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{{Infobox person
| name = Aanjjan Srivastav
| image = Aanjjan Srivastav.jpg
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| caption = Srivastav in 2012
| birthname = Anjan Srivastav
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1948|06|02}} <ref>[http://www.realbollywood.com/news/2008/06/anjan-srivastav-birthday.html Aanjjan Srivastav at his 60th birthday party held on 2 June 2008 at The Club, Andheri.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204125753/http://www.realbollywood.com/news/2008/06/anjan-srivastav-birthday.html |date=4 December 2008 }} www.realbollywood.com.</ref>
| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], [[Dominion of India|India]]
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| othername =
| occupation = [[Actor]]
| yearsactive = 1976–present
| spouse = Mrs. Madhu Srivastav
| website =
}}
'''Aanjjan Srivastav''' (born 2 June 1948) is an [[India]]n film, television and stage actor, associated with [[Indian People's Theatre Association]] (IPTA) in [[Mumbai]] of which he remained Vice-President for several years. Outside theatre, he is best known as a [[character actor]] in [[Marathi cinema|Marathi]] and [[Hindi film]]s, most notably, [[Mira Nair]]'s ''[[Salaam Bombay!]]'', ''[[Mississippi Masala]]'' and Anupam Mittal's ''[[Flavors]]'' and Bollywood films like ''[[Gol Maal]]'', ''[[Bemisal]]'', ''[[Khuda Gawah]]'', ''[[Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa]]'' and ''[[Pukar (2000 film)|Pukar]]''.

On television, Srivastav made his mark as the quintessential "common man" in the TV series ''[[Wagle Ki Duniya]]'' (Wagle's World) (1988–90) and ''Wagle Ki Nayi Duniya'', where he played the lead role, apart from ''[[Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi]]'' (1984) and ''[[Nukkad]]''.<ref>[http://www.indiantelevision.com/interviews/anjans2.htm Profile of Anjan Shrivastava: The Uncommon Common man] www.indiantelevision.com.</ref><ref name=anj>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/09/16/stories/2003091600470200.htm Anjan's world] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724205202/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/09/16/stories/2003091600470200.htm |date=24 July 2008 }} [[The Hindu]], 16 September 2003.</ref> He has also acted for more than 40 years in over 30 plays, many of them jubilee hits, including ''Bakri'', ''Moteram Ka Satyagrah'', ''Shatranj Ke Mohre'', ''Ek Aur Dronacharya'' and ''Chakkar Pe Chakkar''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=54929|title=The quintessential common man|date=16 June 2003|work=[[Indian Express]]|access-date=30 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030621012622/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=54929|archive-date=21 June 2003|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=ip>[http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19970501/12150363.html IPTA will never close down] [[Indian Express]], 1 May 1997.</ref> One of his serials is ''Bharat Ek Khoj'', based upon Pt. Nehru's ''Discovery of India'', wherein he played various roles.

==Early life and education==
He was born and brought up in [[Calcutta]] (now Kolkata), into a family from [[Uttar Pradesh]] and his father was a banker with [[Allahabad Bank]]. Anjan did his [[B.Com.]] and [[LLB]] from [[Calcutta University]], it was here that he started taking part in local Hindi and Bengali theatre groups in 1968, and did plays for [[All India Radio]]. Meanwhile, he also did a small role in the film ''Chameli Mem Shaeb''. Soon he acted with noted groups in the city like ''Kala Bhavan'', ''Sangeet Kala Mandir'' and ''Adakar'' and acted in a few Bengali films.<ref name=anj/>

==Career==
As per his fathers wishes, he joined the Allahabad Bank, and continued acting in plays on the side. It was only after the death of his sister in 1976 that his father relented and allowed him get transferred to Bombay (now Mumbai) to pursue his acting career further.<ref name=anj/>

Upon arrival, he immediately joined [[Indian People's Theatre Association]] ([[Indian People's Theatre Association|IPTA]]) and worked in its several productions, and remained with it ever since, after staying its General Secretary of IPTA for a while, he went on to become the Vice-President. He also worked with [[Prithvi Theatre]] in the city.<ref name=ip/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19991109/ile09094.html|title=Trapped in Wagle's mould|date=9 November 1999|work=Indian Express}}</ref><ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010818/windows/main2.htm The show must go on!: The Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) moves into the 60th year of its formation] [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]], 18 August 2001.</ref>

