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Bhalji Pendharkar
Indian film director and producer
Bhalji Pendharkar (3 May 1897 – 26 November 1994) was a film personality in India, and recipient of Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the most prestigious award in the field.
Early life and family
Born to Radhabai and her husband Dr Gopal Pendharkar. ref>Patil, Kavita. ""FILM INDUSTRY OF KOLHAPUR: A HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE." Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, vol. 64, 2003": 1197. JSTOR 44145547. </ref> Bhalji was related to a number of personalities from the Indian film industry. They include his elder brother, Baburao Pendharkar, maternal half-brother and actor-Director, Master Vinayak Karnataki, and maternal cousin V Shantaram.
Personal life
Bhalji had two wives. One of whom, Leela Chandragiri, acted and sang in Hindi and Marathi films in 1930s under the name Miss Leela. Leela-bai already had two children when she first met Bhalji. Bhalji adopted both of them, a boy (Jayasingh) and a girl. The girl later married novelist Ranjit Desai and she is better known as Madhavi Desai (died in 2013); she wrote the book 'Naacha Ga Ghumaa'. His second daughter's name was Saroj Chindarkar.
Bhalji's son with his first wife, Prabhakar Pendharkar (1933–2010), was associated with making of Do Aankhen Barah Haath in 1950s, wrote the book रारंगढांग, and was author-director of noteworthy documentaries. Bhalji named his studio Jayaprabha, combining in it the names of Leela's son Jayasingh (whom Bhalji had adopted) and his own son Prabhakar.
Film career
Bhalji started his career in the era of silent films. He was associated with Prabhat Film Company's earliest talkies, and also worked with other studios in hometown of Kolhapur. Later he acquired his own studio in form of Jayprabha Studio and became a film producer and director. He also wrote lyrics for some film songs in Marathi. His more famous films are: Netaji Palkar, Thoratanchi Kamala, Chhatrapati Shivaji, Mohityanchi Manjula,
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Short Biography
Bhalji Pendharkar was born on 03-05-1897 in Kolhapur in the state of Maharashtra, India. He was an Indian Film Director, Film Producer, Screenwriter & Film Actor who well-known for his work in Marathi and Bollywood films.
Bhalji Pendharkar Complete Bio & Career
Bhalji Pandharkar was a film personality of India as well as writer and director. He was a film producer of noiseless movies and presently on he made Marathi movies. He has been simultaneously connected in Hindi movies. He was a very victorious screen playwright also. Later on, he got linked with Prabhat Film Company which was one of the most primitive talkies. He also worked with other studios in the homeland of Kolhapur too. Kolhapur has been the initiate of all aspects of art, film, and theater, over the decades and we as the disciples of chitrtapasvi Bhalji Pandharkar, preparatory the “Film and theater academy of acting”.
In such a pious land Citratapasvi Bhalji Pendharkar served his country through the medium of films. He dedicated his expensive ninety-eight years of life for his country on the three main beliefs of his life – “God, realm and Religious conviction”. He worked wholeheartedly in a variety of fields of life as a thoughtful, theorist, nationalist, a Filmmaker and administrator, playwright, and poet and placed a superlative in front of the world. He also writes lines for some silver screen songs in Marathi. “Bhalji Pendharkar Cultural Centre” has been time-honored. His supplementary well-known movies are Netaji Palkar, Thoratanchi Kamala, Chhatrapati Shivaji, Mohityanchi Manjula, Maratha Tututka Melvava, Sadhi Manse, and Tambdi Maati. Hindi: Maharathi Karna, Valimi, Chhatrapati Shivaji. Ganimi Kawa.
Honours & Awards
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Dadas Baburao PendharkarIndian actor (1896–1967) Baburao Pendharkar (22 June 1896 – 3 November 1967), was an Indian actor, director, film producer and writer. Personal lifeBaburao Pendharkar was born on 22 June 1896 in Kolhapur in a Brahmin family. Born to Radhabai and her patron Dr Gopal Pendharkar, Baburao was related to quite a few film personalities in Indian film industry. His younger brother Bhalji Pendharkar was a famous film director, producer and writer. Other famous names in family included his younger maternal half-brother Master Vinayak, Radhabai's son after she married Karnataki, and maternal cousin V. Shantaram, son of Kamalabai, Radhabai's younger sister. Baburao married Shree Kumudini and had two sons and daughters each with her. He died on 8 November 1967, in Bombay aged 71. Film careerBaburao started his career in the era of silent films. Actor (68 credits)
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