Mohan Agashe

Mohan Agashe

Birth : 1947-07-23,

History

Mohan Agashe is an Indian actor, who has worked in the Marathi and Hindi film industries. He made his debut in Samna (1974), followed by Aakrosh (1980), Mashaal (1984) and Rihaee (1988). Agashe then starred in Mississippi Masala (1991) and Target (1995). Mohan was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi by the Government of India in 1996. He has made an appearance in films like Ab Tak Chappan (2004), Jism 2 (2012), Jolly LLB (2013), Deool Band (2015), Welcome Zindagi (2015), Sarpanch Bhagirath (2016) and Lost & Found (2016). He is an actor and producer, known for Kaasav: Turtle (2017), Rang De Basanti (2006) and Gandhi (1982). He is also a psychiatrist. He is the Director of the Maharashtra Institute of Mental Health. His expertise in the field of psychiatry and acting are mutually complementary and he is well respected in both circles.

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Mohan Agashe

Movies

Article 370
A high-octane, action political drama, that revolves around the takedown of terrorism in Kashmir by rendering Article 370 of the Indian constitution ineffective.
Lokshahi
Gajanan Chitre
It's a story of a naïve girl's personal dilemma over moral action set against the backdrop of strained political drama.
Vezham
A young man tries to discover the identity of the killers of his girlfriend with only the voice of one of them as his clue.
Chandramukhi
Dadasaheb Saswadkar
A political background based musical love story set in 80's. Vishwas Patil's Chandramukhi is an excellent novel that weaves together the worlds of Politics and Tamasha
Toofaan
Bala
An inspiring story about an orphan boy from the streets of Dongri, who grows up to become a local goon of his area and how his life changes after he meets the young and compassionate Ananya, who guides him towards the right path and makes him realize his true calling i.e boxing.
A Trial Before Monsoon
A Lung cancer patient hires his suicidal daughter to be his divorce lawyer in order to achieve complete solitude before death.
Avwanchhit
Two world's collide, of a father and a son as they move towards the bigger priorities of their lives. Madhusudhan, the head of Nirupama old age home, strives every day to spread happiness and cheer in a place that houses a deep sense of loss and rejection. A home inhabited by frail and old abandoned people, who have nowhere else to go and call Nirupama their home. Tapan, Madhusudhan's only son grew up training himself to survive the world alone. He blames Madhusudhan for being a father in absentia and also for his mother's death. The story takes us through an emotional roller-coaster of a father and son relationship in the backdrop of Kolkata- a city jostling between fading tradition and modernity taking over.
Karkhanisanchi Waari
Karkhanis family is the last joint family in Pune. When the eldest brother, Purushottam passes away, it is his last wish that his ashes be scattered in 3 different locations - the ancestral house, the family farm and the Chandrabhaga river in Pandharpur. He leaves an envelope for the family, which is to be opened post the dispersion of his ashes.
Bonus
Aditya runs his family business he follows a vegan diet.His dream is to take business to another level and wants his workers to be paid well.But his grandfather opposes against the decision of paying bonus to his workers and challenges him to live their life for a month.
Guns of Banaras
In the process of getting back his beloved vehicle that gave him everything he needed, Guddu Shukla and his friends get into major trouble with the most dangerous criminals in Banaras.
Seeing
Producer
Dithee tells the story of a simple ironsmith and his journey of undergoing the pain of his son's death and experiencing the principle of non-duality.
Seeing
Dithee tells the story of a simple ironsmith and his journey of undergoing the pain of his son's death and experiencing the principle of non-duality.
Remember Amnesia
Airport Security Officer
A US-based Physician from India loses his memory during an accident while visiting India and as his memory comes back, he can't remember whether he has killed his wife.
706
Dr. Anil Asthana
Dr.Suman Asthana is a doctor, whose husband Anil Asthana is missing since last 11 days and investigating officer DCP Shekhawat is unable to find him. A psychic child patient revels the whereabouts of Dr.Anil and opens the doors of secrets.
