Gajendra Ahire
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Gajendra Vitthal Ahire 16 February 1969 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation | film director, producer, screenwriter, lyricist |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Spouse(s) | Vrinda Ahire (Actress) |
| Children | Chintamani Ahire |
Gajendra Vitthal Ahire (Marathi: गजेंद्र अहिरे विठ्ठल; born 16 February 1969) is an Indian film maker and screenwriter. Till now, he has 42 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.
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.
Gajendra Ahire was born and brought up in Mumbai.
Gajendra Ahire is married to Marathi cinema actress Vrinda Ahire and blessed with a son and named him Chintamani.
He has begun his career as a Play writer at the age of 23. His first play was 'Aaicha Ghar Unhacha' in which he also worked as an actor. This first ever play of his has bagged best Actress award for Neena Kulkarni. 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 Super-hit play, Shevgyachya Shenga'.
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