Sachin Pilgaonkar, often known mononymously by his screen name Sachin, is an Indian actor, director, producer, writer and singer of

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and

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films. He has directed and acted in several Marathi films of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Starting as a child in the Marathi film, ''Ha Majha Marg Ekla'' (1962), he went on to work in around 65 films as a child artist, before switching to adult roles, and being part of highly successful films like '' Geet Gaata Chal'' (1975), '' Balika Badhu'' (1976), '' Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se'' (1978) and '' Nadiya Ke Paar'' (1982) as a lead actor and he became a household name in India. He has worked in

and also in

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and Bhojpuri cinema, and has acted, produced, and directed successful comedy shows on

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, including ''

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'' (2000) and ''Kadvee Khatti Meethi''. He also directed several hit Marathi Films starting with ''Mai Baap'' (1982), '' Navri Mile Navryala'' (

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) was the biggest box office hit. '' Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi'' ( 1988) and '' Aamchya Sarkhe Aamhich'' (

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) were superhit at the box office. '' Navra Mazha Navsacha'' (

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) were hits as well. In 2007 Sachin also made his debut in the Kannada film industry in the film Ekadantha which was a remake of his own movie Navra Mazha Navsacha, with Kannada superstar Vishnuvardhan.

Early and personal life

Sachin was born in

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in a Saraswat Brahmin family from Pilagaon, Goa. His father Sharad Pilgaonkar was a film producer, and also managed a printing business in Mumbai. He is married to actress

Supriya Pilgaonkar Supriya Pilgaonkar (née Sabnis) is an Indian actress who has worked in several Marathi and Hindi films and television series. She is married to actor Sachin Pilgaonkar and made her debut as Chameli in his superhit film ''Navri Mile Navryala''. ...

(''née'' Sabnis), whom he first directed for his debut Marathi film, ''Navri Mile Navryala'' (1984) and subsequently became successful pair in Marathi cinema. The couple has a daughter,

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Career

Films

Pilgaonkar started his film career as a child artist. He was to act in Madhavrao Shinde's 1961 film ''Soonbai'', but the plans did not work out. He was then chosen for Raja Paranjape's Marathi film, ''Ha Maza Marg Ekla'' () (1962) at the age of four, for which he won the National Award. Dr.

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handed him the award. As a child actor, he first appeared in the

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starrer '' Majhli Didi'', directed by

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, and also appeared in prominent films such as '' Jewel Thief'', ''

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'', '' Brahmachari'' and '' Mela''. He worked closely with the then fellow child actor, Naeem Sayyed (better known as Junior Mehmood), with whom he first acted in the

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-starrer '' Brahmachari'' at the age of eight. They did 15 films together as child artists. He switched to playing lead roles for a brief time with Rajshri Productions' '' Geet Gaata Chal'', for which he was cast opposite Sarika. The film's unexpected success made them a lead pair for other films. The pair went on to work in '' College Girl'' and Rajshri Productions' and '' Nadiya Ke Paar''. With ''Trishul (film)">Trishul Trishul may refer to: Film * ''Trishul'' (film), a 1978 Hindi film starring Sanjeev Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan * ''Trisulam'' (film), a 1982 Telugu film starring Krishnam Raju and Sridevi Military *Trishul (missile), a surface-to-air missile deve ...

Early and personal life

Career

Films

Television

Direction

Other pursuits

Awards

Filmography

As actor

As director

References

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