Nitish Bharadwaj

Nitish Bharadwaj

Nitish Bharadwaj in Kolkata during Atul Satya Koushik's play "Chakravyuh"

Nitish Bharadwaj in Kolkata during Atul Satya Koushik's play "Chakravyuh"
Born (1963-06-02) 2 June 1963
India
Residence Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriting
Years active 1987- present
Spouse(s) Monisha Patil (1991-2003)
Smita Gate (2009 - present)

Nitish Bharadwaj (Hindi: नितीश भारद्वाज; born 2 June 1963) is an Indian film actor, director, screenwriter and former member of the Indian Parliament Lok Sabha.[1] He is best known for his portrayal of Lord Krishna in B. R. Chopra's television series Mahabharat, as well as for his portrayal of several Avatars of Vishnu in some of Chopra's other works, such as Vishnu Puran.[2][3] His debut directorial film in Marathi titled 'Pitruroon' has won him accolades from both the audiences and critics and he now focusses on his film career entirely through screenwriting, directing and acting. Academically Nitish is a qualified veterinary surgeon from Bombay Veterinary College, Parel, Mumbai.[4] He has voluntarily withdrawn from electoral politics.

Career

Television and films

Nitish Bharadwaj has starred in many Marathi movies like Anapekshit, 'Pasanta ahe Mulgi' as well as in a highly acclaimed Malayalam movie Njan Gandharvan (1991) directed by P. Padmarajan. He directed a historical TV serial titled Gita Rahasya, Apraadhi for Star TV and a few documentary films.[4] Currently Nitish judged a Marathi dance reality show on ETV Marathi Jallosh Survanayugacha with Sudha Chandran and Ramesh Deo. Nitish made his film direction debut in 2013 with a Marathi film starring Tanuja, Suhas Joshi and Sachin Khedekar titled Pitru Roon. The film is based on a novella by Sudha Murthy. The film was acclaimed by both the critics & the audiences. Pitruroon received many nominations and awards but also gave Nitish the prestigious Maharashtra State Film Award as the 2nd Best Director of year 2013.[2][5][6][7] Nitish played the role of Krishna at the age of 23 and became an overnight star.[8][9]

Politics

Nitish contested the parliamentary elections from Jamshedpur and Rajgarh (in Madhya Pradesh) as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate and was elected to Lok Sabha as a Member of Parliament from Jamshedpur in 1996, by defeating veteran Inder Singh Namdhari.[10] He lost to Laxman Singh (brother of then chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, Digvijaya Singh) in the 1999 Lok Sabha elections.

Personal life

In 1991, Nitish Bharadwaj married Monisha Patil, daughter of Vimla Patil, then editor of Femina. They have two children and divorced in 2005.[11][12] Monisha now lives in London with her children. Nitish married Smita Gate, an IAS officer (1992 batch) from Madhya Pradesh cadre, in 2009.[13]

Filmography

Films
Television

Award nominations

Best Director for Pitruroon, Screen awards, 2014

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Patil, Vimla (March 17, 2002). "Mythologicals in Their Modern Avatar". Spectrum. The Sunday Tribune. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Pandit, Shruti (10 September 2013). "Nitish Bharadwaj dons the hat of a director". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  3. ↑ Trivedi, Tanvi (October 17, 2013). "Comparisons with Nitish Bharadwaj are most welcome: Saurabh Raaj Jain". The Times of India. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Ashraf, Syed Firdaus (September 10, 1999). "The Rediff Election Interview / Nitish Bharadwaj". Rediff on the Net. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  5. ↑ "First look of Nitish Bharadwaj's Pitruroon". Rangmarathi. August 23, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  6. ↑ Swamy, Rohan (March 21, 2013). "Krishna's Confessions". The Indian Express. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  7. ↑ Deshmukh, Gayatri (February 16, 2013). "Nitish Bharadwaj ropes in Tanuja his directorial debut". The Times of India. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  8. ↑ N, Patcy (May 22, 2013). "I DID NOT want to play Krishna in 'Mahabharat'". Rediff Movies. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  9. ↑ Verma, Sukanya (September 18, 2012). "Reader's Pick: The 25 GREATEST characters on Indian TV". Rediff Movies. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  10. ↑ Masih, Archana (February 12, 1998). "Any party which wants to rule India has to be secular in its true sense". Rediff on the Net. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  11. ↑ Roy, Amit (14 November 2004). "Nitish, Nitish, burning bright". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  12. ↑ "For how many years do you want the adivasis to wear their traditional finery and dance for you?". Rediff on the Net. February 13, 1998. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  13. ↑ Singh, Varun (2010-01-11). "Sanjay Dutt resigs from Samajwadi Party". Mid-day. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  14. ↑ Gulzar; Nihalani, Govind; Chatterjee, Saibal (2003). Encyclopedia of Hindi Cinema. Encyclopaedia Britannica (India). Popular Prakashan. p. 554. ISBN 8179910660.
  15. ↑ "State Film Awards". Information & Public Relations Department (I&PRD). 1990. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Khatyal Sasu Nathal Soon (1988)". My Marathi Cinema. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Pasant Aahe Mulgi (1989)". My Marathi Cinema. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Tujhi Majhi Jamli Jodi (1990)". My Marathi Cinema. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Pitruroon (2013)". My Marathi Cinema. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  20. ↑ "25 years of BR Chopra's 'Mahabharata': Do you remember these iconic characters?". IBN Live. CNN. April 23, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
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