Amol Palekar

Infobox_Celebrity
name = Amol Palekar


birth_date = Birth date and age|1944|11|24|mf=y
birth_place = Bombay,Maharashtra,India
death_date =
death_place =
occupation = Actor, Director
filmfareawards:Filmfare Best Actor Award:
1980: "Golmaal

Amol Palekar unicode|अमोल पालेकर (born November 24 1944) is a well known actor of the '70s and later director of notable Hindi and Marathi cinema.

Amol Palekar was born in Mumbai, 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 [ [http://www.upperstall.com/hist1966.html Chronology of Indian Cinema at upperstall] ] . 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.

Personal life

Palekar openly claims to be agnostic and atheist, even though brought up in a Hindu background [ [http://www.ibnlive.com/news/being-amol-palekar-the-storyteller/19856-8.html Amol Palekar at ibnlive] ] .

Image of a middle class hero

He is famous for his image of "Middle-class serviceman " who struggles to get a job,his own flat,Girlfriend/Wife,appreciation from his boss etc.

Partial Filmography

As an Actor

*Aks
*"Shriman Shrimati"
*Baaton Baaton Mein(Tina Munim, David and others)
*Bhumika (Smita Patil, Nasiruddin Shah, Anant Nag)
*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)
*Jhuthi(Rekha's Brother)
*Gharonda(Zarina Wahab)
*Olangal(Ravi Chattan) (1982) Malayalam
*Naram Garam (1981) .... Ramprasad

As a Director

*"Aakreit" ("Unimaginable" - Marathi) - 1981
*"Anakahi" (Unspoken) - 1985
*"Thodasa Rumani Ho Jaye" - 1990
*"Bangarwadi" - 1995
*"Daayraa" ("The Square Circle") - 1996
*"Anaahat" ("Forever")
*"Kairee" ("Raw mango") - 2001
*"Dhyaas Parva" ("Kal Kaa Aadmi" in Hindi) - 2001 (based on Raghunath Karve's life, won the National Award for Best film on family welfare)
*"Paheli" ("Riddle") - 2005
*"Quest" ("Thaang" - English) - 2006 (won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English)
*"Samantar" (Marathi) - 2006 (with Sharmila Tagore)

TV Serials

* Kachchi Dhoop - 1987
* Naqab - 1988
* Paoolkhuna - 1993
* Mrignayanee - 1991
* Kareena Kareena - 2004

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.

External links

*imdb name|id=0657505|name=Amol Palekar
* [http://pib.nic.in/focus/foyr2001/fomar2001/fo270320012b.html National Award List 2001]

References