Anjan started his career with Bengali plays like ''Neel Darpan'', ''Kayakalp'' and ''Anwar'' around the year 1967. In Mumbai, with Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA), he contributed to several plays including the most renowned ''Safaid Kundali'' (The Caucassion chalk circle) by M. S. Sathyu and other Stage plays in the social category with association of the same theatre group. Theatre led to film roles like in [[Kundan Shah]]'s ''Saza-E-Maut'', [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]'s comedy classic, ''[[Gol Maal]]'' (1979) and [[JP Dutta]]'s ''[[Ghulami]]'' (1985). Then he moved in Television with ''[[Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi]]'' and went on act in notable TV series like ''Manoranjan'', ''[[Tamas (film)|Tamas]]'', by [[Govind Nihlani]], ''[[Nukkad]]'' and ''[[Katha Sagar]]'', finally in 1987, he received the lead in comedy series, ''Wagle Ki Duniya'', based on [[R.K. Laxman]]'s common man, which brought him his place in the limelight. He also acted in [[Shyam Benegal]]'s epic series, ''[[Discovery of India]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.screenindia.com/news/the-long-run/528587/ |title=Long Run |date=16 October 2009 |publisher=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101023103654/http://www.screenindia.com/news/the-long-run/528587/ |archivedate=23 October 2010 }}</ref>

He often plays skeptical bureaucratic roles, sometimes the conventional narrow-minded father character, and as the veteran actor who effectively enacted the troubles and ways of life of a common-middle-class man in ''Wagle Ki Duniya'', a creation by known cartoonist R.K. Laxman and director Kundan Shah. He has acted in over 127 Hindi films including ''[[Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa]]'', as head hockey official, Mr. Tripathi in ''[[Chak De! India]]'', and in other films like ''[[Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman]]'' and ''[[No Entry]]'' and many other characters in various films. In 2005, he played the lead in [[M.S. Sathyu]]'s production ''Raat'', written by [[Javed Siddiqui]] and based on [[Ariel Dorfman]]'s play ''[[Death and the Maiden (play)|Death and the Maiden]]''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121105105329/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/08/04/stories/2005080400680100.htm Night to remember: M.S. Sathyu's `Raat' is being staged in the city] [[The Hindu]], Hyderabad, 4 August 2005.</ref>
Other plays Anjan continues to do include ''Moteram Ka Satyagrah'', directed by M. S. Sathyu, based on the writings of Munshi Premchand and Safdar Hashmi and ''Kashmakash'', directed by Ramesh Talwar. These plays mostly run at Prithvi Theatre, Mysore Association-Sion, TejPal Auditorium. Anjan's ''Moteram Ka Satyagrah'' and ''Shatranj Ke Mohre'' are some plays which have been running now for more than 20 years.

All through his acting career, he remained a bank employee from where he later retired in 2001.<ref name=anj/>

