Madhav Vaze (born 21 October 1939) is a theater artist, director and film actor. He has acted and directed mainly in theater and has had a few stints in films. Early life He was born on 21 October 1939. Career He started out his career as a child artist in the critically acclaimed film Shyamchi Aai. In 2009, Vaze made a guest appearance in the Bollywood film 3 Idiots. Director Aamir Khan expressed that he would like to work with Vaze in the theater. In 2013, Vaze directed a production of Hamlet in Marathi, translated by Parshuram Deshpande and featuring Kanak Datye and Neha Mahajan. He is a former English lecturer at the Nowrosjee Wadia College in Pune. In March 2015 he appeared in the Vodafone m-Pesa advertisement as Babuji. The advert can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktgDPTlFxsU Filmography Shyamchi Aai (1953) ’’Vahininchya Bangadya’’ (1953) 3 Idiots (2009) Dear Zindagi (2016) Chappad Phaad Ke (2019) as Atmaram Gupchup Awards His debut film Shyamchi Aai won the President's award and was one of the first films ever in India. References External links 1939 births Living people 20th-century Indian male actors Indian theatre directors 21st-century Indian male actors Indian male film actors Male actors in Hindi cinema Indian male child actors Place of birth missing (living people)