Sayaji Shinde
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Sayaji Shinde is a actor from India (age 67).
Quick Facts
- Full Name
- Sayaji Shinde
- Born
- January 13, 1959
- Birthplace
- Vele Kamthi
- Age
- 67 years
- Zodiac Sign
- Capricorn
- Height
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- Nationality
- 🇮🇳 India
- Religion
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- Ethnicity
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- Eye Color
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- Profession
- Actor, Director
- Net Worth
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- Education
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- Spouse
- Alka Shinde
- Children
- 1 (Siddharth Shinde)
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Biography
Sayaji Shinde is 67 years old, an actor, from India.
Sayaji pursued acting first through Marathi theatre. He started doing one-act plays in 1978, and went on to get noticed in plays like Zulva (1987), One Room Kitchen (1989) and Amchya Ya Gharat (1991). He then moved to acting in Marathi cinema. The co-actor Manoj Bajpayee who saw an article on the actor in a leading national daily and recommended him to Ram Gopal Varma in his 1999 action crime Hindi film Shool .
Sayaji had a career breakthrough with Gnana Rajasekaran 's 2000 Tamil film Bharathi , where he played Subramania Bharati , the popular poet and writer from Tamil Nadu . He then went on to appear in Bollywood movies like Vaastu Shastra (2003), Sarkar Raj (2008), and Sanju (2018).
Career & Filmography
Movies(70)
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Jigel (film) |
| 2025 | Rajabheema |
| 2025 | Good Bad Ugly |
| 2024 | Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha |
| 2024 | Kubera |
| 2023 | Maa Awara Zindagi |
| 2023 | Ajmer 92 |
| 2023 | Ghar Banduk Biryani |
| 2022 | Dharmasthali |
| 2022 | Godfather |
Family
Relationships
Romantic History
| Person | Status |
|---|---|
| Alka Shinde | Married |
Family
Then vs. Now
Film Debut: Aboli
Sayaji Shinde made their film debut with Aboli (1995).
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Career Timeline
Sayaji Shinde's debut was Darmiyaan: In Between (1997).
Sayaji Shinde made their film debut with Aboli (1995).
13 January 1959 (age 67)
Sayaji Shinde was born on 1959-01-13 in Vele Kamthi.
Interesting Facts
- Sayaji Shinde (Marathi pronunciation: [səjaːd͡ʒiː ʃin̪d̪eː]; born 13 January 1959) is an Indian actor who appears in Indian films.
- He won Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Marathi for Aboli (1995) film, for his reprising debutant role "Sayaji".
- Born in a farmer's family in a small village named Vele Kamthi (Pin code : 415022) in Satara District in Maharashtra, Sayaji completed his bachelor's degree in arts in Marathi language, and started his career in 1978 while studying in college as a night watchman for Maharashtra Government's Irrigation Department for a meager pay of Rs. 165 per month.
- During his service as a watchman, he developed an interest in theatre and his passion for acting drew him to the theatre and films.
- After his initial struggling years, he moved to Mumbai.
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