Vijay Patkar

Patkar was brought up in Girgaon, Mumbai. He completed his education in Union High School and Siddharth College of Arts, Science and Commerce. Later, he had a job in Bank of India through Artiste's quota.^{[clarification needed]}

He has one brother, Dayal Patkar.^{[citation needed]}

Patkar started acting in college with the one-act play Majhi Pehli Chori (My First Theft).

In 1988, director N. Chandra gave him his first film role, as Anil Kapoor's friend, in the action romance Tezaab.^[2] Patkar continued to work in theatre, Marathi movies and television advertisements. He has been greatly influenced by Charlie Chaplin. It reflects in his television commercials.

He won an International Indian Film Academy Award for best model for his Cello Tape television commercial. He also won the award of Marathi Natya Parishad for his play Halka Fulka Natak.^[3]

In 2006, he directed and produced the Marathi movie Ek Unad Diwas.^[4] In 2012, he directed the movie Riwayat, on female foeticide in India.^[5][6] In 2012, Patkar directed and produced the Marathi-language movie Laavu Ka Laath.^[7]

As of April 2013, Patkar had directed seven films and produced three.^[8][9]

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