Mohan Agashe

Mohan Agashe
File:Mohan Agashe.jpg Mohan Agashe at 43rd KVIFF
Born	Mohan Mahadeo Agashe (1947-07-23) 23 July 1947 Bhor, Maharashtra, India
Residence	Pune
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor, Psychiatrist

Dr. Mohan Agashe is an Indian theatre and film actor. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1996.

Biography

He is a psychiatrist by profession and works as a Professor of Psychiatry at the B. J. Medical College and Sassoon Hospital in Pune, India.

Career in psychiatry

Dr. Mohan Agashe studied in B. J. Medical College, Pune for his MBBS and PG degree in Psychiatry. He had been a student of eminent psychiatrist Dr. D.N.Nandy.But during his medical college in Pune,he fell in love with theatre by Utpal Dutt; even the night before his final examination,he was caught red-handed by Prof.Nandy at the Academy of Fine Arts, Rabindrasadan watching a play.Apart from his medical career he had an illustrious career in clinical psychology and psychopharmacology. Agashe started his early career by opting to work in The Government Hospital at Pune. He had the honor of chairing the Organizing Committee meetings for the Annual National Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society held at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune.

Agashe was a founding Director of Maharashtra Institute of Mental Health until he moved on to become Director of FTII. His students have progressed in their careers to become renowned psychiatrists in India, the UK and the United States.

Advisor to the Government

In 1998, Agashe's project to improve the mental health education and service lead to the formation of a new policy on mental education by the Government of Maharashtra. He has also served as an Advisor to the Government of Maharashtra on Mental Health Education and Service. He was also instrumental in establishing the Maharashtra Institute of Mental Health in 1991. MIMH is now a prestigious state level training and research institute in Mental Health Sciences. It is located in Pune, India.

Principal investigator

In 1994, western India witnessed a major earthquake centred on Latur. To understand the mental health effects of the quake, a research project was initiated by the Indian Council of Medical Research. For that project Agashe served as Principal Investigator.

Agashe is currently the Principal Investigator for an Indo-US joint project on Cultural Disorders of Fatigue and Weaknesses.

Career in acting

Agashe's love of acting made him take time out of his busy schedule to work in plays. He started his career in acting by working in plays.

Director at Film and Television Institute of India

From April 1997 to April 2002 he was the Director General of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.

Filmography

Movie	Year	Language	Character
Deool Band	2015	Marathi	Dr. Vyas
Ab Tak Chhappan 2	2015	Hindi	Ex Commissioner Pradhan
Welcome Zindagi	2015	Marathi
Dhurandhar Bhatawdekar	2015	Marathi	Appa Bhatawdekar
Jolly LLB	2013	Hindi	Senior Dewan
Jism 2	2012	Hindi
The King & the Commissioner	2012	Malayalam	Indian Prime Minister
Bharatiy	2012	Marathi	Sardeshmukh
Deool	2011	Marathi	Aamdar Saheb
valu	2008	Marathi	Sarapanch
Rang De Basanti	2006	Hindi	Indian Defence Minister
Kay Dyache Bola	2005	Marathi	Justice Prabhune
Apaharan	2005	Hindi	Prof. Raghuvansh Shastri
Asambhav	2004	Hindi	President Veer Pratap Singh
James	2004	Hindi	DCP Vijay Singh Rawat
Ab Tak Chappan	2004	Hindi	Ex-Commissioner Pradhan
Devrai	2004	Marathi	Psychologist
Paap	2003	Hindi	Kaya's Father
Gangaajal	2003	Hindi	DIG Verma
Dance Like a Man	2003
Agni Varsha	2002		Raibhya
A Pocket Full of Dreams	2001		Om
Aks	2001	Hindi	Prime Minister
Gaja Gamini	2000	Hindi	Kalidasa
Seducing Maarya	2000	Vijay Chatterjee
Hu Tu Tu	1999	Hindi	Sawantrao Gadre
Seducing Maarya	1999	Hindi	Vijay Chatterjee
Train to Pakistan	1998	Hindi	British Official
Bombay Blue	1998
Zor	1997	Hindi	Swami Satyavadhi
Mrityudand	1997	Hindi	Abhay Singh
Gudia	1997	Hindi	Braganza
Katha Don Ganpatraonchi	1996	Marathi	Ganpatrao Moray-Patil
Vrindavan Film Studios	1996	Hindi	Hiralal
Target	1995	Hindi	Vindhyachal Singh
Trimurti	1995	Hindi	Kooka Singh
Mohini	1995		Dr. Mohan Agashe / Anand
Patang	1994	Hindi
Dil Aashna Hai	1992	Hindi/Urdu	Prem (pimp)
Ek Hota Vidushak	1992	Marathi	Himmatrao Inamdar
Mississippi Masala	1991	English	Kanti Napkin
Bye Bye Blues	1989	Hindi	Rug Merchant
Rihaee	1988		Roopji
The Perfect Murder	1988		A.C.P. Samant
Maha Yatra	1987		Ved Maharaj
Susman	1987		President of Handloom Cooperative Society
Kala Dhanda Goray Log	1986		Custom Office Sudarshan Kumar
Mashaal	1984		Keshav
Paar	1984		Hari Singh
Gandhi	1982		Tyeb Mohammed's friend
Sadgati	1981		The Brahmin
The Sea Wolves	1980		Brothel Keeper
Aakrosh	1980		President of the City Council
Sinhasan	1980		Budhajirao
Bhumika	1977
Jait Re Jait	1977		Nagya (Bhagat)
Ghashiram Kotwal	1976		Nana Fadnavis
Manthan	1976		Deshmukh
Nishaant	1975		Prasad (Zamindar's brother)
Samna	1974		Maruti Kamble
Ghashiram Kotwal	1972	Marathi Play	Nana Phadnavis

He also acted as Maganlal Meghraj in Bengali telefilms Feluda 30 on Feluda (based on stories by Satyajit Ray and directed by Sandip Ray)

Television

• Agnihotra on Star Pravah as Appa
• Eka Lagnachi Tisri Goshta on Zee Marathi
• Guntata Hriday He on Zee Marathi

Awards and nominations

• 1996:Nominated:Filmfare Best Villain Award forTrimurti (film)

External links

• Mohan Agashe at the Internet Movie Database