Lakshmikant Berde and Pooja Pawar
Kuldip Pawar and Ranjana Deshmukh in Marathi Movie Gupchup – Gupchup
Avinash Kharshikar
Kashinath Ghanekar and Aasha Kale in Marathi Cinema Ha Khel Sawalyancha
Ashok Saraf and Kishori Shahane
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Kashinath Ghanekar and Aasha Kale in Marathi Cinema Ha Khel Sawalyancha| Year | Film |
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| 1953 | Dharm Patni |
| 1960 | Pathlaag |
| 1967 | Madhuchandra |
| 1968 | Ekati |
| 1968 | Preet Shikva Mala |
| 1970 | Deo Manus |
| 1970 | |
| 1971 | Ajab Tuze Sarkar |
| 1971 | Zep |
| 1976 | Ha Khel Savalyancha |
Durga Khote (January 14, 1905− September 22, 1991) was an Indian actress, starting as one of the foremost leading ladies of her times, she remained active in Hindi and Marathi cinema, as well as theatre, for over 50 years, starring in around 200 films and numerous theatre productions.
In 2000, in a millennium issue, India Today, a leading magazine, chose her among 100 people Who Shaped India, as it noted that, "Durga Khote marks the pioneering phase for woman in Indian Cinema." , as she was one of the first women from respectable families to enter the film industry thus breaking a social taboo
She also ranks amongst top ten actresses in mother roles in Hindi , essayed by her in Hindi cinema, most notable among them were, as Jodhabai in K. Asif’s Mughal-e-Azam (1960), as Kaikey in Vijay Bhatt’s classic, Bharat Milap (1942), her other memorable roles as mother were in Charnon Ki Dasi (1941), Mirza Ghalib , Bobby (1973) and Bidaai(1974). She was awarded, the highest award in Indian cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema, in 1983.
She was born in a traditional Mumbaikar Goud Saraswat Brahmin family (Surname Laud) in present-day Maharashtra. By the age of 26, Durga Khote was a widowed mother with two young sons, Bakul and Harin. She had to seek work in films in order to support her children. In doing so, she became a pioneer of sorts, as she hailed form a traditional family, and since the film industry at that time was regarded as the preserve of the base and the bawdy. Also, most of the female characters were played by men.
Durga Khote debuted in a minor role in an obscure 1931 silent film, Farebi Jaal, by the Prabhat Film Company, followed by Maya Machhindra (1932), but was soon promoted to play heroine in the 1932 double version (Hindi & Marathi) film "Ayodhyecha Raja", another Prabhat film, which was the first-ever Marathi talkie and proved to be a runaway hit, where she essayed the role of Rani Taramati [4]. There was no looking back for the diffident widow from Kolhapur after that. Indeed, she ventured yet another pioneering trend: despite working closely with Prabhat Film Company, she broke away from the "studio system" (exclusive contract with a studio to work in its films on a monthly salary) then in vogue and became one of the first "freelance" artistes of that era by working occasionally with the New Theatres, and East India Film Co. (both at Calcutta), and Prakash Pictures.
In 1937, she produced and directed a film titled Saathi, making her one of the first women to step into this role in Indian cinema. The 40s open for her in a big way, with award winning performances in Charnon Ki Dasi (1941) and Vijay Bhatt's classic, Bharat Milap (1942), both of which got her the BFJA Best Actress Award consecutively for two years.
Durga Khote also remained active in theatre circuit for many years, especially the Marathi theatre in Bombay. She was actively associated with the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA), and worked in several plays for the Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh. In 1954, she famously performed the role of Lady Macbeth, in V.V. Shirwadkar's Marathi adaptations of Macbeth, as Rajmukut, 'The Royal Crown', along with Nanasaheb Phatak.Durga Khote essayed a wide variety of roles over a career that was not only long but also untouched by scandal. She was the inspiration for several generations of Indian actresses, including veterans like the late Shobhna Samarth, who frequently spoke of how she had been inspired by Durga Khote's example.
During later years, she played several important character roles, such as the mother of the protagonist. Her portrayal of Jodhabai, the queen of Akbar torn between duty towards her husband and love towards her son in the film Mughal-e-Azam (1960) was well received. She went on to play other widely appreciated character roles in later movies such as the role of the grandmother of the heroine in Bobby (1973) and the hero's aunt in Abhimaan (1973) and one more really memorable film Bidaai (1974), where she played a mother, a very sensitive role that can make you cry, and received the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.
