Suraj Pawar

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Suraj Pawar
Born
Phophalaj, Solapur district, Maharashtra, India
OccupationActor
Years active2009–present
Awards National Film Award for Best Child Artist – Pistulya (2009)

Suraj Pawar is an Indian actor who works in Marathi cinema, debuted in Nagraj Manjule's 2009 Marathi-language short film Pistulya , for which he received the National Film Award for Best Child Artist in the Non-feature film category. Pawar is predominantly known for his collaborations with Manjule, appearing in several of his films.

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Early life

Suraj Pawar hails from Pophalaj village in Karmala taluka of Solapur district. As Suraj has no parents, he has been living with Nagraj Manjule's family in Pune for 9–10 years. [1]

Career

Pawar made his first appearance with the short film Pistulya , for which he was awarded the National Film Award in the "Best Child Actor" category. The role was offered when Nagraj Manjule visited his school in Karmala. [2] [3] He co-starred with Somnath Awghade in the 2013 film Fandry as a lead actor. [4] Sairat had a career breakthrough and gained popularity among the public in 2016. [1]

In 2023, he was featured in Ghar Banduk Biryani . [5]

Filmography

Films

YearFilmRoleNotesRef.
2009 Pistulya PistulyaDebut; won the National Film Award in "non-feature film" category [6]
2013 Fandry Piraji "Pirya" [7]
2016 Sairat Prince [8]
2021 Basta Un­known [9]
2022 Jhund Un­knownUncredited role [10] [1]
2023 Ghar Banduk Biryani Released in four languages [11]

Television

Awards

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef(s)
2009 National Film Award – Special Jury Award (non-feature film) Best Child Artist Pistulya Won [13]

Lawsuits

Mahesh Waghadkar, a resident of Bhenda village in Nevasa taluka of Ahmednagar district files an FIR against some people who claim to be employees of the Mantralaya in Mumbai. Waghadkar has accused him of promising him a government job in the Mantralaya (Secretariat). The accused demanded Rs 5 lakh along with an advance of Rs 2 lakh for the job and also took the money from Waghadkar at Rahuri bus stand on September 4. Although Waghadkar paid the money and the accused promised to give him a job, Waghadkar became suspicious and approached the police on September 9. The police arrested the accused Dattatraya Kshirsagar, Akash Shinde, Omkar Tarte on the same day and confirmed that they were not employees of the Mantralaya. Pawar's name came up during the investigation and he was taken to Rahuri police station for questioning. [14] [15]

After that, Pawar shared a detailed post on Facebook saying: Police tortured me for last 15 days while I was in police custody. Print and digital media have also accused me of defaming me by spreading rumors all over Maharashtra without any verification. [16]

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