Virendra Saxena is an well known actor & director. He was born on 23rd November 1951 in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India. As a actor and director Virendra Saxena is best known for Rudraksh (2004), A Wednesday (2008), Super 30 (2019) and the actor Virendra will also be starring in the upcoming movie Bheed (2023). Also, he is recognized for portraying the leading role of Krishna’s father in Zee TV’s most popular drama serial “Afsar Bitiya”. Virendra Saxena is called as Veeru amongst his colleagues and friends. He hails from Uttar Pradesh. Saxena got training in theatre from the conspicuous institute called National School of Drama located in New Delhi. He married to famous television celebrity Samatha and both now living a happy married life in Mumbai.
Aside from Leon Augusta, Fritz Benewitz, M.K. Raina, Bary John, Kanhiaylal, B.V. Karanth, Ratan Thiyam, Bhanu Bharti, Devendra Raj Ankur, Kirti Jain, Robin Das, Sai Pranjpe, Anil Chaudhary and Ranjit Kapoor among others, Virendra Saxena has worked with numerous globally recognized theatre directors. In movies Virendra has portrayed numerous distinctive roles with film directors like Govind Nihalani, Shyam Benegal, Mira Nair, Ismail Merchant, Mahesh Bhatt, Ram Gopal Varma, Guddu Dhanoa, Lekh Tandon, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Kundan Shah, Pankaj Advani, Saeed Mirza, N.Chandra, Neeraj Pandey, Shaad Ali, Sanjay Khanduri, Satish Kaushik, E.Niwas, Sagar Ballary, Paresh Kamdar, Rakesh Omprakash Mehra, Shashilal Nair, Basu Chatterjee and Pradeep Kishen.
He was bestowed with Best Play and Best Director award received from Sahitya Kala Parishad. He was also an active member of Indian Censor Board of India for more than four years. He has also published numerous adaptations and translations of theater plays. He has also portrayed his sketches and paintings on several events in New Delhi. Saxena is recognized for his unique roles as well as his sweet voice. He has starred in movies like Dhoop, Shool, Aks as well as numerous TV serials.