Mahesh Manjrekar

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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. Full list of TV and Movie credits for Mahesh Manjrekar.. Born : 13th-May-1953

Movie Credits

Zinda

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.
Released : 12th-Jan-2006

Wanted

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.
Released : 18th-Sep-2009

Teen Patti

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
Released : 26th-Feb-2010

Dabangg

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.
Released : 10th-Sep-2010

Adhurs

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.
Released : 13th-Jan-2010

99

Two unlucky delinquents stumble into a series of random misadventures when they attempt to collect a debt for their boss.
Released : 15th-May-2009

Don Seenu

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 - against each other.
Released : 6th-Aug-2010

Bodyguard

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.
Released : 31st-Aug-2011

Meerabai Not Out

Meera Achrekar, a mathematics teacher at Vishwaprem Vidyalaya, has been happy and single for quite a while now. The great love of her life has been, and will always remain, cricket and Anil Kumble. The meticulous number cruncher is, despite not being the classic eye-candy-teenage-fantasy-fodder, a huge hit in class, and that's because Meera, unlike most teachers of her school, is more fanatical about her religion-cricket-than even the school cricket captain. Living with her family in their small home in a Mumbai chawl, Meera was initiated into her temple of Wankhede Stadium by her brother, Mahesh.
Released : 5th-Dec-2008

Fakta Ladh Mhana

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 the mute witness against Kulkarni. His helpless uncle after witnessing the thumb rule, rushes him to the city in search of an elder nephew (Bharat Jadhav) of the ex-serviceman. Thus begins the revenge
Released : 5th-Aug-2011

Shikshanachya Aaicha Gho

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.
Released : 15th-Jan-2010

Musafir

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.
Released : 9th-Dec-2004

Run

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.
Released : 29th-Jan-2004

Okkadunnadu

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 convince Kiran that it may not be possible to complete the deal early, Kiran does not listen and wants to complete the deal saying that he needs the money urgently. On the other hand, there is a mafia don called Sou Bhai (Mahesh Manjrekar), who needs an urgent heart transplant and looks for a person who has a rare blood group called Bombay blood group.
Released : 3rd-Mar-2007

Himmatwala

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.
Released : 29th-Mar-2013

Arrambam

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.
Released : 31st-Oct-2013

Jawani Diwani: A Youthful Joyride

A struggling singer tries to attract the interests of a young wealthy girl in order to help him succeed.
Released : 6th-Jan-2006

Jai Ho

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.
Released : 24th-Jan-2014

OMG: Oh My God!

A shopkeeper takes God to court when his shop is destroyed by an earthquake.
Released : 28th-Sep-2012

Fruit & Nut

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'.
Released : 23rd-Oct-2009

Shootout at Wadala

The first-ever registered encounter by the Mumbai Police, which took place on November 1, 1982.
Released : 3rd-May-2013

Plan

To pay off their gambling debt, four best friends kidnap an organized crime figure having mistaken him for a wealthy businessman.
Released : 8th-Jan-2004

Akhil

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.
Released : 11th-Nov-2015

Bajirao Mastani

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.
Released : 18th-Dec-2015

Kaante

Kill, threaten, kidnap, maim, murder, steal... Meet the masters. In a world where loyalties are easily abandoned and allegiances bought, six perfect strangers come together to pull off the perfect crime. they must all trust each other. But when their simple robbery explodes into a bloody ambush, the ruthless killers realize that one of them is a cop. But which one?
Released : 20th-Dec-2002

Aajcha Divas Majha

The movie is an entertaining and a cinematic journey of a morally-stricken Chief Minister who works efficiently and actively to help a beleaguered elderly singer who is yet to receive the government allotted flat applied for eight long years ago! The story line depicts originally of characters such as the CM, his wife, his PA, the Principle Secretary and many personnel from the assembly. Story revolves within the time period of afternoon 3 PM to 6 AM dawn during which it highlights the political decision making process and also gives us an insight to the unending mind games between politicians and bureaucrats within our system.
Released : 5th-Apr-2013

