1. Sanjay Surkar won three National Film Awards for the films Rao Saheb, Tu Tithe Mee and Gharabaher in Best Feature Film in Marathi category.
17 Facts About Sanjay Surkar
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Sanjay Surkar was born on 19 August 1959 at Deoli in Wardha district of Maharashtra state.
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Sanjay Surkar then moved to Mumbai and continued his theatre work with commercial plays like Chafa Bolena, Preetisangam and Tu Fakta Ho Mhan.
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Sanjay Surkar's plays like Vansh, Bonsai, No Exit, The Wall, etc.
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Sanjay Surkar was first introduced to television through the serial No Problem, where he received his first chance to work with film medium.
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Sanjay Surkar got an opportunity to assist director Kanchan Nayak in the 1989 Marathi film Kalat Nakat.
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In 1991, Sanjay Surkar directed his first independent feature film Chaukat Raja that was produced by Smita Talwalkar under her banner "Asmita Chitra".
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Prabhavalkar received Best Actor award granted by the Government of Maharashtra and with critical acclaims to the film, Sanjay Surkar was noticed as a director.
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In 1993 when Talwalkar produced her first directorial venture Sawat Mazhi Ladki, Sanjay Surkar assisted her in direction.
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Sanjay Surkar's next project Aaplee Maanse was a family drama film with an ensemble cast of many notable actors of the Marathi film industry that included Prashant Damle, Mohan Joshi, Sudhir Joshi, Sachin Khedekar, Reema Lagoo, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Ashok Saraf and Renuka Shahane.
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Sanjay Surkar went on to direct films on various social issues.
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Sanjay Surkar's 2009 film Sukhant was a struggle story of an old woman who meets a car accident which puts her in tetraplegia.
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In 2011, Sanjay Surkar debuted in Bollywood with the film Stand By.
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Apart from films, Sanjay Surkar continued his work through television serials, both in Marathi and Hindi.
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Sanjay Surkar had conceived a film on the life of freedom fighter Lokmanya Tilak.
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Sanjay Surkar died on 27 September 2012 of a sudden heart attack while on the sets of his upcoming film Laathi.
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Sanjay Surkar was working on the script of an upcoming film to be directed by Nitin Chandrakant Desai on the life of Indian freedom fighter Lokmanya Tilak.