Alok Rajwade

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Alok Rajwade
Born (1989-02-07) 7 February 1989 (age 36)
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Alma mater Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce
Occupations
  • Actor
  • writer
  • director
Spouse
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(m. 2016)​

Alok Rajwade (born 7 February 1989) [1] is an Indian actor, director, singer and painter. He has appeared in Marathi and Hindi films and experimental plays. [2]

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Early life

Rajwade was born and raised in Pune, where he attended Aksharnandan school. He went on to join Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce for a Bachelor of Commerce degree. [3] He completed his M.A. in Sociology from the University of Pune. [4] He was part of various theatre troupes like Aasakta Kalamanch and Samanvay. [5] [6] He was a founding member of the theatre troupe Natak Company, in 2008. [7] He directed and acted in various plays for Natak Company. [8] [9]

Career

Rajwade's first major play was in Abhraham Lincolnche Patra (a Marathi Adaptation of Abraham Lincoln's Letter) by an organisation named Jagar. [5] In 2008, he starred in the Bhojpuri film, Udedh Bun . [10] In 2009, he was part of the critically acclaimed movie Vihir . [11] [12] In 2010, he wrote a play titled Geli Ekvis Varsha (which was directed by him as well) which was performed at Italy's Universo Teatro. [6] In 2012, Rajwade was seen in Ha Bharat Maza. [13] He was greatly appreciated for his roles in Rajwade and & Sons (2014) and Rama Madhav (2014). [14] In the same year, he was also seen in the Hindi movie Dekh Tamasha Dekh , portraying the role of Prashant. [15]

In 2017, he was featured on Forbes India's 30 under 30 list. [6] Alok Rajwade also won the Best Actor Award at the BRICS Film Festival-2017 held in China that year for his movie Kaasav. [16] In 2018, he made his directorial debut in Marathi movies through Ashleel Udyog Mitramandal, written by Dharmakirti Sumant. [14] [17] In the same year, he was also part of the movie Dear Molly which was selected for the Academy Awards. [18] He directed the play, A Doubtful Gaze at Uber at Midnight, which was staged at Serendipity Arts Festival 2018, in Goa. [19] [20]

He also features in Bharatiya Digital Party short video series Aai Ani Me, in which he plays Aniruddha aka Ani along with Renuka Daftardar(Aai) and Mrinmayee Godbole(Jui).

In 2019, he was a co-host of the series titled Safe Journeys. [21] [22] Rajwade was also awarded the Balasaheb Sarpotdar Award by his alma mater, Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce. [23]

Filmography

All films are in Marathi, unless mentioned.

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Udedh Bun Ashu Bhojpuri Short Film [10] [3]
2009 Bokya Satbande Vijayendra SatbandeFilm debut
Vihir Nachiket [11] [12]
2012 Chintoo Satish Dada
Ha Bharat Maza [13]
2013Kaatal Aakash
2014 Rama Madhav Madhavrao Peshwe [14]
Dekh Tamasha Dekh Prashant Hindi film [15]
Rajwade and Sons Anay Rajwade [14]
2016 Family Katta Siddharth [24]
2017 Kaasav Manav [14]
PimpalYoung Arvind
2018Ashleel Udyog MitramandalDirectorial Debut [17]
Dear MollyFatherHindi/English film [18]
2022 Me Vasantrao Vasantrao's Mama
2023 Teen Adkun Sitaram Kautilya

Plays

YearTitleRoleLanguageRefs
2007Jhoom Barabar JhoomActor Hindi
2008Bed ke Neeche Rehne WaliActorHindi
2009DalanActorMarathi [8]
2010Institute of PavtalogyDirectorMarathi [9]
Tichee Satra PrakarnaDirectorMarathi
Geli Ekvees VarshaDirector/WriterMarathi [6]
Don ShoorDirectorMarathi [25]
2011Dil-e-NaadanDirector Urdu
2012Natak NakoDirectorMarathi
2013Shivcharitra ani EkDirectorMarathi
Mi GhalibDirectorMarathi
Aashadatil Ek DivasActorMarathi
2014Binkamache SanwadDirectorMarathi
2016Sindhu Sudhakar Rum Aani IttarDirectorMarathi
2018A Doubtful Gaze at Uber at MidnightDirector [26] [20]
2022Prasthan urph exitDirectorMarathi

