First major freelance director-character actor in Marathi and Hindi cinema. Born in Amravati. Child actor on amateur...
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🎂 Gajanan Jagirdar - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday

When Gajanan Jagirdar die, Gajanan Jagirdar was 81 years old.

Popular As	Gajanan Jagirdar
Occupation	Actor
Age	81 years old
Zodiac Sign	Aries
Born	April 2, 1907 (Amravati, Bombay Presidency, British India)
Birthday	April 2
Town/City	Amravati, Bombay Presidency, British India
Nationality	British India

🌙 Zodiac

Gajanan Jagirdar’s zodiac sign is Aries. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Gajanan Jagirdar was born in the Year of the Goat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Goat enjoy being alone in their thoughts. They’re creative, thinkers, wanderers, unorganized, high-strung and insecure, and can be anxiety-ridden. They need lots of love, support and reassurance. Appearance is important too. Compatible with Pig or Rabbit.

First major freelance director-character actor in Marathi and Hindi cinema. Born in Amravati. Child actor on amateur stage. Started Arun Players in Pune and staged Chekov's Cherry Orchard and Harindranath Chattopadhyay's Returned from Abroad.

Claimed Ernst Lubitsch's The Patriot (1928) as a major influence. Started in films as writer of English intertitles at Prabhat; then bit actor. Apprenticed to Bhalji Pendharkar. Made films for Master Vinayak's Huns Pictures, briefly at Minerva Movietone as scenarist for Sohrab Modi (Meetha Zaher, Talaaq, etc.

) and at P.K. Atre's company. Best-known film: Ramshastri (at Prabhat), taking over the direction from Raja Nene and Bedekar as well as playing the lead role. Main performance was as the Muslim patriarch in Shantaram's Shejari.

Appointed first director of the FTII (1960) and became well-known pedagogue applying e.g. Stanislavski's theories to local conditions in a book about acting (1983). Published two autobiographies (1971 & 1986).

Made a TV serial, Swami, on the life of Madhavrao Peshwa, celebrating Marathi chauvinism.