Mahesh Manjrekar

Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar (born 16 August 1958) is an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer who works primarily in Hindi films, alongside Marathi and Telugu films. He is credited with directing the critically acclaimed films "Vaastav: The Reality" (1999), "Astitva" (2000) and "Viruddh... Family Comes First" (2005). He has won a National Film Award and two Star Screen Awards. 
Career.
Manjrekar has acted in several films, including some of his own productions. He was first seen in the Door darshan Marathi series named Kshitij, in which he played a leprosy patient. He first gained acclaim as an actor for his performance in the 2002 film "Kaante", and later played negative roles in the Tamil film "Arrambam" (2013), Telugu film "Okkadunnadu" (2007) and as the gangster Javed in the film "Slumdog Millionaire" (2008). He played Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the Marathi film "Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy". He also played the role of Harpeez Dongara in the "Aakhri Chunauti" series of episodes in the Indian TV series "C.I.D.". Manjrekar was acclaimed for the role as inspector D.R. Talpade in the movie "Wanted".
He was a MNS candidate from Mumbai North West in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections but lost to Gajanan Kirtikar of Shiv Sena.
Personal life.
Manjrekar is married to Medha Manjrekar. They have a daughter, Saiee Manjrekar, who is a Bollywood actress. He has a stepdaughter, Gauri Ingawale, from his wife Medha Manjrekar's first husband. 