Shivaji Satam is renowned India

India

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n TV serial and film actor. He has appeared in many Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

 as well as Marathi

Marathi language

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...

 films. In Hindi his famous films are Vaastav, Ghulam-E-Mustafa, Yeshwant

Yeshwant

Yeshwant is a 1997 Bollywood crime film directed directed by Anil Mattoo.It was produced by Vijay K. Ranglani for Shalimar International.- Synopsis :Inspector Yeshwant Lohar is a plainclothes police detective...

, China Gate

China Gate (1998 film)

China Gate is a 1998 Hindi film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. The film is a "humble tribute to the late Akira Kurosawa", crediting Seven Samurai as its inspiration...

, Taxi No 9211, Jis Desh Me Ganga Reheta Hai

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...

, Hu Tu Tu. In Marathi he has got recognition through movies like Uttranyan. But what made him popular was his role as "ACP Pradyuman

ACP Pradyuman (character of C.I.D.)

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" in popular TV series C.I.D. on Sony Entertainment Television

Sony Entertainment Television (India)

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.

Shivaji also has been nominated for Best Actors award for Star Screen Award for Ghulam-E-Mustafa.

Life and career

Shivaji Satham graduated in Chemistry

Chemistry

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 and then did a Diploma

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 in Business Administration. He then got a job in the Central Bank

Central bank

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 of India

India

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. Shivaji was quite fond of theatre. His acting talent was first recognized when he participated in the inter bank stage competition. Shivaji made his screen debut in 1980 in the popular TV series Rishte-Naate. In 1988, he appeared in the series Famous Trials of India. He played a role in the successful Marathi

Marathi language

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...

 show Ek Shunya Shunya. He then appeared in numerous serials and many films and became noted for appearing in the Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

 films Vaastav, Kurushetra and 100 Days. Despite acting in so many movies, Shivaji became widely popular for playing ACP Pradyuman in C.I.D. (TV series). He is internationally known for appearing in C.I.D. He has been appearing in C.I.D. since 1998 and has earned international fame for appearing in this detective series.

Filmography

Year	Movie	Language	Role	Notes and Awards
1994	English August English, August (film) English, August, made in 1994, is Indian film director Dev Benegal's first feature film. This film ignited the next generation of Indian cinema and is acknowledged as a landmark in contemporary Indian cinema...	English 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...	Govind Sathe
1997	Yeshwant Yeshwant Yeshwant is a 1997 Bollywood crime film directed directed by Anil Mattoo.It was produced by Vijay K. Ranglani for Shalimar International.- Synopsis :Inspector Yeshwant Lohar is a plainclothes police detective...	Hindi Hindi Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...	Police Inspector
1997	Ghulam-E-Mustafa	Hindi	Dayanand Dixit
1998	C.I.D. (TV series)	Hindi	A.C.P Pradyuman 1998–present
1998	Vinashak Vinashak - Destroyer Vinashak – Destroyer is a 1998 Hindi movie starring Suniel Shetty and Raveena Tandon and Danny Denzongpa. It was directed by Ravi Dewan and had a runtime of 180 minutes. It was released on January 30, 1998 and was an average success at the box office....	Hindi	Police Inspector
1998	Yugpurush : A Man Who Comes Just Once In A Way	Hindi	Paresh Kumar
1998	China Gate China Gate (1998 film) China Gate is a 1998 Hindi film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. The film is a "humble tribute to the late Akira Kurosawa", crediting Seven Samurai as its inspiration...	Hindi	Gopinath
1998	Wajood Wajood Wajood is a N. Chandra directed Bollywood film of 1998. The film features Nana Patekar and Madhuri Dixit in lead roles. The story is a crime drama.The film was rated "Below Average" at the box-office.-Plot:...	Hindi	Police Commissioner of Mumbai
1999	Hu Tu Tu Hu Tu Tu Hu Tu Tu is a 1999 Hindi drama directed by Gulzar. Tabu received a 2000 Filmfare Award nomination for Best Actress for this movie.-Synopsis:...	Hindi	Amol Barve
1999	Daag-The Fire	Hindi	Municipal Commissioner Satyaprakash
1999	Sooryavansham Sooryavansham Sooryavansham is a 1999 Bollywood movie starring Amitabh Bachchan in a dual role, Soundarya, Rachana Banerjee, Anupam Kher and Kader Khan. Although the film was a box office flop critics hailed Amitabh Bachchan's performance as his best ever since his comeback in 1997.However, this film has become...	Hindi	Radha's father
1999	Vaastav	Hindi	Namdev
2000	Split Wide Open	English	Shiv - Leela's father
2000	Baaghi	Hindi	Prof Vidyashankar Pandey
2000	Nidaan	Hindi	Aniruddha Nadkarni
2000	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...	Hindi	Ganga's father
2000	Kurukshetra	Hindi	Sambhaji Yadav
2001	Nayak: The Real Hero Nayak: The Real Hero Nayak: The Real Hero is a 2001 Indian movie starring Anil Kapoor and Rani Mukerji. It was directed by S. Shankar. The film is a remake of S. Shankar's earlier released Tamil film Mudhalvan . The film's score and soundtrack, composed by A. R. Rahman, were dubbed from Mudhalvan into Hindi for the...	Hindi	Manjari's dad
2002	Pitaah	Hindi	Station Master
2002	Hathyar	Hindi	Namdev
2002	Filhaal... Filhaal... Filhaal... is a Bollywood film released in 2001. The film stars Sushmita Sen, Tabu, Sanjay Suri and Palash Sen in the lead roles. Meghna Gulzar, daughter of actress Raakhee Gulzar makes her directorial debut with the film.- Synopsis :...	Hindi	Dr Surve
2004	Baardasht	Hindi	Commissioner
2004	Garv: Pride and Honour Garv: Pride and Honour Garv: Pride and Honour is a 2004 Indian film directed by Puneet Issar. The film stars Salman Khan, Shilpa Shetty and Amrish Puri in pivotal roles.-Plot:...	Hindi	Commissioner Yeshwant Pandey
2005	Uttarayan	Marathi Marathi language Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...	Raghuveer Rajadhyaksh or Raghu
2005	Viruddh	Hindi	Bharucha
2006	Taxi No. 9211	Hindi	Arjun Bajaj
2008	De Dhakka	Marathi	Suryabhan Jadhav
2010	Hapus	Marathi	Anna Gurav

External links

• http://www.nokiajeenaisikanaam.indiatimes.com/shivaji.html
• http://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/may/07shiv.htm
• http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2000/aug/01nidaan.htm