Mahesh Manjrekar

Some Lesser Known Facts About Mahesh Manjrekar

• Does Mahesh Manjrekar smoke?: Not Known

• Does Mahesh Manjrekar drink alcohol?: Yes ^[1]Times of India

• Mahesh has a deep interest in acting since childhood.

• He joined theatre when he was in college.

• In 1984, he started his career in acting with the Marathi play, Aflatoon. His performance in the play was appreciated by the audience.

• Manjrekar has also done plays like “All the Best,” “Dhyanimani,” and “Gidhade.”

• He made his film debut in 1992 with the Marathi film “Jeeva Sakha” in which he played the role of “Inspector Jamdade.”

• In 2006, he participated in the dance reality show ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’ Season 1 and became the second runner-up.

• He was also a part of the Hollywood Oscar-winning film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ (2008).

  

• Apart from acting, he has also written and directed various popular films like ‘Aai’ (Marathi, 1995), ‘Vaastav: The Reality’ (Bollywood, 1999), ‘Nidaan’ (Bollywood, 2000), and ‘Astitva’ (Marathi/Hindi, 2000).

• He has featured in many successful Hindi films including “Vaastav: The Reality,” “Plan,” “Musafir,” “Zinda,” and “Dus Kahaniyaan.”

• He has also tried his hands in singing and has lent his voice to several songs from films like ‘Kaante’ (2002), ‘City of Gold- Mumbai 1982: Ek Ankahee Kahani’ (2010), etc.

• He contested the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections as a candidate of the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, from the Mumbai North-West constituency. He lost the elections to Gajanan Kirtikar of Shiv Sena.

  

• In 2018, he hosted the first season of ‘Bigg Boss Marathi.’

  

• Mahesh has played a cameo in the Bollywood film “Sanju.”

• Manjrekar has also featured in the Netflix’s series “Selection Day” in which he played the role of the cricket coach ‘Tommy sir.’

• Manjrekar is fond of playing cricket. He told in an interview that he had played cricket a lot in his childhood, that too under Ramakant Achrekar.

• In 2000, Manjrekar arranged a free screening of his film “Astitva” for the women. He didn’t expect many people at the screening, but a huge crowd approached the theatre where the screening was arranged. The crowd was so huge that his team had to call the police to manage them.

• According to Mahesh, Sanju was a commercial success, but it was lacking as a biopic. He said if it would have have been directed by him, he would have done it with a different approach.

• Manjrekar has acted in around 75 films and has written and directed around 25 films in his career spanning over 20 years.

• Mahesh told during an interview that Salman Khan was his only friend in Bollywood.