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Rahul Roy

Indian actor (b. 1966)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 5, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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Rahul Roy is an Indian actor, producer and former model known for his works in Hindi films and television. Roy began his acting career with the 1990 film Aashiqui, a Mahesh Bhatt production as the lead actor with newcomer Anu Aggarwal. He then appeared opposite Karishma Kapoor in Sudhakar Bokade's romantic film Sapne Sajan Ke (1992). Roy has been honoured with life membership of the International Film And Television Club of Asian Academy of Film & Television.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Rahul Roy” as indian actor (b. 1966). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1990, 1992—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Rahul, Indian and actor can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as indian actor (b. 1966). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 5, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1990 and 1992.

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This entry incorporates text from “Rahul Roy” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.