Vijayendra Ghatge

Vijayendra Ghatge (born 1950) is an Indian actor in Bollywood film and television. He is known for the musical superhit movie Chitchor. His other famous movies include Prem Rog (1982), Devdas (2002) and Jhankaar Beats (2003).

Background and education Ghatge is a member of the Maratha royal family of Kagal estate, which was a feudatory vassal of Kolhapur State. He is thus a relative of the Maharaja of Kolhapur, as Chhatrapati Shahu was adopted from Kagal and placed on the Gadi of Kolhapur. Ghatge's mother, Sitaraje Ghatge, is the daughter of Maharaja Tukoji Rao Holkar III of Indore (reigned 1903–1926) by his American-born third wife Nancy Miller (who was formally adopted by the Maharaja's aunt and took the name Sharmishtha Devi Holkar upon marrying the Maharaja). He is the paternal uncle of Indian actress Sagarika Ghatge (married to Indian cricketer Zaheer Khan), sometimes mistaken to be her father.

He is married to Avantika Ghatge who was formerly head of department of Fine Arts at the Daly College in Indore. They have a daughter Umikaa Ghatge, who studied at the Daly College and is a freelance content writer.

After doing B.Com Honours (Management) from Sydenham College of Commerce, Bombay Vijayendra graduated in acting course from the FTII, Pune.

Career Ghatge started his film career with a supporting role in Rajshri Productions' 1976 Hindi film Chitchor. Directed by Basu Chatterjee, the film was a box office "Superhit". Thereafter, he did various supporting roles in films like Kasme Vaade (1978), Tere Pyar Mein, Prem Rog (1982) and Razia Sultan (1983). In the mid-1980s, Ghatge began appearing in television serials. His character role of Lala Vrishbhaan, played in the 1986–87 classic serial Buniyaad made him a household name.

In 2002, Ghatge appeared in the Sanjay Leela Bhansali directed Devdas in the role of Bhuvan Choudhary, the ageing husband of the heroine, Paro, played by Aishwarya Rai.

Filmography Films Year Film Role Notes 1976 Chitchor Sunil Kishan 1977 Agar... If Vijay Sohni 1978 Anpadh Mukesh 1978 Yatheema Sundari Vahid 1978 Kasme Vaade Kundan Ghanshyamdas 1978 Tere Pyar Mein 1979 Sunayana Dr. Indrajeet 1979 Shaayad 1980 Nazrana Pyar Ka Kishore 1980 Aakhri Insaaf 1980 Ehsan Aapka 1980 Guest House Suraj 1981 Dhanwan 1981 Paanch Qaidi 1981 Hum Se Badkar Kaun Ballu/DSP Vijay 1981 Jyoti Niranjan Pratap Singh 1982 Prem Rog Kunwar Narendra Singh 1982 Satte Pe Satta Shekhar 1982 Jeeo Aur Jeene Do 1982 Maut Ka Saya 1982 Waqt Waqt Ki Baat 1983 Razia Sultan Amil Altunia 1984 Ram Ki Ganga Arun 'Suraj' Verma 1984 Ram Tera Desh Prem Kumar Saxena 1984 Waqt Ki Pukar Raja 1984 Divorce Ajay Oswal/Shyam 1984 Hanste Khelte 1985 Meraa Ghar Mere Bachche Dr. Shrikant Bhargav 1985 Pournami Raavil 3D Malayalam 3D film 1985 Mehak 1985 Kali Basti Inspector Raghuvanshi 1986 Sheesha Advocate Ashok Kumar 1986 Locket Vijay 1986 Trikon Ka Chauta Kon 1986 Dahleez Ahmed Ali 1986 Katha Sagar TV series 1987 Muqaddar Ka Faisla Police Inspector Shekhar 1988 Mohabbat Ke Dushman Shamsher 1988 Veerana Sameer Pratap 1988 Shahenshah Mohammed Salim 1988 Yateem Senior Police Officer 1989 Batwara Devan 1989 Tridev Ramesh Tejani 1989 Souten Ki Beti Advocate Narendra 1989 Ajeeb Itefaq Aparna's boyfriend 1989 Guru Inspector Shiv Shankar Shrivastav 1989 Naqab Nawab Sajhat Ali Khan 1990 Bandh Darwaza Thakur Pratap Singh 1990 Lekin... Raja Param Singh 1991 Indrajeet Inspector Sudhir 1991 Aakhri Cheekh Rahul Kumar 1991 Sanam Bewafa Sajjan Thakur 1991 Ek Doctor Ki Maut Dr. Arijit 1992 Apradhi Man outside the orphanage 1992 Bekhudi Radhika's Father 1992 Khel Ravi 1993 Damini - Lightning Inspector Kadam 1993 Kshatriya Raja Davendra Pratap Singh 1993 Anth Advocate Vikas Saxena 1994 Maza Saubhagya Ahant Abhyankar Marathi Film (cameo) 1994 Vaade Iraade Principal Tripathi 1994 Beta Ho To Aisa Forest Officer Anand 1995 Guddu Rehman 1996 Rajkumar 1997 Aakhri Sanghursh Arjun 1998 Kareeb Diwan Virendranath 1999 Love You Hamesha 2000 Siyani TV movie 2001 Shirdi Sai Baba (2001) 2002 Jeena Sirf Merre Liye Pooja's dad 2002 Deewangee Ashwin Mehta 2002 Devdas Bhuvan Choudhry 2002 Kabhie Tum Kabhie Hum Mr. Shrivastav 2003 Jhankaar Beats Mr. Kapoor 2003 Tujhe Meri Kasam 2004 Wajahh: A Reason to Kill Singhania 2004 Garv: Pride and Honour Chief Minister 2005 Chand Sa Roshan Chehra 2006 Shaadi Se Pehle Mr. Bhalla 2007 Marigold Rajput 2008 Karma: Crime. Passion. Reincarnation Ranvir Singh 2010 Foggy Christmas Simon 2010 Life Express Tanvi's boss 2011 Aazaan Home Minister

Television Year Serial Role Channel Notes 1985 Singhasan Battisi Raja Vikramaditya DD National 1985 Vikram Aur Betaal (Episode: The Unsuccessful Penance of Gunkar) Gunkar DD National 1986–1987 Buniyaad Lala Vrishbhan DD National 1992 Missione d'amore Mansingh 1992 Talaash Sudhir DD National 1994 Junoon adv.Neil Bhatiya DD National 1998–1999 Ashiqui Zee TV 2003 Vishwaas Vishwanath Dikshit Zee TV