Amol Palekar
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| Amol Palekar | |
| Born | November 24, 1944 Bombay,Maharashtra,India |
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| Occupation | Actor, Director |
Amol Palekar अमोल पालेकर (born November 24, 1944) is a well known actor of the '70s and later director of notable Indian movies.
Amol Palekar was born in Bombay, India, where he attended the Sir J. J. School of Art. He is a Maharashtrian. He started with the Marathi experimental stage with Satyadev Dubey and later started his own group 'Aniket' set up in 1972. He introduced Theatre of the Absurd in Maharashtra and a street theatre-inspired practice of performing plays in the round.
He made his debut in 1971 with noted Marathi film, Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe directed by Satyadev Dubey, which started the ‘New Cinema’ Movement in Marathi [1]. In 1974 he was cast as an actor by Basu Chatterjee in Rajnigandha, which led to many other such roles in middle-class comedies often directed by Chatterjee or Hrishikesh Mukherjee such as Golmaal, Chhoti Si Baat and Naram Garam. He turned from actor to director with the Marathi film Aakriet.
He proved his capabilities as a director through his movie Paheli which was India's official entry in the race for Best Foreign Film at the 2006 Oscar. The movie, however, did not make it to the final nominations.
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[edit] Personal life
Palekar openly claims to be agnostic and atheist, even though brought up in a Hindu background [2].
[edit] Image of a middle class hero
He is famous for his image of "Middle-class serviceman " who strugles to get a job,his own flat,Girlfriend/Wife,appreciation from his boss etc.
[edit] Partial Filmography
[edit] As an Actor
- Aks
- Shriman Shrimati
- Baaton Baaton Mein(Tina Munim, David and others)
- Golmaal(Bindiya Goswami)
- Rajnigandha(Vidya Sinha)
- Rang Birangi(Deepti Naval)
- Naram Garam(Swaroop Sampath)
- Chhoti Si Baat(Vidya Sinha Asrani Ashok Kumar)
- Do Ladke Dono Kadke(Moushumi Chatterji)
- Meri Biwi Ki Shaadi(Ranjeeta)
- Chitchor(Zarina Wahab)
- Damaad(Ranjeeta)
- Khamosh(Shabana Azmi)
- Gharonda(Zarina Wahab)
- Olangal(Ravi Chattan) (1982) Malayalam
[edit] As a Director
- Akrit (Unimaginable) - 1981
- Ankahi (Unspoken) - 1985
- Thodasa Rumani Ho Jaye - 1990
- Bangarwadi - 1995
- Daayraa (The Square Circle) - 1996
- Anahat (Forever)
- Kairee (Raw mango) - 2001
- Dhyaas Parva (Kal Kaa Aadmi in Hindi) - 2001 National Award for Best film on family welfare based on Raghunath Karve's life.
- Paheli (Riddle) - 2005
- thaang (quest) - 2006
[edit] TV Serials
[edit] Note
Amol in Marathi language means 'invaluable' - something you cannot put a value/price for. Amol is also a very common name among people from Western parts of India mainly Maharashtra.
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