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| name = Bhalji Pendharkar<br />
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| caption = Pendharkar on a 2013 stamp of India<br />
| birth_name = Bhalji Pendharkar<br />
| birth_date ={{Birth date|1897|5|3|df=y}}<br />
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|11|26|1897|5|3|df=y}} <br />
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| occupation = Director, Producer and Writer<br />
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| spouses = Leela Chandragiri, Bakulabai Pendharkar, Saraswati Pendharkar, Savitri Pendharkar<br />
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'''Bhalji Pendharkar''' (3 May 1897 – 26 November 1994) was a [[Actor|film personality]] in [[India]], and recipient of [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]], the most prestigious award in the field.<br />
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==Early life and family==<br />
Born to Radhabai and her husband Dr Gopal Pendharkar in a Brahmin family,<ref>{{cite journal|author=Patil, Kavita |title=“FILM INDUSTRY OF KOLHAPUR: A HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.” Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, vol. 64, 2003|pages= 1197|jstor=44145547|quote=Baburao Painter was a carpenter, Bhalji and. Baburao Pendharkar were Brahmins}}</ref> Bhalji was related to quite a few film personalities in Indian film industry. A number of his close relations achieved fame in the Indian film industry. They include his elder brother [[Baburao Pendharkar]], half-brother and actor-Director, [[Master Vinayak]] Karnataki, and maternal cousin [[V Shantaram]].<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
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.<br />
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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.<br />
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==Film career==<br />
Bhalji started his career in the era of [[silent film]]s. 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]]<ref name=TOI>{{cite news |title=The autobiography of a film studio |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-25/pune/28095057_1_raj-kapoor-film-studio-first-film |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103193117/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-25/pune/28095057_1_raj-kapoor-film-studio-first-film |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=25 September 2009}}</ref> and became a film producer and director. He also wrote lyrics for some film songs in [[Marathi language|Marathi]]. His more famous films are: [[Netaji Palkar]], [[Thoratanchi Kamala]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji]], [[Mohityanchi Manjula]], [[Maratha Titutka Melvava]], [[Sadhi Manse]], [[Tambdi Maati]]. Hindi: [[Maharathi Karna]], [[Valimi]], Chhatrapati Shivaji.Ganimi Kawa<br />
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Bhalji was awarded the [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]] in 1991 by the Indian Government.<br />
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===List of successful movies directed===<br />
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* 1925 Bajirao Mastani<br />
* 1927 Vande Mataram Ashram <br />
* 1931 Rani Rupmati <br />
* 1932/II Shyam Sundar <br />
* 1932/I Shyam Sundar <br />
* 1934/I Akashwani <br />
* 1934/II Akashwani <br />
* 1934/II Partha Kumar <br />
* 1934/I Partha Kumar <br />
* 1935 Kalia Mardan <br />
* 1935 Muraliwala <br />
* 1936 [[Rukmini Kalyanam (1936 film)|Rukmani Kalyanam]]<br />
* 1936 Savitri <br />
* 1937 Kanhopatra <br />
* 1938/II Raja Gopichand <br />
* 1938/I Raja Gopichand <br />
* 1939 Netaji Palkar <br />
* 1940 Alakh Niranjan <br />
* 1940 Gorakhnath <br />
* 1941 Thoratanchi Kamala <br />
* 1942 Bhakta Damaji <br />
* 1942 Soonbai <br />
* 1943 Bahirji Naik <br />
* 1944 Maharathi Karna <br />
* 1944 Swarna Bhoomi <br />
* 1946/I Valmiki <br />
* 1946 Sasurvaas <br />
* 1949 Meeth Bhakar <br />
* 1950 Mee Daru Sodli <br />
* 1950 Shilanganache Sone <br />
* 1952/I Chhatrapati Shivaji <br />
* 1952/II Chhatrapati Shivaji <br />
* 1953 Mazi Zameen <br />
* 1954 Maharani Yesubai <br />
* 1955 Yere Majhya Maglya <br />
* 1956 Pavankhind <br />
* 1957 Naikinicha Sazza <br />
* 1959 Akashganga <br />
* 1963 Mohityanchi Manjula <br />
* 1964 Maratha Tituka Melvava <br />
* 1965 Sadhi Manse <br />
* 1969 Tambdi Maati <br />
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===Films Written===<br />
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* 1939 Netaji Palkar (writer) <br />
* 1937 Kanhopatra <br />
* 1934/I Akashwani (screenplay / story) <br />
* 1934/II Akashwani (screenplay / story) <br />
* 1932/I Shyam Sundar (screenplay / story) <br />
* 1932/II Shyam Sundar (screenplay / story) <br />
* 1927 Vande Mataram Ashram <br />
* 1925 Bajirao Mastani<br />
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===As producer===<br />
* 1939 Netaji Palkar<br />
* 1927 Vande Mataram Ashram<br />
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===As Actor===<br />
* 1924 Prithvi Vallabh<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|0671708}}<br />
* [http://bhaljipendharkarkendra.org/ Bhalji Pendharkar Cultural Centre, Kolhapur]<br />
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