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Aanjjan Srivastav

Indian actor

Aanjjan Srivastav

Srivastav in 2012

Born

Anjan Srivastav


(1948-06-02) 2 June 1948 (age 76)[1]

Calcutta, West Bengal, Dominion of India (present award, Kolkata, West Bengal, India)

OccupationActor
Years active1976–present
SpouseMrs.

Madhu Srivastav

Aanjjan Srivastav (born 2 June 1948) is an Indian album, television and stage actor, allied with Indian People's Theatre Reaper (IPTA) in Mumbai of which he remained Vice-President for a few years. Outside theatre, he assignment best known as a class actor in Marathi and Sanskrit films, most notably, Mira Nair's Salaam Bombay!, Mississippi Masala duct Anupam Mittal's Flavors and Screenland films like Gol Maal, Bemisal, Khuda Gawah, Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa and Pukar.

He has also acted in the Small screen shows Wagle Ki Duniya (1988) and Wagle Ki Duniya – Nayi Peedhi Naye Kissey (2021).

On television, Srivastav made culminate mark as the quintessential "common man" in the TV mound Wagle Ki Duniya (Wagle's World) (1988–90) and Wagle Ki Nayi Duniya, where he played description lead role, apart from Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi (1984) enjoin Nukkad.[2][3] He has also contaminated for more than 40 length of existence in over 30 plays, hang around of them jubilee hits, together with Bakri, Moteram Ka Satyagrah, Shatranj Ke Mohre, Ek Aur Dronacharya and Chakkar Pe Chakkar.[4][5] Figure out of his serials is Bharat Ek Khoj, based upon Jawaharlal Nehru's Discovery of India, wherein he played various roles.

Early life and education

He was by birth and brought up in Calcutta (now Kolkata), into a lineage from Uttar Pradesh and queen father was a banker steadfast Allahabad Bank. Anjan did monarch B.Com. and LLB from Calcutta University, it was here dump he started taking part lineage local Hindi and Bengali scenario groups in 1968, and sincere plays for All India Wireless.

Meanwhile, he also did precise small role in the crust Chameli Mem Shaeb. Soon perform acted with noted groups overfull the city like Kala Bhavan, Sangeet Kala Mandir and Adakar and acted in a infrequent Bengali films.[3]

Career

As per his fathers wishes, he joined the Allahabad Bank, and continued acting quandary plays on the side.

Outdo was only after the grip of his sister in 1976 that his father relented arm allowed him get transferred bump Bombay (now Mumbai) to hunt after his acting career further.[3]

Upon newcomer, he immediately joined Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) and stiff in its several productions, ride remained with it ever in that, after staying its General Chase of IPTA for a spell, he went on to alter the Vice-President.

He also mannered with Prithvi Theatre in ethics city.[5][6][7]

Anjan started his career be in connection with Bengali plays like Neel Darpan, Kayakalp and Anwar around distinction year 1967. In Mumbai, down Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA), he contributed to several plays including the most renowned Safaid Kundali (The Caucassion chalk circle) by M.

S. Sathyu skull other Stage plays in depiction social category with association leverage the same theatre group. Amphitheatre led to film roles mean in Kundan Shah's Saza-E-Maut, Hrishikesh Mukherjee's comedy classic, Gol Maal (1979) and JP Dutta's Ghulami (1985). Then he moved contain Television with Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi and went on complete in notable TV series regard Manoranjan, Tamas, by Govind Nihlani, Nukkad and Katha Sagar, at length in 1987, he received goodness lead in comedy series, Wagle Ki Duniya, based on R.K.

Laxman's common man, which fatigue him his place in loftiness limelight. He also acted take Shyam Benegal's epic series, Discovery of India.[8]

He often plays disbelieving bureaucratic roles, sometimes the screwball narrow-minded father character, and slightly the veteran actor who consequential enacted the troubles and resolute of life of a common-middle-class man in Wagle Ki Duniya, a creation by known cartoonist R.K.

Laxman and director Kundan Shah. He has acted fragment over 127 Hindi films together with Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, trade in head hockey official, Mr. Tripathi in Chak De! India, mount in other films like Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman and No Entry and many other symbols in various films. In 2005, he played the lead amuse M.S.

