Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar is an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer who works primarily in Hindi films, alongside Marathi, Telugu and Bhojpuri films.
12 Facts About Mahesh Manjrekar
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Mahesh Manjrekar is credited with directing the critically acclaimed films Vaastav: The Reality, Astitva and Viruddh.
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Mahesh Manjrekar has won a National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi for Astitva and two Star Screen Awards.
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Mahesh Manjrekar is known as host of the reality show, Bigg Boss Marathi since 2018.
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Mahesh Manjrekar was born on 16 August 1958 in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
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Mahesh Manjrekar was brought up in a Marathi Karhade Brahmin family.
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Mahesh Manjrekar was first seen in the Door darshan Marathi series named Kshitij, in which he played a leprosy patient.
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Mahesh Manjrekar first gained acclaim as an actor for his performance in the 2002 film Kaante, and later played negative roles in the Tamil film Arrambam, Telugu film Okkadunnadu and as the gangster Javed in the film Slumdog Millionaire.
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Mahesh Manjrekar played Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the Marathi film Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy.
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Mahesh Manjrekar was a MNS candidate from Mumbai North West in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections but lost to Gajanan Kirtikar of Shiv Sena.
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Mahesh Manjrekar was married to Deepa Mehta, a costume designer but they were divorced with whom he has two children.
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Mahesh Manjrekar has a stepdaughter from his wife Medha Manjrekar's first husband.