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| birth_date = 1892
| birth_place = Umta, [[Mehsana]], [[Baroda State]], British India
| death_date = 1971
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| occupation = Stage actor, director
| years_active = c. 1899–1947
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'''Muljibhai Khushalbhai Nayak''' (1892–1971) was a [[Gujarati theatre]] director and actor from [[Gujarat]], India. He was well known for his heroic and [[Bhavai]] roles.

==Biography==
Muljibhai Nayak was born in 1892 in Umta village (now in [[Mehsana district]], Gujarat) in a family of Bhavai performers.<ref name="Bhojak 2004"/><ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/citation_popup.php?id=908&at=1|title=Muljibhai Khushalbhai Nayak|last=|first=|date=|website=sangeetnatak.gov.in|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref><ref name="Cultures1966">{{cite book|author=Institute of Traditional Cultures|title=Bulletin of the Institute of Traditional Cultures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ei8oAQAAMAAJ|year=1966|publisher=University of Madras|page=124}}</ref><ref name="Choksi 2004">{{Cite book|title=ગુજરાતી રંગભૂમિ: રિદ્ધિ અને રોનક (Gujarati Rangbhoomi: Riddhi Ane Ronak)|last=|first=|publisher=Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust|year=2004|isbn=|editor-last=Choksi|editor-first=Mahesh|location=Ahmedabad|pages=226–228|trans-title=Compilation of Information regarding professional theatre of Gujarat|editor-last2=Somani|editor-first2=Dhirendra}}</ref>

He started his stage career at the age of six<ref name="Bhojak 2004" /> or seven<ref name="Cultures1966"/> for a salary of one rupee in Arya Natak Mandali.<ref name="Choksi 2004" /> He acted in many roles including Ranuka in ''Bedhari Talwar'', Mokalkunwar in ''Chandravijay'', Nanda in ''Veervijay'' (1901) produced by Phoenix Gujarati Natak Mandali. He worked with Framji Ratanji Appu's Parsi Natak Mandali.<ref name="Choksi 2004" />

He was trained in theatre by [[Amrit Keshav Nayak]] and in [[Urdu]] by Narayanprasad 'Betab'. He played a role of Kumud in ''Kumudsundari'' produced by Subodh Natak Mandali.<ref name="Choksi 2004" /> He joined Deshi Natak Samaj in 1904 and later became a partner in it. In 1914, he joined Saraswati Natak Samaj for a salary of 75 rupees.<ref name="Choksi 2004" />

His roots in folk theatre, as well as experience in conventional theatre, helped him with his Bhavai roles and direction of Bhavai performances which brought him fame. He had also directed several social and historical plays which were influenced by the [[Urdu Theater|Urdu theatre]].<ref name="Bhojak 2004" /> His early roles of Badar in ''Sati Toral'' (1915) and Jankinath in ''Sati Manjari'' (1921) were much appreciated.<ref name="Bhojak 2004"/>

His popular roles include Shahji in Dheersinh in ''Sanyasi'' (1912), Hanuman in ''Sati Sulochna'' (1914), Ebhalvalo in ''Ra' Mandlik'' (1918), [[Shivaji]] in ''Raja Shambhaji'' (1922), Shudrak in ''Shalivahan'' (1927) and ''Raja Shahji'' (1938). His role of Shivaji in ''Raja Shambhaji'' attracted [[Marathi people]]. He was hailed for acting, makeup and an entry on the stage on a horseback in the role of Shahji in ''Raja Shahji''.<ref name="Bhojak 2004">{{Cite book|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195644463.001.0001/acref-9780195644463-e-0432#|title=The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre|last=Bhojak|first=Dinkar J.|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|isbn=0195644468|editor-last=Lal|editor-first=Ananda|location=New Delhi|pages=314|oclc=56986659|via=Oxford Reference}} {{subscription required}}</ref><ref name="Choksi 2004" /> His roles of heroic men were well appreciated for his heavy voice and acting.<ref name="Choksi 2004" />

He died in 1971.<ref name="Bhojak 2004"/>

==Recognition==
Muljibhai Nayak was felicitated in [[Ahmedabad]] on 13 September 1963 by the [[Government of Gujarat]].<ref name="Choksi 2004" /> He was awarded [[Sangeet Natak Akademi award]] for Acting in Gujarati in 1965.<ref name="a"/><ref name="SNA">{{cite book|title=Fellows and Award-winners of Sangeet Natak Akademi 1952-2010: Citations and Composite Data|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dLnDrXscte4C|year=2011|publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi|page=68}}</ref> He was felicitated by Udaybhansinhji, prince of erstwhile [[Porbandar State]], in [[Mumbai]] on 9 February 1966 under the aegis of Deshi Natak Samaj.<ref name="Choksi 2004" />