Deva
Hasmukh Saab ki Wasihat
Hasmukh Mehta
Hasmukh Mehta loves power. He exercises power over his family and even those who work under him in his business empire. His son Ajit Mehta offers a weak foil to Hasmukh's assertive behavior. His wife Sonal is the butt of his jokes and an easy target for his blame games. Ajit's wife, Preeti copes with her father's insufferable behavior by simply giving in. All are waiting for the day the old man will die and leave his vast fortunes to them. He does die, but he does not leave his fortunes to them. Not only that he uses his money as a bait to make them act according to his will, literally ruling them from his grave through a convoluted will that has them doing exactly what he wants them to do. Through his will, he instructs his mistress Kiran Jhaveri to live with his family, using her as a proxy for him, while he enjoys his power even as a ghost! But even the most perfect of plans don't always go the way they are supposed to.
Turtle
Producer
Janaki, a divorcee trying to find meaning of life in a sea-turtle conservation project run by the conservationist Dattabhau in a coastal village, accidentally meets an young man. Janaki, with her empathy for the young man, Manav, tries to create a non-judgmental, non-intrusive, warm atmosphere to help him bloom. Janaki herself, her driver-assistant Yadu, conservationist Dattabhau, servant Bablya and street-kid Parshu - none of them not related to each other - become the vulnerable young Manav's support system.
Turtle
Dattabhau
Janaki, a divorcee trying to find meaning of life in a sea-turtle conservation project run by the conservationist Dattabhau in a coastal village, accidentally meets an young man. Janaki, with her empathy for the young man, Manav, tries to create a non-judgmental, non-intrusive, warm atmosphere to help him bloom. Janaki herself, her driver-assistant Yadu, conservationist Dattabhau, servant Bablya and street-kid Parshu - none of them not related to each other - become the vulnerable young Manav's support system.
Manithan
Ram Dewan
A struggling lawyer files a PIL in a hit-and-run case involving a business scion's son hoping that the resulting publicity would be good for his business.
Shut The Temple
A young scientist at NASA who is an atheist lands in India and notices that a lot of people believe in God. He aims to prove to people that God doesn't exist, but is challenged by God himself.
Ab Tak Chhappan 2
Ex Commissioner Pradhan
Home Minister Janardhan Jagirdarand chief Minister Anna Saheb are much concerned over the criminal activities of underworld dons Rawal and Rauf Lala. Rawal is operating from Bangkok while Rauf supervises his gang from Mumbai. The famous Encounter Squad is activated to counter the gangsters and restore peace in the area. The formidable Sadhu Agashe (Nana Patekar) is requested to take charge of the peace-keeping mission. At first he is reluctant but after continuous insistence, he agrees to launch a counter attack against Rawal and Lala Rauf gangs and the action begins.
Astu - So Be It
Producer
The film revolves around Mr. Shastri, a retired Sanskrit professor who in due course suffers with Alzheimer's goes missing while travelling with his daughter .during this time of missing he gets fascinated with a elephant walking on street and goes to stay with the family which owns elephant. The film is inter cut to depict the human side of relationships with social message in end that only care and affection is medicine for Alzheimer's and there is no other cure for the same.
Astu - So Be It
Dr. Chakrapani Shastri
The film revolves around Mr. Shastri, a retired Sanskrit professor who in due course suffers with Alzheimer's goes missing while travelling with his daughter .during this time of missing he gets fascinated with a elephant walking on street and goes to stay with the family which owns elephant. The film is inter cut to depict the human side of relationships with social message in end that only care and affection is medicine for Alzheimer's and there is no other cure for the same.
Adhe Adhure
Singhania / Juneja / Mahendranath
The story of a middle aged woman caught in her destiny and circumstances who tries to find fulfilment in relationships outside her marriage.
Prem Mhanje Prem Mhanje Prem Asta
The film grapples with multiple issues, but primarily the changing nature of love and its impact on the twin institutions of marriage and family.
