Satish Vasant Alekar is a well-known Marathi playwright, theatre and film actor and theater director. He has acted in Marathi and Hindi films and has also appeared in TV commercials. He is a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Playwriting and Padma Shri Award. Satish made his acting debut in Marathi with director Amol Palekar`s Aakrit (1981). His other well known acting credits include movies like Umbartha (1982), Ek Hota Vidushak (1992), Dhyasparva (2001), Kadachit (2007), Chintoo (2012), Chintoo 2, Khajinyachi Chittarkatha (2013), Welcome Zindagi (2015), Deool Band (2015), Rajwade and Sons (2015) and Ventilator (2016). He has also appeared in Hindi movies like Aiyyaa (2012) and Dekh Tamasha Dekh (2014). In 2017 Satish Alekar starred in director Sameer Vidwans` Mala Kahich Problem Nahi. The cast also includes Gashmeer Mahajani, Spruha Joshi, Seema Deshmukh and Kamlesh Sawant. His 2018 release includes Me Shivaji Park. His 2019 release includes Bhai - Vyakti Ki Valli, directed by Mahesh Manjrekar.