Suraj Pawar is an Indian actor who works in

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, debuted in

Nagraj Manjule 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 r ...

's 2009

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-language short film '' Pistulya'', for which he received the National Film Award for Best Child Actor in the Non-feature film category. Pawar is predominantly known for his collaborations with Manjule, appearing in several of his films.

Early life

Suraj Pawar hails from Pophalaj village in

Karmala taluka Karmala Taluka is one of the 11 Tehsils of India, talukas of Solapur district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Maharashtra. Parts of the movie Sairat were shot in this taluka. Its headquarters are in the town of Karmala. ...

of Solapur district. As Suraj has no parents, he has been living with

's family in

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for 9–10 years. Suraj has three siblings.

Career

Pawar made his first appearance with the short film '' Pistulya'', for which he was awarded the National Film Award for Best Child Actor in the non-feature film category. The role was offered when

visited his school in

Karmala Karmala is a taluka of Solapur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Karmala is a city with municipal council. Karmala is famous for the temple of Shri. Kamaladevi. There is a significance of no. 96 for the temple. The Kamala Bhavani Tem ...

. He co-starred with Somnath Awghade in the 2013 film ''

Fandry ''Fandry'' (''The'' ''Pig'') is a 2013 Indian Marathi-language film, written and directed by Nagraj Manjule in his directorial debut. It stars Somnath Awghade, Suraj Pawar, and Rajeshwari Kharat. The story focuses on a young boy's love amidst ...

'' as a lead actor. ''

Sairat ''Sairat'' () is a 2016 Indian Marathi language, Marathi-language Romance film, social romantic tragedy film directed and co-produced by Nagraj Manjule under his banner Aatpat Production, along with Nittin Keni and Nikhil Sane under Essel Visi ...

'' had a career breakthrough and gained popularity among the audiences in 2016. In 2023, he was featured in ''

Ghar Banduk Biryani ''Ghar Banduk Biryani'' (), abbreviated as ''GBB'', is a 2023 Indian Marathi-language action comedy film directed by Hemant Jangal Awtade in his directorial debut, starring Akash Thosar, Sayaji Shinde, Nagraj Manjule, and Sayli Patil in the lead ...

''.

Filmography

Films

Television

* The Golden Harvest – Madan Bhaiya

Awards

Lawsuits

Mahesh Waghadkar, a resident of Bhenda village in Nevasa taluka of

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files an

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against some people who claim to be employees of the Mantralaya in Mumbai. Waghadkar has accused him of promising him a government job in the Mantralaya (Secretariat). The accused demanded Rs 5 lakh along with an advance of Rs 2 lakh for the job and also took the money from Waghadkar at

Rahuri Rahuri is a town and a municipal council in Ahilyanagar district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Geography Rahuri is located at . It has an average elevation of 511 metres (1,676 feet). Demographics India census, Rahuri had a p ...

bus stand on 4 September. Although Waghadkar paid the money and the accused promised to give him a job, Waghadkar became suspicious and approached the police on 9 September. The police arrested the accused Dattatraya Kshirsagar, Akash Shinde, Omkar Tarte on the same day and confirmed that they were not employees of the Mantralaya. Pawar's name came up during the investigation and he was taken to Rahuri police station for questioning. After that, Pawar shared a detailed post on

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saying: Police tortured me for last 15 days while I was in

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. Print and

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have also accused me of defaming me by spreading rumors all over

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without any verification.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pawar, Suraj Indian male film actors Marathi actors People from Solapur district Male actors in Marathi cinema Year of birth missing (living people) Living people