Jolly LLB
Senior Dewan
The film is a social satire on the law system of the country India.
The Bright Day
Old Man
Yearning for meaning in his life, a coddled young man abandons his girlfriend and family to set out on a spiritual quest. Shot with sophisticated DSLR cameras and reflecting a new passion in India for personal filmmaking, The Bright Day finds images to chart a soul's progress.
Bharatiya
Bharatiya is a story set in a village called "ADNIDE" on the borders of Maharashtra and Karnataka. As part of the fiction, the narrative details the alienation of the village folk from the mainstream because of the lack of amenities. The villagers are brought over for votes by politicians from both sides of the border but when it comes to fulfilling promises or furthering development of the village, the politicians turn a blind eye.
Maximum
Sathe
A story of two of Mumbai Police's top encounter specialists' fight for control and oneupmanship which goes through a complex maze of politics, land deals, fake encounters and bad money.
The King & The Commissioner
The Prime Minister
Joseph Alex and Bharathchandran, two police officers, try to prevent Major Abu Jalal Rana, a terrorist, from attacking New Delhi.
Deool
Aamdar Saheb
Keshya, a simple villager believes that god has arrived in his village but everyone disbelieves him. Later when the politics plays its part things take a drastic change
Phirr
A doctor's wife goes missing and enlists a psychic to help the police investigation.
Saptasur
The Well
Ajoba
Vihir is a story of two adolescent boys Sameer and Nachiket (cousins, who are best friends) who struggle with their unconventional outlooks on life and family. They write to each other telling each other about their doings and happenings in life. They get to meet after a long time as Sameer with his mother and sister visit Nachiket's village for a family wedding.
Nishani Dava Angatha
In a village called Savargaon in Maharashtra, six male and female teachers are told to conduct the adult literacy program. This requires extra working hours but they run the program with no result.
The Wild Bull
Sarapanch
A Forest officer send in a small village to catch a wild bull. He met different people and with help of them he tries to catch the Bull.
1st Bite
Guru
Set on a tropical island in Thailand, the strange plight of a beleaguered chef who, while romancing a mysterious woman, discovers the diabolical Zen of cooking. Following a near death escape, he returns to Montreal and falls hard for the woman of his life who unfortunately craves only his cooking but not his loving. Worse still, strange things surfacing around him indicate that his journey to the Far East has deep, divine implications. The stage is set for him to take the 1st bite of true love and end the cycle of suffering for all involved.
Shevri
Vidya Barve, a divorced, working woman, is forced to spend the night on the streets of Mumbai. She recounts her spree of turbulent relationships and decides to start a new life.
Rang De Basanti
Defence Minister Shastri
After a group of friends graduate from Delhi University, they listlessly haunt their old campus, until a British filmmaker casts them in a film she's making about freedom fighters under British rule. Although the group is largely apolitical, the tragic death of a friend owing to local government corruption awakens their patriotism. Inspired by the freedom fighters they represent in the film, the friends collectively decide to avenge the killing.
Rang De Basanti
Defence Minister Shashtri
After a group of friends graduate from Delhi University, they listlessly haunt their old campus, until a British filmmaker casts them in a film she's making about freedom fighters under British rule. Although the group is largely apolitical, the tragic death of a friend owing to local government corruption awakens their patriotism. Inspired by the freedom fighters they represent in the film, the friends collectively decide to avenge the killing.
James
DCP Vijay Singh Rawat
James, who comes to Mumbai seeking a successful life, and ends up working as a bouncer at a club there, and fighting gangsters. He then encounters the brother of an MP who is always causing crime. James has a little fight in club which cause causes a huge conflict between the two, this also gets his brother and MP Shanthi Narayana involved. This conflict then causes death of James's friend, whom he lives with, Babloo, and because of this James is set on revenge.
Apaharan
Professor Raghuvansh Shastri
Story of a tumultuous and complex relationship between a father (Mohan Agashe) and son (Ajay Devgan), set against the backdrop of a thriving kidnapping industry in the Hindi heartland of Bihar.
