Mahesh Manjrekar
Birthday: Born in 1953-05-13 in Mumbai, India
Deathday: Alive
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.
TV Credits
Agent Raghav
Character: Dilip Chauhan (CBI Chief)
Agent Raghav, a sharp and intelligent detective, is an expert in reading people’s mind, a gift which he inherited from his father who was a psychiatrist. While Raghav works for the crime branch and solves cases, he also struggles to overcome his personal issues....
बिग बॉस मराठी
Character: Himself - Presenter
The Marathi version of the reality show where a number of contestants (known as "housemates") live in a purpose-built house and are isolated from the rest of the world. Each week, housemates nominate two of their fellow housemates for eviction, and the housemates who receive the most nominations faces a public vote out....
Forbidden Love
Character: Vaibhav
Forbidden love is a Hindi romantic thriller short film starring Ali Fazal, Patralekhaa, and Omkar Kapoor. Unable to come out of the closet to his parents, Neel gets married to his partner Dev's sister, Keya. Will Neel succeed in living a dual life, or will his truth destroy everyone involved?...
Selection Day
Character: Tommy Sir
Two teen cricket prodigies struggle against their overbearing father and a system stacked against them to realize their own ambitions and identities....
The Kapil Sharma Show
Character: Himself
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ताज़ा ख़बर
Character: Sajid "Kismat" Sayyid
A public toilet caretaker's poverty-stricken life takes a drastic U-turn when he helps an old woman. How long will fate smile upon him?...
Kaale Dhande
Character: Anna Bhai
A young photographer's life turns upside down due to various unforeseen situations. Desperate to put things in order, he gets entangled into further mess....
Pawan & Pooja
Character: Pawan Kalra
The Love Stories that are Complex, Complicated, and Conditional! Pawan & Pooja, the latest MX Originals web series, brings three different love stories featuring three couples in three separate age-groups that makes the series incredibly relatable to people of all ages. Instead of focusing on the usual romantic angle of various love stories, the show Pawan & Pooja focuses on the darker side of love which involves complications, fights, arguments, compromises, and other such things that come alon...
Movie Credits
Kesari (Saffron)
Character: Ismael Pehelwan
This is inspiring tale revolves around a youngster from a poor family who makes all efforts to win the prestigious 'Maharashtra Kesari' Wrestling competition. Will he achieve his ultimate goal through this tedious journey?...
Zinda
Character: Joy Fernandes
The film is about a man, who has been imprisoned for 14 years, who has been released and has four days to figure out why he was imprisoned in the first place....
Wanted
Character: Inspector Talpade
Radhe is a hardcore gangster. A sharpshooter with a sharp brain, he works for Gani Bhai, the dreaded Mafioso, but on his own terms. Totally fearless, Radhe single handedly eliminates Gani Bhai's enemies one by one; making more enemies than he bargained for....
Loot
Character: Lala Taufeeq Omar Bhatti
Four burglars end up stealing a vehicle from robbers as well as unknowingly breaking in the house of a notorious gangster....
Teen Patti
Character: Dagdu Seth
A professor uses the three-card game to prove his probability thesis. He involves some of his students on his research and later realizes it was a big mistake...
Dabangg
Character: Rajo's father
A troubled relationship with his younger half-brother and stepfather compels Chulbul Pandey to become a corrupt but fearless cop whose life changes when he locks horns with a corrupt political leader....
Adhurs
Character: Don Baba
Twin brothers who are separated at birth receive different upbringing. After they grow up, they chance upon each other when one of them gets kidnapped by hoodlums....
Sirf Ek Friday
Character:
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Praan Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye
Character: Munna Bhai Hatela
Aman Joshi (Aman Verma) is on a research assignment. His subject is the chawl dwellers in Bombay City. He rents a small tenement there and talks to the people living there. He soon gets involved in their lives, and even gets attracted to plain-looking Saundarya (Divya Mirza), who he transforms into a beauty, after a cosmetic makeover. Aman's kindness is mistaken for generosity by all the chawl dwellers, and they swarm him for his money, trying to get loans and gifts, to improve their lives. Then...