== Theatre shows ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Play
!Direction
!Language
|-
| rowspan="13" |1967–1978
|''Kayakalp''
|Sushila Mishra
|Bengali
|-
|''Baati Ghar''
|Bijon Chatterjee
|Bengali
|-
|''The Chinese Wall''
|Sushila Mishra
|Bengali
|-
|''All My Sons''
|Sushila Mishra - Arthur Miller's
|Bengali
|-
|''Neel Darpan'' (Bengali)
|Jnanesh Mukherjee - Bandhu Mitra's
|Bengali
|-
|''Aashad Ka Ek Din''
|Badri Prasad Tewary - Mohan Rakesh's
|Bengali
|-
|''Chakkar pe Chakkar''
|Rajendra Sharma
|Bengali
|-
|''Kachwa Aur Khargosh''
|Rajendra Sharma
|Bengali
|-
|''Aasman Se Gira''
|Rajendra Sharma
|Bengali
|-
|''Kisi Ek Phool Ka Naam Lo''
|Rajendra Sharma
|Bengali
|-
|''Barf Ki Minar''
|Rajendra Sharma
|Bengali
|-
|''Ek Aur Dronachaarya''
|Badri Prasad Tiwari
|Bengali
|-
|''The Good Woman of Setzuan''
|Shyamaland Jalan - Brecht's
|Bengali
|-
|1978–present
|''The Ghost'' (Ateet Ki Parchaaiyan)
|R. M. Singh - Ibsen's
|Hindi
|-
|
2000
|''Bakri''
|M. S. Sathyu - Saxena's
|Hindi
|-
|1978
|''Hum Farishtey Nahin''
|Javed Khan
|Hindi
|-
|1979
|''Aap Kaun Hai, Kya Karte Hai, Kya Karna Chahte Hai''
|Baasu Bhattacharya
|(adaptation)
|-
|
|''Hori''
|Kamlakar Sontake
|Hindi
|-
|1979–1980
|''The Caucassion chalk circle'' as Sufaid Kundali
|M. S. Sathyu - Brecht's
|Hindi
|-
|1980
|''Dande Ka Ghoda''
|M. S. Sathyu- Brecht's
|Hindi
|-
|
|''Dekha Andekha''
|Ashok Lal
|Hindi
|-
|1983
|''Lok Katha''
|Ramesh Talwar
|Hindi
|-
|1983
|''Rakshas''
|M. S. Sathyu
|Hindi
|-
|1985
|''Ek Aur Dronacharya''
|S. Dangayach - Dr. Shankar Shesh's
|Hindi
|-
|1984
|''The Dragon'' as Rakshas
|M. S. Sathyu
|Hindi
|-
|1986
|''Rajdarshan''
|Waman Kendre
|Hindi
|-
|1987
|''Saiyyan Bhaye Kotwal''
|Waman Kendre
|Hindi
|-
|1989–90
|''Moteram Ka Satyagraha''
|M. S. Sathyu - Premchand's
|Hindi
|-
|1989
|''Aakhri Peshi''
|Jaspal Sandhu
|Hindi
|-
|1991–92
|''Temp Me Not''
|Waman Kendre
|Hindi
|-
|1999
|''Shatranj Ke Mohre''
|Ramesh Talwar - P. L. Deshpande's
|Hindi
|-
|1999
|''Ek Mamooli Aadmi''
|Raman Kumar - Akiru Kurusawa's ''Ikiru''
|Hindi
|-
|2000
|''Kurukshetra Se Kargil Tak''
|M. S. Sathyu - K. V. Puttappa
|Hindi
|-
|2001
|''Surya Ke Waris''
|Jaydev Hattangady
|Hindi
|-
|2002
|''Tajmahal Ka Tender''
|Salim Arif
|Hindi
|-
|2002
|''Aakhri Shama''
|M. S. Sathyu - Kaifi Azmi's
|Urdu
|-
|2002
|''Raat'' (Based on 1994 Mystery [[Death and the Maiden (film)|''Death & the Maiden'']])
|M. S. Sathyu - Javed Siddiqui
|Hindi
|-
|2002
|''Doodh King''
|Jha
|Hindi
|-
|2004
|''Kashmakash'' (Based on Bengali Play ''Tamrapatra'')
|Ramesh Talwar
|Hindi/ Bengali
|-
|2007
|''Orange Juice''
|
|Hindi
|-
|2007
|''Hum Deewane Hum Parwane''
|Ramesh Talwar
|Hindi/Urdu
|-
|2013
|''Darindey: The Villains''
|Ramesh Talwar
|Hindi
|-
|2012–13
|''Rishton Ka Live Telecast''
|Prasad Khandekar (Non IPTA production)
|Hindi
|-
|2017
|''Ek Aur Dronacharya'' (Revived)
|S. Dangayach - Dr. Shankar Shesh's
|Hindi
|-
|2017
|''Ek Mamuli Aadmi'' (Revived)
|Raman Kumar (AShok Lal)
|Hindi
|-
|2017
|''Bakri'' (revived)
|M. S. Sathyu
|Hindi
|}

==Selected television shows==
* ''[[Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Nukkad]]'' (1986–1988)
* ''[[Bharat Ek Khoj]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Wagle Ki Duniya]]'' (1988–1990) as Wagle
* ''[[Naya Nukkad]]'' (1993-1994)
* ''Paltan'' (1997)
* ''[[Alpviram]]'' (1998) as Amrita's grandfather
* ''[[Bhanwar]]'' (1998–1999)
* ''[[Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Virrudh]]'' (2007-2008) as Pandeyji
* ''[[Mrs. & Mr. Sharma Allahabadwale]]'' (2010) as Sarveshwarprasad Mukteshwarprasad Sharma
* ''[[Na Bole Tum... Na Maine Kuch Kaha]]'' (2012) as Vedkant Vyas
* ''[[Samvidhaan]]'' (2014) as Pandit Balkrishna Sharma
* ''[[Chandrashekhar (TV series)|Chandrashekhar]]'' (2018) as Lala Lajpat Rai
* ''[[Wagle Ki Duniya – Nayi Peedhi Naye Kissey]]'' (2021–present) as Srinivas Wagle

