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Amol Palekar (born 24 November 1944) is a well known actor of the '70s and later director of notable Indian movies.
Amol Palekar was born in Bombay, where he attended the J.J.School of Art. 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.
In 1974 he was cast as an actor by Basu Chatterjee in Rajanigandha, which lead to many parts in middle-class comedies. He became a director with the ...
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Filmography
Aks (2001) - The Defence Minister
Teesra Kaun? (1994) - C. K. Kadam
Baat Ban Jaye (1986) - Yeshwant Rao Bhonsle
Ankahee (1985) - Nandu Chaturvedi
Jhoothi (1985) - Insp. Kamal Nath
Khamosh (1985) - Himself
Tarang (1984) - Rahul
Paheli (2005) - director,writer
Anaahat (2003) - director
Dhyasparva (2001) - director,producer
Kairee (2000) - director,writer
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Adnan Apr 16, 2008
yes,he was very nive actor of 70's.
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Amol Palekar was born in a Maharashtrian Saraswat Brahmin family. He attended Sir J. J. School of art in Bombay. Amol Palekar started his acting career with the Marathi experimental stage with Satyadev Dubey. Later he established his own group "Aniket". Amol Palekar introduced street theatre in Maharashtra. Amol made his debut in films with noted Marathi film "Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe" directed by Satyadev Dubey. He was cast by Basu Chatterjee in the movie "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". Amol Palekar turned from acting to film direction with the Marathi film "Aakriet". Since then he has directed many films which include "Ankahi", "Thodasa Rumani Ho Jaye", "Bangarwadi", "Daayraa", "Anahat", "Kairee", "Dhyaas Parva". His movie "Paheli" was India's official entry for the Oscar Awards in 2006 but did not make it to the final nominations.
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