Career
Till now, he has 42 movies on his name in all of which he has contributed as Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialogues and Lyrics. He is noted for his work in Marathi cinema, including a 2003 "Not Only Mistress ", 2007 biopic about Vasudev Balwant Phadke and has also worked as a television screenwriter for programs such as Shrimaan-Shrimati.
Gajendra Ahire received numerous awards and recognition for his creative, talented literary works in field of cinema and theater.
He has written more than 800 episodes for television"s famous serials in Hindi and Marathi language. He is highly active in theater field for which he has been recognized by Government of India, Government of Maharashtra and various Institutions across India and abroad for thirty years.
Gajendra Ahire was born and brought up in Mumbai. He has begun his career as a Play writer at the age of 23.
His first play was "Aaicha Ghar Unhacha" in which he also worked as an actor.
This first ever play of his has bagged best Actress award for Neena Kulkarni. After that, he wrote plays like "Unch Maza Jhoka Georgia", "Ek Diwas Yeilach""" and "Janmasiddha". And after 20 years of Marathi Cinema, he has made a comeback in Marathi Play with his recent Super-hit play, Shevgyachya Shenga".
After his initial plays, he moved to and wrote more than 2000 episodes for Hindi and Marathi television Serials.
Out of which "Shrimaan Shrimati" of Balaji Telefilms is one of his notable works. Later, he began directing films and appeared in several significant roles in Marathi Feature Films.
He is one of those rare Filmmakers who contribute to all of their films with own story, screenplay, dialogues and lyrics along with directing the Film. In chronological order, his first movie was 2002"s "Krishna Katachi Mira" which was not released.
Best Actress, Best Singer (Male) and Best Singer (Female).
He also has contributed as Music Director for his Nyiff award winning film, "Anumati". Till date, Gajendra Ahire proudly holds more than 40 Movies on his name, and the saga continues.