Birth Date: 23 Jun, 1952, Age (72)

Occupation : Actor

Raj Babbar

Raj Babbar is an alumnus of the 1975 class of the National School of Drama and graduated from Agra College. He trained in the Method school of acting at NSD, which is involved in Street Theatre. After his training in New Delhi, he moved to Mumbai and started his film career with Reena Roy, one of the well known actresses of that time. He gained fame for the movie Insaaf Ka Taraazu, in which he portrayed a rapist, who assaults the heroine, and later her sister, and in the end, gets shot for his deeds.

He has been a three-time member of the Lok Sabha and a two-time member of the Upper House of the Indian Parliament. He was the President of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee until when he resigned from the post on March 21, 2018.

Raj Babbar, in the capacity of Congress spokesman, created controversy in 2013, by stating that Rs.12 is sufficient for a common man to get a full meal in Mumbai, which drew severe criticism.He also said that a poor person in India can get full meals two times a day, within Rs. 28 to 32 and opposition parties termed Raj Babbar's statement laughable.