99
Character: AGM
Two unlucky delinquents stumble into a series of random misadventures when they attempt to collect a debt for their boss....
Don Seenu
Character: Mukesh Duggal
This story is all about a ambitious boy named Seenu (Ravi Teja) who dreams of becoming a don. He always likes to be called as ‘Don’ Seenu since childhood due to the strong influence of the Amitabh Bachchan starrer ‘Don’. He grows up with just one passion - that of becoming the World's No: 1 Don. Thanks to his enterprising nature, he gains access to the cream of the city's dons, and uses his cleverness to play off the top two - Machiraju (Sayaji Shinde) and Narsing (Sri Hari), fierce rivals - aga...
Bodyguard
Character: Ranjan Mhatre
Lovely Singh is extremely respectful of Mr Rana and his daughter Divya. While appointed as Divya's bodyguard, he falls in love with a girl he has never met, unaware that she is none other than Divya....
Cheenti Cheenti Bang Bang
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A long-standing feud between two ant kingdoms — the black ants and the red ants — boils over when Laal Budda is suspected of mistreating the opposing queen’s handmaiden. Soon, a proclamation for Laal Budda’s beheading is pronounced....
Fakta Ladh Mhana
Character: Bababhai
The film begins with the sad state of affairs in a village, where politician turned Industries Minister Patil and his brother with the help of local politician Kulkarni (Vaibhav Mangale) make the lives of poor farmers miserable forcing them to sale their lands after the SEZ comes into force. Mahesh Manjrekar, Sanjay Khapre, Siddhu The only opposition comes from an ex-serviceman (Satish Pulekar) who refuses to bow down. He is murdered by Kulkarni and his men but his mentally challenged nephew is ...
Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav
Character: Advocate Prasad Pritam Pradyuma
A Bollywood remake of A Fish Called Wanda (1988), Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav finds an assortment of eccentric characters in the search of missing diamonds....
Uladhaal
Character: Special Appearance
Uladhaal is about a gold shield created in the 1700s by a Maratha King to honour a warrior, Somajirao, for saving his life. The shield was protected by Somajirao’s family and the next generations. But the precious possession is stolen en-route by a renowned thief, Guru and his gang. But as fate has it, it gets stolen from Guru and the rest is a hilarious trip of complications....
Shikshanachya Aaicha Gho
Character: Doctor
Shikshanacha Aaicha Gho is a 2010 Indian Marathi film directed by Mahesh Manjrekar starring Sachin Khedekar, Bharat Jadhav, Saksham Kulkarni, Gauri Vaidya, Siddharth Jadhav and Kranti Redkar. The film was released on 15 January 2010.[2] Films music composed by trio Ajit-Atul-Sameer. After Astitva with 9 years long gap Mahesh Manjrekar directed Marathi film.This film was later remade in Tamil & Telugu as Dhoni and in Bengali as "Chalo Paltai" starring Prosenjit Chatterjee....
Musafir
Character: Lukka
Betrayed in love and debt-ridden, Lucky, a small-time criminal, is on his way to Goa for a drug deal. But his life takes a turn when he falls for a dancer, who hires him to kill her abusive husband....
Himmatwala
Character: Sher Singh
When a temple priest commits suicide after being dishonored by an evil landlord, his son returns to his native village on a mission of vengeance....
Run
Character: Ganpat Choudhry
This action movie is filled with romance and adventure. As Abhisek fights for his life against the forces of crime and injustice, he meets Bhoomika, who captures his heart....
Okkadunnadu
Character: Sona Bhai
Gauthami (Neha Jhulka) is a real estate agent in Mumbai. She brokers deals with the buyers and sellers and gets paid commission. She arranges a deal between Gowri Shankar (Suman) of Sri Venkateswara Bank, Hyderabad, India, and a Seth (Raghubabu) in Mumbai, for the sale of a guest house in Mumbai. As per the agreement, there is three months time for registration. However, Gowri Shankar's son Kiran (Gopichand) comes to Mumbai and demands the money immediately. Though Gauthami tries very hard to co...
