Alok Rajwade (born 7 February 1989)[citation needed] is an Indian actor, director, singer and painter. He has appeared in Marathi and Hindi films and experimental plays.[1]
Early life
Rajwade was born and raised in Pune, where he attended Aksharnandan school. He went on to join Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce for a Bachelor of Commerce degree.[2] He was part of various theatre troupes like Aasakta Kalamanch and Samanvay.[3][4] He was a founding member of the theatre troupe Natak Company, in 2008.[5] He directed and acted in various plays for Natak Company.[6][7]
Career
Rajwade's first major play was in Abhraham Lincolnche Patra (a Marathi Adaptation of Abraham Lincoln's Letter) by an organisation named Jagar.[3] In 2008, he starred in the Bhojpuri film, Udedh Bun.[8] In 2009, he was part of the critically acclaimed movie Vihir.[9][10] In 2010, he wrote a play titled Geli Ekvis Varsha (which was directed by him as well) which was performed at Italy's Universo Teatro.[4] In 2012, Rajwade was seen in Ha Bharat Maza.[11] He was greatly appreciated for his roles in Rajwade and & Sons (2014) and Rama Madhav (2014).[12] In the same year, he was also seen in the Hindi movie Dekh Tamasha Dekh, portraying the role of Prashant.[13]
In 2017, he was featured on Forbes India's 30 under 30 list.[4] Alok Rajwade also won the Best Actor Award at the BRICS Film Festival-2017 held in China that year for his movie Kaasav.[14] In 2018, he made his directorial debut in Marathi movies through Ashleel Udyog Mitramandal, written by Dharmakirti Sumant.[12][15] In the same year, he was also part of the movie Dear Molly which was selected for the Academy Awards.[16] He directed the play, A Doubtful Gaze at Uber at Midnight, which was staged at Serendipity Arts Festival 2018, in Goa.[17][18]
In 2019, he was a co-host of the series titled Safe Journeys.[19][20] Rajwade was also awarded the Balasaheb Sarpotdar Award by his alma mater, Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce.[21]
