Biography
Makarand Deshpande (born 6 March 1966) is an Indian film actor, writer, and director in Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam cinema, and Indian Theatre. He is often seen in supporting and pivotal roles in various films like Jungle, Sarfarosh, Swades, Makdee, and Darna Zaroori Hai where he often plays drunkard, wayfarer, and comic roles. He has directed over 5 films. The bulk of his work, however is in theatre. He has written 350 full-length plays and at least 12 short plays and has his o...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Jaat
2025
A mysterious stranger journeys to a remote town controlled by a callous crime lord, with one violent mission — restoring justice to its people.

Daaku Maharaaj
2025
as Govind Gujjar
A man defends a beleaguered rural community from murderous drug-traffickers.

PaniPuri
2024
Renowned lawyer Yashwant Jamadar brings together some couples who go straight from misunderstandings and misunderstandings to divorce and the game of ...

Double iSmart
2024
Big Bull, a notorious assassin, wants to achieve immortality by transferring his memories to "iSmart" Shankar, who already has another's person's memo...

Tiragabadara Saami
2024
as Kondareddy
Giri, dedicated to reuniting missing people with loved ones, marries Shailaja, an orphan. Discovering her pregnancy, his joy turns to shock when taske...

Alyad Palyad
2024
Everyone stays away from the island village for three days every year. It is said that whoever stays behind will get killed by the spirits lurking in ...

Chhota Bheem and the Curse of Damyaan
2024
as Skandhi
Chhota Bheem and his friends set out to fight Damyaan, a demon blessed with immortality. However, it is not as easy as they thought it would be.

Monkey Man
2024
as Baba Shakti
Kid is an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten...

Razakar: The Silent Genocide of Hyderabad
2024
During the Hyderabad Liberation Movement of 1948, there will be atrocities, like the episode of Gundrampally, Parkala, Bhairanpally villages.

Rules Ranjann
2023
An ambitious office worker who lives by a strict set of rules finds his life transformed by a chance reunion with his college crush.

Jailer
2023
as Sikandar Singh
Muthuvel Pandian, a retired, stern yet compassionate jailer lives a peaceful life with his family, but trouble knocks his door when his cop son’s trys...

Hidimbha
2023
as Vetty
In Hyderabad, two police officers Abhay and Adhya join forces to solve a series of kidnappings of which all the victims are girls, with one other inte...

Voice of Sathyanathan
2023
as Saahi Bhai
A man is mistakenly suspected of being a threat to the President of India.

Spy
2023
as RAW Chief Shastri
A RAW agent is in search of his brother’s killer, unravels the connection between a notorious arms dealer and the hidden secrets of Netaji Subhash Cha...

Ponniyin Selvan: Part II
2023
as Chief Kalarmugar
968 AD. The Pandyan assassins gather once again to destroy the Chola dynasty. Now the mighty Chola princes must fight the Pandyas, the Rashtrakutas an...

Bholaa
2023
as Prisoner
An ex-convict must undertake a perilous, violent journey in order to meet his daughter after ten years of imprisonment.

Satarcha Salman
2023
as Arun
Arun always wanted to be an actor but could never fulfill his dream, for which the village ridiculed him. Angry about his failure, Arun challenges the...

Thaggedhe Le
2022
Inspector Chellappa is on the verge of busting the drug mafia in the city and waits for the right moment. Meanwhile, a corporate man gets entangled wi...

Liger
2022
The journey of Liger, from Karimnagar to Mumbai, from a nobody to a competitor, in his search for recognition while navigating his weaknesses, relatio...

Daagdi Chawl 2
2022
Explore the lives of the residents of Daagdi Chaawl, a notorious slum in Mumbai, as they attempt to rebuild after the destruction of their homes.

Sayanna Varthakal
2022
as Mangesh Pandey
Dennis, an independent journalist, interviews whistleblower Ravi Kumar. As the interview progresses, it becomes clear that the situation is significan...

The Eighth Color of Love
2022
as Yashwant Chavan
An ambitious girl wishes to lead a simple life and who desires to lead a simple life, and who desires to fulfill her dreams. However, as in life nothi...

RRR
2022
as Peddanna
A fictional history of two legendary revolutionaries' journey away from home before they began fighting for their country in the 1920s.

Romantic
2021
as Samsung
Vasco De Gama Alberto and Monica are youngsters oh-so-in-love with each other. The only problem? Vasco is a wanted gangster.

12 “o” CLOCK
2021
Aahuti a metaphysics student from Delhi, shifts to Mumbai to be close to her fiancee, what happens next when she discovers the apartment she lives in ...

