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Nitish Bharadwaj
Born (1963-06-02) 2 June 1963 (age 61)
India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriting
Years active1987- present
Spouse(s)Monisha Patil (1991-2003)
Smita Gate (2009 - present)

Nitish Bharadwaj (born 2 June 1963) (Hindi: नितीश भारद्वाज) is an Indian film actor, director, screenwriter and former member of the Indian Parliament Lok Sabha.[1] He is best known for his portrayal of Lord Krishna in B. R. Chopra's television series Mahabharat, as well as for his portrayal of several Avatars of Vishnu in some of Chopra's other works, such as Vishnu Puran.[2][3] His debut directorial film in Marathi titled 'Pitruroon' has won him accolades from both the audiences & critics and he now focusses on his film career entirely through screenwriting, directing & acting. Academically Nitish is a qualified veterinary surgeon from Bombay Veterinary College, Parel, Mumbai.[4] He has voluntarily withdrawn from electoral politics.

Career

Television and films

Nitish Bharadwaj has starred in many Marathi movies like Anapekshit, 'Pasanta ahe Mulgi' as well as in a highly acclaimed Malayalam movie Njan Gandharvan (1991) directed by P. Padmarajan. He directed a historical TV serial titled Gita Rahasya, Apraadhi for Star TV & a few documentary films.[4] Currently Nitish judged a Marathi dance reality show on ETV Marathi Jallosh Survanayugacha with Sudha Chandran and Ramesh Deo. Nitish made his film direction debut in 2013 with a Marathi film starring Tanuja, Suhas Joshi and Sachin Khedekar titled Pitru Roon. The film is based on a novella by Sudha Murthy. The film was acclaimed by both the critics & the audiences. Pitruroon received many nominations & awards but also gave Nitish the prestigious Maharashtra State Film Award as the 2nd Best Director of year 2013.[2][5][6][7] Nitish played the role of Krishna at the age of 23 and became an overnight star.[8][9]

Politics

Nitish contested the parliamentary elections from Jamshedpur and Rajgarh (in Madhya Pradesh) as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate and was elected to Lok Sabha as a Member of Parliament from Jamshedpur in 1996, by defeating veteran Inder Singh Namdhari.[10] He lost to Laxman Singh (brother of then chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, Digvijaya Singh) in the 1999 Lok Sabha elections.....

Personal life

In 1991, Nitish Bharadwaj married Monisha Patil, daughter of Vimla Patil, then editor of Femina. They have two children and divorced in 2005.[11][12] Monisha now lives in London with her children. Nitish married Smita Gate, an IAS officer (1992 batch) from Madhya Pradesh cadre, in 2009.[13]

Filmography

Films
Television

Award nominations

Best Director for Pitruroon, Screen awards, 2014

Awards

  • Best Screenplay writer for Marathi feature film - 'Pitruroon', Sahyadri film awards, 2014
  • 2nd Best Director for 'Pitruroon', Maharashtra State Film Awards, 2014
  • 2nd Best Film for 'Pitruroon', Maharashtra State Film Awards, 2014
  • Tanuja & Sachin Khedekar won Best Actor 'Screen Awards' for Nitish's film 'Pitruroon' in January 2014.

References

  1. ^ Patil, Vimla (17 March 2002). "Mythologicals in Their Modern Avatar". Spectrum. The Sunday Tribune. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b Pandit, Shruti (10 September 2013). "Nitish Bharadwaj dons the hat of a director". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  3. ^ Trivedi, Tanvi (17 October 2013). "Comparisons with Nitish Bharadwaj are most welcome: Saurabh Raaj Jain". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  4. ^ a b Ashraf, Syed Firdaus (10 September 1999). "The Rediff Election Interview / Nitish Bharadwaj". Rediff on the Net. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  5. ^ "First look of Nitish Bharadwaj's Pitruroon". Rangmarathi. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  6. ^ Swamy, Rohan (21 March 2013). "Krishna's Confessions". The Indian Express. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  7. ^ Deshmukh, Gayatri (16 February 2013). "Nitish Bharadwaj ropes in Tanuja his directorial debut". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  8. ^ N, Patcy (22 May 2013). "I DID NOT want to play Krishna in 'Mahabharat'". Rediff Movies. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  9. ^ Verma, Sukanya (18 September 2012). "Reader's Pick: The 25 GREATEST characters on Indian TV". Rediff Movies. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  10. ^ Masih, Archana (12 February 1998). "Any party which wants to rule India has to be secular in its true sense". Rediff on the Net. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  11. ^ Roy, Amit (14 November 2004). "Nitish, Nitish, burning bright". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  12. ^ "For how many years do you want the adivasis to wear their traditional finery and dance for you?". Rediff on the Net. 13 February 1998. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  13. ^ Singh, Varun (11 January 2010). "Sanjay Dutt resigs from Samajwadi Party". Mid-day. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  14. ^ Gulzar; Nihalani, Govind; Chatterjee, Saibal (2003). Encyclopedia of Hindi Cinema. Encyclopaedia Britannica (India). Popular Prakashan. p. 554. ISBN 8179910660.
  15. ^ "State Film Awards". Information & Public Relations Department (I&PRD). 1990. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  16. ^ "Khatyal Sasu Nathal Soon (1988)". My Marathi Cinema. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  17. ^ "Pasant Aahe Mulgi (1989)". My Marathi Cinema. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  18. ^ "Tujhi Majhi Jamli Jodi (1990)". My Marathi Cinema. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  19. ^ "Pitruroon (2013)". My Marathi Cinema. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  20. ^ "25 years of BR Chopra's 'Mahabharata': Do you remember these iconic characters?". IBN Live. CNN. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
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