Abhijeet Zunjarrao

Abhijeet Zunjaroo is a Marathi director and actor who works in dramas and films. He was born and grew up in Kalyan, Maharashtra. His homeland is Newalpad village in Murbad district, Maharashtra. Hecompleted his schooling at Caption Ravindra Oak High School, Kalyan, and junior education at Birla College. He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from Aggarwal College and completed his Diploma in Commuter Hardware Networking. He holds a Diploma in Dramatic Arts, organized by the National School of Drama and Nehru Centre. His father was working in Maharashtra Electricity State Company Distribution Limited, popularly known as Mahavitaran. His father was very fond of drama, and he used to play dramas organized by Mahavitaran. In his childhood, he was not fond of drama. He started to take an interest in drama when he played his first stage play on Maharashtra Dayconducted in his neighbourhood. He played his first two-act play under the guidance of theatre director Bhalchandra Pendharkar for the play Shapit Gandharva.

During these days, he also worked in a company as an administrator. He founded Abhinay Kalyanwith his friends in 2000, who share a similar interest. The purpose of the organization is to provide opportunities to actors who are beginners. The institution provides opportunities to learn about experimental drama, parallel drama and various other dramatic competitions. These organizations have given birth to many newcomers and great actors in the Marathi film industry. In the initial period, he struggledto run the organization where he worked for the organization Me Marathi and learned a lot about the arts. In 2013, he began to take more responsibility for his organization and became a full-time director and actor. He started his career in direction by directing his first one-act movie, Hey Ram Click to look into! >> Read More... . Then he got opportunities to direct several one-act movies like Dardopara, Field Trial, Tadaiva Lagnam, Wedding Anniversary Click to look into! >> Read More... , Vedana Satarkar Hajar Sir, Jirnodhar, and many others through his institution.

Apart from one-act films, he directed commercial dramas such as Strawberry and Maakd. He had further extended his playinto 40-length experimental dramas like What’s Wrong with America? And drama ID. He also directed the play Ghatotkach, which tells the story of the reality of current politics. He had received numerous awards for his direction of the plays.The Theatre Department of Maharashtra hasgrantedmany awards to the institutionHe has been awardedfor the play Lejhim Khelnari Pora and Breaking News Breaking News is a Pakistani TV show made in 2023. >> Read More... by the Maharashtra Government. He also has won the prestigious Zee Natya Gaurav and Maharashtra Times award. His organization ‘Abhinay Kalyan Sanstha’ had organized a thousand plays in different states of India. The plays have beenat various national and international theatre festivals at NPCA, Bharat Bhawan, NSD and Academy of Theatre Arts.

It is one of the leading institutions contributing significantly to the theatre industry. Apart from direction, he also worked as an associate director and actor for the film Dashkriya. The film won National Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi in 2017. He also acted in poster films like Poster Girl, Poster Boy, Triple Seat, Nayana and Thackare. He also worked in the web series Ek Thi Begum and Ran Bazar. He hasreceived many awards, including the Natya Parishad, Satyadev Dubey Award, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, Rang Prabhash Award of Akhil Bhartiya Natya Parishad and Vedha for his excellence in the field of arts. He was awarded the top honour for acting at the 48th Maharashtra State Drama Competition,one of the great honours as an artist.