Milind Gunaji is an actor in Marathi and Hindi theater, TV and film and also writer. Most known for his roles in films like Devdas

Devdas (2002 film)

Devdas is a 2002 Bollywood film based on the 1917 Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay novella Devdas. This is the third Hindi version and the first colour film version of the story in Hindi...

(2002), Godmother

Godmother (film)

Godmother is a Hindi movie directed by Vinay Shukla released in 1999, and ostensibly inspired by the life of Santokben Jadeja.-Cast:* Shabana Azmi - Rambhi* Milind Gunaji - Veeram* Nirmal Pandey - Jakhra* Govind Namdeo - Kesubhai...

(1999), Virasat

Virasat (1997 film)

Virasat is a Hindi musical drama film by Priyadarshan that was released in India in 1997. It starred Anil Kapoor, Tabu, Amrish Puri, Pooja Batra, Milind Gunaji and Govind Namdeo. The story was by Kamal Hassan and Anu Malik was the music composer...

(1997), Fareb

Fareb (1996 film)

Fareb is a 1996 Bollywood thriller film directed by Vikram Bhatt. The film marks the debut of actors Faraaz Khan and Suman Ranganathan and also stars Milind Gunaji. It was released on 28 June 1996. The film is a remake of the 1992 thriller Unlawful Entry. The film was successful at the box office...

(1996), Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa

Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa

Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa is an Indian feature film that deals with the life of a woman who loses her son, a Naxalite, to the violence that is a result of his adopted ideology....

(1998) and Dev

Dev (film)

Dev is a 2004 Hindi movie, directed by Govind Nihalani-Plot:Joint Commissioner of Police Dev Pratap Singh, a duty-bound, self-righteous officer, and Special Commissioner Tejinder Khosla, the balancing force between the political interests of Chief Minister Bhandarker and Dev's commitment to the...

(2004), both by Govind Nihalani

Govind Nihalani

Govind Nihalani is an Indian director, cinematographer, and also a screenwriter and film producer. He has been directing Hindi films since the late seventies, and worked in the television medium.- Biography :...

.

He has been the host of travel show

Travel Show

Travel Show could refer to:*Travel documentary A genre of television show.*The Travel Show An EP released by the British rapper Braintax in 1999....

, Bhatkanti on Zee Marathi

Zee Marathi

Zee Marathi is India-based satellite television channel, which carries broadcasts in Marathi. Zee Network, India's leading infotainment network launched it in the year 1999. It is the most viewed television channel in Mumbai...

 channel about places in Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

 and Goa

Goa

Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...

, for several years. An avid travel writer himself, in 1998 he released his first travelogue

Travelogue

Travelogue is the second full-length studio album released by the British synthpop band The Human League, released in May 1980 before the band achieved any degree of commercial success....

, Majhi Mulukhgiri, a compilation of his weekly columns for the Marathi weekly Lokprabha over period of a year and a half about tourist spots in Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

, the book has since gone into several reprints and he has subsequently published over five travelogues. Milind has been Brand Ambassador for forest and Wildlife of Government of Maharashtra

Government of Maharashtra

Government of Maharashtra is the government for the state of Maharashtra in Western India.It is an elected government with 288 MLAs elected to the legislative assembly for a 5 year term.-Ministers:...

Career

Making his debut with Sai Paranjpye

Sai Paranjpye

Sai Parānjpye is a movie director and a screenwriter in India. She is the director of award-winning movies, Sparsh, Katha, Chasme Buddoor, and Disha....

's Papeeha (1993), he followed it up with Govind Nihalani

Govind Nihalani

Govind Nihalani is an Indian director, cinematographer, and also a screenwriter and film producer. He has been directing Hindi films since the late seventies, and worked in the television medium.- Biography :...

's Droh Kaal (1994). This led to another villainous role in Fareb

Fareb (1996 film)

Fareb is a 1996 Bollywood thriller film directed by Vikram Bhatt. The film marks the debut of actors Faraaz Khan and Suman Ranganathan and also stars Milind Gunaji. It was released on 28 June 1996. The film is a remake of the 1992 thriller Unlawful Entry. The film was successful at the box office...

(1996), which got him his first Filmfare Award nomination for Best Performance in a Negative Role, the second one in the same category came with Priyadarshan

Priyadarshan

Priyadarshan is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter. In a career spanning over two decades, Priyadarshan has directed over 80 films in several Indian languages including Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu...

's Virasat

Virasat (1997 film)

Virasat is a Hindi musical drama film by Priyadarshan that was released in India in 1997. It starred Anil Kapoor, Tabu, Amrish Puri, Pooja Batra, Milind Gunaji and Govind Namdeo. The story was by Kamal Hassan and Anu Malik was the music composer...

in 1998.

