Gajendra Ahire

Gajendra Ahire
Gajendra Ahire
Born	Gajendra Vitthal Ahire; Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Film director, producer, screenwriter, lyricist
Years active	1996–present
Spouse(s)	Vrinda Ahire (Actress)
Children	Chintamani Ahire

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Gajendra Vitthal Ahire is an Indian Marathi film maker and screenwriter. Till now, he has 57 movies on his name in all of which he has contributed as Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialogues and Lyrics. He is noted for his work in Marathi cinema, including a 2003 'Not Only Mrs. Raut' , 2007 biopic about Vasudev Balwant Phadke and has also worked as a television screenwriter for programs such as Shrimaan-Shrimati.^[1] He has won the National award for the Best Feature Film in Marathi for Shevri in 2006 and Not Only Mrs. Raut in 2003.^[2] His film Pimpal also won awards.^[3]^[4]^[5]

International critically acclaimed and multi-award winner Gajendra Ahire won (Rajat Kamal) Silver Lotus Award and got international breakthrough when he directed Not Only Mrs. Raut and it was nominated as official entry for best regional language movie for many annual Film festivals across the globe in 2003 and won many awards too. Gajendra Ahire received numerous awards and recognition for his creative, talented literary works in field of cinema and theater. He has written more than 800 episodes for television's famous serials in Hindi and Marathi language. Later he began directing regional language movies and appeared in several significant roles in Marathi feature films and won many category awards for his story, screenplay, direction & best film.

He is highly active in theater field for which he has been recognized by Govt. of India, Govt. of Maharashtra and various Institutions across India and abroad for thirty years.

Personal life[edit]

Gajendra Ahire was born on February 16, 1969 in Nashik district india and brought up in Mumbai. He is married to Marathi cinema actress Vrinda Ahire, with whom he has a son.^{[citation needed]}

Career[edit]

He began his career as a playwright at the age of 23. His first play was Aaicha Ghar Unhacha in which he also worked as an actor. After that, he wrote plays like Unch Maza Jhoka Ga, Ek Diwas Yeilach, and Janmasiddha. And after 20 years of Marathi Cinema, he has made a comeback in Marathi Play with his recent^[when?] play, Shevgyachya Shenga.

After his initial plays, he moved to television and wrote more than 2000 episodes for Hindi and Marathi TV Serials. Out of which 'Shrimaan Shrimati' of Balaji Telefilms is one of his notable works.

Later, he began directing films and appeared in several significant roles in Marathi Feature Films. He is one of those rare Filmmakers who contribute to all of their films with own story, screenplay, dialogues and lyrics along with directing the Film. He has made his Film-making debut in 2003 from an award-winning movie, 'Not Only Mrs. Raut' which then won numerous awards including Silver Lotus Award and Maharashtra State Film Award. In chronological order, his first movie was 2002's 'Krishna Katachi Mira' which was not released. However, this movie won 3 Maharashtra State Film Awards, too. Best Actress, Best Singer (Male) and Best Singer (Female).

He also has contributed as Music Director for his Nyiff award-winning film, Anumati.

In 2019, Gajendra Ahire directed his 50th film Kulkarni Chaukatla Deshpande, a drama starring Sai Tamhankar in titular role.^[6]

Awards[edit]

Filmfare Awards 2014 (Marathi)[edit]

2015 - CRITICS' BEST FILM - Shared with Paresh Mokashi (Elizabeth Ekadashi) for Postcard

Stuttgart Indian Film Festival[edit]

2015 - The Director's Vision Award for 'The Silence'

National Film Awards[edit]

2007 - Best Feature Film in Marathi Shevri

Silver Lotus Awards[edit]

2003 - Not Only Mrs. Raut
2006 - Shevri

Maharashtra State Film Awards[edit]

17 awards in total for film, writing, direction, lyrics, dialogues
Best Director to handle 'Social Subject'
Best Director to handle 'Rural Subject'

New York Indian Film Festival [Nyiff][edit]

2013 - 'Anumati' awarded Best Feature Film

Mama Varerkar Smriti Award[edit]

1994 Marathi Play 'Aaicha Ghar Unhacha'

Filmography[edit]

Marathi films[edit]