==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[Gol Maal]]'' (1979) (Inspector)
* ''[[Sazaye Maut]]'' (1981)
*''[[Kaalia]]'' (1981) ... Constable in central jail
* ''[[Aagaman]]'' (1982)
* ''[[Bemisal]]'' (1982) - Doctor
* ''[[Saath Saath (1982 film)|Saath Saath]]'' (1982) - Dr. B.M. Acharya
*''[[Lorie (film)|Lorie]]'' (1984)
*''[[Vivek (film)|Vivek]]'' (1985)
* ''[[Ghulami]]'' (1985)
* ''Jawaab'' (1985) - Mehta (Journalist)
* ''[[Loha (1987 film)|Loha]]'' (1987) - Champaklal
* ''[[Mr. India (1987 film)|Mr India]]'' (1987) - Baburam
* ''[[Kaash]]'' (1987)
* ''Aakhri Adalat'' (1988) - Dr. Abdul Rehman
* ''[[Shahenshah (1988 film)|Shahenshah]]'' (1988)- Mr. Pathak
* ''[[Salaam Bombay!]]'' (1988) - Psychic Superintendent
* ''[[Dayavan]]'' (1988) - S.P. Raghavan
* ''[[Abhi To Main Jawan Hoon]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Main Azaad Hoon]]'' (1989) - Rastogi
* ''[[Awwal Number]]'' (1990) - Cricket Commentator
* ''[[Agneepath (1990 film)|Agneepath]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Yodha (1991 film)|Yodha]]'' (1991) - Mantri
* ''[[Narsimha (film)|Narasimha]]'' (1991) - Narasimha's dad
* ''[[Mississippi Masala]]'' (1991) - Jammubhai
* ''[[Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman]]'' (1992) - Saxena
* ''[[Chamatkar]]'' (1992) - Tripathi-Inspector/commissioner
* ''[[Khuda Gawah]]'' (1992) - Kamaljit
* ''[[Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar]]'' (1992) - Race commentator
* ''[[Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993 film)|Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja]]'' (1993)- Mr. Narang
* ''[[Damini - Lightning]]'' (1993) - Chandrakant (Damini's dad)
* ''[[Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa]]'' (1994) - Vinayak
* ''[[Ghatak: Lethal]]'' (1996) - Dhamu Kaka
* ''[[Gupt: The Hidden Truth]]'' (1997) - Commissioner Patwardhan
* ''[[Sanam (1997 film)|Sanam]]'' (1997)
* ''[[China Gate (1998 film)|China Gate]]'' (1998) - Pandey/DK
* ''[[Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha]]'' (1998) - Shekhar's Father
* ''[[Bandhan (1998 film)|Bandhan]]'' (1998)
* ''Chakravyuh (Bengali)'' (2000)
* ''[[Pukar (2000 film)|Pukar]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (film)|Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar]]'' (2000) - [[Sayajirao Gaekwad III]]
* ''[[Dattak]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Little John (film)|Little John]]'' (2001) by Singheetam Srinivas Rao
* ''[[Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Lajja (2001 film)|Lajja]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Shararat (2002 film)|Shararat]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Stumped (film)|Stumped]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Flavors (film)|Flavors]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Run (2004 film)|Run]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Aan: Men at Work]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Chak De! India]]'' (2007) - Mr. Tripathi
* ''[[Halla Bol]]'' (2008) - Amanullah Khan
* ''[[Flavors (2004 film)|Flavors]]'' (2004) - Mr. Gopalkrishna
* ''[[What's Your Raashee?]]'' (2009) - Bharatbhai Patel
* ''[[Yuvvraaj]]'' (2008) - Om Mama ji
* ''Nishani Dava Angatha'' (2009) - Marathi Film
* ''[[Mittal v/s Mittal]]'' (2010) - Mitali's Father|
* ''[[Paathshaala]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Tees Maar Khan (2010 film)|Tees Maar Khan]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Arjun: The Warrior Prince]]'' (2012) - (Animation) Lord Shiva
* ''[[P Se PM Tak]]'' (2014)
* ''SEZ (film)|SEZ'' (2014) - Marathi Film
* ''[[Ek Nadir Galpo: Tale of a River]]'' (2014) - (Bengali) by Sameer Chanda
* ''[[Jab Harry Met Sejal]]'' (2017)
* ''[[Amma (2017 film)|Amma]]'' (2017)
* ''[[Ek Thi Rani Aisi Bhi]]'' (2017)
* ''[[Firangi (2017 film)|Firangi]]'' (2017)
* ''[[Sanju]]'' (2018)
* ''Junction Varanasi'' (2018)
* ''[[PM Narendra Modi]]'' (2019)
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0820283}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100107053108/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/filmography/7006/index.html Anjan Srivastav:Filmography] at [[Bollywood Hungama]]

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