Mohan Agashe is a renowned Indian actor and psychiatrist with a strong presence in the Indian film industry. |
He was honored with the Padma Shri award in 1990 and received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1996. |
Agashe began his career as a child artist in the theatre group 'Children's theatre.' |
His notable works in Marathi cinema include films like Samna (1975), Jait Re Jait (1977), Ek Hota Vidushak (1992), Astu: So Be It (2015), Kaasav (2017), and Chandramukhi (2022). |
In 1980, he ventured into Bollywood with the film Aakrosh. |
During the 1980s, he gained popularity for portraying Nana Phadnavis in the play Ghashiram Kotwal. |
He co-established the Theatre Academy in Pune in 1980. |
In 1991, Agashe founded the Maharashtra Institute of Mental Health (MIMH) in Pune. |
He launched a program in 1993 to study the trauma of Latur earthquake victims for the Indian Council of Medical Research. |
Mohan Agashe served as the director of the Film & Television Institute of India (FTII) in 1997. |
In 2018, he acted in the romantic comedy film “#PuranaPyaar” directed by Gorilla Shorts. |