== Stage ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+
Acting career<ref name="Bhojak 2004" /><ref name="Choksi 2004"/>
!scope=col| Date
!scope=col| Title
!scope=col| Role
!scope=col| Writer
!scope=col| Theatre company
|-
|
|''Bedhari Talwar''
|Renuka
|
|
|-
|
|''Chandravijay''
|Mokalkunwar
|
|
|-
|1901
|''Veervijay''
|Nanda
|
|Phoenix Gujarati Natak Mandali
|-
|1904
|''Vijay Kamla''
|Roshan Aara
|Dahyabhai Dholshaji Zaveri,
[[Chhotalal Rukhdev Sharma]]
|Deshi Natak Samaj
|-
|26 October 1905
|''Sati Sita''
|Shanta
|[[Chhotalal Rukhdev Sharma]]
|Deshi Natak Samaj
|-
|1908
|''Sati Draupadi''
|Nakul
|Chhotalal Rukhdev Sharma
|Deshi Natak Samaj
|-
|1910
|''Jalim Tuliya''
|Tuliya
|[[Kavi Kant|Manishankar Ratanji Bhatt 'Kant']]
|Deshi Natak Samaj
|-
|6 June 1912
|''Sanyasi''
|Dheersinh
|Chhotalal Rukhdev Sharma
|Deshi Natak Samaj
|-
|12 December 1912
|''Kulin Nayika''
|Devsharma
|Chhotalal Rukhdev Sharma
|Deshi Natak Samaj
|-
|12 April 1913
|''Ajitsinh''
|Virsinh
|Chhotalal Rukhdev Sharma
|Deshi Natak Samaj
|-
|1914
|''Sati Sulochna''
|Hanuman
|Chhotalal Rukhdev Sharma
|Deshi Natak Samaj
|-
|1914
|''Kusumavati''
|Khumansinh
|Manilal 'Pagal'
|Saraswati Natak Samaj
|-
|1915
|''Sati Toral''
|Badar
|
|
|-
|7 December 1918
|''Ra' Mandlik''
|Ebhalvalo
|Manilal 'Pagal'
|Aryanaitik Natak Samaj
|-
|26 June 1920
|''Chhatravijay''
|Sambhakaran
|Collaborative work
|Aryanaitik Natak Samaj
|-
|1921
|''Sati Manjari''
|Jankinath
|
|
|-
|December 1922
|''Raja Shambhaji''
|Shivaji
|Manilal 'Pagal'
|Aryanaitik Natak Samaj
|-
|1924
|''Mahadji Shinde''
|Sadashivrao
|Manilal 'Pagal'
|Arya Natak Mandali
|-
|1924
|''Saurashtra Veer''
|Akheraj
|Manilal 'Pagal'
|Arya Natak Mandali
|-
|1 August 1927
|''Shalivahan''
|Shudrak
|Prabhulal Dwivedi
|Lakshmikant Natak Samaj
|-
|15 March 1927
|''Mayana Rang''
|Devdoot
|Prabhulal Dwivedi
|Lakshmikant Natak Samaj
|-
|1928
|''Mera Iman''
|Murad
|Munshi Abbasali
|Lakshmikant Natak Samaj
|-
|2 January 1929
|''Veerna Ver''
|Jaisinh
|Manilal 'Pagal'
|Lakshmikant Natak Samaj
|-
|4 February 1932
|''Samudragupta''
|Mahendra
|Prabhulal Dwivedi
|Lakshmikant Natak Samaj
|-
|May 1933
|''Kanyadan''
|Swami Vidyanand
|Kavi 'Manasvi' Prantijwala
|Kant Natak Samaj
|-
|12 October 1933
|''Rajkumari''
|Krishna
|Devdutt Tarkas
|Kant Natak Samaj
|-
|17 January 1934
|''Sattano Lobh''
|Pratapaditya
|Jivanlal Bhatt
|Bhaktivijay Natak Samaj
|-
|1938
|''Raja Shahji''
|Shahji
|Manilal 'Pagal'
|Aryanaitik Natak Samaj
|-
|1938
|''Vilaspanthe''
|Hemchandra
|Manilal 'Pagal'
|Aryanaitik Natak Samaj
|-
|1938
|''Sarjanhar''
|Shyamsundar
|Manilal 'Pagal'
|Aryanaitik Natak Samaj
|-
|1942
|''Garib Kanya''
|Sitaram
|Manilal 'Pagal'
|Aryanaitik Natak Samaj
|-
|1947
|''Sagavahala''
|Ishwarlal
|Manilal 'Pagal'
|Aryanaitik Natak Samaj
|}

==References==
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