Nagraj Manjule | |
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Born | Nagraj Popatrao Manjule 24 August 1978 Jeur, Maharashtra, India |
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Spouse | Gargee Kulkarni (m. 2017)[1]
Sunita Manjule
(m. 1997; div. 2014) |
Children | 2 |
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Nagraj Popatrao Manjule (born 24 August 1978) is an Indian film director, actor, producer, scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker. He works in Marathi cinema, and is best known for Sairat and Pistulya—the latter for which he received National Film Award in the National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director.
At the 61st National Film Awards, Fandry won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director.[3] In 2018, Manjule published a book of poetry in Marathi titled Unhachya Katavirudhha which won the Bhairuratan Damani Sahitya Puraskar.[4] He owns a wrestling team called 'Veer Marathwada' in Zee Maharashtra Kusti Dangal.[5]
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