Bombhaat
2020
as Mad Scientist
Vicky is a man who’s brought up being told by his parents he’s the unluckiest fellow on earth. His girlfriend Chaitra goes against the world and even...

Sadak 2
2020
as Guruji Gyaan Prakash
The film follows Ravi, 29 years after the incidents of the first film. The suicidal taxi driver plans to shut shop when a young girl, Aarya, compels h...

Malang
2020
as Tony
Advait visits Goa where he meets Sara, a free-spirited girl who lives life unshackled. Opposites attract and all goes well until life turns upside dow...

Hirkani
2019
as Naik
When the Raigad fort gates get shut down before she could leave, a simple village woman climbs down the cliff in the middle of the night to get back h...

Adhyaksha In America
2019
as Chaman Lal Sheth
Ullas is a scamster living in a small town, who'd do anything for good money. A confusion leads him to get married to a rich NRI girl, who has an alco...

Bombay Rose
2019
as Mike (voice)
Amidst the bustle of a magnetic and multifaceted city, the budding love between two dreamers is tested by duty and religious divides.

Chicken Curry Law
2019
as Mutthu Swamy
When a foreign national is raped by an influential minister’s sons, she attempts to seek justice, but it only leads to an agonising and infuriating se...

Lisaa
2019
A young woman goes to meet her estranged grandparents and ends up facing life-threatening situations.

Junglee
2019
as Guruji
A vet returns home to his father's elephant reserve where he encounters and fights an international poacher's racket.

Chatrapati Shashan
2019
If we understand Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj correctly and implement his ideas, principles and vision in ourselves, then we can have much better thing...

My Dear Prime Minister
2019
as Sainat
A story about four children living in a Mumbai slum in India. An eight-year old Kanhu writes a letter to the Prime Minister after a dramatic incident ...
Truckbhar Swapna
2018
as Raja
A taxi driver living in a Mumbai slum seeks to better his family's life by building an extension of his home while dealing with a lecherous contractor...

Buckasura
2018
Arya, aka Money, is a lawyer who will do anything for money. When he gets an offer that he cannot refuse, he has to make a lot of choices to lead the ...

Objection My God
2018
Amar joshi somehow manages to get an out-of-the-world opportunity to question God, about his wondrous ways of work. Why does he discriminate between h...

Dandupalya 3
2018
as Krishna
Director Srinivas Raju’s world of Dandupalya, as seen in the first two films of the series, will finally come to an end. The third film in the series ...

Team 5
2017
as Salim Bhai
Team 5 revolves around a gang of bikers who are into racing and stunts. Akhil (S.Sreesant) who is the back bone of this gang participates in racing to...

Dandupalya 2
2017
‘Dandupalyam 2’ is the sequel to 2012 thriller ‘Dandupalyam’ that chronicled the life and exploitations of the scandalous D-gang. ‘Dandupalya 2’ offer...

Hanuman Da Damdaar
2017
as Vishrav (voice)
Anjani has not forgotten how her son almost lost his life. Now to protect him, she shelters him in abid to keep him from harming himself again. She do...

Meri Beti Sunny Leone Banna Chaahti Hai
2017
as Father
A conversation between a daughter and her parents that follows after she expresses her desire to pursue a career in pornography.

Aa Gaya Hero
2017
An Ideal fearless cop becomes a nightmare for law breakers.The film revolves around a fearless cop, ACP Ravindra Varma (Govinda) who lays down a uniqu...

Kuttikalundu Sookshikkuka
2016
Military officer Gautam Kesav (Anoop Menon) and businesswoman Shahida (Bhavana) lead a very happy married life with their two sons Neeraj (Sidharth Aj...

Pulimurugan
2016
as Mariyappan
Murugan, with his tools and expertise, protects Puliyoor's villagers from deadly tiger attacks. However, Daddy, an illegal drugs dealer, takes advanta...

2 Countries
2015
as Patel Ji
Ullaas is a cunning guy who can go to any extent for money. One fine day, he cheats a priest and redirects an NRI match which is supposed to go to a k...

Abhinetri
2015
A young girl rises to stardom, facing sexual harassment and struggling to remain grounded as she does so.

Bhaiyya Bhaiyya
2014
as Maoist leader
Bhaiyya Bhaiyya (Theatrical name: Bhayya Bhayya) is a 2014 Malayalam-language comedy film directed by Johny Antony and scripted by Benny P. Nayarambal...

Hawaa Hawaai
2014
as Harishchandra Waghmare
Hawaa Hawaai is a story of the triumph of the human spirit; friendship and enjoying the journey of making ones dream come true. Arjun moves to the big...

