Sachin Pilgaonkar

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Sachin Pilgaonkar (born 17 August 1957), often known mononymously by his screen name Sachin, is an Indian actor, director, producer, writer and singer who works primarily in Marathi and Hindi films. His career spans more than six decades, during which he has also worked in Gujarati, Kannada and Bhojpuri cinema and in Indian television. He has received several honours, including two National Film Awards, six Maharashtra State Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards Marathi. Born in Bombay into a family of Goan origin, Pilgaonkar entered films as a child artist at the age of four in the Marathi film Ha Maza Marg Ekla (1962), for which he won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist. He went on to appear in around 65 films as a child actor, including Majhli Didi (1967), Brahmachari (1968) and Jewel Thief (1967), and won a second National Film Award for Best Child Artist for Ajab Tujhe Sarkar (1971). Transitioning to adult roles, he became a popular leading man in Hindi cinema with films such...

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