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 like Shikari, Bioscope, Pandu, Monkey Baat, Rege among the few. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Apart from direction and writing, Viju has also acted in many films like 'Rege' and '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 pivotal roles. In 2012, he tackled a sensitive subject in 'Khel Mandala' which had very subtly layers of human relationships, disability, and 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) which revolved around a college student (played by Aaroh Velankar) who becomes engulfed in the criminal underworld when he crosses the path of a mysterious small-time gangster named 'M Bhai'. It starred Viju Mane, Mahesh Manjrekar and Santosh Juvekar in lead roles. The Mahesh Manjrekar produced Shikari (2018) - a tribute to legend Dada Kondke and his adult comedies was 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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