Dilip Prabhavalkar
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Dilip Prabhavalkar is an India
n Marathi
film and television actor. Although he has established himself as a prominent Marathi stage and movie actor for a while now, he became particularly known on the national scene for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi
in the 2006 film, Lage Raho Munna Bhai
. He reprised the role of Gandhi in the Telugu language
remake, Shankar Dada Zindabad
. He has recently appeared in Sarkar Raj as Rao Saab.
, before working for a pharmaceutical company and as a partner in a video production unit. During this period, he performed as an actor in several children's plays and experimental plays staged at Chhabildas.
and directed by Arvind Deshpande. In 1991, however, he decided to choose acting as a career.
In children's and amateur theatre
, Prabhavalkar was associated with Ratnakar Matkari
's group and performed in all the plays staged by the troupe. His performances of a simpleton in Prem Kahani and Vidur in Aranyak - a play based on the Mahabharat - were awarded prizes at the Maharashtra
State Drama Festival.
He gained huge popularity because of his role as Chimanrao in the television serial "Chimanrao Gundyabhau" based on a series of short stories by C.V. Joshi. His Chimanrao is still popular and he recreated this character in his play Hasva Phasvi.
Dilip Prabhavalkar also starred in a Bollywood movie Encounter: The Killing as an old gangster, Punappa Avade in 2002.
However, he achieved nationwide recognition when he portrayed the role of Mahatma Gandhi
in 2006 film Lage Raho Munna Bhai
. The film created a nationwide awareness of Gandhian thoughts through the protagonist Munnabhai played by Sanjay Dutt
. He reprised his role in Telugu remake of this movie called Shankar Dada Zindabad
.
His acting in a Marathi TV Serial " Shreeyut Gangadhar Tipare", as Mr. Gangadhar Tipare gained a huge polularity. In this serial he portrayed an elderly senior citizen in a joint family. The serial covered social issues faced by common man in his day to day life.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n Marathi
Marathi cinema
Marathi cinema refers to films produced in the Marathi language in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is the oldest and pioneer film industry in India...
film and television actor. Although he has established himself as a prominent Marathi stage and movie actor for a while now, he became particularly known on the national scene for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...
in the 2006 film, Lage Raho Munna Bhai
Lage Raho Munna Bhai
Lage Raho Munna Bhai is a 2006 Indian musical comedy film directed by Rajkumar Hirani and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. It is the second film in the popular Munna Bhai series of Bollywood. Sanjay Dutt stars in this film as Munna Bhai, a Mumbai underworld don, who begins to see the spirit of...
. He reprised the role of Gandhi in the Telugu language
Telugu language
Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...
remake, Shankar Dada Zindabad
Shankar Dada Zindabad
Shankar Dada Zindabad is an 2007 Telugu film which is a remake of the 2006 Hindi blockbuster Lage Raho Munnabhai. Rajkumar Hirani, the director and co-screenwriter of the Munna Bhai series, is one of the screenwriters for this film...
. He has recently appeared in Sarkar Raj as Rao Saab.
Background
Dilip Prabhavalkar gained a Master's degree in Biophysics and a diploma from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, MumbaiMumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, before working for a pharmaceutical company and as a partner in a video production unit. During this period, he performed as an actor in several children's plays and experimental plays staged at Chhabildas.
Acting
His first major performance was in Lobh Nasava Hi Vinanti a play written by Vijay TendulkarVijay Tendulkar
Vijay Tendulkar was a leading Indian playwright, movie and television writer, literary essayist, political journalist, and social commentator primarily in Marāthi...
and directed by Arvind Deshpande. In 1991, however, he decided to choose acting as a career.
In children's and amateur theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
, Prabhavalkar was associated with Ratnakar Matkari
Ratnakar Matkari
Ratnakar Ramkrushna Matkari is a Marathi writer, a movie and play producer/director, and a self-taught artist from Maharashtra, India....
's group and performed in all the plays staged by the troupe. His performances of a simpleton in Prem Kahani and Vidur in Aranyak - a play based on the Mahabharat - were awarded prizes at the Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
State Drama Festival.
He gained huge popularity because of his role as Chimanrao in the television serial "Chimanrao Gundyabhau" based on a series of short stories by C.V. Joshi. His Chimanrao is still popular and he recreated this character in his play Hasva Phasvi.
Dilip Prabhavalkar also starred in a Bollywood movie Encounter: The Killing as an old gangster, Punappa Avade in 2002.
