• Singh spent 12 years working in theatre in Delhi with Barry John’s Theatre Action Group (TAG).

• Rituraj Singh had been a student at the ‘Barry John Acting Classes’ in New Delhi for five years before Shah Rukh Khan joined the same classes.

  

• Reportedly, Shah Rukh Khan used to admire Rituraj Singh’s acting during their time at Barry John Acting Classes. Later, Rituraj Singh was often referred to as the doppelgänger of Shahrukh Khan.

  

• In 1993, he appeared in the television series Banegi Apni Baat on Zee TV as Vikram.

  

• In 1999, he appeared in a well-known Hindi TV game show, Tol Mol Ke Bol, aired on Zee TV.

  

• In 2001, he appeared in the television serial Kutumb as Ajay Mittal on Sony Entertainment Television. In 2004, he appeared in the television series Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii as Sanjay Doshi on Star Plus.

  

• In 2009, Rituraj Singh appeared as Deven in some episodes of CID on Sony Entertainment Television. In 2011, he appeared in two short films named The Masterpiece (Hindi) as Filmmaker (voice) and Prakata Het Yad (English) as Appa.

• In the same year, he appeared in the television series Hitler Didi as Kala Diwan Chandela on Zee TV and Diya Aur Baati Hum as Mahendra Singh on Star Plus.

  

• In 2013, Rituraj Singh appeared in the television series Ekk Nayi Pehchaan as Sharda’s professor on Sony Entertainment Television. In 2014, he worked as Rajesh Vatsal in the television serial Satrangi Sasural on Zee TV.

• In 2017, he appeared as Ambernath Bansal in the Hindi film Badrinath Ki Dulhania.

  

• In 2019, Rituraj Singh worked in the web series Hey Prabhu! as Ishwar Prabhu on MX Player and Criminal Justice as Naresh Lakhani on Hotstar. In the same year, Singh was part of a web series called Abhay, which was streamed on Zee5.

• In 2019, he, along with actress, Pallavi Joshi, appeared in the short Hindi film Painful Pride.

  

• He then went on to appear in many web series including Bandish Bandits (2020) as Harshvardhan on Amazon Prime, Made in Heaven (2022) as Radhika’s Father on Amazon Prime, and Indian Police Force (2024) as Rafeeq on Amazon Prime.

• In 2023, Rituraj Singh appeared as Shastri in the Hindi film Vash- Possessed by the Obsessed. In the same year, he appeared in the television series Anupamaa as Yashpal on Star Plus.

  

• He often appeared in many television commercials such as VIP Bags and Blue Tribe.

  

• Rituraj Singh was often spotted enjoying alcoholic beverages on various occasions.

  

• He liked travelling to distant places, watching films, dancing, rafting, and reading books in his free time.

  

• In 2024, before his death, Rituraj Singh was receiving treatment for pancreatic ailments. ^[6]The Free Press Journal