Facts: - caption: rajendra gupta - yearsactive: 1985 -- present - spouse: veena gupta - birth date: 22 february 1945 - name: rajendra gupta - image: rajendra gupta.jpg - birth place: panipat , haryana , india - occupation: actor Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of rajendra gupta .
rajendra gupta is an indian film , television and theatre actor and director who is best known for his television roles of pandit jagarnath in the 1990s doordarshan fantasy television series '' chandrakanta '' and sudha 's father -- jagat narayan -- in the 1998 -- 2001 sony tv drama '' saaya '' .an alumnus of the national school of drama -lrb- 1972 batch -rrb- , gupta has worked in numerous television serials and films .he played the role of the '' mukhiya '' -lrb- village headman -rrb- of champaner in the oscar-nominated 2001 film lagaan .