# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rajesh-vivek
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:36:50.185Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rajesh-vivek"
name: "Rajesh Vivek"
slug: "rajesh-vivek"
description: "Rajesh Vivek Upadhyay was an Indian actor, mainly a Comedian. He is best known to Hindi film audiences for his role as the astrologer Guran in Lagaan (2001) and as the postmaster Nivaran in Swades (2004). He had also played role of Vyasa, author of the Hindu epic Mahabharata, in the popular Indian series Mahabharat. He made his mark as a villain in the beginning with films like Veerana (1988) and Joshilaay (1989), often playing the role of a henchman, and later took to portraying comedic and supporting characters. His other credits include Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, What's Your Raashee? and Bunty Aur Babli. Rajesh is also noted for his roles in the historic TV series Bharat Ek Khoj and in the TV Serial Aghori. He acted in ad series of Cadbury 5 Star as the \"Pitaji\" of the two sons Ramesh and Suresh, starting from the ad titled \"Pitaji ki Patloon\"."
tagline: "Indian actor (1949-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RajeshVivek.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1949-01-31"
deathDate: "2016-01-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.482293423271502
  historical:           12.14285866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump