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| birth_date = {{birth-date|15 September 1921}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| death_date = {{death-date and age|26 December 2006|15 September 1921}}
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]] [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] Natya Bhooshan Kala Guarav Maharashtra Ratna Nata Samraat
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'''Daji Bhatawadekar''' (stage name for Krishnachandra Moreshwar) <ref name="The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre">{{cite book |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195644463.001.0001/acref-9780195644463-e-0077 |title=The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre |publisher=Oxford University Press |author=Ananda Lal (Editor) |year=2004 |isbn=9780195644463}}</ref> (15 September 1921 – 26 December 2006), was an Indian theatre personality and film and television actor. He was credited with the revival of [[Sanskrit drama|Sanskrit]] and [[Marathi theatre|Marathi]] theatre in India.<ref name="The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre">{{cite book |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195644463.001.0001/acref-9780195644463-e-0077 |title=The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre |publisher=Oxford University Press |author=Ananda Lal (Editor) |year=2004 |isbn=9780195644463}}</ref><ref name="Times of India">{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Living-Legends/articleshow/2067456744.cms |title=Times of India |publisher=Times of India |date=29 May 2001 |access-date=9 May 2015}}</ref> A winner of the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi award]] in 1965,<ref name="Sangeet Natak Akademi">{{cite web |url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |title=Sangeet Natak Akademi |publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi |date=2015 |access-date=9 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331060603/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |archive-date=31 March 2016}}</ref> he was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 1967, with the award of [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his contributions to the society.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>

==Biography==
Daji Bhatwadekar was born on 15 September 1921 at Mumbai in the Indian state of Maharashtra and did his schooling at Arya Education Society, Mumbai.<ref name="Sify">{{cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=13504243&cid=13212630 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924153616/http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=13504243&cid=13212630 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 September 2015 |title=Sify |publisher=Sify |date=23 June 2004 |access-date=9 May 2015}}</ref> He graduated from [[Wilson College, Mumbai]] and followed it up with by a post graduate degree (MA) in [[Sanskrit literature|Sanskrit]] from [[Mumbai University]].<ref name="Sify" /> He started his career with an office job but was drawn towards theatre and began involving with ''Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh'', a Mumbai-based literary association.<ref name="Times of India" />

Bhatwadekar acted in many Marathi, Sanskrit, Hindi and English language plays and was associated with actors such as [[Durga Khote]] and directors like
[[Purushottam Laxman Deshpande]] and [[Herbert Marshall]].<ref name="Times of India" /> He also performed for ''Mumbai Brahman Sabha''.<ref name="Sify" /> He was reported to have acted 78 different roles, some of them multiple times.<ref name="Sify" /> ''Tochi ek Samarth'', ''Mitra'', ''Hee Tar Premachi Khari Gammat Ahe'', ''Lagnachi Goshta'', ''Macbeth'' and ''Tuzha Ahe Tuzhpashi'' are some of his well-known plays.<ref name="Times of India" /><ref name="Sify" /> He also acted in a film, [[Vijeta (1982 film)|Vijeta]] (1982). He played characters, Nand Dulal Babu in the episode ''Makdi ka Ras''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSFFFTmZsy8</ref> and Beni Madhav in the episode ''Veni Sanhar'',<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0KFS1_7hjU</ref> for the television series, [[Byomkesh Bakshi (1993 TV series)|Byomkesh Bakshi]] (1993), broadcast by [[Doordarshan]].

A scholar in English and Sanskrit,<ref name="Times of India" /> Bhatwadekar wrote a book on Sanskrit theatre, with emphasis on ''aesthetics'' ([[Rasa (aesthetics)|rasa]]) and ''expression'' ([[abhinaya]]).<ref name="Sify" /> He pursued his studies into his 70s and secured a doctoral degree at the age of 74.<ref name="Sify" /> He was a recipient of several awards such as ''Natya Bhooshan'', ''Kala Guarav'', ''Maharashtra Ratna'' and ''Nata Samraat''. In 1965, he received the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi award]] for his contributions to [[Sanskrit theatre]].<ref name="Sangeet Natak Akademi" /> The [[Government of India]] honoured him with the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 1967.<ref name="Padma Shri" /> He lived in his ancestral home at Bhatawadekar Wadi along [[Charni Road]] in [[Mumbai]].<ref name="Sify" /> Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh observes the date of his death, 26 December, as Dr. Daji Bhatawadekar Memorial day.<ref name="Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh">{{cite web |url=http://mumbaimarathisahityasangh.com/english/?page_id=15 |title=Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh |publisher=Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh |date=2015 |access-date=10 May 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Purushottam Laxman Deshpande]]
* [[Herbert Marshall]]
* [[Durga Khote]]
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book |title=The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre |publisher=Oxford University Press |author=Ananda Lal (Editor) |year=2004 |isbn=9780195644463}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name | id= nm1384115}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J30_jgikNCs |title=Daji Bhatwadekar In Komanam |publisher=Prakash Bendke |work=[[YouTube]] video |date=12 April 2014 |access-date=10 May 2015}}

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