Jackpot
2013
JACKPOT THE SET UP - Jackpot is a fast-paced thriller con, with sharp comic one-liners and crazy characters, set entirely in Goa against the backdrop...

John Day
2013
as Krishnan
A mysterious death of a young girl unfolds a web of secrets and a conspiracy. The father of the girl, John day, is a simple , honest and god fearing m...

Kamasutra 3D
2013
The journey of a beautiful Indian Princess, who sets sail in the search of her husband. On her voyage, she undergoes transformations in her body, mind...

Issaq
2013
as Baba
A contemporary adaptation of Romeo and Juliet set in the backdrop of Varanasi in the UP heartland, complete with naxalism, sand mining mafia and of co...

Sona Spa
2013
Director, Writer
The world is deprived of sleep. In Sona Spa you can buy sleep for yourself. Here, women (Sleep Workers) sleep for you, not with you.

Amen
2013
as Chevalier Pothachan
Solomon, who belongs to a band, is in love with Soshanna, who hails from an upper class family. The story spells how Solomon manages to win over all t...

Dandupalya
2012
as Krishna
A gang of notorious criminals go about looting houses, raping and murdering women. Chalapathy, a brave and brilliant police officer, sets out to captu...

No. 66 Madhura Bus
2012
as Sanjayan
A journey of love and revenge, the film's story unfolds amidst the travel of an interstate bus.

Ajintha
2012
as Daulatya
While replicating the murals of Ajanta Caves in the eighteenth century, Robert Gill, a skilled painter and a British soldier, falls in love with a tri...

My Friend Pinto
2011
as Don
Sweet, honest, and optimistic Michael Pinto has a knack for finding trouble. The search for a childhood friend leads him to the big city, and into an ...

That Girl in Yellow Boots
2011
as Cameo
An Anglo-Indian woman works in a seedy Mumbai massage parlor while trying to find her long-lost father.

Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap
2011
as Mac
After a series of bomb blasts in Mumbai, ACP Karan Malhotra announces that he will bring in the culprits responsible within a very short period of tim...

Zokkomon
2011
An orphan is abused and abandoned, believed to be dead, and upon his return is first feared as a ghost, and then projected as a superhero.

Tera Kya Hoga Johnny
2010
An abused boy who sells coffee on a bicycle gets involved in a robbery.

Kaalo
2010
as Special Appearance
The passengers of a bus are stranded by a flat tire and they face the horror of a seemingly-invincible winged Kaalo--who can not only travel under the...

Shahrukh Bola "Khoobsurat Hai Tu"
2010
While dealing with personal issues, a woman hopes to meet and act with a famous actor.

Shahrukh Bola "Khoobsurat Hai Tu"
2010
Dialogue, Story, Screenplay
While dealing with personal issues, a woman hopes to meet and act with a famous actor.

Guzaarish
2010
as Neville D'Souza
Ethan, a magician rendered paralyzed in an accident, sets off a furor when he makes a petition to the court to end his own life.

Khatta Meetha
2010
as Azad Bhagat
The story follows Sachin Tichkule, a struggling contractor whose failure in making peace with the corrupt bureaucracy in town as well as strained rela...

Red Alert: The War Within
2010
as Raghavan
While delivering food in a forest area in Andhra Pradesh, impoverished Narasimha is held against his will by a band of Naxalites led by Velu, and forc...

A One Night Stand
2009
as Party Guest
Following a wild party, a married man meets with his friends in order to try and remember his indiscretions.

Ek Niranjan
2009
as Chidambaram
A bounty hunter searches for the family he was separated from as a child, and falls in love with the sister of a gang member.

Parallel Folds
2009
as Makarand
A prosperous but lonely businessman has suicidal thoughts as his 60th birthday approaches. Then, he runs into his college sweetheart. Her mesmerizing ...

Krazzy 4
2008
4 mental patients formulate the plan to rescue their kidnapped doctor and teach the kidnappers a lesson.

Jalsa
2008
Sanjay falls in love with Indu. Her father Rammohan Reddy doesnt approve of it and she is married to someone else. Later, Bhagyamathi falls for him an...

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro
2007
as Jojo
A fun-filled feel-good love story with crazy laugh riot moments with plenty of edge of the seat thrills...

Risk
2007
as Hari
"Ek crore meh laitha hai RISK!". Risk! is a movie about a police inspector named Suryakanth who vows to clean up the Mumbai underworld. The police hav...

Yun Hota To Kya Hota
2006
Four individuals from different parts of India board a US-bound flight. However, they are stuck in an unfortunate situation as the flight is hijacked ...

Darna Zaroori Hai
2006
as Rahul
Five children enter a haunted house and find an old woman. She promises to tell them six scary stories that they won't be able to handle.

