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{{Short description|Indian actor, director, and producer}}
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[[File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Shri Sadhu Meher, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 13, 2017.jpg|thumb|280px|The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Shri Sadhu Meher, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi in 2017]]
'''Sadhu Meher''' (born in [[Odisha]]) is an Indian actor, director, and producer .<ref>http://coolodisha.com/index.php/ollywood</ref>

He has performed in both [[Odia language|Odia]] and [[Hindi]] films.<ref>http://indiacurrentaffairs.org/75-years-of-odiya-film-making-a-flashback-kapilas-bhuyan/</ref>
He primarily began his career in Hindi films like ''[[Bhuvan Shome]]'', ''[[Ankur (film)|Ankur]]'' and ''[[Mrigayaa|Mrigaya]]''. Later on shifted his interest towards [[Cinema of Odisha|Odia films]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cinemasagar.com/biography/sadhu-meher-2/|title = Grab Netflix Free Accounts}}</ref> He is one of the actors who gained prominence in [[Parallel Cinema]] in the mid-1980s.
He also acted in [[Byomkesh Bakshi (TV series)|Byomkesh Bakshi]] in the episodes ''<nowiki/>'<nowiki/>'''Aadim Shatru (Part 1 & 2)'<nowiki/>''''' and ''<nowiki/>'<nowiki/>'''Chakrant'<nowiki/>''''' as ''Anadi Haldar'' and ''Bishupal'' respectively.
He won a [[National Film Award for Best Actor]] for ''[[Ankur (film)|Ankur]]''.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0576404/ Sadhu Meher's filmography on IMDB</ref>
He was conferred Padma Sri by the Government of India in 2017.

== Filmography ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Actor
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1969
| ''[[Bhuvan Shome]]''
| Jadhav Patel
|
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Ichhapuran]]''
|
|
|-
| 1974
| ''[[27 Down]]''
|
|
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Ankur (film)|Ankur]]''
| Kishtaya
| [[National Film Award for Best Actor]]
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Nishaant]]'' (''Night's End'')
|
| Special Appearance
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Sholay]]''
| dacoit
|
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Manthan]]''
| Mahapatra
|
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Bali Ghara]]''
|
|
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Inkaar (1977 film)|Inkaar]]''
| Sitaram
|
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Gharaonda]]''
|
|
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Safed Haathi]]''
| Mamaji
|
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Abhimaan (1977 film)|Abhimaan]]''
|
|
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Mrigayaa]]''
| Bhuban Sardar
| 1979
Bhanayak
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Aparichita]]''
|
|
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Kasturi (1980 film)|Kasturi]]''
|
|
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Seeta Raati]]''
|
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Desire (1983 film)|Desire]]''
|
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Debshishu]]''
| Raghubir
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Bhukha]]''
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Pratimurti]]''
|
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Uttoran]]''
| Jatin Kundu
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Charachar]]''
| Bhushan
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Shesha Drushti]]''
|
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain]]''
| Badri Prasad
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Patth]]''
|
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[30 Days (2004 film)|30 Days]]''
| Ramu
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Jai Jagannatha]]''
| Shriya's father-in-law
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Bhagya Na Jaane Koi]]''
| Ghisu
|
|-
|}
<ref>http://www.fandango.com/sadhumeher/filmography/p146293</ref><ref>movies.bollysite.com/actor/sadhu-meher.html</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Director
|-
! Year
! Film
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Abhimaan (1977 film)|Abhimaan]]''
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Aparichita]]''
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Desire (1983 film)|Desire]]''
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Babula]]''
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Gopa Re Badhhuchhi Kala Kanhei]]''
|}
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0576404/|title=Sadhu Meher}}</ref>

Sadhu Meher also played characters, Anadi Haldar, in the episode ''Aadim Shatru (Part 1 & 2)'',<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XysPMcA4d9Y</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKzHcph0lnI</ref> and Bishupal, in the episode ''Chakrant'',<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkvqg8iZBwE</ref> of [[Byomkesh Bakshi (TV series)]], broadcast by [[Doordarshan]] in 1997.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0576404}}

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