Asambhav
Veer Pratap Singh
When the President of India is kidnapped by Kashmiri terrorists in Locarno, Switzerland, an Indian secret agent is sent to find him and set him free. With the help of an Indian singer he will make the "Impossible" to complete the mission.
Dance Like a Man
Amritlal Parekh
A middle-aged couple want their daughter (Anoushka Shankar) to follow in their footsteps and become a dancer.
Ab Tak Chhappan
Ex-Commissioner Pradhan
Following the fortunes of tough cop Sadhu Agashe both in his fight against crime and in his personal life. Garnering newspaper headlines for his crime-fighting activities, he also makes some enemies in the police department, most notably in the form of his superior, who believes his officer has gone too far.
Paap
Kaya's Father (as Dr. Mohan Agashe)
The story is about a young girl, Kaya (Udita Goswami) , living in the beautifully serene valley of Spiti, waiting to join a Buddhist monastery, an idea which has been fed to her all her life by her father (Mohan Agashe) and one which she has never questioned. When Lama Norbu, a senior lama from the monastery has a dream that the Buddhist teacher, the Rinpoche has been reborn as a young child, he sends Kaya to Delhi on a mission to bring him back to the monastery.
Gangaajal
DIG Verma
Posted to a small, crime-ridden town, a cop soon learns that cleaning up the system also means confronting the corruption among police and politicians.
Agni Varsha
Raibhya
The film is Based on an incident from the Mahabharata and also made as a play on a Girish Karnad titled Fire in the Rain. The film features Amitabh Bachchan in a cameo appearance as Lord Indra. Jackie Shroff plays the main lead in the film as Puravasu the head priest, Raveena playing the role of his unfaithful wife in love with Yavakri. Nagarjuna played Yavakri the priest's jealous rival and Prabhudeva as a demon who kills Yavakri. While Milind Soman plays the younger brother of Jackie Shroff as Aravasu, the female lead opposite Milind is played by Sonali Kulkarni.
Aks
Prime Minister (as Dr. Mohan Agashe)
On the trail of an underworld contract killer, a dedicated police officer is thrust into a battle between good vs evil.
Gaja Gamini
Kalidasa
A mysterious and beautiful woman, in her various incarnations, inspires artists throughout the ages.
Seducing Maarya
Vijay Chatterjee
Vijay Chatterjee is a lonely widower and a successful restaurateur in Montreal. His thoroughly Westernized son Ashish works at his father's eatery but is more interested in the rock band that he started with his friend Michael. One day, Vijay meets the elegant, strikingly beautiful Maarya, who recently emigrated from Calcutta. He immediately hires her for his restaurant and introduces her to Ashish, thinking that she would make the perfect wife. Though Maarya soon realizes that the young Chatterjee has a closer relationship to Michael than she originally thought, she plays along, keeping the secret from Ashish's dad so that she can remain in the country. When the elder Chatterjee starts to pursue Maarya and her jealous knife-wielding brother arrives on the scene, this volatile situation turns downright explosive.
Mrityudand
Ketki marries Vinay, who is exploited by hard-nosed businessman Tirpat. Ketki then organizes local women against Tirpat & Co. Her group includes her sister-in-law, who had a run-in with a dangerous priest.
Train to Pakistan
Hukum Chand
Tensions run high near the border of British India, which is about to be partitioned with a new country called Pakistan. Sikhs living in this border town have heard numerous stories of Muslims killing, raping, and looting other Sikhs, Hindus, and Christians, and many of whom are their friends and relatives. Enraged at the loss of law and order, they plan their own attack on a trainful of Muslims leaving British India. The train is overcrowded with tens and thousands of migrating passengers, who are even perched on the windows and seated on the roof of this train. The plot is to tear the bridge down when the train is on it, and no one will dare stop these men to carry out this horrific task
Joto Kando Kathmandute
Maganlal Mehgraj
Joto Kando Kathmandute is based on Criminals of Kathmandu. Feluda (Sabyasachi Chakrabarty) and his assistant Topse (Saswata Chatterjee) solve the Criminal Case.
