Remembering veteran film director screenwriter and actor Gajanan Jagirdar 1907-1988

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Gajanan Jagirdar (2 April 1907 – 13 August 1988) was a veteran Indian film director, screenwriter and actor. He worked in Hindi Cinema, also called Bollywood, as well as Marathi cinema. The period of 1942 to 1947, saw his rise as a film director with Prabhat Films.

At the 1962 National Film Awards his film Vaijayanta was awarded the Second Best Marathi Feature Film.

Early life
Gajanan Jagirdar was born on 2 April 1907 in Amravati, a city in Amravati district, which was a part of the erstwhile Bombay Presidency of British India. He started acting as a child actor in the amateur stage. Gajanan was a teacher before joining the film industry.

Film career
Gajanan began his film career in 1931 as a scenarist and assistant director in Prabhat Film Company and became a full-fledged film director only two years later in 1934. His first Bollywood film was Sinhasan (1934) as a director. Gajanan Jagirdar's role of Ramshastri in the movie Ramshastri (film) won him immense appreciation and popularity.

Filmography
As Director
Honhar (1936)
Main Hari (1940)
Charnon Ki Dasi (1941)
Vasantsena (1942)
Ramshastri (1944, Marathi)
Jail Yatra (1947)
Umaaje Naik (1961, Marathi) (as producer)
Vijayanta (1961, Marathi)
Behram Khan (1946, Hindi)
As Actor
Babar
Meetha Zahar (1938)
Vasantsena (1942)
Behram Khan (1946)
Mahatma (1953, Marathi)
Yahudi Ki Ladki (1957)
Paying Guest (1957)
Raj Tilak (1958)
Grahasti (1963)
Kaajal (1965)
Yugo Yugo Mi Vaat Pahili (1965, Marathi)
Amrapali (1966)
Suraj (1966)
Humsaya (1968)
Aadmi Aur Insaan (1969)
Ittefaq (1969)
Aa Gale Lag Jaa (1973)
Badnaam (1975)
Dafaa 302 (1975): Indian Penal Code Section 302 (Section of Murder)
Mutthi Bhar Chawal (1975)
Aaj Ka Ye Ghar (1976)
Gumrah (1976)
Aadmi Sadak Ka (1977)
Naami Chor (1977)
Ram Bharose (1977)
Shankar Hussain (1977)
Dhoop Chhaon (1977)
Immaan Dharam (1977)
Anjaam (1978)
Karmayogi (1978)
Saajan Bina Suhagan (1978)
Des Pardes (1978)
Maan Apmaan (1979)
Naiyya (1979)
Saanch Ko Aanch Nahin (1979)
Maan Abhiman (1980)
Dostana (1980)
Manokaamnaa (1980)
Beqasoor (1980)
Umrao Jaan (1981)
Kaalia (1981)
Dahshat (1981)
Khud-Daar (1982)
Sun Sajna (1982)
Dharam Kanta (1982)
Lal Chunariyaa (1983)
Love in Goa (1983)
Rishta Kagaz Ka (1983)
Maan Maryada (1984)
Laila (1984)
Aap Ke Saath (1986)
Sutradhar (1987)
Pyase Nain (1989)
Awards and honors
Gajanan Jagirdar was awarded the best actor award for his portrayal of the poet Parshuram in the film Shahir Parshuram by Government of Maharashtra in 1962. The Bengal journalists Association in 5th Annual BFJA Awards bestowed upon him the best actor award for his performance in the film's Padosi. The same Bengal journalists Association in 8th Annual BFJA Awards honoured him doubly in 1944 by citing him both as Best Actor of the Year and Best Director of the Year for his film Ramshastri.

Death
Gajanan Jagirdar died of a heart attack on 13 August 1988 at his residence in Bombay (now Mumbai), aged 81.