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{{Infobox person
| name = Amol Palekar
| image = Amol Palekar - Kolkata 2016-02-04 0749.JPG
| caption = Palekar in 2016
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|11|24|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.loksatta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=116385:2010-11-21-19-42-16&catid=45:2009-07-15-04-01-33&Itemid=56 |title='आपल्यातीलच एक' थोडासा रुमानी झाला तेव्हा A correct reference about his birthday from marathi language newspaper loksatta news, janeman is confirmed person with him to be 24 November,2014 during Marathi language wikipedia workshop |access-date=26 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620031907/http://www.loksatta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=116385:2010-11-21-19-42-16&catid=45:2009-07-15-04-01-33&Itemid=56 |archive-date=20 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|director|singer}}
| awards = [[Filmfare Best Actor Award]]:<br />1979: ''[[Gol Maal]]''
| spouse = {{marriage|Chitra Palekar|1969|2001|end=divorce}} <br/> {{marriage|Sandhya Gokhale<ref name="times baaton">{{Cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi-times/Amol-Palekar-Baaton-Baaton-Mein/articleshow/240783.cms |title=Amol Palekar: Baaton Baaton Mein |website=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=26 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913190712/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi-times/Amol-Palekar-Baaton-Baaton-Mein/articleshow/240783.cms |archive-date=13 September 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>|2001}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.amolpalekar.com|amolpalekar.com}}
| father = Kamalakar Palekar
| mother = Suhasini Palekar
| yearsactive = 1971–present
| signature = Amol Palekar Autograph.jpg
}}
'''Amol Palekar''' (born 24 November 1944) is an Indian actor, director and producer of [[Hindi]] and [[Marathi cinema]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Paheli is a simple, loveable film |url=http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2005/jun/21amol.htm |date=21 June 2005 |work=[[Rediff.com]] |access-date=6 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010182350/http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2005/jun/21amol.htm |archive-date=10 October 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Career==
Palekar studied fine arts at the [[Sir J. J. School of Art]], Mumbai, and commenced his artistic career as a painter. As a painter, he had seven one-man exhibitions and participated in many group shows.<ref>{{cite web|title=Painting is like 'ghar wapsi' for me: Amol Palekar|url=https://www.filmykeeday.com/best-movies-of-amol-palekar/|website=FilmyKeeday|access-date=27 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430154324/https://www.filmykeeday.com/best-movies-of-amol-palekar/|archive-date=30 April 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, Palekar is better known as a stage and film actor. He has been active in the avant garde theatre in India in Marathi and Hindi theatre as an actor, director and producer since 1967. His contribution to the modern Indian theatre is often overshadowed by his popularity as a lead actor in Hindi films.

As a film actor, he was most prominent in the 1970s. His image as a "boy next door" contrasted with the larger-than-life heroes prevalent at that time in Indian cinema. He received one [[Filmfare award]] and six State awards as Best Actor. His performances in regional language films in Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam 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''.

===Theatre journey===
Palekar began in [[Marathi language|Marathi]] experimental theatre with [[Satyadev Dubey]], and later started his own group, ''Aniket'', in 1972. As a theatre actor, he was part of popular plays like Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe, Hayavadana and Adhe Adhure.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/top-bollywood-actors-who-started-life-on-stage-39793.html|title=Top Bollywood actors who started life on stage|last=Sharma|first=Devesh|date=27 March 2020|website=filmfare.com|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329092630/https://www.filmfare.com//features/top-bollywood-actors-who-started-life-on-stage-39793.html|archive-date=29 March 2020|access-date=2020-04-14}}</ref> Following a performance on stage at the [[National Centre for the Performing Arts (India)]] (NCPA) in 1994, he returned to theatre after a gap of 25 years with the suspenseful play, Kusur (The Mistake).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/palekar-s-latest-challenge-11576249306552.html|title=Palekar's latest challenge|last=Singh|first=Deepali|date=14 December 2019|website=Livemint|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215125846/https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/palekar-s-latest-challenge-11576249306552.html|archive-date=15 December 2019|access-date=2020-04-14}}</ref> This play is directed by him and he also plays the lead role.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/theatre/theatre-review-kusur-the-mistake/articleshow/72278578.cms|title=Theatre review: Kusur (The Mistake) - Times of India|date=29 November 2019|website=The Times of India|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614063735/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/theatre/theatre-review-kusur-the-mistake/articleshow/72278578.cms|archive-date=14 June 2020|access-date=2020-04-14}}</ref>

===Movie career===
[[File:AmolPalekar.jpg|thumb|right|Palekar in 2011]]
Palekar made his debut in 1971 with the [[Marathi language|Marathi]] film ''[[Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe]]'' directed by [[Satyadev Dubey]], which started the New Cinema Movement in Marathi.<ref>{{cite news|title=Amol Palekar's debut|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/did-you-know/Amol-Palekars-debut-/articleshow/13698397.cms|access-date=27 June 2016|work=The Times of India|date=4 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220140351/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/did-you-know/Amol-Palekars-debut-/articleshow/13698397.cms|archive-date=20 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 1974 he was cast as an actor by [[Basu Chatterjee]] in ''[[Rajnigandha]]'', and in the surprise low-budget hit, ''[[Chhoti Si Baat]]''. This led to many other such roles in "middle-class" comedies, mostly alternative. These were mostly directed by Chatterjee or [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]] and included films such as ''[[Gol Maal]]'' and ''[[Naram Garam]]''. He won the Filmfare Best Actor Award for ''Gol Maal''.

