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Rao broke through with his portrayal of human rights lawyer Shahid Azmi in this biopic by Hansal Mehta.
In the migrant drama adapted from Metro Manila (2013), Rao played a Rajasthani man who comes to Mumbai with his family in search of work and gets caught in a web of problems.
In the Hansal Mehta film, Rao played Deepu Sebastian, a journalist who learns of the travails of Prof. Siras (Manoj Bajpayee) and decides to seek out his side of the story.
In the Vikramaditya Motwane film, Rao played Shaurya, a young working professional who gets trapped inside his flat and must go above and beyond to escape the high rise.
Rao played Pritam, a meek young man forced to become a colourful character of a man to help an old acquaintance (Ayushmann Khurrana) get with the woman (Kriti Sanon) he is in love with.
Rao played Vicky, a wizard of a tailor who falls in love with a mysterious woman (Shraddha Kapoor) during a pooja festival when a local malevolent spirit named Stree is on the prowl.
In the Harshvardhan Kulkarni film, Rao starred alongside Bhumi Pednekar. The duo played a couple in a lavender marriage trying to navigate through life's problems.
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