Khamoshh... Khauff Ki Raat
2005
as Manas Dutta
While travelling on a rainy night with his boss, an arrogant actress, Avinash's car ends up hitting a woman. Soon they all get stranded in a motel wit...

Swades
2004
as Fakir
A successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots.
Hanan: An Assault on Faith
2004
The Indian belief that birth, death and marriage are decided in the heaven is challenged one night in Rampur, when a woman abused by her husband curse...
Hanan: An Assault on Faith
2004
Screenplay, Director
The Indian belief that birth, death and marriage are decided in the heaven is challenged one night in Rampur, when a woman abused by her husband curse...

Paisa Vasool
2004
After a chance encounter at a club a struggling actress Baby decides to move in with Maria, a withdrawn divorcee who is having financial troubles and ...

Chameli
2003
Lamington Road on Bombay's Western Railway is the nearest railway station that takes one to Kamathipura, notorious for it's red-light, in particular, ...

Market
2003
as Anthony Kaalia
Muskaan is a prostitute in one of Hyderabad's brothels, owned by Lalabee. But she is a prostitute not by choice, but bad luck. When she was young her ...

Supari
2003
Lyricist, Playback Singer
Four best friends end up owing 500,000 rupees to Mamta Sekhri, a woman involved in various underworld activities. The friends are forced to kill for m...

Makdee
2002
as Kallu
One half of an identical set of twins, the mischievous Chunni is known in her hometown for the pranks she plays, notably on her father, the schoolteac...

Road
2002
as Inderpal
Arvind Chauhan and Lakhsmi are in love with each other. Lakhsmi's dad, a senior police inspector, hates Arvind, and so Arvind and Lakshmi decide to e...
Lal Salaam
2002
as Rajayya
Based on the true stories of families, politics and tribes in Nagpur, India. Growing crime and military-style gangs have created chaos in local commu...

Company
2002
as Narrator
Mallik is a henchman of Aslam Bhai, a Mumbai underworld kingpin. He inducts local hothead Chandu into the gang, and the two of them soon form a formid...

Ghaath
2000
as Happy Singh
Krishna Patil is a poor, unemployed, unsuccessful and short tempered youth who stays in a chawl with his father Ramakant and elder sister Mansi. He tr...

Jungle
2000
as Doraiswamy 'Madrasi'
A couple is kidnapped and held for ransom until one of the kidnappers' associates is released from custody.

Sarfarosh
1999
as Shiva
When terrorists kill a cop's brother and disable his father, he fights back against the smuggling of guns and drugs which plagues his country.

Satya
1998
as Advocate Chandrakant Mule
A young man named Satya comes to Mumbai from South India in search of a job. Jailed for something he did not do, the once-honest young man meets an un...

Udaan
1997
as Masoombhai Dayachan
A wealthy industrialist who refuses to doctor his product is killed by his corrupt business partners (the great trio of Danny Denzongpa, Dilip Tahil, ...

Fareb
1996
as Burglar
A doctor and his wife move to a new city where they plan to start a new life. However, trouble strikes in the form of a police inspector who gets comp...

Naseem
1995
as Flag Waver
Mumbai, 1992. Naseem, a 15 year-old schoolgirl, lives with her grandfather and grows up with stories of pre-independence communal harmony. Later, she ...

Bedardi
1993
as Gulla
Mumbai-based Saxena family consists of Professor Nirbhay, his wife Preeti, their school-going daughter Ritu and Nirbhay's college-going brother and si...

Pehla Nasha
1993
A down and out actor,Deepak Bakshi,sees a woman getting attacked. He lands himself into trouble with the police as he is now a suspect for murder.

Sir
1993
Sir is a 1993 Bollywood film directed by Mahesh Bhatt starring Naseeruddin Shah, Pooja Bhatt, Atul Agnihotri and Paresh Rawal.

Prahaar
1991
as Shirley's brother
Prahaar is the story of Major Chavan, a tough and stern soldier, trained to destroy the enemy. He can see the enemy on our borders but is unaware of t...

Don't Cry for Salim the Lame
1989
as Peera
Salim Pasha, a man with a physical disability, is involved in crimes like extortion and robbery with two of his friends Peera and Abdul. Salim is a ca...

Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
1988
Both Dhanraj Singh and Randhir Singh are two bitter and old time enemies. They faced a disastrous situation when their children, Raj and Rashmi fall d...

Ella
N/A
A Nine Year Old Girl Goes Missing From Her Home, She Crosses Paths With The Cops, Criminals And The Mystics While Trying To Save Her Animal Friend.