In 2011, he replaced Gautam Rode in the role of Karan in Simplly Sapney, an Indian television drama series that aired on Zee Next based on the lives of four girls who come to work at a hotel and how their lives change. It was the first show on Indian television to have a homosexual storyline. The show revolves around the lives of four women of the Jhaakar family and the darker realities of their relationships. įrom 2010 to 2012, Bapat played the male protagonist Aditya Singh Jakhar in Maryada: Lekin Kab Tak?, an Indian television drama on STAR Plus. The show won three Telly Awards and an ITA award. Seven was the story of the search for the seven descendants and their journey of discovering their real capabilities. Bapat played the role of Shlok, the male guardian of Seven.
In 2010, Bapat appeared in the show Seven- The Ashvamedha Prophecy, an Indian supernatural television series that aired on Sony Entertainment Television. The show was named Best Weekly Programme at The Indian Telly Awards. The show depicted the tale of all genres of women living under one roof and Raqesh playing the sole man in the serial. In 2008, Bapat played the role of Anuj, in a show presented by Hats Off Productions, aired on NDTV Imagine's Ek Packet Umeed. He was nominated for the Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role.īapat appeared in two films in 2006: Jai Santoshi Maa, directed by Ahmed Siddiqui which also starred Nushrat Bharucha in the lead role, and Jaadu Sa Chal Gaya, directed by Dev Basu. Television, 2005 - 2012 īapat began his television career in 2005 with the Sphere Origins Hindi television drama Saat Phere: Saloni Ka Safar from 2005 to 2008. Vaishnav, in the "mind numbing" Kaun Hai Jo Sapno Mein Aaya (2004), directed by Rajesh Bhatt in the box office "disaster" Naam Gum Jaayega, a romantic drama written and directed by Amol Shetge and in the critically panned Koi Mere Dil Mein Hai (2005), directed by Deepak Ramsay. He then appeared in the one-star suspense thriller Tumse Milke Wrong Number (2003) directed by Jignesh M. He next played a forgettable Guarav in Dil Vil Pyar Vyar (2002).
He was given his first role, Amar Shah in the movie Tum Bin (2001), after the director's wife noticed him in a toothpaste ad and recommended him to her husband. He was married to Ridhi Dogra In 2011 but they divorced in 2019. He won the National Award at the junior level for his painting. Raqesh Bapat was born on 1 September 1978 in Amravati.