11 Performances By Raghubir Yadav That Prove He’s Masterful Actor For All Seasons

Raghubir Yadav is an Indian actor and music composer who is the winner of two international awards for acting and has also acted in over 70 plays. Around 8 of his films have been India’s official submission for the Oscars, and just a few days back, he won over the audience with his depiction of the mild-mannered, endearing pradhanpati in the series Panchayat.

An alumnus of National School of Drama, Raghubir Yadav has provided the Indian TV and Film industry with a few of the most amazing characters and convincing performances, like these:

1. Chacha Chaudhary in Chacha Chaudhary

Raghubir Yadav effortlessly brought alive Chacha Chaudhary’s amazing wit, detective skills, and badassery that eventually made him one of the coolest comic book characters.

2. Francis Massey in Massey Sahib

In his first movie, Raghubir Yadav portrayed himself as an actor. His amazing performance as an ambitious but guileless clerk made him win two international awards, namely Best Actor at the 1987 International Film Festival of India and Fipresci Critics Award for Best Actor at the 1986 Venice International Film Festival.

3. Mungerilal in Mungerilal Ke Haseen Sapne

As the quite intellect wishful thinker, Mungerilal was a portrayal of every common man who dreams of a good future. As good as the writing of the show was, it was Yadav’s amazing portrayal of a hard-working, frustrated average man that enabled people to relate to his struggles and dream.

4. Budhia in Peepli Live

The movie’s raw, humane but defying look at farmer suicides, painted with black humour, worked due to actors such as Raghubir Yadav. It did not appear as if he was playing a character, but instead, he was believed to have actually lived the life of desolation and despotic acceptance so common to farmers in India. Yadav sang the popular song Mehengai Dayan from the movie.

5. Chillum in Salaam Bombay!

The one who won two National Film Awards, Salaam Bombay was a roaring exploration of the other side of the city of dreams. Yadav played child protagonist Krishna’s drug-addict friend and mentor and gave a strong performance portraying a conflicted soul, discovering a goal in life.

6. Bhura in Lagaan

Raghubir Yadav played the character of the farmer Bhura in Lagaan. He is quite adept at fielding, all credit goes to years of practice of running behind chickens. From his naive, almost comical acceptance of his newly found talent to the unmistakable hope he places in Bhuvan’s scheme, Yadav convincingly depicted Bhura’s emotions despite a limited screen presence.

7. Mauji’s father in Sui Dhaaga

It takes a particular kind of talent to make the audience smile even in the midst of desolate circumstances. Raghubir Yadav has been portraying this skill for years, and his performance of the prickly, conservative father in the movie Sui Dhaaga added a feather to his cap.

8. Loknath in Newton

In amidst the battle between idealism and pragmatism – that was the core of the movie-Raghubir Yadav was the portrayal of tired but happy acceptance. As Loknanth, he was an officer who would not change the world but also took negligible efforts to improve it. He was, to put it clearly, a depiction of the average Indian workforce.

9. Karim in Firaaq

There are not many actors who can direct the viewer’s attention when sharing the screen with committed actors like Naseeruddin Shah. One such actor is Raghubir Yadav. Yadav proved it with his role of Karim, Khan Sahib’s staunch but grouching aide in Firaaq.

10. Pradhanpati in Panchayat

It was a delight to watch Raghubir Yadav on-screen as a kind pradhanpati with the contempt of being the dominant man in the village, but none of the barbarous cruelty associated with power.

11. Adolf Hitler in Gandhi to Hitler

The only reason that the movie Adolf Hitler was worth watching was Raghubir Yadav’s endearing performance as Hitler. With his role in this film, Yadav added yet another feather to his array as an actor.