Nagesh Bhonsle

Nagesh Bhosle is an award winning Indian film, television and theatre actor. He has recently worked on a Hollywood film called 'Hotel Mumbai' alongside Jason Isaacs, Armie Hammer & Dev Patel. Nagesh has acted in more than a hundred Indian films and thousands of episodes in Television shows. After completing endless projects in the Hindi, Marathi and Telugu language fraternity as an actor, he ventured into Directing and Producing. He has successfully made 6 films so far, as a Director. In 2009, his debut film 'Goshta Choti Dongraevadhi' (English title: A story as small as a mountain) was highly appreciated by the critics and audiences at the time. Nagesh's films are enthralling and speak of the contemporary issues in India. Ajna Motion Picture's first film "Panhala" (2015), directed and produced by Nagesh, is critically acclaimed, won many awards and featured at domestic and foreign film festivals including the 25th Golden Rooster in China. His current film "Nati Khel" which is to release in cinemas in 2017 was invited to be screened at the PAMLA conference in Los Angeles, California and open for dialogue between the filmmakers and the scholarly patrons of PAMLA. It has also won a special award at the Wuhan International Art Film Festival, in China, December 2016. in 2017, it has been an official selection at Pune International Film Festival, Bodhisattva International Film Festival & Orange City International Film Festival.



AS A DIRECTOR

1) Gosht Choti Dongraevadhi (2009) Cast: Nilu Phule, Nagesh Bhosle, Sayaji Shinde, & Makrand Anaspure. Producer: Pentagon Productions Pvt Ltd Genre : Drama Based on true incidents, the film is about what happened when the government in India declared a compensation of 100,000 rupees to the families of the drought ridden farmers who have committed suicide. Nandu (Nagesh Bhosle) is a heavily indebted farmer. Rajaram(Makrand Anaspure), Nandu's best friend, comes back to the village to earn a living. After Nandu commits suicide as a last means to achieve money, Rajaram kidnaps the agricultural minister (Sayaji Shinde) and takes him to the village to teach him a lesson.

2) Gallit Gondhal Dillit Mujra (2009) Cast: Nagesh Bhosle, Sayaji Shinde, Makrand Anaspure. Producer: Pentagon Production Pvt Ltd Genre: Comedy Kolsewadi has never seen any progress in the village, thanks to the bickering and fights? Between MLA Chandrakant Tope and Sarpanch Bajirao Dole. Narayan Wagh, a villager, makes the most of this to his advantage. He manages to coax the villagers and enters the electoral fray to fight the upcoming village elections. He gets help in the way of Rebecca who has come from America to study Maharashtra Folk Art and Dance. He convinces her to study the Lauvni (a Marathi Folk Dance) and perform for him at his political rally.

3) Adgul Madgul (2011) Cast: Subodh Bhave, Girija Oak, Smita Talwalkar, Uday Tikekar, Anita Date & Nagesh Bhosle, Producer: Sri Sankalp Film Production Genre: Comedy Anuja is married to Shaunak and lives with his big joint family of brahmins. When she gives birth to an extremely dark skinned child, the big happy family turns into an investigating bunch of people trying to prove whether Anuja has committed infidelity or not. The film is full of hilarious twists and turns while everyone in the family is losing their minds and acting like racist fanatics, only Anuja remains sane to prove her innocence. This film is literally a 'dark' comedy.

4) Panhala (2015) Cast: Makrand Deshpande, Sangram Salvi, Amruta Sant, Samidha Guru, Nagesh Bhosle. Producer: Ajna Motion Picture Pvt Ltd Genre: Drama Balkrishna is an intuitive tour guide who enjoys touring folks around and telling them historic tales that are significant to Panhala and the Indian culture. After an unexpected car crash by a cliff, Ajay and his wife Sneha's lives get entangled with the lives of Swastik and Madhavi a newly married couple. Through a strange turn of events, Balkrishna and the warring couples embark on a twisting life changing journey that mirrors the murky side of the slowly modernising Indian society today. Panhala's "Pride", Balkrishna?Guide also teaches us that making peace with history can lead us to a better future.

5) Nati Khel (Releasing in 2017) Cast: Milind Shinde, Umesh Jagtap, Radha Kulkarni & Nagesh Bhosle. Producer: Ajna Motion Picture Pvt Ltd Duration: 99 minutes Genre: Drama Sadba and Parvi are chosen by the temple rituals to be the prime married couple to sit by the grand prayers adoring the Goddess. Sadba learns that, Parvi, is having an affair with his younger brother Mallappa. After the three of them narrate and explain each of their stories, the Panchayat (village council) gives an unusual verdict, One that surprises everybody whereby Parvi must marry the second brother, and live the life of a woman with two husbands. A majority of people oppose this marriage while turning a blind eye towards men with multiple wives. Will an orthodox patriarchal society approve of Parvi having two husbands?



6) Sanchar (Under Post Production)

Producer: Ajna Motion Picture & Sahasrara Entertainment Genre: Dark Comedy What happens when Nagu-kaka the village brahmin (hindu) gets possessed by the spirit of a (muslim) fakir from an eight hundred year old mausoleum? The film is based Rajan Khan's novel, 'Sanchar'. Four siblings from the busy city of Pune go to visit their uncle at a village called Mahagaon after receiving a text from their aunt saying that he is getting possessed by the spirit of Nyamat Shah Baba the Fakir. Full of religious extremism and dark humor revolving around Hindu and Muslim superstitions in India, this film makes you wonder why the educated city people have more orthodox views towards the religions of others and why do the people living in villages show more modern towards religious tolerance.