An opportunity comes in everyone’s life in which he has to prove himself. If you consider the opportunity in front of you and work hard on it, then that opportunity becomes a golden chance. A similar opportunity was given to a Marathi actor who started working in films but got popularity from a TV serial. The actor became so famous in that character that people started calling him by the same onscreen name. The name of that actor is Shivaji Satam who is a well-known face of Marathi and Hindi films.
Shivaji Satam has been active in the industry for about 35 years and is a popular face. Shivaji’s popular show is ‘CID’ in which he played the role of ACP Pradyuman. This character of his became memorable. This year Shivaji Satam is celebrating his 74th birthday. On this occasion, let us tell you the story of their struggle and success.
Family Background of Shivaji Satam
Born on 21 April 1950 in Deogarh, Maharashtra, Shivaji Satam was born in a Hindu Marathi family. He did his schooling from a school in Mumbai. After this, he completed his further studies from a boarding school in Deolali. Shivaji has graduated in Chemistry from Maharishi Dayanand College, Mumbai. After this he did Diploma in Business Management. According to reports, Shivaji was clear from the beginning that he wanted to work in a bank. But something else was written in his destiny.
Shivaji Satam’s struggle and first film
Shivaji applied in many banks and got a job on the post of cashier in Central Bank. He worked there for a few years and after that became the Inspection Officer of Shivaji Bank. During that time, he started doing theater and his inclination increased towards Marathi films. He started his acting career with Marathi films in the year 1975 and left the bank job.
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Entry in Bollywood
After Marathi films, Shivaji moved towards Hindi films but the path here was not easy. Actor Bal Dhuri, who played the role of Dashrath in ‘Ramayana’ in 1987, gave his first opportunity to Shivaji in his music drama ‘Sangeet Varad’. Shivaji was seen for the first time in the 1988 film ‘Pestonji’ in which Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi were in lead roles.
Shivaji Satam’s films
Shivaji Satam has worked in many Marathi films and this actor is quite famous there. In Hindi cinema, Shivaji has worked in films like ‘Vastav: The Reality’, ‘Haapoos’, ‘Taxi No. 9 Do 11’, ‘Sooryavansham’, ‘Nayak’, ‘Kurukshetra’, ‘Daag the Fire’, ‘Mustafa’, ‘Jis Desh Mein’. Has worked in many films like ‘Ganga Rehta Hai’, ‘Hu Tu-Tu’, ‘Garv’, ‘Vinashak’, ‘Pukaar’, ‘Vajud’, ‘Baaghi’, ‘Andha Yug’. On TV, Shivaji has appeared in serials like ‘Raaste Nashte’, ‘Aahat’, ‘Adaalat’ and ‘CID’.
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How did Shivaji get the role of ACP in ‘CID’?
Shivaji Satam played many roles in his career but no character like ‘ACP Pradyuman’ of ‘CID’ was a hit. According to reports, when auditions were being held for the role of ACP of CID, he played the role in such a way that he got the role of ACP."text-align: justify;">ACP Pradyuman remained for 20 years
Later Shivaji was asked how he played such a character so clearly? Then the actor had told that when he was working as an inspection officer in the bank, the police gave him many cases to solve and he did the same thing in the audition and the idea worked. ‘CID’, which started on Sony TV in the year 1998, remained on TV for almost 20 years and Shivaji Satam became memorable forever with the role of ACP Pradyuman.