However, he achieved nationwide recognition when he portrayed the role of Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...
in 2006 film Lage Raho Munna Bhai
Lage Raho Munna Bhai
Lage Raho Munna Bhai is a 2006 Indian musical comedy film directed by Rajkumar Hirani and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. It is the second film in the popular Munna Bhai series of Bollywood. Sanjay Dutt stars in this film as Munna Bhai, a Mumbai underworld don, who begins to see the spirit of...
. The film created a nationwide awareness of Gandhian thoughts through the protagonist Munnabhai played by Sanjay Dutt
Sanjay Dutt
Sanjay Dutt is an Indian Hindi film actor and politician. Dutt, son of Hindi film actors Sunil and Nargis Dutt, made his acting debut in 1981.-Personal life:...
. He reprised his role in Telugu remake of this movie called Shankar Dada Zindabad
Shankar Dada Zindabad
Shankar Dada Zindabad is an 2007 Telugu film which is a remake of the 2006 Hindi blockbuster Lage Raho Munnabhai. Rajkumar Hirani, the director and co-screenwriter of the Munna Bhai series, is one of the screenwriters for this film...
.
His acting in a Marathi TV Serial " Shreeyut Gangadhar Tipare", as Mr. Gangadhar Tipare gained a huge polularity. In this serial he portrayed an elderly senior citizen in a joint family. The serial covered social issues faced by common man in his day to day life.
Awards
- He was awarded the prestigious "Bal Gandharva Puraskar(Award)" in June 2006. This award is given to persons that excel in the field of Arts like Acting, Music etc.
- In 1992, he received the Maharashtra State award for best actor for his portrayal of a disabled boy in the film Chaukat RajaChaukat Raja (film)Chaukat Raja , is a Marathi film made in 1991. The film is directed by Sanjay Soorkar and produced by Smita Talvalkar.-Cast:Following table shows details of Cast for Chaukat Raja.-Awards:...
. - In 2008, he won Two National Awards, both for best supporting actor in two films, namely the cult 2006 blockbuster 'Lage Raho Munnabhai' and ShevriShevri (film)Shevri , is a Marathi film made in 2006. The film is directed by Gajendra Ahire and produced by Nina Kulkarni.-Cast:Following table shows details of Cast for Shevri....
, a Marathi film.
Film and television
- Deool (2011)
- Jhing Chik JhingJhing Chik JhingJhing Chik Jhing is a 2010 Marathi-language film directed by Nitin Nandan and produced by Cogito Entertainment Private Limited. It stars Bharat Jadhav, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Madhavi Juvekar, and Chinmay Kambli, Aarti More and Pratik Dalvi....
(2010)- Kavi - bokya satbande (2009)
- Sankat CitySankat CitySankat City is a dark comedy Bollywood Hindi movie directed by Pankaj Advani starring Kay Kay Menon. The film was released in India on July 10, 2009.-Synopsis:...
(2009) - Ganpat Gajanan Jagirdar - Sarkar Raj (2008) - Rao Saab
- Shankar Dada ZindabadShankar Dada ZindabadShankar Dada Zindabad is an 2007 Telugu film which is a remake of the 2006 Hindi blockbuster Lage Raho Munnabhai. Rajkumar Hirani, the director and co-screenwriter of the Munna Bhai series, is one of the screenwriters for this film...
(2007) - Mahatma GandhiMahatma GandhiMohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement... - Shiva (2006) - Chief MinisterChief MinisterA Chief Minister is the elected head of government of a sub-national state, provinces of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, notably a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British Overseas Territory that has attained self-government...
- Lage Raho Munna BhaiLage Raho Munna BhaiLage Raho Munna Bhai is a 2006 Indian musical comedy film directed by Rajkumar Hirani and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. It is the second film in the popular Munna Bhai series of Bollywood. Sanjay Dutt stars in this film as Munna Bhai, a Mumbai underworld don, who begins to see the spirit of...
(2006) - Mahatma GandhiMahatma GandhiMohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement... - PaheliPaheliPaheli is a Bollywood ghost movie, released in India on 24 June 2005, directed by Amol Palekar and produced by Gauri Khan, Sanjiv Chawla and Shahrukh Khan, who also plays the male lead...
(2005) - Aga Bai ArrechaAga Bai ArrechaAga Bai Arrecha is a Marathi film by director Kedar Shinde loosely based on What Women Want. It was released in 2004. The film highlights the life and the problems of a common man living in a metropolitan city like Mumbai, the greatest difficulty of a man... to answer the question "What women...