Sarkaru Vaari Paata
Character: Finance Minister
Mahesh, a money lender, is swindled by a gambling addict called Kalaavathi in the US. While he comes to India to collect his debt, he decides to stay back and do his bit for the country's financial health....
Katha Kanchiki Manam Intiki
Character:
Four Peculiar Characters, Prem-a playboy, Deeksha-a betting freak, Nandi -an aspiring movie writer, Dongesh- a kind hearted dumb thief, unexpectedly encounter each other in a burial ground. Despite their personal issues, will they come together for justice?...
Arrambam
Character: Mahadev Rane
A man, along with a computer hacker, sets off on a mission to uncover a government scandal. As the dark secrets begin to tumble out, the duo faces dangerous consequences from the people in power....
Pondicherry
Character:
Nikita and her eight-year-old son, Ishan, stay in an old family villa in Pondicherry where she runs a home-stay for travelers. A mysterious man with an agenda arrives at Nikita's home-stay, giving all their lives an unexpected twist....
Jawani Diwani: A Youthful Joyride
Character: Chappu Bhai
A struggling singer tries to attract the interests of a young wealthy girl in order to help him succeed....
Jai Ho
Character: Babban
An upright ex-army man, Jai fights a solitary war against corruption and injustice. With a simple mantra to pay forward, he starts off by helping one person and forms an ever growing circle of people helping each other....
OMG: Oh My God!
Character: Lawyer Sardesai
A shopkeeper takes God to court when his shop is destroyed by an earthquake....
Fruit & Nut
Character: Khandar Zala
Eccentric, badly in debt, Mumbai Municipal employee, Jolly Maker, is infatuated with Monica Gokhale, a member of the Mumbai Heritage Society. He gets his chance to prove his worth when he hears that she has been abducted mysteriously through a flush of the Municipality's toilet. He does rescue her inadvertently, becomes a hero overnight. But the tables get turned when both of them, along with her dad, Madhav, get abducted and are fated to die in a diabolical game of 'Kaun Banega Swargwasi'....
Remember Amnesia
Character: Dr. Sharma
A US-based Physician from India loses his memory during an accident while visiting India and as his memory comes back, he can't remember whether he has killed his wife....
De Dhakka 2
Character:
Mr. Makarand Jadhav, and his funnily weird family land in London but they get embroiled in the financial scam and find themselves in the hands of the Pakistani mafia. To escape this ordeal they embark on a road trip adventure once again....
Butterfly
Character: Sahil
A housewife tired from her boring routine starts to pursue her dreams and other hobbies....
Shootout at Wadala
Character: Bhinde
The first-ever registered encounter by the Mumbai Police, which took place on November 1, 1982....
Yatra 2
Character: Chandrababu Naidu
The life of the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, the late YS Rajasekhara Reddy....
Mister Mummy
Character:
Amol, a cranky PT teacher and his wife Gugloo have opposing choices when it comes to children but destiny has something else planned for the childhood sweethearts....
Dhyanimani
Character:
Samir and Aparna find out about Aparna's pregnancy and plan a weekend trip to Roha to visit Sada and his wife Shalini, ex students of Samir's father. Sada works for a company which builds resorts while Shalini is a doting mother to their son Mohit. Sada and Shalini welcome Samir and Aparna. But Mohit is out for a school picnic. As the night night passes there is no sign of Mohit returning home and Shalini panics and ask Sada to find the reason behind delay. But the situation gets more tense and ...
Juna Furniture
Character:
Govind Pathak's son Abhay Pathak is held responsible for the death of his wife Suhasini. Govind, who wishes the young generation to give time and attention to their parents, brings forward the agony of senior citizens....
Plan
Character: Sultan
To pay off their gambling debt, four best friends kidnap an organized crime figure having mistaken him for a wealthy businessman....