Year	Film	Contribution	Notes
	Krishna Katachi Mira	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
2003	Not Only Mrs. Raut	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics	Silver Lotus Award
	Pandhar	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
	Vitthal Vitthal	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
	Kandobachya Navan	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
2005	Sarivar Sari	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
2006	Sail	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
2006	Diwasen diwas	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
2006	Shevri	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics	Silver Lotus Award for Best Film "Sant Tukaram" Best Marathi Feature Film award at PIFF Actor Dilip Prabhavalkar won National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Housefull	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
	Chanda	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
2007	Vasudev Balwat Phadke	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
2008	Maay Baap	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
	Summer Days	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
	Anand Bhuvan	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
	Chance	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
	Bayo	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
	Sawar re	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
2009	Gulmohar	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
	Popcorn	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
	Anudini	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
2009	Sumbaran	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
2010	Paradh	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
2011	Hello Jai Hind!	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
2011	Eka Shabdat Sangto	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
	Naati Goti	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
	Tya Ratri Paus Hota	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
	Samudra	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
	Saale Lower Middle Class	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
	Pipaani	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
2013	Touring Talkies	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
	Postcard	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
2013	Anvatt	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
2013	Anumati	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics, Music	Best Feature Film at Nyiff Debut as Music Director
2013	Postcard Written & Directed Marathi Nominated For best Director Award at the New York Indian Film Festival
2013	Simhaasan	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
2014	Swami Public Ltd.	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
	Chuup	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
2015	Bioscope	Director, Dialog
2015	Nilkant' Master	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics	post-production^[7]
2015	Shasan	Director, Screenplay, Writer	Released on 22 October 2015
2015	The Silence	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics	Post-production Winner of The German Star of India 2015 in the category Director's Vision
2019	Kulkarni Chaukatla Deshpande	Director	Releasing 22 November^[8]

Hindi films[edit]

Year	Title	Contribution	Notes
	Chanda	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics
	Just 47	Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialog, Lyrics

Theater[edit]

Year	Name	Language	Contribution	Notes
1993-94	Aaicha Ghar Unhacha	Marathi	Writer, Actor	Debut as a writer and actor Mama Varerkar Smruti Award Actress Neena Kulkarni won Best Actress Award, Pune Gaurav, Nirmata Sangh
	Unch Maza Jhoka Ga	Marathi	Writer
	Ek Diwas Yeilach	Marathi	Writer
	Janmasiddha	Marathi	Writer
2015	Shevgyachya Shenga	Marathi	Writer, Director	Running

Television[edit]

Year	Name	Contribution	Language	Notes
	Shrimaan Shrimati	Screenwriting	Hindi

References[edit]

↑ Pallavi Kharade (24 December 2011). "Critiquing the middle class: Marathi film Vel 9.15 analyses the 'chalta hai' attitude of the Indian middle class", Daily News and Analysis.
↑ "GAJENDRA AHIRE AWARDS". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
↑ "Ahire's 'Pimpal', Jun's 'Free and Easy' grab big honours at PIFF". The Times of India. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
↑ "I like the high of filmmaking". The Indian Express. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
↑ "Silence of the society". Anushka Sivakumar. Deccan Herald. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
↑ "Sai Tamhankar is a rebel in Kulkarni Chaukatla Deshpande". Box Office India. 30 September 2019.
↑ "Gajendra Ahirey's next a period drama - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
↑ "Sai Tamhankar's Next: 'कुलकर्णी चौकातला देशपांडे' सिनेमात सई ताम्हणकर धाडसी भूमिकेत". Times Now Marathi (in मराठी). 30 September 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.

External links[edit]

Gajendra Ahire on IMDb
timesofindia

[1] Pallavi Kharade (24 December 2011). "Critiquing the middle class: Marathi film Vel 9.15 analyses the 'chalta hai' attitude of the Indian middle class", Daily News and Analysis.

[2] "GAJENDRA AHIRE AWARDS". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

[3] "Ahire's 'Pimpal', Jun's 'Free and Easy' grab big honours at PIFF". The Times of India. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

[4] "I like the high of filmmaking". The Indian Express. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

[5] "Silence of the society". Anushka Sivakumar. Deccan Herald. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

[6] "Sai Tamhankar is a rebel in Kulkarni Chaukatla Deshpande". Box Office India. 30 September 2019.

[7] "Gajendra Ahirey's next a period drama - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 May 2015.

[8] "Sai Tamhankar's Next: 'कुलकर्णी चौकातला देशपांडे' सिनेमात सई ताम्हणकर धाडसी भूमिकेत". Times Now Marathi (in मराठी). 30 September 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.

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