Sayaji Shinde (Marathi pronunciation: əjaːd͡ʒiː ʃin̪d̪eː born 13 January 1959) is an Indian actor who has acted in

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films and several Marathi Plays. Sayaji started his acting career in 1978 in Marathi one-act plays. His performance in a 1987 Marathi play titled '' Zulva'' was very well received, and since then he started gaining popularity among the circle of stalwarts. Later, he moved on to

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and then started acting in other languages. He also appeared recently in Bacha Mat Bolna Yt Channel

Background

Born in a farmer's family in a small village named Sakharwadi in Satara District in

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, Sayaji completed his bachelor's degree in arts in

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, and started his career in 1978 while studying in college as a night watchman for Maharashtra Government's Irrigation Department for a meager pay of Rs. 165 per month. During his service as a watchman, he developed an interest in theatre and his passion for acting drew him to the theater and films. After his initial struggling years, he moved to

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Career

Sayaji started his acting career in 1978 with acting in Marathi one-act plays. His first Marathi film as an actor was ''Aboli'' in 1995. He did many Marathi plays, among which, his role as

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was highly appreciated. Other hit Marathi plays were Zulva(1987), One Room Kitchen(1989) and Amchya ya gharat(1991). He acted in many Marathi movies thereafter, among which, his role as an Agricultural Minister in the movie ''Goshta Chhoti Dongara Evadhi'' was to be remembered. Hindi actor Manoj Bajpai happened to see an article on Sayaji in ''Times of India'' and the former recommended Sayaji's name to Ram Gopal Varma. Varma, who was at that time making the movie ''

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'', immediately offered the role of Bachhu Yadav to Sayaji, thus marking the latter's entry in the Bollywood. ''Shool'' gave Sayaji a decent start, however, it was a Tamil film called '' Barathi'' which made his career. Sayaji received tremendous appreciation for his acting in the said film. In spite of not speaking Tamil, Sayaji effectively played the role of Tamil Nadu's poet and writer,

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in the movie directed by Gnana Rajasekaran, and was honored with Tamil Nadu State Award for his efforts. Later on, he also acted in Tamil blockbusters like '' Azhagi'' and ''

Dhool ''Dhool'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language masala film written and directed by Dharani. The film stars Vikram, Jyothika and Reema Sen. Vivek, Sayaji Shinde, Telangana Shakuntala, and Pasupathy, among others, play important roles. Produced by ...

''.

Filmography

Marathi

Telugu

Hindi

Tamil

Kannada

Malayalam

Bhojpuri

English

Television

Web series

Production

He produced couple of

movies. Sayaji helped

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produce the Marathi film

Goshta Choti Dongraevadhi ''Goshta Choti Dongraevadhi''(गोष्ट छोटी डोंगराएवढी) is a Marathi film, released on 14 July 2009. The film, produced by Makarand Anaspure, Sayaji Shinde, and Suresh Suvarna, is directed by Nagesh Bhonsle. T ...

. He also produced the Makarand Anaspure-directed film, ''Dambis''(2011).

Awards and nominations

*2001:Nominated:

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-'' Kurukshetra'' *2000:Nominated:

Filmfare Best Villain Award The Filmfare Best Villain Award was given by ''Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise an actor who had delivered an outstanding performance in a negative role. Although the awards started in 1954, this cate ...

for ''

'' *2006:Nominated: Filmfare Award for Best Villain – Telugu for ''

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'' *2009:Nominated:

Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu The Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Telugu films. The award was introduced and first given at the 50th South Filmfare Awards in 2002, with Prakash Raj being t ...

for '' Arundhati''

References

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