Akhil
Character: Divya's Father
A cruel business official attacks a tribal village for a stone which the people treat it as something special a guy who thinks he is somehow related to the stone comes to their aid....
Bajirao Mastani
Character: Chhatrapati Shahu
Peshwa Bajirao married to Kashibai, falls in love with Mastani, a warrior princess in distress. They struggle to make their love triumph amid opposition from his conservative family....
Kaante
Character: Raj ‘Bali’ Yadav
After being wrongfully detained and humiliated, six men meet in a lock-up. In a quest to seek revenge, they make the perfect plan of robbing the bank where all the police officers' salaries get deposited....
Aho Vikramaarka!
Character:
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Pankh
Character: Producer
Maradona Rebello grows up playing a girl in popular Hindi films on the behest of his ambitious and dominant mother, Lillete Dubey. This results in a confused gender identity for the young boy who tries to build his film career, once again, when he grows up. This time, as a hero? Does he succeed?...
Ehsaas: The Feeling
Character: Michael
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Rajjo
Character: Begum
The journey of a nautch girl in the most extraordinary circumstances. Rajjo and Chandu fall in love against the backdrop of the dying Kothas of Mumbai....
Gifted
Character:
Sandhya Joshi's mom had wanted her daughter to study, at least complete her graduation in Commerce, before getting married. Her husband, however, thought otherwise and before Sandhya could complete her education, he got her married to Madhav Desai, the first ever man to enter Sandhya's life. The marriage takes place and Sandhya moves in with Madhav and his mom. Madhav makes it clear that he wants a child from her, however, years roll by without the couple conceiving. The second man to enter Sand...
Velaikkaran
Character: Madhav Kurup
An enterprising youngster in a slum wants his people to lead a life of dignity, but has to take on an ambitious capitalist, who only wants to dominate his field....
Zor Lagaa Ke... Haiya!
Character: Gupta
Children build a tree-house to spy on a beggar, than seek his help against a builder....
Homam
Character: Daddy
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Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy
Character: Shivaji Maharaj
Representing thousands of Marathi's, Dinkar Maruti Bhosle, feels he is lost in Aamchi Mumbai and voices his concern about being overlooked and victimized over other communities. Ultimately he curses his ancestors for being born a Marathi. That's when Shivaji Raje gets his attention and gives him a piece of his mind...
Bandh Nylon Che
Character:
Impostor grandparents prove to be far more fun than real ones....
Tc Gn: Take Care Good Night
Character:
A Metro Family decides to fight a Cyber Criminal threatening their stability and pride....
Vinaya Vidheya Rama
Character: Chief Minister of Bihar
Ram is one among the five orphaned boys in Visakhapatnam, adopted by a doctor who ensures them a roof to live under, with dignity. Ram goes to any extent to protect his family and he's a handful for the baddie to handle in a time of crisis. How does Ram protect his family when they need him the most?...
Total Dhamaal
Character: Chinappa Swamy
Con-artists Guddu and Johnny, a bickering couple Avinash and Bindu who are on a verge of divorce, a fireman Lallan and his side-kick siblings Adi and Manav and a cunning police commissioner set out on a mad chase for a hidden booty of Rs 50 crores in a zoo in Janakpur....
Mulshi Pattern
Character:
A stark portrayal of the hardships faced by farmers, Mulshi Pattern tackles some of the raging issues of our times. The film lays bare the deep flaws of the system which turns the farmer into a criminal and a social outcast....
The Man Who Feels No Pain
Character: Surya's Grandpa / Ajoba
Leveraging his ability to withstand pain, a young man trains to follow in the footsteps of his martial arts hero....
Setters
Character: Choudhry Ji
A thriller set in Benares, Jaipur, Mumbai and Delhi, Setters is about a racket profiteering from academic scams. The film follows a cat-and-mouse game between two good friends: one a cop, and the other a "setter" who arranges brilliant students in place of weak students to appear in examinations....