Katha Doan Ganpatraonchi
Located in a seaside village in Maharashtra during the 60s, the film unfolds over two decades. It is a tragic tale of how the best of friendships can rupture over a trivial quarrel. Once a rupture takes place, there are always people who know how to turn a quarrel to their own advantage, even if the main adversaries are completely destroyed in the process.
Trimurti
Kooka
Three brothers band together for a time, separate, then reunite for revenge on the man who killed their father and jailed their mother.
Vrindavan Film Studios
Hiralal
Mohini
Anand
A man's face is disfigured in an acid attack. One day he meets a mysterious beautiful woman who claims to love him and they marry. Later, he starts to notice that she is not an ordinary woman.
Dil Aashna Hai
Prem (pimp)
A cabaret dancer who was raised in a brothel sets out to find her biological mother.
Once There Was A Clown
Aburao, the son of a troupe dancer, has grown-up to become a brilliant clown. His talent brings him fame but also alienates him from his ideals and his loved ones.
Mississippi Masala
Kanti Napkin
An Indian family is expelled from Uganda when Idi Amin takes power. They move to Mississippi and time passes. The Indian daughter falls in love with a black man, and the respective families have to come to terms with it.
Bye Bye Blues
Rug Merchant
Story about a WWII wife & mother who joins a local dance band to provide for family while husband at war. Romantic involvement with one of the band members make her decisions difficult when husband returns from war. Story watches the progression of the band as it grows into a popular, successful recording and touring group. Excellent music and soundtrack.
Liberation
A village is inhabited mainly by women whose husbands are in the cities earning a living. Taking advantage of the situation, a man who returns to his village succeeds in seducing most of the women.
The Perfect Murder
A.C.P. Samant
Police Inspector Ghote lives a middle-class life in Bombay along with his wife, Pratima. He has been employed with the Bombay Police for many years. He is assigned to investigate the deadly assault on a Parsi man named Perfect, who is the Secretary of Lala Heera Lal, a wealthy man with underworld links. Inspector Ghote commences his investigation and is displeased when his superiors ask him to work with a Swedish Forensic Expert by the name of Axel Svennson.
Susman
A story about the "Ikat" handloom weavers of Pochampally through the master weaver Ramulu and his family struggle in time of mass-production.
Antarjali Jatra
A father encourages his daughter to marry a dying man in order to inherit his wealth.
Musafir
P.A. Pillai
A 1986 Bollywood film.
The Crossing
Hari Singh
When a Dalit wins the elections for mayor in his small village in northeastern India, deadly rioting forces an impoverished couple to escape to Calcutta where they can hopefully find work. Instead, they end up sleeping on the streets until they have a chance at earning a little income -- a man has asked them to take his herd of pigs across a fast-moving river. The current is dangerous, and worse, the wife is pregnant and this would not be an easy task even if she were not. Undaunted and desperate, the couple accept the job and enter the river to face their destiny.
Gandhi
Tyeb Mohammed's Friend
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
The Deliverance
Bramhin
When a poor and out-caste village tanner goes to village priest to get the date of his daughter's marriage fixed, the priest in turn asks for labor without pay in exchange.
The Sea Wolves
Brothel Keeper
This true story follows the exploits of a top-secret British military mission to destroy Nazi radio ships in a neutral harbor during WWII. The daring plan is led by British Intelligence officers Col. Lewis Pugh (Gregory Peck) and Capt. Gavin Stewart (Roger Moore). Since the ships are in neutral territory the British Military command, while encouraging the scheme, must deny any knowledge of it if it fails. Pugh and Stewart enlist the aid of retired officer Col. Bill Grice (David Niven) and some of his former soldiers. On the pretext of being on a fishing expedition, these seemingly drunken old men in civilian clothing must board and destroy 3 Nazi ships, whose radio transmissions have resulted in Nazi submarines sinking allied ships. While Stewart arranges a diversion onshore, Pugh and Grice carry out the dangerous raid on and destruction of the Nazi ships.