Web-Series

YearTitleRoleLanguage
2018 Aai Ani Mi AniMarathi
2021 Shantit Kranti DinarMarathi
Hing Pustak TalwaarPandeyMarathi
2022 9 to 5 AvinashMarathi
2023 Shantit Kranti 2 DinarMarathi

Personal life

He dated Parna Pethe before tying the knot on 29 February 2016. They had a court marriage at Mangal Karyalay, Pune. [27] [28]

Alok Rajwade at IMDB

References

  1. ↑ "Aalok Rajwade - Movies, Biography, News, Age & Photos". BookMyShow. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "The rising stars of the Marathi industry". The Times of India . Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 "The stage is set". India Today. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "MA". Instagram. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  5. 1 2 "आलोक राजवाडे". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). 11 February 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "30 Under 30: Alok Rajwade is daring in the issues he addresses in his plays". Forbes.com. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  7. ↑ Shetty, Anjali (27 May 2018). "Pune's Natak Company: A decade of theatrical, artistic triumph" . Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  8. 1 2 Brahme, Nitin (31 July 2009). "Two for company". Pune Mirror. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  9. 1 2 "Black magic". The Indian Express. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  10. 1 2 "Udedh Bun (2008) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  11. 1 2 Joshi, Namrata (5 April 2010). "Vihir (The Well)". Outlook India. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  12. 1 2 Kerr, Elizabeth (13 October 2009). "Vihir -- Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  13. 1 2 "हा भारत माझा (?)". Loksatta (in Marathi). 20 April 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 Shetty, Anjali (5 October 2017). "I relate more to contemporary Pune". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  15. 1 2 "Movie Review 'Dekh Tamasha Dekh': It's a riot!". Deccan Chronicle. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  16. ↑ Alway, Aayushi (28 June 2017). "Alok Suresh Rajwade from Indian film "Turtle: Kaasav" won the best male actor". China.org.cn.
  17. 1 2 "'Ashleel Udyog Mitra Mandal' first poster: Alok Rajwade's quirky poster is sure to pique your curiosity - Times of India". The Times of India. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  18. 1 2 "Dear Molly in the reckoning for the Mainstream Oscar Awards". mid-day. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  19. ↑ "Serendipity Arts Festival". Serendipity Arts Festival. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  20. 1 2 "Algorithms: Empathetic collaborations". The Hindu. 3 April 2019. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  21. ↑ Mallya, Vinutha (24 March 2019). "Fiction for fact". Pune Mirror. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  22. ↑ Shetty, Anjali (28 April 2019). "Here's what to binge-watch next. Series by Pune-based film-maker on sex, mental health, gender identity". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  23. ↑ Bari, Prachi (9 January 2019). "Pride of BMCC award to Kulkarni, Gadjil". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  24. ↑ Matkari, Ganesh. "FILM REVIEW: FAMILY KATTA". Pune Mirror. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  25. ↑ "'I relate more to contemporary Pune'". Hindustan Times. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  26. ↑ "In their new work, playwright Dharmakirti Sumant and director Alok Rajwade continue to ask questions of contemporary India". The Indian Express. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  27. ↑ "सहा वर्षे डेटींग केल्यानंतर थाटला 'रमा-माधव' यांनी खराखुरा संसार, विधी न करता असे पार पडले लग्न". divyamarathi (in Marathi). 19 February 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  28. ↑ "VIDEO : 'रमा माधव' फेम पर्ण- आलोकचा विवाहसोहळा पाहिलात?". Loksatta (in Marathi). 3 October 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
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