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Raktabeej 2 (রক্তবীজ ২)

Raktabeej 2 (রক্তবীজ ২) is a 2025 Bengali political action thriller, sequel to Raktabeej (2023), directed by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee for Windows Production, starring Abir Chatterjee, Ankush Hazra, and Mimi Chakraborty, released Durga Puja 2025 and streaming on ZEE5.

Raktakarabi

Raktakarabi (রক্তকরবী, "Red Oleanders") is a 1923 symbolic play by Rabindranath Tagore, set in Yakshapuri, where workers dig gold for a King who has reduced people to numbered instruments.

Raktanchal

Raktanchal (रक्तांचल) is a Hindi crime drama web series on MX Player/Amazon MX Player, set in 1980s Purvanchal, Uttar Pradesh, about tender-mafia boss Waseem Khan (Nikitin Dheer) versus vengeful Vijay Singh (Kranti Prakash Jha); three seasons, 2020 to 2026, directed by Ritam Srivastav.

Raktha Kashmira

Raktha Kashmira (ರಕ್ತ ಕಾಶ್ಮೀರ), also linked to Bhimoos Bang Bang Kids, is a 2026 Kannada action thriller by SV Rajendra Singh Babu starring Upendra and Ramya, released 30 January 2026 after an 18-year delay, with an 18-minute multi-star song.

Rakugo (落語)

Rakugo (落語), Japanese comic storytelling: one seated performer plays all characters with only a fan and hand towel, ending in a punchline (ochi). Two traditions, Edo and Kamigata, over 300 years of history.

Rakul Preet Singh

Rakul Preet Singh (born 1990, New Delhi) is an Indian actress in Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil cinema; debut Gilli (2009), Telugu hits Sarrainodu, Nannaku Prematho, Dhruva, Bollywood hit De De Pyaar De, and Surpanakha in Ramayana (2026).

Ralf Little

Ralf Little (born 1980) is an English actor, writer, and producer known as Antony Royle in The Royle Family, Jonny in Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, and DI Neville Parker in Death in Paradise from 2020.

Ralf Moeller

Ralf Moeller (Ralf Rudolf Moeller), German actor and former bodybuilder born 1959 in Recklinghausen; 1986 Mr. Universe winner, lead in Conan the Adventurer, Hagen in Gladiator, distinct from academics sharing the name.

Raline Shah

Raline Shah (Raline Rahmat Shah, born 1985, Jakarta) is an Indonesian actress, model, and singer, Puteri Indonesia 2008 3rd runner-up, star of 5 cm and Surga yang Tak Dirindukan, and former Special Staff to Indonesia's Minister of Communication and Digital (2025–2026).

Ralph Barbosa

Ralph Barbosa (born 1996) is a Mexican American stand-up comedian from Dallas and Mesquite, Texas, known for laid-back delivery, the Netflix special Cowabunga (2023), the Hulu special Planet Bosa (2025), and his Formula Bean car YouTube channel.

Ralph Bellamy

Ralph Bellamy (1904–1991), American character actor of stage, film, radio, and television, famed for playing FDR in Sunrise at Campobello (Tony Award) and known as the 'other man' in The Awful Truth and His Girl Friday.

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Ralph Breaks the Internet (Wreck-It Ralph 2) is Disney Animation's 2018 sequel in which Ralph and Vanellope go online to save Sugar Rush; directed by Rich Moore and Phil Johnston, Oscar-nominated, $201.1M US gross.

Ralph Brown

Ralph William John Brown (born 1957, Cambridge, England) is an English actor and writer known for Danny in Withnail & I, Aaron in Alien³, Ric Olié in Star Wars Episode I, and his Samuel Beckett Award-winning play Sanctuary.

Ralph Carter

Ralph Carter (born 1961) is an American actor and singer, Tony-nominated on Broadway as Travis in Raisin and best known as Michael Evans on the CBS sitcom Good Times, 1974-1979.

