Who Play Ranga Billa In Raakh? All About Akash Makhija, Ramandeep Yadav

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Prime Video’s new series, Raakh, draws inspiration from the 1978 Ranga Billa case. Directed by Prosit Roy, the eight-episode show tells the story of two teenagers, who go missing and are found dead. Starring Ali Fazal, Sonali Bendre, Aamir Bashir, Rakesh Bedi among several others, the crime drama is garnering attention for spectacular performances by the actors, including those who play characters inspired by Ranga and Billa. In Raakh, they are named Rajjo and Babu. Haunting, chilling and disturbing, they steal the show by transforming into absolute demons with zero to no redemption.

Who plays Ranga in Raakh

In Raakh, Rajjo’s character is said to be inspired by Ranga, whose real name was Kuljeet Singh. Ramandeep Yadav plays the role. Born in Chandigarh, he was associated with the district team in several tournaments organised by the Haryana Cricket Association. While playing cricket, he ventured into theatre and then started auditioning for films in the Hindi entertainment industry. Ramandeep got his first break in Anurag Kashyap’s Manmarziyaan. Yadav also featured in the web series, Campus Diaries, and the admiration for his work led to TVF’s College Romance season 3. Ramandeep played prominent roles in Netflix’s web series CAT with Randeep Hooda. The actor starred in Gadar 2 with Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel, and U-Turn with Alaya F.

Who plays Billa in Raakh

The role of Billa or Jasbir Singh is played by Akash Makhija. He is that actor you’ve seen in many films and television shows. Makhija has been working in the industry for many years and has done remarkable work throughout. One of his breakthrough performances was as Aatish Pathak in SonyLIV’s Nirmal Pathak Ki Ghar Wapsi. Akash has featured in multiple ad films for brands such as Cadbury, McDonald's and more. One of his recent shows was Amazon Prime Video’s Gram Chikitsalay in which he played the role of Gobind. Akash was seen as Hamid Ansari in the film Bhool Chuk Maaf. Makhija portrayed an important role in the television show, Sargam Ki Sadhe Satii. Bhaiyya Ji with Manoj Bajpayee is also a part of his filmography.

About Raakh

Raakh is an investigative drama after Suman Arora and Sahil Arora get kidnapped. They’re on their way to the radio station when Babu and Rajjo offer them a lift, but instead kill them amid a scuffle. The series also stars Divya Sharma, Vivaan Sharma, Anshul Chauhan, and Dibyendu Bhattacharya. Raakh premiered on Amazon Prime Video on June 12.