Vijayendra Ghatge

Vijayendra Ghatge (born 1945) is an Indian actor in Bollywood film and television. He is known for his role of Lala Vrishbhaan in the TV serial Buniyaad that originally aired on DD National in 1986. Among other serials and several films, he is also known for his roles in Chitchor (1976), Prem Rog (1982) and more recently Devdas (2002) and Jhankaar Beats (2003).

Vijayendra Ghatge
Born	1945 (age 78–79)
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1976–2011
Spouse	Avantika Ghatge
Children	Umikaa Ghatge (daughter)
Parent	Sitaraje Ghatge (mother)
Relatives	Sagarika Ghatge (niece)
Website	www.vijayendra.in

Background and education

Ghatge is a member of the Maratha royal family of Kagal estate, which was a feudatory vassal of Kolhapur State. He is thus a relative of the Maharaja of Kolhapur, as Chhatrapati Shahu was adopted from Kagal and placed on the Gadi of Kolhapur. Ghatge's mother, Sitaraje Ghatge, is the daughter of the Dhangar royal family of Maharaja Tukoji Rao Holkar III of Indore (reigned 1903–1926) by his American-born third wife Nancy Miller (who was formally adopted by the Maharaja's aunt and took the name Sharmishtha Devi Holkar upon marrying the Maharaja).^[1][2] He is the uncle of Indian actress Sagarika Ghatge (married to Indian cricketer Zaheer Khan), sometimes mistakenly considered as her father.^[3] He is married to Avantika Ghatge who was formerly working as head of department of Fine Arts at the Daly College in Indore and together they have a daughter Umikaa Ghatge, who studied at the Daly College and is a freelance content writer.

After doing B.Com Honours (Management) from Sydenham College of Commerce, Bombay Vijayendra graduated in acting course from the FTII, Pune.

Career

Ghatge started his film career with a supporting role in Rajshri Productions' 1976 Hindi film Chitchor. Directed by Basu Chatterjee, the film was a box office "Superhit".^[4] Thereafter, he did various supporting roles in films like Kasme Vaade (1978), Tere Pyar Mein, Prem Rog (1982) and Razia Sultan (1983). In the mid-1980s, Ghatge began appearing in television serials. His character role of Lala Vrishbhaan, played in the 1986–87 classic serial Buniyaad made him a household name.^[5]

In 2002, Ghatge appeared in the Sanjay Leela Bhansali directed Devdas in the role of Bhuvan Choudhary, the aging husband of the heroine, Paro, played by Aishwarya Rai.^[6]

