Viju Mane

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Viju Mane
Born26 July [ year missing ] [1]
NationalityIndian
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Director
Years active2007–present
Known forBioscope, Rege
Children1

Viju Mane is a Marathi film screenwriter, director, lyricist, producer, and actor from Maharashtra, India who is well known for his movies such as Shikari, Bioscope, Pandu, Monkey Baat, and Rege . [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Apart from direction and writing, Viju has also acted in many films such as Regeand Prabho Shivaji Raja. [8] [9]

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Film career

Viju Mane's directorial debut Gojiri (2007) starred Sunil Barve, Abhijeet Chavan, Arun Nalawade and Madhura Velankar. In 2012, he tackled a sensitive subject in Khel Mandala which addressed human relationships, disability, and the manipulative nature of the media starring Mangesh Desai and Urmila Kanetkar. [10]

He made his acting debut in Abhijit Panse's crime drama Rege (2014). It starred Viju Mane, Mahesh Manjrekar and Santosh Juvekar. The Mahesh Manjrekar produced Shikari (2018) - a tribute to Dada Kondke and his adult comedies were directed by him. It marked the debut of Neha Khan and Survat Joshi. [11]

Filmography

YearFilmActorDirectorWriterProducerLanguageNotesRef.
2021 Pandu NoYesYesNo Marathi
2018Monkey BaatNoYesNoNo Marathi
2015ShikariNoYesNoNo Marathi
2015BioscopeNoYesYesYes Marathi
2013DaughterNoYesNoNo Hindi
2011 Khel Mandala NoYesNoNo Marathi
2011 Sharyat NoYesNoNo Marathi
2010Tee RatraNoYesNoNo Marathi
2007GojiriNoYesNoNo Marathi

Television

YearTV SeriesActorDirectorWriterProducerLanguageNotesRef.
2016-2019Struggler SaalaYesYesYesYes Marathi

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