Shantanu Anant Tambe

Shantanu Anant Tambe is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. He is the son of Anant Ramji Tambe, a poet from Maharashtra. He is known in the Marathi film industry for directing the successful Marathi films Majhi Shaala (2013), Yaari Dosti (2016).

Shantanu Anant Tambe
Born	(1975-03-26) 26 March 1975 Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India
Occupations	Film director Screenwriter Producer
Years active	1993–present
Father	Kavi. Anant Ramji Tambe

In 2021, Shantanu launched 3S Movies, a production company in Mumbai. Its first release was the critically acclaimed social-drama film Dashmi (2024).

Early and personal life

Shantanu is from a Marathi family where his father Anant Ramji Tambe is a poet in Maharashtra. Father is always the inspiration for Shantanu's career and social life. His cinematic journey began in 1993, taking root in the renowned Filmistan Studio, where he started working as a studio lightman.

Career

In early 1998, with the self-learning on-set experience, Shantanu joined Tijori Films, a film production company founded by Deepak Tijori, where he assisted directors including Anant Mahadevan, Arun Frank, Manish Khandelwal, Vikram Bhatt, and others. He also wrote and assisted numerous concepts for the Tijori Films. After 11 years of experience at Tijori Films, Shantanu independently directed a Marathi TV series Baba - Ek Atoot Naate... produced by Trikuta Films, which was telecasted in 2009 on Mi Marathi channel's exclusive section, Ek Soneri Paan. It was the highest TRP-grossing series on the channel.

Shantanu then started his own production house, 3S Movies, and directed its first film Dashmi (2024), a social-drama film.

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes	Producers
2013	Majhi Shaala	Yes	Yes	Yes		Passionwoald Entertainments
2016	Yaari Dosti	Yes	Yes	Yes
2019	Gunwali Dulhaniya	Yes	Yes	Yes
2021	Unknown Caller (Hello Missed Call)	Yes	Yes	No		Buddha Telefilms
	Police & Crime	Yes	Yes	No
2024	Dashmi	Yes	Yes	Yes		3S Movies

Television

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes	Producers
2009	Baba - Ek Atoot Naate...	Yes	Yes	No	Mi Marathi - 20 Episodes	Trikuta Films

External links

• Shantanu Anant Tambe at IMDb