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bio/wiki
Is known	• India’s first female spy • India’s Lady James Bond
profession	private investigator
Specialization	Personal, Corporate and Employment inquiries
physical statistics and more
eye color	black
hair color	black
career
founder of	Rajni Pandit Private Detective
Awards, Honors, Achievements	Rajni Pandit has received more than 57 awards; These awards include Doordarshan’s Hirkani Award, an award given to women who have done outstanding work in their respective fields.
personal life
Date of birth	1962
Age (as of 2022)	60 years
birth place	Palghar, Thane, Maharashtra
nationality	Indian
hometown	Thane, Maharashtra
university	DG Ruparel College of Arts, Science and Commerce at Matunga, Mumbai
educational qualification	Graduated in Marathi Literature from DG Ruparel College of Arts, Science and Commerce
Religion	Hindu religion
Conflict	Arrested in call data record scam Reportedly, Rajni Pandit was arrested on 2 February 2018 by Thane Police in the call data record scam. According to sources, Rajni was released from Thane Central Jail on 14 March 2018 after 40 days of police custody. According to reports, Rajni Pandit had the details of the call records and may have been using it for extortion; However, other investigators in police custody for this claimed that Rajini was his supporter. In an interview, Rajni Pandit mentioned getting call records as part of any private investigator’s job and said, “Is it wrong to access something that is readily available, especially when no one is aware of its legality? A private detective must help people. For that, evidence is needed. Many times, we We gain evidence by invading people’s privacy. . That’s a link we follow.”
relationships and more
marital status	Single
family
husband/wife	n/a
Guardian	fatherShantaram Pandit (Sub-Inspector in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID)) Mother– Pramila
siblings	brother– Vinod and Dileep Sister– Shobha Vaidya
other relatives	Aditya Vaidya (Marathi Actor)

Some lesser known facts about Rajni Pandit

• Rajni Pandit, the first woman private investigator in India has solved more than 75000 cases requiring personal, corporate and employment enquiry.

• In an interview, Rajni Pandit revealed that he had faced the first incident during his graduation in 1983. According to him, he noticed something unusual in the behavior of one of his classmates. Rajni resolves to go deeper and finds her classmate indulging in sexual activity. Talking about this first incident in his life and the “case” that he resolved, Rajni Pandit said,
  

  This is all about the days when I was busy with my studies in college. One day, I found a classmate of mine acting suspiciously. She was going with a group of eight or nine boys. I followed her and when she went to a hostel with the boys, I came to know that she was involved in prostitution. I informed her parents, who initially did not accept it, but later thanked me for informing them. It was he who suggested me to become a detective.”

• According to Rajni, after completing his graduation, he worked part-time in an organization as an office clerk.

• On stage at a local self-organized event in Paldi, Ahmedabad, Rajni spoke about her experience during her part-time job and revealed that she faced issues in the lives of many colleagues. Rajini said that he started solving many small matters as well. According to him, this was the time when he took up private investigator as his profession.
  

  Rajni Pandit shares her career experiences at TEDx Talk in Paldi, Ahmedabad

• According to Rajni, he helped a reporter who had come to take his help to investigate the man who was married to his sister. The reporter had an anonymous letter stating that the said person was already married; However, Rajini keeps an eye on the man and tries to befriend him, and later finds that he has a wife and family in Jargaon, Uttar Pradesh, India. Rajni said that she went to meet the family and found out that the man had left his family and first wife as he did not have a good relationship with them. According to Rajni, this case gave her publicity and soon after she was given the identity of a female detective for the first time in an interview.

• Rajni Pandit was first interviewed in ‘Hum Bhi Kisi Se Kum Nahin’.

• As Rajini put it, the ‘double murder’ he solved in 1980 was as meaningful as it was challenging and complex. According to Rajni, she had to find the prime accused in the double murder of a husband and a son, for which she had been a maid in the killer’s house for about six months. According to Rajni, she was almost exposed because the woman heard the sound of the tape recorder that Rajini was using; The tape recorder will sound once the recording is done.

• In 1991, Rajni established an agency named ‘Rajini Pandit Detective Services’ which provides a private eye to every possible case across India. According to sources, the agency was being operated from Parekh Mahal in Mumbai’s Shivaji Park and was later shifted to Mahendra Haveli in Mumbai’s Shivaji Park.

• According to Rajni, the popularity of his detective agency grew but with time. Talking about the struggle in expanding his business in an interview, Rajni said,
  

  Initially I used to advertise in newspapers to get business. Seeing one such advertisement, the people of Delhi Doordarshan interviewed me. It gave me nationwide exposure. I worked for everyone. Politicians, businessmen and Bollywood stars were regulars. My work ethic of not exploiting them with the information I have helped me get more clients.”

• Rajini has high-profile politicians, businessmen and Bollywood actors as clients.

• Talking about the methods adopted to solve various cases in an interview, Rajni revealed that she has played the roles of mentally retarded person, blind woman, beggar, street vendor, housewife and many more.

• Rajni Pandit has emerged as a writer with two Marathi books titled ‘Mayajal’ and ‘Cheharya Adache Chehre’ (co-authored by Shilpa Sarpotdar). The books depict the professional life of Rajni Pandit.
  

  Rajni Pandit’s ‘Chehriya Achhe Chehre’

• Based on Rajini’s life as a private investigator, a documentary titled ‘Lady James Bond’ directed by Dinkar Rao was released in 2019.

• According to sources, a Tamil language film titled ‘Kutraparaychi’ (2020) starring Trisha Krishnan, Super Subbarayana and Priyamani, represents one of the resolved cases of Rajini Pandit.
  

  Poster of ‘Kutraparaichi’ (2020)

• According to Rajni, he believed that Taapsee Pannu, Madhuri Dixit and Deepika Padukone could appear in his biopic as him.