Alok Rajwade

Alok Rajwade (born 7 February 1989) is an Indian actor, director, singer and painter. He has appeared in Marathi and Hindi films and experimental plays.

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. He completed his M.A. in Sociology from the University of Pune. He was part of various theatre troupes like Aasakta Kalamanch and Samanvay. He directed and acted in various plays for Natak Company. In 2009, he was part of the critically acclaimed movie Vihir. 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. In the same year, he was also seen in the Hindi movie Dekh Tamasha Dekh, portraying the role of Prashant. Alok Rajwade also won the Best Actor Award at the BRICS Film Festival-2017 held in China that year for his movie Kaasav. In 2018, he made his directorial debut in Marathi movies through Ashleel Udyog Mitramandal, written by Dharmakirti Sumant. In the same year, he was also part of the movie Dear Molly which was selected for the Academy Awards. He directed the play, A Doubtful Gaze at Uber at Midnight, which was staged at Serendipity Arts Festival 2018, in Goa.

He also features in Bharatiya Digital Party short video series Aai Ani Me, in which he plays Aniruddha aka Ani along with Renuka Daftardar(Aai) and Mrinmayee Godbole(Jui).

In 2019, he was a co-host of the series titled Safe Journeys. Rajwade was also awarded the Balasaheb Sarpotdar Award by his alma mater, Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce.

Filmography All films are in Marathi, unless mentioned.

Films Year Title Role Notes2008 Udedh Bun Ashu Bhojpuri Short Film 2013 Kaatal Aakash 2014 Rama Madhav Madhavrao Peshwe Rajwade and Sons Anay Rajwade 2017 Kaasav Manav

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