Sayaji Shinde (Actor)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sayaji Shinde

• Does Sayaji Shinde smoke?: Not Known

• Does Sayaji Shinde drink alcohol?: Yes

• Sayaji Shinde works in Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi films.

• He was born into the family of farmers.

• In 1974, he worked as a watchman for Maharashtra Government’s Irrigation Department at just Rs. 165/- per month.

• During his service as a watchman, he was inclined towards the theatre and because of which he moved to Mumbai for making his career in the field of acting.

• He began his acting career in 1978 with Marathi theatre plays.

• He got popularity in 1987 from Marathi play ‘Hijada’ and since then he started working in the film industry.

• In 1990, he debuted in the film industry with the Hindi movie ‘Disha’. 

• After working in the Hindi Cinema he moved towards the Marathi Cinema and later started acting in other languages.

• Some of his notable Marathi movies are ‘Aai’, ‘Katha Doan Ganpatraonchi’, ‘Jai Maharashtra’, ‘Gallit Gondhal Dillit Muzra’ and ‘Tambyancha Vishnubaala’.

• In 2000, he received great recognition after working in the movie ‘Bharathi’ in which he played the role of  Tamil Nadu’s poet and writer, Subramanya Bharathi.

• He worked in more than 80 films in different languages.

• He is famous for portraying negative roles most of the time.