Aakrosh
Bhonsle, Chairman, Zilla Parishad
Allegedly based on a true incident reported on page 7 of a local newspaper, the film was a scathing satire on the corruption in the judicial system and the victimization of the underprivileged by the able and the powerful.
Sinhasan
As a heated race for the post of chief minister erupts between the incumbent and a challenger from his own party, political passions play out behind the scenes as seen through a journalist's eyes in this landmark drama. Directed by Jabbar Patel and inspired by Arun Sadhu's novels Mumbai Dinank and Simhasan, the film -- one of India's earliest political pictures -- stars Arun Sarnaik, Shriram Lagoo and Nilu Phule.
Hungama Bombay Ishtyle
Mani, daughter of a rich businessman, becomes friends with street children and goes around town having fun with them. Family of Mani is trying to locate her through constable Sakharam who in turn relies on his dog Tiger. Meantime villain Aunty and her sidekick Bundledas plan to kidnap Mani, which is overheard by Jaggu. The street children all the time keep hiding Mani and protect her.
Bhumika
Siddharth
A girl learns music from her courtesan grandmother and breaks into the burgeoning show business industry of 1930s Bombay, which eventually leads to decades of superstardom as well as romantic entanglements.
Jait Re Jait
Nagya
A story centered on a Nagya who is a drummer having a passion for being a "pure one" (punyavant). He meets Chindhi, who has abandoned her husband as she considers him useless.
Manthan
Deshmukh
A veterinarian, Dr. Rao, makes a visit to a village, where he intends to commence a co-operative society dairy for the betterment of the rural people. The film is set against the backdrop of the White Revolution of India (Operation Flood) which started in 1970. It was entirely crowdfunded by 500,000 farmers who donated Rs. 2 each.
Ghashiram Kotwal
Nanasaheb
A stylized version of Vijay Tendulkar’s radical Marathi play chronicling the Peshwa regime in western India, a collective effort of direction and cinematography made by an independent group of young filmmakers.
Samna
Maruti Kamble
Wealthy and influential Hindurao Dhonde Patil finds a homeless drunk, brings him home, looks after him, feeds him, finds a room for him, gets him employed, calls him Master, and even finds a woman to look after him. In return, this male steals from Hindurao, is apprehended by the local police, but Hindurao pays for his bail. Hindurao is forced to make a final decision about him after he finds out that Master has been inquiring about a missing army officer named Maruti Kamble.
Nishant
Prasad
A man whose wife is abducted seeks to have the culprits prosecuted for their crime, but no one will help him. Meanwhile, the wife—abused and berated by her abductors—cannot bring herself to face her husband.
Ghashiram Kotwal
The original theatrical presentation of the famous play Ghashiram Kotwal.
Never Alone
This pandemic has brought about a lot of loneliness, especially among people who already live alone and the people of the older generation. 'Never Alone' is a film that makes one realize and question, are we or have ever been truly alone?
AgniDivya
Based on C.T. Khanolkar’s novel “Agochar”. C.T. Khanolkar, a notable luminary in the field of literature is the author of the great work “Agochar”. Agnidvya is born from his renowned creation. Relations, moral and destiny are the 3 pillars of his unique story, which is set on the backdrop of the science but enigmatic Konkan region. In the struggle between the autocratic despot Anandrao Desai and the principled and scrupulous Nandini, it is not only Nandini, but the cursed old mansion which has to undergo the test of the cleansing fire, or Agnidivya. Nandini’s first sight itself kindled a fire within Anandrao. Enchanted by her beauty, he brought her into the house as the wife of his brother Achyut, who being insipid and lacking backbone was the antithesis of his brother. Anandrao who hitherto was used to having total control and command over all women not only in the household but the entire town, met his match in his lone antagonist Nandini.