Shashank Shende is an actor, director, producer and writer in

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Early life

Shende grew up in Pune till 10th standard, in a middle-class family. He then moved to

Ahmednagar Ahmednagar (), is a city located in the Ahmednagar district in the state of Maharashtra, India, about 120 km northeast of Pune and 114 km from Aurangabad. Ahmednagar takes its name from Ahmad Nizam Shah I, who founded the town in 1494 ...

for two years before moving back. After college, he started his own business. He got introduced to acting through Satyadev Dubey's workshops and then went on to form his own experimental theatre troupe, ''Samanvay'', with Sandesh Kulkarni, Nikhil Ratnaparkhi, Amruta Subhash and

Sonali Kulkarni Sonali Kulkarni (born 3 November 1974) is an Indian actress, producer, and writer who primarily appears in Marathi and Hindi films. She has also appeared in Kannada, Tamil, Gujarati and English films. She has worked in over 70 films, both com ...

. He wanted to be a director.

Career

Shende has appeared in various

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and

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language films. He was part of the film ''Khwada'',(meaning an "Obstacle"), which received two awards at the

62nd National Film Awards The 62nd National Film Awards ceremony was an event during which the Directorate of Film Festivals presents its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2014 in the Indian cinema. The awards were announced on 24 March 2015 and the ...

. The film was also shown at the

Pune International Film Festival The Pune International Film Festival (also known as PIFF) is an annual film festival held in Pune, a city in Maharashtra, India. Open to general public, the films are screened at NFAI, Inox, City Pride, PVR cinema halls, all located in Pune ...

. He was nominated for the Best Actor Award for Redu at Maharashtra Rajya Chitrapat Mahotsav 2018.

Filmography

Shende was part of films : ''

Ishqiya ''Ishqiya'' () is a 2010 Indian black comedy film starring Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi and Salman Shahid. It was directed by Abhishek Chaubey in his directorial debut, cinematography by Mohana Krishna, and was produced by Raman ...

'' (as Firoz), '' City Of Gold'', ''Lalbaug Parel'' (as Anna), ''Chillar Party'' (as Minister Bhide),''

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

'' (as Kishorilal), ''Pangira'' (as Battasha), ''

Aaghaat ''Aaghat'' is a 2010 Marathi-language film directed by veteran movie and stage actor Vikram Gokhale. Produced by Sprint Arts Creations Pvt. Ltd. and producers Mohan Damle, Sanjay Sathaye and Shriram Dandekar, the film is based on a story written ...

'' (as Dr. Budhkar), ''Fresh Suicide'' (as Shivram), ''Force'', ''Deool'', ''Taryanche Bait'', ''Shala'', ''Bagh Haat Dakhaun'' (as Krushna) and ''Maya - The Reality''.

References

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