Pankh

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?
Released : 2nd-Apr-2010

Ehsaas: The Feeling

Released : 11th-Jan-2001

Rajjo

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.
Released : 15th-Nov-2013

Gifted

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 Sandhya's life is Lakshman, who she hires to do the cooking and housekeeping. The third man is Anirban H. Pandopadhyay, a violinist, who lives in a rented apartment. Sandhya does not know that soon she will be arrested by the police for killing one of the three men in her life. Watch as events unfold to see who was killed and what possessed Sandhya to kill him.
Released : 1st-Jan-2007

Velaikkaran

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.
Released : 22nd-Dec-2017

Zor Lagaa Ke... Haiya!

Children build a tree-house to spy on a beggar, than seek his help against a builder.
Released : 12th-Jun-2009

Homam

Released : 28th-Aug-2008

Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy

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
Released : 3rd-Apr-2009

Bandh Nylon Che

Impostor grandparents prove to be far more fun than real ones.
Released : 15th-Jan-2016

Tc Gn: Take Care Good Night

A Metro Family decides to fight a Cyber Criminal threatening their stability and pride.
Released : 31st-Aug-2018

Vinaya Vidheya Rama

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?
Released : 11th-Jan-2019

Total Dhamaal

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.
Released : 22nd-Feb-2019

Mulshi Pattern

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.
Released : 23rd-Nov-2018

The Man Who Feels No Pain

Leveraging his ability to withstand pain, a young man trains to follow in the footsteps of his martial arts hero.
Released : 21st-Mar-2019

Setters

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.
Released : 3rd-May-2019

Dus Kahaniyaan

An anthology of ten short films dealing with diverse subjects such as infidelity, companionship, lust and a spectrum of human emotions.
Released : 7th-Dec-2007

Ready

A man teams up with his family to reform his girlfriend's two warring uncles who want to inherit her wealth.
Released : 3rd-Jun-2011

Saaho

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.
Released : 29th-Aug-2019

Slumdog Millionaire

A teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?".
Released : 12th-Nov-2008

Ungli

When a corrupt judicial system lets a drunken driver off scott-free, four gym friends become vigilantes to avenge the death of their trainer.
Released : 28th-Nov-2014

Dabangg 3

Chulbul this time has to take on a criminal named Balli Singh, who has disrupted other people's lives with his annoying antics.
Released : 20th-Dec-2019

Badsha - the Don

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.
Released : 6th-Jul-2016

Sarva Line Vyasta Aahet

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.
Released : 1st-Feb-2019

Jeeva Sakha

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 papers and does so with many villagers when Jeeva takes action DK kills his person and puts blame on Jeeva,Jeeva now hides in jungle and whereabouts are only known to his friend Baadshah,Nagya kills Jeeva 's mother when she refuses to sign on papers.Sakha returns to the village to perform final rights of his mother and is unaware about things happening in his village and thinks Jeeva should be punished for taking law in his hand.
Released : 30th-Oct-1992

66 Sadashiv

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.
Released : 17th-May-2019

TV Credits

बिग बॉस मराठी

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.
Released : 15th-Apr-2018

Selection Day

Tommy Sir - Two teen cricket prodigies struggle against their overbearing father and a system stacked against them to realize their own ambitions and identities.
Released : 28th-Dec-2018

The Kapil Sharma Show

Himself -
Released : 23rd-Apr-2016

Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai

Himself - Host Farooq Shaikh interviews many well-known Bollywood faces as well as television celebrities and gives a peek into their private and professional lives.
Released : 22nd-Mar-2002

Kaale Dhande

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.
Released : 2nd-Oct-2019

Pawan & Pooja

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 along in a relationship along with love. It implores the viewers to ask the question if love alone is enough for a happy life and a happy ending and if love alone can make a relationship survive without any compromises.
Released : 14th-Feb-2020

Agent Raghav

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.
Released : 5th-Sep-2015

Forbidden Love

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?
Released : 9th-Sep-2020

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