Ralph de Leon

Ralph de Leon (Rafael August Arayata de Leon), Filipino actor, model, and former Ateneo judoka; UAAP -73 kg gold medalist; rose to fame on Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition as 2nd Big Placer duo RaWi with Will Ashley; starred in Zoomers, High Street, The Secrets of Hotel 88.

Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes (Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes), British actor and director born 1962 in Ipswich; Oscar-nominated for Schindler's List, The English Patient, and Conclave; Tony winner for Hamlet; directed Coriolanus and the Paris Opera's Eugene Onegin.

Ralph Foody

Ralph Wesley Foody (1928–1999), American Chicago character actor; played gangster Johnny in Home Alone's fake film Angels with Filthy Souls and its Home Alone 2 sequel, source of "Keep the change, ya filthy animal."

Ralph Forbes

Ralph Forbes (Ralph Forbes Taylor, 1904–1951) was an English stage and film actor, not Ralph Fiennes or Bryan Forbes, known for John Geste in Beau Geste (1926), 1930s costume films, and 13 Broadway shows.

Ralph Ineson

Ralph Ineson (born 1969, Leeds) is an English actor known as Chris Finch in The Office, William in The Witch, and Galactus in The Fantastic Four: First Steps; also a video game voice actor (Cid in Final Fantasy XVI, Lorath in Diablo IV) with a distinctive deep voice.

Ralph Macchio

Ralph Macchio (Ralph George Macchio Jr., born 1961) is the American actor known as Daniel LaRusso in The Karate Kid (1984) and Cobra Kai (2018– ), also The Outsiders and My Cousin Vinny.

Ralph Manza

Ralph Manza (Raffaele P. Manza, 1921-2000), American character actor with 125+ screen credits; Banacek sidekick, Newhart, Blazing Saddles, Get Shorty, Dave, Godzilla; distinct from Ralph Mann the sprinter.

Ralph Meeker

Ralph Meeker (Ralph Rathgeber, 1920-1988), American stage, film, and TV actor; originated Hal Carter in Broadway's Picnic and played Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly (1955) and Cpl. Paris in Paths of Glory.

Ralph Richardson

Ralph Richardson (1902-1983), English stage and film actor of the Olivier-Gielgud-Richardson trio; Old Vic co-director, knighted 1947; famed Falstaff, Peer Gynt, The Fallen Idol, The Heiress.

Ralph Waite

Ralph Waite (1928-2014), American actor, Presbyterian minister, and two-time congressional candidate, best known as John Walton Sr. on CBS's The Waltons (1972-1981) and as Jackson Gibbs on NCIS; Emmy-nominated for The Waltons and Roots.

Ralph Wiggum

Ralph Wiggum is a fictional 8-year-old student in The Simpsons, son of Police Chief Clancy Wiggum, voiced by Nancy Cartwright, known for non sequiturs like "Me fail English? That's unpossible!" and episodes "I Love Lisa" and "This Little Wiggy".

Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog

Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog are Looney Tunes characters created by Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese, debuting in "Don't Give Up the Sheep" (1953). Across seven shorts (1953–1963), wolf and sheepdog punch a shared time clock, fight on the job, and stay friends off it.

Ralphie May

Ralphie May (Ralph Duren May, 1972-2017), American stand-up comedian, Last Comic Standing season 1 runner-up, four Comedy Central and two Netflix specials, died of cardiac arrest in Las Vegas at 45.

Ram (film)

Ram is an unfinished Malayalam action thriller written and directed by Jeethu Joseph, starring Mohanlal as Ram Mohan IPS and Trisha Krishnan as Dr. Vineetha. Begun in 2020, stalled by COVID and producer financial trouble, planned in two parts, it resumed shooting in September 2026.

Ram (ராம்) (director)

Ram (ராம்), born 1974 in Coimbatore, is the Tamil film director of Kattradhu Thamizh (2007), Thanga Meenkal, Taramani, Peranbu, and Paranthu Po, distinct from other filmmakers named Ram; National Award winner and IFFR regular.

Ram and Leela

Ram and Leela, formerly titled Ram In Leela, is a 2026 Tamil romantic comedy starring Rio Raj and Vartika Jain in her debut, released on 21 August 2026.