Dus Kahaniyaan
Character:
An anthology of ten short films dealing with diverse subjects such as infidelity, companionship, lust and a spectrum of human emotions....
Ready
Character: Ram Kapoor
Prem believes Sanjana is the girl chosen by his dad and falls in love with her. However, she is a runaway bride escaping from a marriage set up by her mafia uncles against her wishes. On learning the truth, he devises a plan to win her over from her uncles who intend to usurp her huge inheritance....
Saaho
Character: Prince
A battle for power ensues as warring gangters thrive to gain possession of a "black box" that can make them richer than they already are, and an undercover cop intervenes with the help of his sharp intellect and an instinct to kill....
Ungli
Character: B.R. Dayal
When a corrupt judicial system lets a drunken driver off scott-free, four gym friends become vigilantes to avenge the death of their trainer....
Slumdog Millionaire
Character: Javed
A teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"....
Dabangg 3
Character: Hariya (Special Appearance)
Chulbul this time has to take on a criminal named Balli Singh, who has disrupted other people's lives with his annoying antics....
Badsha - the Don
Character: Shyam Bhai
an ambitious boy named Badshah who dreams of becoming a don. He gains access to the crime of city's don and uses his own cleverness to play of the top two - Tangrar Tony and Jyanrar Johny fierce rivals with each other . He goes to London on a project. How he becomes don....
Sarva Line Vyasta Aahet
Character:
Sameer's parents want him to get married, but he is awkward around girls and lacks the confidence to approach them. Sameer's childhood friend Babya, who has been a playboy all his life, decides to help Sameer get married to the girl of his dreams. But even before Sameer's love story can kick-start, Babya decides to get married leading to a roller coaster ride of fun and chaotic situations....
Jeeva Sakha
Character:
In Dhangao village Jeeva and Sakha are inseparable brothers living with their widowed mother when Sakha gets a job as police inspector he is posted at other place hence brothers get separated.Jeeva is in love with Paro.Nagya is a spoil brat who tries to bluff village people by asking them to sell their land to DK for Dhangao Industrial Zone but villager's support Jeeva which irks him after Paro gets married to Jeeva,Nagya threatens to kill her brother and makes her father sign the property paper...
66 Sadashiv
Character:
66 Sadashiv is an emotional yet humorous story of Prabhakar Shrikhande, a typical Punekar who starts an institute to spread the awareness about mastering the techniques of a new art form and is trying to gain recognition for the same....
Singham Returns
Character: CM Vikram Adhikari
Owing to the wrongdoings affiliated with evils similar to black money, an honest but ferocious police officer returns as the Deputy Commissioner of Police with the prospect of wiping out injustice....
Rege
Character: Pradeep Sharma
A college teen named Rege slowly becomes engulfed in the criminal underworld when he crosses the path of a mysterious small-time gangster named "M Bhai"....
The White Tiger
Character: The Stork
An ambitious Indian driver uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and rise to the top. An epic journey based on the New York Times bestseller....
The Power
Character: Kalidas Haridas Thakur
It is a hair-raising journey into the world of two lovers as both their families are ripped apart for the sake of revenge and power, and an entertaining look at how they rise out of that pit of blood lust and despair, together....
Mumbai Saga
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The film, set in the 1980s and 90s, chronicles the transformation of Bombay to Mumbai. The story is a cat and mouse game between a deadly don, Amartya Rao, who doesn’t think twice before killing, and there’s nobody who could stop him and a cop, who is dogging his every step....
Bhai - Vyakti Ki Valli - Uttarardha
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Second part of the biopic of a Marathi comedian, India's first stand-up comedian P. L. Deshpande....
The Big Bull
Character: Rana Sawant
Inspired by events from the late '80s and the early '90s that shook the country's financial fabric, The Big Bull tells the story of the biggest hustle in the stock market....
Bhai: Vyakti Ki Valli - Poorvardha
Character:
Biopic of Marathi comedian, India's first stand-up comedian P. L. Deshpande....
Thug Life
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