In 1963, she acted in Merchant Ivory's debut film, The Householder (1963) , and her final memorable role was in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's ``Bawarchi (1972). She acted in over 200 films in her career, and by 1980s she successfully diversified into production of short films, Ad films and documentaries by setting up Fact Films, and later, Durga Khote Productions, which produced Doordarshan TV series Wagle Ki Duniya. Later in life she wrote her acclaimed autobiography, in Marathi which was later translated into English as "I Durga Khote" , and moved to Alibaug, beach front near Mumbai, and died on September 22, 1991.
Ramachandra was born in 1918 in Puntamba, a small town in Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra, India. He studied music under Vinayakbua Patwardhan at "Gandharva Mahavidyalaya". He joined the movie industry playing the lead role in Y. V. Rao's movie, "Naganand". He also had some small roles at Minerva Movietone in the movies "Saeed-e-Havas" and "Atma Tarang".
Ramachandra provided harmonium accompaniment for Minerva composers Bindu Khan and Habib Khan. He debuted as music director in Tamil movies with Jayakkodi and Vanamohini. He received public notice as a good composer in Bhagwan Dada's "Sukhi Jeevan", and established a long association that culminated with the musical box office hit "Albela".
Influenced by Benny Goodman, Ramachandra introduced in his compositions the alto sax in combination with guitar and harmonica. He also included whistling in one of his famous songs, "Aana meri jaan Sunday ke Sunday" in "Shehnai". He used a combination of a bongo, an oboe, a trumpet, a clarinet and a sax for the song "Shola Jo Bhadke" in "Albela". He sang the title song "Shin Shinaki Boobla Boo" with Lata Mangeshkar, which included rock rhythms. He provided the musical score for the scat song "Ina mina dika" in "Aasha".
Perhaps C. Ramachandra's biggest success as a music composer was the 1953 movie Anarkali starring Beena Roy in the title role and Pradeep Kumar. The songs that he composed for this movie are today legendary. Songs of this movie like "Yeh Zindagi usiki hai", "Mujhse mat pooch mere ishq main kya rakha hai", "Mohabbat aise dhadkan hain", "Jaag dard-e-ishq jaag" etc.. went on to become huge hits and were also highly acclaimed as masterpieces. Anarkali also perhaps saw the famed composer-singer combine of Ramachandra and Lata Mangeshkar at their best ever together. A film critic in London who watched the movie is said to have remarked that the heroine sang like an angel without knowing that the angel was actually Lata giving playback for the actress.
The highly popular patriotic song "Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo", which was sung by Lata Mangeshkar and penned by poet Pradeep, was a composition of Ramachandra, it was later performed live, by Lata Mangeshkar, in the presence of Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds, in New Delhi on Republic Day, 26 January 1963 [1] He similarly provided a memorable musical score accompanying a competition between two dancers whose roles were played by Padmini and Vyjayanthimala in the Tamil movie "Vanjikottai Vaaliban".
Ramachandra provided music compositions for a few Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, and Bhojpuri movies besides Hindi movies. In 1953, he also produced with "New Sai Productions" three Hindi movies: "Jhanjhar", "Lehren", "Duniya Gol Hai".
In the late 1960s, Ramachandra produced two Marathi movies, "Dhananjay" and "Gharkul". He also acted in them and composed music for them. C. Ramchandra died of acute peptic ulcer on the 6 January 1982 at Beach Candy Hospital, Mumbai.
Ramchandra wrote his autobiography in Marathi in 1977.
The following is a short list of some of Ramachandra's best compositions:
Movies for which Ramachandra provided musical scores are listed below in chronological order:
Atul Kasbekar born on April 22, 1965, is a well known Indian photographer specializing in media, film and fashion photography. He was born in a Maharashtrian family in Mumbai.
He is a graduate (class of 1988) of the Brooks Institute of Photography at Santa Barbara. He trained for over a year in Los Angeles, working with photographers as Dennis Gray, Ron Slenzak, James B Wood, Jay Silverman, Jay P Morgan, Bill Werts and David Le Bon.
Atul returned to India in 1990 starting his studio, Negative Space, in Mumbai. His work has been featured in magazines such as ELLE, Cosmopolitan and Time.
He has shot the previous five editions of the coveted Kingfisher Swimsuit Special Calendar: France (2007), Australia (2006), South Africa (2005), Thailand (2004), Mauritius (2003). He also has two children; Arnav and Naomi, who are fraternal twins.
