Rajwade started his career with acting in various Hindi and Marathi films along with theatre. He then moved to television as a director and writer. He has also worked as an assistant to director
Govind Nihalani. Rajwade got interested in acting after mother sent him to an acting workshop for kids during his summer. To pursue a career in acting, he joined
Mithibai College,
Vile Parle. During his college years, he acted in 75 one-act plays for his college in Marathi, Hindi,
English as well as
Gujarati for which he won many awards including the INT Best Actor in a Comic Role award for a Marathi one-act play
Aambaa. The Best Comic Actor award fetched Satish Rajwade a role in his first professional play
Tur Tur by
Kedar Shinde. But his first big break came when he was spotted by
Mahesh Manjrekar and Mohan Wagh and was offered a role in
All The Best, which had 890 shows. A casting director spotted Satish Rajwade during one of these performances and offered him a role in a Hindi film. Rajwade then went on to play small roles in various Hindi Films like
Sanshodhan, Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa, Nidaan, Vaastav and
Josh. Rajwade then started working in the editing studios of
B.R.Chopra without a salary for almost a year. Soon he wanted to be a director. Along with his friend Naveen Upadhyay, he directed his first pilot episode starring
Mohan Joshi and
Reema Lagoo. Blaze Music Company liked their work and offered him to direct a music video
Na Jaane Kyun starring model
Sameer Dharmadhikari which became an instant hit on the music charts. Pleased with the success of the music video, Blaze Music Company CEOs offered to let Satish Rajwade direct the marathi movie,
Mrugjal, which went on to bag 23 awards. Rajwade went on to direct his first serial
Duniyadari, for
Zee Marathi, which was followed by
Kinara and
Reshim Gaathi. He co-directed
Oon Pawus for which he also won the
Ma. Ta. Sanmaan Best Director award. He then directed
Asambhav and later went on to direct the first 30 episodes of
Weg on Saam Marathi. He later directed
Agnihotra on
Star Pravah and
Guntata Hriday He &
Eka Lagnachi Dusri Goshta on
Zee Marathi. He has also worked on many projects with actress
Mukta Barve. His latest film
Badam Rani Gulam Chor is based on popular Marathi play
Makdachya Haati Champagne (literally:
Champagne in the hands of a monkey) and features
Upendra Limaye,
Mukta Barve,
Pushkar Shotri and
Anand Ingale in lead roles. His last release was
Preamachi Goshta. He has also acted in movie
Bhay and
Time Barvait. ==Filmography==