Amol Palekar (born 24 November 1944) is an Indian actor and a director and producer of Hindi and Marathi cinema.
He studied Fine Arts at the Sir JJ School of Arts, Mumbai, and
commenced his artistic career as a painter. As a painter, he had seven
one-man exhibitions and participated in many group shows. He has been
active in the avant garde theatre in India. He has been active in
Marathi and Hindi theatre as an actor, director and producer since 1967.
His contribution to modern Indian theatre often gets overshadowed by
his popularity as a lead actor in Hindi films.
As an actor, he was most prominent for over a decade from 1970. His
image as a "boy next door" contrasted with the larger-than-life heroes
prevalent at that time in Indian cinema. He received three Film Fare and
six State awards as Best Actor. His performances in regional language
films in Marathi, Bengali, Malyalam and Kannada fetched him critical
acclaim as well. He decided not to act after 1986 in order to
concentrate on filmmaking.
As a director, he is known for the sensitive portrayal of women,
selection of classic stories from Indian literature, and perceptive
handling of progressive issues. He has directed several television
serials on the national network such as "Kachchi Dhoop", "Mrignayani",
"Naquab", "Paool Khuna" and "Krishna Kali".
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