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Aliases: महेश मांजरेकर , মহেশ মাঞ্জরেকর , మహేష్ మంజ్రేకర్ , Mahesh V. Manjrekar , Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Mumbai, India

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Movie Involvements: 104

TV Involvements: 8


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mahesh Manjrekar (born 15 August, 1958 in Mumbai) is an Indian director, actor, writer and producer. He is credited with directing the critically acclaimed films Vaastav: The Reality (1999), Astitva (2000) and Viruddh... Family Comes First (2005). He has won a National Film Award and two Star Screen Awards. Besides direction, he has acted in several films including some of his own productions. He first gained acclaim as an actor for his performance in the 2002 film Kaante, and later played negative roles in the Telugu film Okkadunnadu (2007) and as the gangster Javed in the film Slumdog Millionaire (2008). He played the role of 'Shivaji Maharaj' in Marathi movie Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy. He also played the role of Harpist Dongara in the "Aakhri Chunauti" series of episodes in CID. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mahesh Manjrekar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Thug Life
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5

Thug Life

(2025) Sadanand
Taaza Khabar
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7

Taaza Khabar

(2023) Sajid "Kismat" Sayyid
Forbidden Love
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3

Forbidden Love

(2020) Vaibhav
Agent Raghav
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6

Agent Raghav

(2015) Dilip Chauhan (CBI Chief)
Bigg Boss Marathi
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2

Bigg Boss Marathi

(2018) Himself - Presenter
Slumdog Millionaire
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8

Slumdog Millionaire

(2008) Javed
Saaho
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6

Saaho

(2019) Prince
Bajirao Mastani
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7

Bajirao Mastani

(2015) Chhatrapati Shahu

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2026 N/A
2025 Sadanand
N/A
Antagonist
2024 N/A
N/A
Chandrababu Naidu
2023 Sahil
Sajid "Kismat" Sayyid
2022 N/A
N/A
Finance Minister
N/A
N/A
2021 Rana Sawant
N/A
Kalidas Haridas Thakur
The Stork
2020 Vaibhav
Ismael Pehelwan
Pawan Kalra
2019 Hariya (Special Appearance)
Anna Bhai
Prince
Dr. Sharma
N/A
Choudhry Ji
Surya's Grandpa / Ajoba
Chinappa Swamy
N/A
Chief Minister of Bihar
N/A
N/A
2018 Tommy Sir
N/A
N/A
Himself - Presenter
2017 Madhav Kurup
N/A
2016 Shyam Bhai
Himself
N/A
2015 Chhatrapati Shahu
Divya's Father
Dilip Chauhan (CBI Chief)
N/A
2014 B.R. Dayal
CM Vikram Adhikari
Pradeep Sharma
Babban
2013 Begum
Mahadev Rane
Bhinde
N/A
Sher Singh
2012 Lawyer Sardesai
2011 Lala Taufeeq Omar Bhatti
Ranjan Mhatre
Bababhai
Ram Kapoor
2010 Rajo's father
Mukesh Duggal
Producer
Dagdu Seth
N/A
Doctor
Don Baba
2009 Khandar Zala
Inspector Talpade
Gupta
AGM
Shivaji Maharaj
2008 Manoj Anant Achrekar
Javed
Special Appearance
N/A
Daddy
2007 N/A
Sona Bhai
Madhav 'Maddy' Desai
2006 Joy Fernandes
Chappu Bhai
2005 Advocate Prasad Pritam Pradyuma
2004 Lukka
Ganpat Choudhry
Sultan
2003 Munna Bhai Hatela
2002 Raj ‘Bali’ Yadav
Himself
2001 Michael
1992 N/A
N/A
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2024 Director
Director
2022 Director
Director
Director
2021 Director
Director
2020 Director
2019 Director
Director
2018 Director
2016 Director
2013 Director
2012 Director
2011 Director
Director
2010 Director
Director
2007 Director
2005 Director
Director
Director
2004 Director
2002 Director
Director
2001 Director
Director
2000 Director
Director
Director
1999 Director
1995 Director
Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2018 Presenter
2002 Additional Dialogue
Year Role Movie/Tv

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