Rahul Bose

Rahul Bose (born 27 July 1967) is an Indian actor and athlete who primarily works in Hindi films. Bose is the president of the Indian Rugby Football Union.

He has appeared in Bengali films such as ''Mr. and Mrs. Iyer'', ''Kalpurush'', ''Anuranan'', ''Antaheen'', ''Laptop'' and ''The Japanese Wife''. He has also appeared in Hindi films such as ''Pyaar Ke Side Effects'', ''Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam'', ''Jhankaar Beats'', ''Kucch Luv Jaisaa'', ''Dil Dhadakne Do'', ''Chameli'' and ''Shaurya''. He also played the antagonist in the Tamil thriller ''Vishwaroopam'' (2013) and its sequel. ''Time'' magazine named him "the superstar of Indian arthouse cinema" while ''Maxim'' named him "the Sean Penn of Oriental cinema" for his work in parallel cinema films like ''English, August'' and ''Mr. and Mrs. Iyer''. He is also notable for his social activism: he participated in the relief efforts that followed the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami and is also the founder of the anti-discrimination NGO, The Foundation. Provided by Wikipedia