(2004) - Shriranga Deshmukh's father - Chupke Se (2003) - Mega's father/Income Tax officer
- Encounter The killing (2002) - Ponappa
- Shriyut Gangadhar Tipre, ZeeTv Marathi (2001)
- Ratra Aarambha (1999)
- Sarkarnama (1997) - Cultural Minister
- Zapatlela (1992)
- Chaukat RajaChaukat Raja (film)Chaukat Raja , is a Marathi film made in 1991. The film is directed by Sanjay Soorkar and produced by Smita Talvalkar.-Cast:Following table shows details of Cast for Chaukat Raja.-Awards:...
(1991) - Ek Daav BhutachaEk Daav Bhutacha-Cast:*Dilip Prabhavalkar*Ashok Saraf*Ranjana*Mohan Kothiwan*Ram Nagarkar*Sulochna*Mohan Joshi*Raghavendra Kadkol-Plot:The plot revolves around a school master, portrayed by Dilip Prabhavalkar. He is a simple and honest teacher who is posted to teach in a school in a small village of rural India...
(1982) - Chimanrao, DoordarshanDoorDarshanDoordarshan is an Indian public service broadcaster, a division of Prasar Bharati. It is one of the largest broadcasting organizations in India in terms of the infrastructure of studios and transmitters. Recently, it has also started Digital Terrestrial Transmitters. On September 15, 2009,...
, 1977-79.
Theater
- Double role as Anna and the mother-in-law in Pradeep Dalvi's farce Vasuchi Sasu.
- The young as well as old Rajabhau in Chook Bhool Dyavi Ghyavi - a light comedy written by Prabhavalkar.
- The caring but possessive father in Ratnakar MatkariRatnakar MatkariRatnakar Ramkrushna Matkari is a Marathi writer, a movie and play producer/director, and a self-taught artist from Maharashtra, India....
's drama Jawai Maza Bhala. - The senile Nana in Jaywant DalviJaywant DalviJaywant Dalvi was a prominent contemporary Marathi writer in Maharashtra, India. Originally hailing from Sawantwadi in Maharashtra he was born in a Gaur Saraswat Brahmin family....
's Sandhyachhaya. - The double role of the debonair, flirtatious Raje and a local constable in Prof. Toradmal's Kalam 302 (adaptation of SleuthSleuth (play)Sleuth is a 1970 play written by Anthony Shaffer. The play is set in the Wiltshire, England manor house of Andrew Wyke, an immensely successful mystery writer. His home reflects Wyke's obsession with the inventions and deceptions of fiction and his fascination with games and game-playing...
). - The alcoholic barrister in Ratnakar MatkariRatnakar MatkariRatnakar Ramkrushna Matkari is a Marathi writer, a movie and play producer/director, and a self-taught artist from Maharashtra, India....
's Ghar Tighancha Hava (a play on the life of Tarabai ModakTarabai ModakTarabai Modak was born in Mumbai. She graduated from the University of Mumbai in 1914.She was married to a lawyer from Amravati, Mr. Modak. Later she got a divorce in 1921.She worked as a Principal of a Women's College in Rajkot....
). - The nondescript but determined common man in P. L. DeshpandeP. L. DeshpandePurushottam Laxman Deshpande was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He was popularly known by his initials पु. ल. Purushottam Laxman Deshpande (8 November 1919 – 12 June 2000) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He was popularly known by his initials पु. ल. Purushottam Laxman...
's Ek Zunj Waryashi (an adaptation of The Last Appointment). - The father of a disabled son in Jaywant DalviJaywant DalviJaywant Dalvi was a prominent contemporary Marathi writer in Maharashtra, India. Originally hailing from Sawantwadi in Maharashtra he was born in a Gaur Saraswat Brahmin family....
's Natigoti. - Six different characterisations in Hasvaphasvi, a comedy written by Prabhavalkar.
- A buck-toothed apparently harmless man who in reality is a twisted, evil man in Salsood.
- A naive, innocent schoolteacher who is assisted by a ghost in Ek Dav Bhutacha.
TV actor
- Shriyut Gangadhar Tipre as Aaba
- Zopi Gelela Jaga Zala as Dinoo
- Kaam Phatte as Wadkar
- Chiranjeev as Ghadyalkaka
- Salsood as Bhargav