Nitish Bharadwaj

Nitish Bharadwaj
Residence	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actor, Director, Producer
Years active	1986- present
Spouse	Monisha(1991–2005) Smita Gate(2008-present)

Nitish Bharadwaj (also called Nitesh Bharadwaj) (Marathi: नितीश भारद्वाज) is an Indian actor and former member of the Lok Sabha. He is best known for his portrayal of Lord Krishna in B. R. Chopra's television series Mahabharat, as well as for his portrayal of several Avatars of Vishnu in some of Chopra's other works, such as Vishnu Puran.

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  Nitish Bharadwaj As Lord Krishna In Mahabharata

Career

Nitish Bharadwaj hails from the Chitrapur Saraswat community (Konkani). He has also starred in many Marathi movies like Anapekshit as well as in a highly acclaimed Malayalam movie Njan Gandharvan (1991) directed by P. Padmarajan. He is a qualified veterinary doctor from Mumbai.[1] He has contested the parliamentary elections from Jamshedpur and Rajgarh (in Madhya Pradesh) as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate and was elected to Lok Sabha as a Member of Parliament from Jamshedpur in 1996. He directed a historical TV serial titled 'Gita Rahasya', 'Apraadhi' for Star TV & a few documentary films.^[1]

Personal Life

Nitish Bharadwaj was married twice.His first wife was Monisha, daughter of veteran journalist and editor of Femina, Vimla Patil.Monisha and Nitish had a strong marriage and they even had two children.But their time together ended abruptly, and their bond went sour in 2005 when they applied for a divorce. Monisha lives in London with her son and daughter from this marriage. His second wife is Smita Gate who is a Marathi speaking IAS officer (1992 batch) from the Madhya Pradesh cadre.^[2]

References

1. ^ Ashraf, Syed Firdaus (10 September 1999). "'I understand India bloody well'". Rediff. http://www.rediff.com/election/1999/sep/10nitish.htm. Retrieved 22 March 2010. 
2. ^ http://box4.chakpak.com:9080/articles/?p=20291