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1976	Chitchor	Sunil Kishan
1977	Agar... If	Vijay Sohni
1978	Anpadh	Mukesh
1978	Yatheema Sundari	Vahid
1978	Kasme Vaade	Kundan Ghanshyamdas
1978	Tere Pyar Mein
1979	Sunayana	Dr. Indrajeet
1979	Shaayad
1980	Nazrana Pyar Ka	Kishore
1980	Aakhri Insaaf
1980	Ehsan Aapka
1980	Guest House	Suraj
1981	Dhanwan
1981	Paanch Qaidi
1981	Hum Se Badkar Kaun	Ballu/DSP Vijay
1981	Jyoti	Niranjan Pratap Singh
1982	Prem Rog	Kunwar Narendra Singh
1982	Satte Pe Satta	Shekhar
1982	Jeeo Aur Jeene Do
1982	Maut Ka Saya
1982	Waqt Waqt Ki Baat
1983	Razia Sultan	Amil Altunia
1984	Ram Ki Ganga	Arun 'Suraj' Verma
1984	Ram Tera Desh	Prem Kumar Saxena
1984	Waqt Ki Pukar	Raja
1984	Divorce	Ajay Oswal/Shyam
1984	Hanste Khelte
1985	Meraa Ghar Mere Bachche	Dr. Shrikant Bhargav
1985	Pournami Raavil 3D		Malayalam 3D film
1985	Mehak
1985	Kali Basti	Inspector Raghuvanshi
1986	Sheesha	Advocate Ashok Kumar
1986	Locket	Vijay
1986	Trikon Ka Chauta Kon
1986	Dahleez	Ahmed Ali
1986	Katha Sagar		TV series
1987	Muqaddar Ka Faisla	Police Inspector Shekhar
1988	Mohabbat Ke Dushman	Shamsher
1988	Veerana	Sameer Pratap
1988	Shahenshah	Mohammed Salim
1988	Yateem	Senior Police Officer
1989	Batwara	Devan
1989	Tridev	Ramesh Tejani
1989	Souten Ki Beti	Advocate Narendra
1989	Ajeeb Itefaq	Aparna's boyfriend
1989	Guru	Inspector Shiv Shankar Shrivastav
1989	Naqab	Nawab Sajhat Ali Khan
1990	Bandh Darwaza	Thakur Pratap Singh
1990	Lekin...	Raja Param Singh
1991	Indrajeet	Inspector Sudhir
1991	Aakhri Cheekh
1991	Sanam Bewafa	Sajjan Thakur
1991	Ek Doctor Ki Maut	Dr. Arijit
1992	Apradhi	Man outside the orphanage
1992	Bekhudi	Radhika's Father
1992	Khel	Ravi
1993	Damini - Lightning	Inspector Kadam
1993	Kshatriya	Raja Davendra Pratap Singh
1993	Anth	Advocate Vikas Saxena
1994	Maza Saubhagya	Ahant Abhyankar	Marathi Film (cameo)
1994	Vaade Iraade	Principal Tripathi
1994	Beta Ho To Aisa	Forest Officer Anand
1995	Guddu	Rehman
1996	Rajkumar
1997	Aakhri Sanghursh	Arjun
1998	Kareeb	Diwan Virendranath
1999	Love You Hamesha
2000	Siyani		TV movie
2001	Shirdi Sai Baba (2001)
2002	Jeena Sirf Merre Liye	Pooja's dad
2002	Deewangee	Ashwin Mehta
2002	Devdas	Bhuvan Choudhry
2002	Kabhie Tum Kabhie Hum	Mr. Shrivastav
2003	Jhankaar Beats	Mr. Kapoor
2003	Tujhe Meri Kasam
2004	Wajahh: A Reason to Kill	Singhania
2004	Garv: Pride and Honour	Chief Minister
2005	Chand Sa Roshan Chehra
2006	Shaadi Se Pehle	Mr. Bhalla
2007	Marigold	Rajput
2008	Karma: Crime. Passion. Reincarnation	Ranvir Singh
2010	Foggy Christmas	Simon
2010	Life Express	Tanvi's boss
2011	Aazaan	Home Minister

Television

Year	Serial	Role	Channel	Notes
1985	Singhasan Battisi	Raja Vikramaditya	DD National
1985	Vikram Aur Betaal (Episode: The Unsuccessful Penance of Gunkar)	Gunkar	DD National
1986–1987	Buniyaad	Lala Vrishbhan	DD National
1992	Missione d'amore	Mansingh
1992	Talaash	Sudhir	DD National
1994	Junoon[7]	adv.Neil Bhatiya	DD National
1998–1999	Ashiqui		Zee TV
2003	Vishwaas	Vishwanath Dikshit	Zee TV

References

1. "Supreme Court Judgement". 24 April 2008. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
2. "Indore: Palace Intrigue". India Today. 15 September 1997. Retrieved 24 February 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
3. "Mistaken identity for Sagarika Ghatge". The Times of India. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
4. "Box office 1976". Boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
5. "The Buniyaad folks, 18 years later". Rediff.com. February 2006. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
6. Arti R (11 July 2002). "What does it take to be Ash's husband?". Rediff.com. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
7. "The Buniyaad folks, 18 years later". Rediff.com. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

External links

• Vijayendra Ghatge at IMDb