Ashwini Bhave is an Indian actress from a Maharashtrian Koknastha Bramhin family in Mumbai. She has worked in many Marathi films and some Hindi films. She has performed along with Madhuri Dixit-Nene in many countries. She was born on May 7th.She started her career in Hindi films with R.K Banner's Henna.Film did well at the box office,through she was in second lead in the film,she got more offers than leading lady of Henna-Zeba Bakhtiar.She got roles with substance in films like Meera Ka Mohan & Sainik,but these films could not help her career.She was signed opposite Anil Kapoor in Yash Chopra's Parampara,but anil walked out of the film and Vinod Khanna was signed,bhave too decided to walk out as she felt her pairing with khanna is not suitable,but chopra convinced her to do the film.She later did few films with Mithun.She got critical acclaim for 1996's Bhairvi,but was upset when she did not get any nomination for it at award functions.She later moved to T.V for sometime and did a mega-serial Yug.She walked out with praise for her performances in Yugpurush and Bandhan,but there were no suitable bollywood offers,so she moved back to Marathi Cinema.
She is married to Maharashtrian software engineer Kishore Bopardikar. They are settled in San Francisco in the United States. She has two children who are currently undergoing primary education. She plays a major role in the NRI community in the Bay Area.
Recently she made a come back as a producer and lead actress in a Marathi movie named Kadachit (2007). The movie played in Maharashtra. Audiences loved the movie. Kadachit was also shown in United States Of America.
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He is a psychiatrist by profession and retired as Professor of Psychiatry at the B. J. Medical College and Sassoon Hospital in Pune, India.
Apart from his medical career he had an illustrious career in clinical psychology and psychopharmacology. Agashe started his early career by opting to work in The Government Hospital at Pune. He had the honor of chairing the Organizing Committee meetings for the Annual National Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society held at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune.
Agashe was a founding Director of Maharashtra Institute of Mental Health until he moved on to become Director of FTII. His students have progressed in their careers to become renowned psychiatrists in India, the UK and the United States.
In 1998, Agashe's project to improve the mental health education and service lead to the formation of a new policy on mental education by the Government of Maharastra. He has also served as an Advisor to the Government of Maharastra on Mental Health Education and Service. He was also instrumental in establishing the Maharastra Institute of Mental Health in 1991. MIMH is now a prestigious state level training and research institute in Mental Health Sciences. It is located in Pune, India.
In 1994, western India witnessed a major earthquake centred on Latur. To understand the mental health effects of the quake, a research project was initiated by the Indian Council of Medical Research. For that project Agashe served as Principal Investigator.
Agashe is currently the Principal Investigator for an Indo-US joint project on Cultural Disorders of Fatigue and Weaknesses.
Agashe's love of acting made him take time out of his busy schedule to work in plays. He started his career in acting by working in plays.
From April 1997 to April 2002 he was the Director General of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.
He also acted as Jatayu in Hindi telefilms on Feluda (based on stories by Satyajit Ray and directed by Sandip Ray)
He acted in movies such as Mohre (1987) and Salaam Bombay! (1988) and was noticed by the mainstream Bollywood industry for his portrayal of the villain in the 1989 film, Parinda. He was awarded the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for the role. He also won the Filmfare Best Villain Award in 1992 for Angaar.
In the movie Ab Tak Chappan (2005) he plays a police officer whose main task is to rid the streets of underworld dons. In 1994 he won the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Krantiveer (1994). He also won the Filmfare Award and the Star Screen Awards in the best actor category.
Patekar has played various type of roles. He has played the occasional villain but has played a hero in most of his films. He played a truant, gambling son in Krantiveer (1994), a wife beater in Agni Sakshi (1996), a deaf and dumb father to his then off-screen lover Manisha Koirala in Khamoshi: The Musical (1996) and a schizophrenic in Wajood (1998). He has also played some villainous roles. Patekar has also done Comic roles in the recent film Welcome (2007) in which he plays a powerful crime lord who once desired to be an actor in films.
He turned director with his movie Prahaar: The Final Attack co-starring Madhuri Dixit. His other films as an actor include Hu Tu Tu and Bluff Master. For his performance in Apaharan, he received the Filmfare Best Villain Award as well as the Star Screen Award Best Villain. He is going to be in Sangeeth Sivan's next film, which is a remake of the Telugu film Athadu(2005) and as the character Anjaneya Prasad (CBI Officer), Which was originally played by Prakash Raj.
Patekar has also done some playback singing in the films Yeshwant (1997), Wajood (1998) and Aanch (2003).
He has an honorary Captain's Rank from Indian Army. He underwent training for his role as a Army officer in the movie Prahaar. He was thus awarded the rank. He joined the Territorial Army (India) in early 90s.[citation needed] At the age of 54 he took up the sport of rifle shooting.[citation needed] He qualified for the G.V. Malvankar Championships.
The heavy response to Atul Kulkarni starrer Natrang, the Marathi movie has encouraged the Marahti movie industry to great lenghts. Not only this marks a great begining for year 2010, it also marks return of Tamasha, the traditional folk art of Maharashtra on silver screen.
