Indian actor (b. 1969)

Upendra Limaye (born 8 November 1969) is an Indian actor, who won the National Film Award for his role in the Marathi film Jogwa.On the centenary of Indian cinema in April 2013, Forbes included Limaye's performance in the film Jogwa on its list, "25 Greatest Acting Performances of Indian Cinema."

Contents

• 1 Biography
  • 1.1 Family background
  • 1.2 Education
• 2 Filmography
  • 2.1 Films
  • 2.2 Television shows
• 3 Awards
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Biography

He has acted in numerous experimental plays, Marathi parallel films, television serials, Hindi mainstream movies and a few South Indian films. He has worked with renowned stage and film directors like Madhur Bhandarkar, Ram Gopal Verma, Amol Palekar, Rajiv Patil, Jabbar Patel, Satish Alekar, Vinay Apte, Waman Kendre, Chandrakant Kulkarni, Anant Mahadevan, Karupaniannan and others.

His performance in the film Jogva, earned him the Best Male Actor award at the 56th National Films Awards in 2010, making him the first Marathi actor to be honoured with. Besides ‘Jogwa’, he has appeared in several National award-winning films, like ‘Mukta,’ ‘Bangarwadi,’ ‘Sarkarnama,’ ‘Dhyasparva’, ‘Chandni Bar,’ ‘Page 3,’ ‘Traffic Signal,’ to mention a few.

Upendra Limaye is married to Swati and they have two children.

Family background

Upendra Limaye was born and grew up in Pune’s Sadashiv Peth.

Education

Upendra Limaye studied in New English High School and Bharti Vidyapeeth, Pune.

In 1988, along with his friends za Upendra founded an Experimental Theatre platform called ‘Parichay’. In the next decade, Upendra acted in numerous experimental and commercial plays.

Filmography

Films

Television shows

Awards

• Best Actor

Natya Gaurav AwardYear:: 1996Play Jallai Tuzi Preet

• Best Actor

Kalnirnaya AwardYear:: 1996Play Jallai Tuzi Preet

• Best Actor

Maharashtra Times AwardYear:: 2005Film Page 3

• Best Actor

Hamlog AwardYear:: 2005Film Page3

• Best Actor

Rashtriya Ratna AwardYear:: 2006Film Page 3

• Best Actor

Kalarang AwardYear:: 2009Film Sarkar Raj / Urus

• Year: 2009 National Film Award for Best Actor for the film Jogwa
• Best Actor

Shivaji Ganeshan AwardYear:: 2009Film Jogwa

• Best Actor

V. Shantaram AwardYear:: 2009Film Jogwa

• Best Actor

Baburao Painter AwardYear:: 2009Film Jogwa

• Best Actor

Sanskriti Kaladarpan AwardYear:: 2009Film Jogwa

• Best Actor

Maharashtra Times AwardYear:: 2009Film Jogwa

• For Outstanding

Contribution to his ProfessionMaharashtra Ratna PuraskarYear:: 2010

• For Outstanding

Contribution to his ProfessionNinad PuraskarYear:: 2010

References

External links

• Official website
• Upendra Limaye at IMDb:
• Upendra Limaye at Bollywood Hungama