Mahesh Manjrekar

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Mahesh Manjrekar born 15 August 1958 in Mumbai is an Indian director actor writer and producer He is credited with directing the critically acclaimed films Vaastav The Reality 1999 Astitva 2000 and Viruddh Family Comes First 2005 He has won a National Film Award and two Star Screen Awards Besides direction he has acted in several films including some of his own productions He first gained acclaim as an actor for his performance in the 2002 film Kaante and later played negative roles in the Telugu film Okkadunnadu 2007 and as the gangster Javed in the film Slumdog Millionaire 2008 He played the role of Shivaji Maharaj in Marathi movie Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy He also played the role of Harpist Dongara in the Aakhri Chunauti series of episodes in CID Description above from the Wikipedia article Mahesh Manjrekar licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia