Mahesh Manjrekar
Indian actor · 1958–
Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar is an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer who works primarily in Hindi, Marathi and Telugu films. He is best known for directing Vaastav: The Reality (1999), Astitva (2000) and Viruddh... Family Comes First (2005). He won a National Film Award, seven Maharashtra State Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards Marathi, a Filmfare Award, four Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar, four MFK Awards and two Star Screen Awards. In 2023, He was honoured with the V. Shantaram Award, Maharashtra's highest award in the field of cinema. He was also the host of the reality show, Bigg Boss Marathi from 2018 until 2023.