He is noted for his image of the "middle-class everyman" who struggles to get a job (''[[Gol Maal]]''), his own flat (''[[Gharonda]]''), a girlfriend/wife (''[[Baaton Baaton Mein]]''), and appreciation from his boss.

In 1979, he was paired with a sixteen-year-old [[Sridevi]] in [[Solva Saawan]], which was her debut Hindi movie as a heroine. Amol played the role of an intellectually disabled man, a character played by [[Kamal Haasan]] in the original Tamil movie.

In 1982 he played the role of Ravi in the [[Malayalam]] movie ''[[Olangal]]''. He turned to directing with the [[Marathi language|Marathi]] film ''Aakriet''. He showed his capabilities as a [[film director|director]] with movies such as [[Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen]] and [[Paheli]]. ''Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen'' has become a part of management courses and study pertaining to human behaviour.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://kanikahanda.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/thoda-sa-roomani-ho-jaaye-movie-review/ |title=Thoda Sa Roomani Ho Jaaye : Movie Review | kanikaspeaks |access-date=28 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140411225401/http://kanikahanda.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/thoda-sa-roomani-ho-jaaye-movie-review/ |archive-date=11 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Paheli'' was India's official entry for Best Foreign Film at the 2006 [[Academy Awards|Oscars]]. The movie, however, did not make it to the final nominations.
[[File: Amol Palekar - Panel Discussion - Badal Sircar and His Theater - 40th International Kolkata Book Fair - Milan Mela Complex - Kolkata 2016-02-04 0859.JPG|thumb|upright|Palekar in 2016]]

He has also given his voice to an [[HIV/AIDS]] education animated software tutorial created by the nonprofit organization [[TeachAids]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Star touch to animated film on HIV/AIDS|url=http://expressbuzz.com/cities/hyderabad/star-touch-to-animated-film-on-hivaids/226342.html|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=27 November 2010|access-date=16 December 2010}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He is willing to act once again if he is given a challenging role.<ref>{{cite web|title= Amol Palekar: Can return to screen if role is challenging|url= http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/amol-palekar-can-return-to-screen-if-role-is-challenging-447244|work= 17 November 2013|publisher= NDTV|access-date= 19 November 2013|archive-date= 11 October 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201011115349/https://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/amol-palekar-can-return-to-screen-if-role-is-challenging-636345|url-status= live}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Amol Palekar was born to Kamlakar and Suhasini Palekar in a lower-middle-class family in [[Mumbai]]. He was raised along with his three sisters, Neelon, Rekha and Unnati, by his father who worked in the [[General Post Office (Mumbai)|General Post Office]] and his mother, who worked in a private company.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi-times/Amol-Palekar-Baaton-Baaton-Mein/articleshow/240783.cms | work=The Times of India | title=Amol Palekar: Baaton Baaton Mein - The Times of India | access-date=26 September 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913190712/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi-times/Amol-Palekar-Baaton-Baaton-Mein/articleshow/240783.cms | archive-date=13 September 2010 | url-status=live }}</ref> He worked at the [[Bank of India]] before he switched full-time to a career in acting. He also does some social work. He married Sandhya Gokhale after his divorce from his first wife, Chitra.<ref>[http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPageView.jsp?page_id=15195&index1=5] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927214219/http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPageView.jsp?page_id=15195&index1=5|date=27 September 2011}}.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Next-Turn/655383|title=Amol Palekar is back in action, this time with an English language ...|date=2 August 2010|work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=13 August 2010}}</ref><ref name="times baaton"/> Palekar regards himself as an [[agnostic atheist]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/Atheism-is-the-religion-for-these-filmi-folk/photostory/45543827.cms | title=Atheism is the religion for these filmi folk | work=[[The Times of India]] |publisher=[[The Times Group]] | access-date=23 December 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222055541/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/Atheism-is-the-religion-for-these-filmi-folk/photostory/45543827.cms | archive-date=22 December 2017 | url-status=live }}</ref>

In February 2022, Palekar was hospitalized in [[Pune]] for [[COVID-19]] related complications.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/lifestyle/covid-scare-368901|title=Veteran actor Amol Palekar hospitalized due to Covid complications|publisher=Tribune India|accessdate=19 March 2022|date=11 February 2022}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===As an actor===

