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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Damu Kenkre<br />
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| birth_name = Damodar Kashinath Kenkre<br />
| birth_date = 1928<ref>{{cite book|title=Kenkre, Damu (Damodar Kashinath, 1928– )|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195644463.001.0001/acref-9780195644463-e-0278|website=Oxford Reference|publisher=Oxford University Press|accessdate=14 April 2018|isbn=9780195644463|year=2004}}</ref><br />
| birth_place = [[Margao]], [[Goa]]<br />
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| death_place = [[Mumbai]]<br />
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| occupation = Stage/Film Director<br />
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| relatives = Vijay Kenkre (son)<br />
| awards = 1974 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]<br /><br />
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'''Damu Kenkre''' (born '''Damodar Kashinath Kenkre''') (1928–2008) was an [[India]]n director known for his work in the [[Marathi language]] [[Marathi theatre|theatre]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Life Time award for 'Rangbhumi' veteran Parsekar|url=http://www.afternoondc.in/culture/life-time-award-for-rangbhumi-veteran-parsekar/article_208594|website=Afternoon Despatch & Courier Mumbai India.|publisher=Afternoon Despatch & Courier Mumbai India.|accessdate=14 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The evergreen theatre|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/columns/columnists/shanta-gokhale/The-evergreen-theatre/articleshow/16098628.cms|website=Mumbai Mirror|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.|accessdate=14 April 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Stage career==<br />
Some of Kenkre's most famous plays include Hamlet, Suryachi Pille and Akhercha Sawaal.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rehash of an old melodrama|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/02/09/stories/0909035d.htm|accessdate=14 April 2018|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=9 February 2001}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gheun tak! beyond 'hit and hot'|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/gheun-tak-beyond-hit-and-hot/story-OEYyfCGuhll6OvEExstcTP.html|website=Hindustan Times|publisher=HT Media Limited|accessdate=14 April 2018|date=21 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Back to the basics|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/pune-times/Back-to-the-basics/articleshow/1798454552.cms|website=Times of India|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.|accessdate=14 April 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Honors==<br />
Kenkre received the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1974 and the Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar in 2008. He was ex-Director of Cultural Affairs [[Government of Maharashtra|Govt of Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Marathi director passes away|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Marathi-director-passes-away/articleshow/3538476.cms|website=Times of india|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.|accessdate=14 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bhalchandra Pendharkar,Damu Kenkare,Jabbar Patel (L-R)|url=http://dnasyndication.com/dna_photogallery_editorial_images/pid=DVMUM252&filename=Bhalchandra_Pendharkar_Damu_Kenkare_Jabbar_Patel_(L-R)|website=DNA Syndication|publisher=Diligent Media Corporation Ltd.|accessdate=14 April 2018}}</ref> Kenkre died in September 2008.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|id=1207048|name=Damu Kenkre}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian theatre directors]]<br />
[[Category:People from Goa]]<br />
[[Category:Konkani people]]<br />
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