This half Goa

Goa

Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...

n and Maharashtrian

Marathi people

The Marathi people or Maharashtrians are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, that inhabit the Maharashtra region and state of western India. Their language Marathi is part of the southern group of Indo-Aryan languages...

 writer has also published over five travelogues both in Marathi and English language

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

s, including Mazi Mulukgiri, Bhatkanti, Maza Goa, Chanderi Bhatkanti and Off Beat Tracks in Maharashtra: A travel Guide.

Filmography

• Papeeha (1993)
• Droh Kaal (1994)
• Fareb
  Fareb (1996 film)
  Fareb is a 1996 Bollywood thriller film directed by Vikram Bhatt. The film marks the debut of actors Faraaz Khan and Suman Ranganathan and also stars Milind Gunaji. It was released on 28 June 1996. The film is a remake of the 1992 thriller Unlawful Entry. The film was successful at the box office...
  
  (1996)
• Virasat
  Virasat (1997 film)
  Virasat is a Hindi musical drama film by Priyadarshan that was released in India in 1997. It starred Anil Kapoor, Tabu, Amrish Puri, Pooja Batra, Milind Gunaji and Govind Namdeo. The story was by Kamal Hassan and Anu Malik was the music composer...
  
  (1997)
• Sarkarnama
  Sarkarnama
  Sarkarnama is a Marathi film directed by Shrabani Deodhar released in India in 1998. This movie is famous for the powerful performances from Dilip Prabhavalkar and Yashwant Dutt as political rivals....
  
  (1998) (Marathi
  Marathi cinema
  Marathi cinema refers to films produced in the Marathi language in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is the oldest and pioneer film industry in India...
  
  )
• Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa
  Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa
  Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa is an Indian feature film that deals with the life of a woman who loses her son, a Naxalite, to the violence that is a result of his adopted ideology....
  
  (1998)
• Zor
  Zor (film)
  Zor is a Bollywood film released in 1997. Zor was produced by Vivek Kumar and directed by Sangeeth Sivan.- Plot :Zor is a film about how innocent people are targeted by mafia and politicians to turn them into terrorist for their benefits. Arjun a Photographer is only a son of Police Commissioner ...
  
  (1998)
• Godmother
  Godmother (film)
  Godmother is a Hindi movie directed by Vinay Shukla released in 1999, and ostensibly inspired by the life of Santokben Jadeja.-Cast:* Shabana Azmi - Rambhi* Milind Gunaji - Veeram* Nirmal Pandey - Jakhra* Govind Namdeo - Kesubhai...
  
  (1999)
• Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hain
  Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hain
  Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hai is 2000 Hindi film directed by Mahesh Manjrekar and starring Govinda and Sonali Bendre as leads...
  
  (2000)
• Aalavandhan
  Aalavandhan
  Aalavandhan is a Indian Tamil Thriller film released in 2001. Directed by Suresh Krishna, it stars Kamal Haasan in a dual role, with Raveena Tandon and Manisha Koirala as his love interests. The film's soundtrack was composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and the background score by late Mahesh Mahadevan...
  
  (2001) (Tamil
  Tamil cinema
  Tamil cinema is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered...
  
  )
• Devdas
  Devdas (2002 film)
  Devdas is a 2002 Bollywood film based on the 1917 Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay novella Devdas. This is the third Hindi version and the first colour film version of the story in Hindi...
  
  (2002)
• Mulaqaat (2002)
• LOC Kargil
  LOC Kargil
  LOC Kargil is a 2003 Bollywood war film based on the Kargil War, directed and written by J. P. Dutta. The film stars a large number of Bollywood stars.- Plot :The film is an attempt to dramatize a synopsis of the 1999 Kargil War ....
  
  (2003)
• Aan: Men at Work
  Aan: Men at Work
  Aan: Men At Work is a 2004 Bollywood film directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. The movie is about the life of a police officer fighting crime constantly.-Plot:Crime is at its highest peak in Mumbai with it split in three ways...
  
  (2004)
• Dev
  Dev (film)
  Dev is a 2004 Hindi movie, directed by Govind Nihalani-Plot:Joint Commissioner of Police Dev Pratap Singh, a duty-bound, self-righteous officer, and Special Commissioner Tejinder Khosla, the balancing force between the political interests of Chief Minister Bhandarker and Dev's commitment to the...
  
