Rajeev Pahuja is a SAG-AFTRA NYC member and his performance is directed to his intense study of the craft.  Trained in the Meisner Technique. Born and raised in the United States. His mother taught him at the age of two to be fluent in Hindi. Rajeev is fluent in Hindi. Playing and coaching American football and basketball was my first passion in life. Rajeev father put him in football and basketball camps at the age of five. He won a state championship as an American football coach. Winning is in his blood. Rajeev wakes up at 5 a.m. in the morning. He wears his state championship ring for inspiration to win in CT and NYC. Rajeev is a huge NY Knicks, NY Giants, NY Jets, NY Islanders, St. John's Red Storm, UCONN Huskies, Yale University Bulldogs, NY Rangers, NY Mets, and NY Yankees fan.  Rajeev supports all the New York and Connecticut sports teams.  

He graduated from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT with a Masters in Business Administration High Honors degree and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing. Also, received a weekend certificate from Ivy League Yale University. An expert in Civil Rights, Defamation, Retaliation, and Employment Discrimination laws in CT and NY.  He is an active member of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). He worked at ESPN, an indirect subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company and was trained as a Sports Intern at ABC affiliate, News Channel 8 Sports in New Haven, CT.

Rajeev made his television debut on NBC Law and Order. He was in reality Bollywood Dance Television Series "Destination Bollywood", which was streamed on SET Asian, Star Plus (FOX India Network), and Hulu.com. First Bollywood film he got a chance to work on was Anjaana Anjaani. It was filmed in New York City. He networked with a Bollywood film casting director to get his first opportunity on a Bollywood film set. Rajeev learned acting on set from Miss World Bollywood Film Celebrity Priyanka Chopra Jonas. Second Bollywood film he was casted in was Bollywood film Sri Devi's English Vinglish. Casted as a Bollywood dancer. Also, he landed a lead role with Hollywood film superstar, film producer,

and martial art expert Wesley Snipes in the Hollywood action

comedy feature film Master Daddy.

 

After auditioning against 300 people, Rajeev was selected for the

New York New York Sitcom Pilot.

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Rajeev has appeared in commercials and print campaigns

that include Himalaya Fresh Sweets and India Se Magazine.

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His hobby includes listening to Bollywood music.

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Bhangra and Bollywood dancing is his other hobbies as well.

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After a long hiatus Rajeev is Bollywood dancing again.

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He returned to Bollywood dance at Arya Dance Academy.

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Arya is the #1 International Bollywood dance school in the

country.

 

Bollywood dance instructors at Arya have performed in India's Filmfare 

Awards similar to the Oscars. If your dancing for Arya International

you are playing in the NBA, NFL, NHL, or MLB.

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