Suraj Pawar is an Indian actor who works in Marathi cinema, debuted in

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's 2009

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-language short film '' Pistulya'', for which he received the National Film Award for Best Child Actor in the Non-feature film category. Pawar is predominantly known for his collaborations with Manjule, appearing in several of his films.

Early life

Suraj Pawar hails from Pophalaj village in Karmala taluka of Solapur district. As Suraj has no parents, he has been living with

's family in Pune for 9–10 years. Suraj has three siblings.

Career

Pawar made his first appearance with the short film '' Pistulya'', for which he was awarded the National Film Award for Best Child Actor in the non-feature film category. The role was offered when

visited his school in

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. He co-starred with

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in the 2013 film '' Fandry'' as a lead actor. '' Sairat'' had a career breakthrough and gained popularity among the audiences in 2016. In 2023, he was featured in ''

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''.

Filmography

Films

Television

* The Golden Harvest – Madan Bhaiya

Awards

Lawsuits

Mahesh Waghadkar, a resident of Bhenda village in

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files an

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against some people who claim to be employees of the Mantralaya in Mumbai. Waghadkar has accused him of promising him a government job in the Mantralaya (Secretariat). The accused demanded Rs 5 lakh along with an advance of Rs 2 lakh for the job and also took the money from Waghadkar at

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bus stand on September 4. Although Waghadkar paid the money and the accused promised to give him a job, Waghadkar became suspicious and approached the police on September 9. The police arrested the accused Dattatraya Kshirsagar, Akash Shinde, Omkar Tarte on the same day and confirmed that they were not employees of the Mantralaya. Pawar's name came up during the investigation and he was taken to Rahuri police station for questioning. After that, Pawar shared a detailed post on Facebook saying: Police tortured me for last 15 days while I was in police custody. Print and

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have also accused me of defaming me by spreading rumors all over

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without any verification.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pawar, Suraj Indian male film actors Marathi actors People from Solapur district Male actors in Marathi cinema Year of birth missing (living people) Living people