  (2004)
• Asambhav
  Asambhav
  Asambhav is a Bollywood action thriller directed by Rajiv Rai, the film released on 23 July 2004, starring Arjun Rampal, Priyanka Chopra, Naseeruddin Shah and Dipannita Sharma, in pivotal roles. The film was shot entirely in Switzerland.-Plot:...
  
  (2004)
• Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story (2005)
• Jigyaasa
  Jigyaasa
  Jigyaasa, released on 10 March 2006, was directed by Faisal Saif. It was called the year's most controversial feature film, and was based on the life of Indian sex goddess Mallika Sherawat. This film marked a big change in Hrishitaa Bhatt's career, as it was her first title role. Though Indian...
  
  (2006)
• Phir Hera Pheri
  Phir Hera Pheri
  Phir Hera Pheri is an Indian Bollywood film released in 2006.The film stars the three men from the previous film: Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal and Suniel Shetty. Bipasha Basu and Rimi Sen are the leading actresses of the film. The movie released on 9 June 2006. The movie was inspired from Guy...
  
  (2006)
• Come December
  Come December
  Come December was directed by Faisal Saif. This film won Best Story award at Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival.-Synopsis:A film maker thinks that he is HIV positive and about to live his last breath. He decides to make a film on HIV positive homosexuals.-Cast:* Aushim Khetarpal ... Om * Hayley...
  
  (2006)
• Black and White (2008)
• Yeh Mera India
  Yeh Mera India
  Yeh Mera India YMI is a 2009 Hindi movie, written and directed by N. Chandra. The film stars Anupam Kher, Perizaad Zorabian, Purab Kohli, Rajpal Yadav, Sarika, and Seema Biswas.-Plot:...
  
  (2009)
• To the London Calling (2010)
• Khatta Meeta
  Khatta Meeta
  Khatta Meetha is a 2010 Hindi comic satire film written and directed by Priyadarshan that stars Akshay Kumar and Trisha Krishnan in the lead roles. The film is a remake of Priyadarshan's previous Malayalam film Vellanakalude Nadu , scripted by Sreenivasan. Khatta Meetha was released on July 23, 2010...
  
  (2010)
• Singularity
  Singularity (film)
  Singularity is an upcoming epic romance time travel adventure film. Helmed by Roland Joffé from a story by Ajey Jhankar, the film is a sweeping tale of an impossible love set against the backdrop of the first Anglo-Maratha war across two time periods and continents and centred around four...
  
  (2011) (English)
• Om Allah
  Om Allah
  Om Allah is an upcoming film directed by Faisal Saif. The film stars Pakistani superstar Meera and indian sports promoter turned anchor Aushim Khetarpal...
  
  (2011) ..Saibaba
  Sai Baba of Shirdi
  Sai Baba of Shirdi , also known as Shirdi Sai Baba , was an Indian guru, yogi, and fakir who is regarded by his Hindu and Muslim devotees as a saint....
  
  

Note: All films in Hindi expect wherever mentioned.

Works

• Majhi Mulukhagiri. Pub. Rajhans Prakshan, 1998. ISBN 8174341064
• Bhatakanti. Rajhans Prakashan, 2001. ISBN 8174342117.
• Offbeat tracks in Maharashtra. Popular Prakashan, 2003. ISBN 8171546692.
• Chanderi Bhatkanti, 2005.
• Gudha ramya Maharashtra. Rajhans Prakashan, 2007. ISBN 8174343806.
• Mystical Magical Maharastra. Popular Prakashan, 2009. ISBN 8179914453.
• A Travel Guide Offbeat Tracks In Maharashtra. Popular Prakashan, 2009. ISBN 8179915786.

Awards and nominations

• 1997:Nominated:Filmfare Best Villain Award
  Filmfare Best Villain Award
  The Filmfare Best Villain Award was given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise an actor who had delivered an outstanding performance in a negative role...
  
   forFareb
  Fareb
  Fareb is a 2005 Bollywood thriller film directed by Dipak Tijori. The film stars sisters Shilpa and Shamita Shetty and Manoj Bajpai. The music is by Anu Malik-Plot:...
  
  
• 1998:Nominated:Filmfare Best Villain Award
  Filmfare Best Villain Award
  The Filmfare Best Villain Award was given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise an actor who had delivered an outstanding performance in a negative role...
  
   forVirasat
  Virasat
  -Film:* Virasat , a Bollywood movie released in 1997, starring: Anil Kapoor, Tabu, & Pooja Batra in the main lead* Virasat , a Pakistani Urdu language movie-Television:...
  
  

External links

• Milind Gunaji website
• Milind Gunaji Bollywood Hungama
  Bollywood Hungama
  Bollywood Hungama is a leading Bollywood entertainment website, owned by hungama.com....