Somnath Awghade

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Somnath Awghade
Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Rajat Kamal Award for Best Child Artist (Shared) Fandry Meengal (Marathi) to Somnath Avghade, at the 61st National Film Awards function, in New Delhi. The Secretary.jpg
Awghade (right) at the 61st National Film Awards function, in New Delhi
Born
Somnath Laxman Awghade

Kem, Solapur district, Maharashtra, India
OccupationActor
Years active2013–present
Known for Fandry (2013)
Parent(s)Laxman Awghade (father)
Jayshree Awghade (mother)
RelativesAmbika Awghade (sister)
Ravi Awghade (brother)
Awards See below

Somnath Awghade is an Indian actor, known for his role in 2013 Marathi film Fandry , for which he earned the National Film Award for Best Child Artist. [1] He was also appeared in Free Hit Danka (2021), Jhund (2022) and Ghar Banduk Biryani (2023). [2] [3]

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Early life

Somnath Awghade is from Kem village, Karmala Taluka, Solapur district, Maharashtra belongs to a family of Halgi performers [4] [5]

Career

Awghade started his career with Fandry and he became famous for his outstanding performance in the film. [6] Director Nagraj Manjule also hails from Jeur village of Karmala. He won the National Award in 2011 for his short film Pistulya . On that occasion, Manjule was going to be felicitated in Kem village. When they came to the event, they saw Somnath playing the halgi and that's where Somnath was chosen as the hero of Fandry film. [4] [7]

Later Awghade played lead roles in the Free Hit Danka and Amitabh Bachchan starrer Jhund. [8] In 2023, Manjule cast him in Ghar Banduk Biryani . [9]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotesRef(s)
2013 Fandry Jambuwant "Jabya" Kachru Mane Marathi Debut [10] [11]
2021 Free Hit Danka SantoshMarathi [12]
2022 Jhund Imran Hindi Bollywood debut [13]
2023 Ghar Banduk Biryani SomaMarathiReleased in four languages [14]
2024 Sangharsh Yoddha Manoj Jarange Patil †TBAMarathiBased on Manoj Jarange Patil [15]

Awards

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef(s)
2013 61st National Film Awards Best Child Artist Fandry Won [16]
Pune International Film Festival Best ActorWon [17] [18]

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References

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  2. ↑ Mane, Rashmi (23 February 2022). "Filmmaker Nagraj Manjule's diamonds together in the film 'Jhund'". My Mahanagar (in Marathi). Retrieved 31 March 2023.
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  17. ↑ "Pune International Film Festival". www.piffindia.com. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
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