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1969 ||''Bajiraocha Beta'' || || [[Marathi language|Marathi film]]
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe]]'' || || [[Marathi language|Marathi film]]
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Rajnigandha]]'' || Sanjay ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Jeevana Jyothi (1975 film)|Jeevana Jyoti]]'' || Sanjay || [[Telugu language|Telugu film]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1976 || ''[[Chhoti Si Baat]]'' || Arun Pradeep || Nominated: [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor]]
|-
|| ''[[Chitchor]]'' || Vinod ||
|-
| rowspan=6 | 1977 || ''[[Gharaonda]]'' || Sudip ||
|-
|| ''[[Bhumika (film)|Bhumika]]'' || Keshav Dalvi ||
|-
|| ''[[Agar... If]]'' || Anil Aggarwal ||
|-
|| ''[[Taxi Taxie]]'' || Dev/Hero ||
|-
|| ''Tuch Maazi Raani'' || || [[Marathi language|Marathi film]]
|-
|| ''[[Kanneshwara Rama]]'' || Chenneera || [[Kannada|Kannada film]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1978 || ''[[Damaad]]'' || Sharad Mazgaonkar ||
|-
|| ''[[Safed Jhoot]]'' || Amol 'Ramu' Palekar ||
|-
| rowspan=8 | 1979 || ''[[Baaton Baaton Mein]]'' || Tony Braganza ||
|-
|| ''[[Gol Maal]]'' || Ram Prasad Sharma / Lakshman Prasad Sharma (Lucky) || [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor]]
|-
|| ''[[Do Ladke Dono Kadke]]'' || Hari ||
|-
|| ''[[Meri Biwi Ki Shaadi]]'' || Bhagwant Kumar Bartendu "Bhagu" ||
|-
|| ''[[Solva Sawan]]'' || ||
|-
|| ''Bin Baap Ka Beta'' || ||
|-
|| ''Mother'' || || [[Marathi language|Marathi film]]
|-
|| ''[[Jeena Yahan]]'' || Dinesh ||
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1980 || ''[[Aanchal (1980 film)|Aanchal]]'' || Kishan Lal ||
|-
|| ''[[Apne Paraye]]'' || Chandranath ||
|-
| rowspan=7 | 1981 || ''[[Naram Garam]]'' || Ram Eshwar Prasad ||
|-
|| ''[[Sameera (film)|Sameera]]'' || ||
|-
|| ''Akriet'' || Mukutrao Shinde || [[Marathi language|Marathi film]]
|-
|| ''Kalankini'' || || [[Bengali language|Bengali film]]
|-
|| ''[[Agni Pareeksha (1981 film)|Agni Pareeksha]]'' || Alok Choudhary / Ramesh Khanna ||
|-
|| ''[[Chehre Pe Chehra]]'' || Peter ||
|-
|| ''[[Plot No. 5]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=5 | 1982 || ''[[Jeevan Dhaara]]'' || Anand Bhatnagar ||
|-
|| ''[[Olangal]]'' || Ravi Chattan || [[Malayalam]] film
|-
|| ''Ramnagari'' || ||
|-
|| ''Spandan'' || ||
|-
|| ''[[Shriman Shrimati]]'' || Madhu Gupta ||
|-
| rowspan=4 | 1983 || ''[[Rang Birangi]]'' || Ajay Sharma ||
|-
|| ''Ashray'' || ||
|-
|| ''Pyaasi Aankhen'' || ||
|-
|| ''[[Chena Achena (1983 film)|Chena Achena]]'' || || [[Bengali language|Bengali film]]
|-
| rowspan=5 | 1984 || ''[[Tarang (film)|Tarang]]'' || Rahul ||
|-
|| ''[[Aadmi Aur Aurat]]'' || Tapan Sinha || TV Movie
|-
|| ''Prarthana'' || ||
|-
|| ''Sringara Masa'' || || [[Kannada|Kannada film]]
|-
|| ''[[Mr. X (1987 Film)|Mr. X]]'' || Amar || Voice dubbed by other artist
|-
| rowspan=4 | 1985 || ''[[Khamosh]]'' || Amol Palekar ||
|-
|| ''[[Jhoothi]]'' || Inspector Kamal Nath ||
|-
|| ''[[Ankahee (1985 film)|Ankahee]]'' || Devkinandan Chaturvedi 'Nandu' ||
|-
|| ''Abasheshe'' || || [[Bengali language|Bengali film]]
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Baat Ban Jaye]]'' || Yeshwant Rao Bhonsle ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Teesra Kaun|Teesra Kaun?]]'' || C. K. Kadam ||
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Aks (2001 film)|Aks]]'' || The Defence Minister ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Samaantar]]'' || Keshav Vaze || [[Marathi language|Marathi]] film
|-
| 2021 || ''[[200 – Halla Ho]]'' || Justice Vitthal Daangle || [[Hindi]] [[ZEE5]] film
|-
| 2023 || ''[[Gulmohar (2023 film)|Gulmohar]]'' || ||
|-
|}

