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Gajanan Jagirdar (2 April 1907 – 13 August 1988) was a veteran Indian film director, screenwriter and actor. He worked in Hindi Cinema, also called Bollywood, as well as Marathi cinema. The period of 1942 to 1947, saw his rise as a film director with Prabhat Films.
Gajanan Jagirdar. Actor: Ramshastri. First major freelance director-character actor in Marathi and Hindi cinema. Born in Amravati. Child actor on amateur stage. Started Arun Players in Pune and staged Chekov's Cherry Orchard and Harindranath Chattopadhyay's Returned from Abroad. Claimed Ernst Lubitsch's The Patriot (1928) as a major influence.
Gajanan Jagirdar. Actor: Ramshastri. First major freelance director-character actor in Marathi and Hindi cinema. Born in Amravati. Child actor on amateur stage. Started Arun Players in Pune and staged Chekov's Cherry Orchard and Harindranath Chattopadhyay's Returned from Abroad. Claimed Ernst Lubitsch's The Patriot (1928) as a major influence.
Gajanan Jagirdar was a popular character artist associated with Bollywood known for playing senior actor roles of father, grandfather, professor etc. This veteran actor was also associated with Marathi cinema, and played lead roles in early Bollywood talkies.
Gajanan Jagirdar Biography. Gajanan Jagirdar (2 April 1907 – 13 August 1988) was a veteran Indian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He worked in Hindi Cinema, also called Bollywood, as well as Marathi cinema. The period of 1942 to 1947, saw his rise as a film director with Prabhat Films.
Gajanan Jagirdara was a veteran Indian film director, screenwriter and actor. He worked in Hindi Cinema, also called Bollywood as well as Marathi cinema. At the 1962 National Film Awards, his film Vaijayanta was awarded the Second Best Marathi Feature Film.
Gajanan Jagirdar is known as an Actor and Director. Some of his work includes Guide, Ramshastri, Umrao Jaan, Amrapali, Dostana, Babar, Hum Dono, and Hulchul.
