Rajabhau Dattatraya Paranjpe (24 April 1910 – 9 February 1979), known as Raja Paranjape, was an Indian actor, director, producer and writer in the

Marathi film Marathi cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Marathi language, which is widely spoken in the state of Maharashtra. It is based out of Mumbai. It is the oldest film industry in India an ...

and

Hindi film Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and " Hollywood". The industry, producing films in t ...

industries. He started to produce Marathi films under the banner named Gajraj with G.D.Madgulkar and Sudhir Phadke. The super-hit Hindi film, '' Mera Saaya'', was a remake of his Marathi film, '' Pathlaag''.

Career

In a career spanning 40 years, Paranjape was associated with about 80 Marathi and Hindi films.

Films as director (29 titles)

Films as actor (21 titles)

References

External links

* * https://web.archive.org/web/20130424005744/http://www.rajaparanjapepratishthan.org/index.html * https://www.flickr.com/photos/rashid_ashraf/43991175431/in/dateposted/ Male actors in Marathi cinema Marathi film directors Male actors in Hindi cinema 1910 births 1979 deaths 20th-century Indian male actors People from Sangli district Marathi film producers Marathi screenwriters Film producers from Maharashtra Film directors from Maharashtra 20th-century Indian screenwriters {{india-film-bio-stub