===As a director===
* '' Aakreit'' (''Unimaginable'' in Marathi) – 1981
* ''[[Ankahee (1985 film)|Ankahee]]'' (''Unspoken'') – 1985
* ''[[Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen|Thodasa Rumani Ho Jaye]]'' – 1990
* ''[[Bangarwadi]]'' – 1995
* ''[[Daayraa]]'' (''The Square Circle'') – 1996
* ''[[Anahat (film)|Anahat]]'' (''Forever'')
* ''Kairee'' (''Raw mango'') – 2001
* ''[[Dhyaas Parva]]'' (''Kal Kaa Aadmi'' in Hindi) – 2001 (based on [[Raghunath Karve]]'s life, won the National Award for Best Film on Family Welfare)<ref>{{Cite web|title = Focus|url = http://pib.nic.in/focus/foyr2001/fomar2001/fo270320012b.html|website = pib.nic.in|access-date = 2015-07-26|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070311133833/http://pib.nic.in/focus/foyr2001/fomar2001/fo270320012b.html|archive-date = 11 March 2007|url-status = live}}</ref>
* ''[[Paheli]]'' (''Riddle'') – 2005 ([[List of submissions to the 78th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film|India's official entry to the 78th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film]])
* ''[[Quest (2006 film)|Quest]]'' (English) – 2006 (won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English]])
* ''[[Dumkata]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Samaantar]]'' (Marathi) – 2009
* ''[[...And Once Again]]'' – 2010
* ''Dhoosar'' (Marathi) – 2011 (won the [[Maharashtra State Film Awards|Maharashtra State Film Award]])

===Feature films in other regional languages===
* ''Mother'' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]) (with [[Sharmila Tagore]] & [[Dipankar Dey]])
* ''Kalankini'' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]) (with [[Mamata Shankar]] – directed by [[Dhiren Ganguly]])
* ''Chena Achena'' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]) (with [[Tanuja]] & [[Soumitra Chatterjee]])
* ''[[Kanneshwara Rama]]'' ([[Kannada]]) (with [[Anant Nag]] & [[Shabana Azmi]] – directed by [[M.S. Sathyu]])
* ''Paper Boats'' ([[Kannada]] & [[English language|English]]) (with Deepa – directed by [[Pattabhirama Reddy]])
* [[Olangal]] ([[Malayalam]]) (with [[Poornima Jayaram]] & [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]] – directed by [[Balu Mahendra]])

===TV serials===
* ''[[Kachchi Dhoop]]'' – 1987
* ''Naqab'' – 1988
* ''Paoolkhuna'' – 1993
* ''Mrignayanee'' – 1991
* ''[[Kareena Kareena]]'' – 2004
* ''AA Bail Mujhe Maar'' – 1987
* ''Ek Nayi Ummeed-Roshni'' – 2015

===Web Series===
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! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes
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| 2023 || ''[[Farzi]]'' || Madhav (Nanu) ||<ref name="farzi">{{Cite web |date=2023-02-05 |title=Shahid Kapoor calls Amol Palekar 'OG middle class good guy', says: 'It was a privilege to have him on Farzi' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/web-series/shahid-kapoor-calls-farzi-co-star-amol-palekar-og-middle-class-good-guy-101675581753017.html |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| {{TBA}} || {{Pending film| Gormint}} || {{TBA}} || <ref name="farzi" />
|-
|}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award !! Film !! Year !! Status
|-
| colspan="4" |
{{center|'''[[National Film Awards]]'''}}
|-
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi|Best Feature Film in Marathi]]
|''[[Bangarwadi]]''
|1995
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[National Film Award – Special Jury Award (feature film)|Special Jury Award (Feature Film)]]
|''[[Daayraa]]''
|1996
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues|Best Film on Other Social Issues]]
|''Kairee''
|1999
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare|Best Film on Family Welfare]]
|''[[Dhyaas Parva]]''
|2000
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English|Best Feature Film in English]]
|[[Quest (2006 film)|''Quest'']]
|2006
|{{Won}}
|-
| colspan="4" |
{{center|'''[[Filmfare Awards]]'''}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]||''[[Chhoti Si Baat]]''|| 1977 || {{nom}}
|-
|''[[Gol Maal]]''|| 1980 || {{Won}}
|-
| colspan="4" |
{{center|'''[[Filmfare Marathi Awards]]'''}}
|-
|Best Actor ||''Akriet''|| 1981 || {{Won}}
|}

==Reality television shows==
* ''[[lokesh]]''

==References==
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==External links==
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