Abhay Mahajan | |
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![]() Abhay Mahajan at National Film Archive of India for the Screening of Short Film Difficult People | |
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Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce, Pune University |
Occupation | actor |
Years active | 2008 – Present |
Known for | TVF Pitchers |
Abhay Mahajan is an Indian actor known for his work in TVF drama series - Pitchers .
Mahajan completed his schooling from Abhinava Vidyalaya and graduated from Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce. [1] [2] He started his career working as a child actor. He moved to Mumbai from Pune in 2015. Mahajan learnt body movement for a year at the Attakkalari Institute of Movement Arts (Bengaluru) and also conducts body movements workshop. [3] He is also one of the founding members of the Pune-based theatre troupe, Natak Company. [4] [5] Mahajan has been active in theatre and has been part of many award-winning and acclaimed films. In 2018, he was part of Bharatiya Digital Party's Harry Potter spoof video, titled If Hogwarts was a Marathi School, where he played Hari Potdar. [6]
Year | Work | Notes | |
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2007 | Doha | ||
2008 | Harishchandrachi Factory | ||
2009 | Who Let The Dogs Out? | As a director [7] | |
2011 | Don Shoor | [8] | |
2014 | Institute of Pavtology | [9] | |
2014 | Dekh Tamasha Dekh | as Anwar | |
2016 | Rangaa Patangaa | ||
CRD | |||
2017 | Khamosh Adalat Jaari Hai | ||
Take Care Good Night | |||
Kahani Mitra Ki | |||
Ringan | |||
Gachchi | |||
2018 | Ashleel Udyog Mitra Mandal | [10] | |
If Hogwarts was a Marathi School | [6] | ||
2019 | Luckee | ||
2024 | Sakshee |
Year | Title | Role | Platform | Notes |
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2015 | Pitchers | Saurabh Mandal | YouTube | |
2019 | Hutatma | ZEE5 | ||
2021 | Shantit Kranti | Shreyas | SonyLiv | |
2022 | TVF Pitchers | Saurabh Mandal | Zee5 | |
2019 | Ishq Next Door | Dev | JioCinema | |
Title | Ref |
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Dalan | [11] |
Binkamache Sanwad | [12] |
Cycle | |
Natak Nako | [13] |
Chakra | [14] |
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