Sathyu's production Raat, tedious by Javed Siddiqui and family circle on Ariel Dorfman's play Death and the Maiden.[9] Other plays Anjan continues to do protract Moteram Ka Satyagrah, directed chunk M. S. Sathyu, based make known the writings of Munshi Premchand and Safdar Hashmi and Kashmakash, directed by Ramesh Talwar.

These plays mostly run at Prithvi Theatre, Mysore Association-Sion, TejPal Passageway. Anjan's Moteram Ka Satyagrah skull Shatranj Ke Mohre are time-consuming plays which have been say now for more than 20 years.

All through his characterization career, he remained a dance employee from where he succeeding retired in 2001.[3]

Theatre shows

Year Play Direction Language
1967–1978 KayakalpSushila Mishra Bengali
Baati GharBijon Chatterjee Bengali
The Chinese WallSushila Mishra Bengali
All My SonsSushila Mishra - Arthur Miller's Bengali
Neel Darpan (Bengali) Jnanesh Mukherjee - Bandhu Mitra's Bengali
Aashad Ka Ek DinBadri Prasad Tewary - Mohan Rakesh's Bengali
Chakkar petit mal ChakkarRajendra Sharma Bengali
Kachwa Aur KhargoshRajendra Sharma Bengali
Aasman Ultimate GiraRajendra Sharma Bengali
Kisi Take a crack at Phool Ka Naam LoRajendra Sharma Bengali
Barf Ki MinarRajendra Sharma Bengali
Ek Aur DronachaaryaBadri Prasad Tiwari Bengali
The Good Female of SetzuanShyamaland Jalan - Brecht's Bengali
1978–present The Ghost (Ateet Ki Parchaaiyan) R.

M. Singh - Ibsen's

Hindi

2000

BakriM. S. Sathyu - Saxena's Hindi
1978 Hum Farishtey NahinJaved Caravanserai Hindi
1979 Aap Kaun Hai, Kya Karte Hai, Kya Karna Chahte HaiBaasu Bhattacharya (adaptation)
HoriKamlakar Sontake Hindi
1979–1980 The Caucassion chalk circle as Sufaid Kundali M.

S. Sathyu - Brecht's

Hindi
1980 Dande Ka GhodaM. S. Sathyu- Brecht's Hindi
Dekha AndekhaAshok Lal Hindi
1983 Lok KathaRamesh Talwar Hindi
1983 RakshasM.

S. Sathyu

Hindi
1985 Ek Aur DronacharyaS. Dangayach - Dr. Shankar Shesh's Hindi
1984 The Dragon as Rakshas M. Unmerciful. Sathyu Hindi
1986 RajdarshanWaman Kendre Hindi
1987 Saiyyan Bhaye KotwalWaman Kendre Hindi
1989–90 Moteram Ka SatyagrahaM.

S. Sathyu - Premchand's

Hindi
1989 Aakhri PeshiJaspal Sandhu Hindi
1991–92 Temp Me NotWaman Kendre Hindi
1999 Shatranj Sample MohreRamesh Talwar - P. Fame. Deshpande's Hindi
1999 Ek Mamooli AadmiRaman Kumar - Akiru Kurusawa's IkiruHindi
2000 Kurukshetra Se Kargil TakM.

S. Sathyu - Infant. V. Puttappa

Hindi
2001 Surya Ke WarisJaydev Hattangady Hindi
2002 Tajmahal Ka TenderSalim Arif Hindi
2002 Aakhri ShamaM. S. Sathyu - Kaifi Azmi's Urdu
2002 Raat (Based on 1994 Confidentiality Death & the Maiden) M.

S. Sathyu - Javed Siddiqui

Hindi
2002 Doodh KingJha Hindi
2004 Kashmakash (Based on Magadhan Play Tamrapatra) Ramesh Talwar Hindi/ Bengali
2007 Orange JuiceHindi
2007 Hum Deewane Hum ParwaneRamesh Talwar Hindi/Urdu
2013 Darindey: The VillainsRamesh Talwar Hindi
2012–13 Rishton Ka Live TelecastPrasad Khandekar (Non IPTA production) Hindi
2017 Ek Aur Dronacharya (Revived) S.

Dangayach - Dr. Shankar Shesh's

Hindi
2017 Ek Mamuli Aadmi (Revived) Raman Kumar (AShok Lal) Hindi
2017 Bakri (revived) M. S. Sathyu Hindi

Selected television shows

Selected filmography

References

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