Nagraj Manjule

Nagraj Manjule
Manjule (right) at the 65th National Film Awards Function in New Delhi
Born
Nagraj Popatrao Manjule

(1978-08-24) 24 August 1978 (age 45)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • producer
  • poet
  • scriptwriter
SpouseGargee Kulkarni (m. 2017)[1]
Sunita Manjule
(m. 1997; div. 2014)
[2]
Children2
Awards

Nagraj Popatrao Manjule (born 24 August 1978) is an Indian film director, actor, producer, scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker. He works in Marathi cinema, and is best known for Sairat and Pistulya—the latter for which he received National Film Award in the National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director.

At the 61st National Film Awards, Fandry won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director.[3] In 2018, Manjule published a book of poetry in Marathi titled Unhachya Katavirudhha which won the Bhairuratan Damani Sahitya Puraskar.[4] He owns a wrestling team called 'Veer Marathwada' in Zee Maharashtra Kusti Dangal.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Sairat fame Nagraj Manjule's ex wife: He made me go for abortions; thrashed me when asked to keep the child". Pinkvilla.com. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Ship of Theseus is best film at National Film Awards". The Financial Express. India. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  4. ^ "नागराजच्या लेखणीतून उतरलेल्या पाच उत्तम कविता". loksatta.com. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Sai Tamhankar, Nagraj Manjule's team will come face-to-face in wrestling ring". timesnownews.com. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

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