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{{Infobox person <br />
| name = Laxmikant Shetgaonkar<br />
| image = Laxmikant Shetgaonkar at IFFI Press Conference in 2011 (cropped).jpg<br />
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| alt = Laxmikant Shetgaonkar at IFFI Press Conference in 2011<br />
| caption = Laxmikant Shetgaonkar in 2011<br />
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| birth_place = [[Cuncolim]], [[Salcete]]<br />
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| occupation = {{flatlist|<br />
* Scriptwriter<br />
* director<br />
}}<br />
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| notable_works = {{flatlist|<br />
* ''[[Paltadacho Munis]]''<br />
* [[Baga Beach (film)|''Baga Beach'']]<br />
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'''Laxmikant Shetgaonkar''' is an Indian film director and screenwriter from the coastal state of [[Goa]]. He is best known for his critically acclaimed [[Konkani language|Konkani]] films, ''[[Paltadacho Munis]]'' and [[Baga Beach (film)|''Baga Beach'']].<ref><br />
{{cite web<br />
| title = Laxmikant Shetgaonkar's next venture is 'Baga Beach'<br />
|work= The Hindu<br />
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/laxmikant-shetgaonkars-next-venture-is-baga-beach/article2664734.ece<br />
|date=27 November 2011<br />
| accessdate = 2014-09-01 <br />
}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Shetgaonkar was born in [[Cuncolim]], [[Salcete]]. While in [[Delhi]], he developed a love for films after attending many [[film festival]]s.<ref name="ToIGauree2016"><br />
{{Cite web<br />
|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Espousing-the-cause-of-the-Konkani-film-industry/articleshow/55643581.cms<br />
|title=Espousing the cause of the Konkani film industry<br />
|last=Malkarnekar<br />
|first=Gauree<br />
|date=Nov 27, 2016<br />
|website=The Times of India<br />
|access-date=2018-12-19<br />
}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Shetgaonkar's career began as an assistant director and screenplay writer in [[Mumbai]]. His first film was ''Eka Sagar Kinaree'' (''A Seaside Story''), which won him a Golden Conch in the Best Fiction category at the [[Mumbai International Film Festival]].<ref name="ToIGauree2016" /> His next film, ''[[Paltadacho Munis]]'' (''The Man Beyond the Bridge''), premiered at 2009 [[Toronto International Film Festival]], where it won the prize of the [[FIPRESCI|International Federation of Film Critics]] (FIPRESCI Prize) for Discovery. Set in Goa, the film is about a recently widowed forest ranger in a dwindling forest, who strikes up an unlikely relationship with a woman he finds lost and alone in the woods.<ref name="holly"><br />
{{cite web<br />
| title = The Man Beyond the Bridge: Film Review<br />
|work=The Hollywood Reporter<br />
| url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/man-beyond-bridge-film-review-29627<br />
|date=2010-10-14<br />
| accessdate = 2014-09-01<br />
| first = Justin<br />
| last = Lowe <br />
}}</ref><ref name="ChatteHindu"><br />
{{Cite news<br />
|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/that-one-from-goa/article25517956.ece<br />
|title=That one from Goa<br />
|last=Chatte<br />
|first=Sachin<br />
|date=2018-11-16<br />
|work=The Hindu<br />
|access-date=2018-12-19<br />
|language=en-IN<br />
|issn=0971-751X<br />
}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Shetgaonkar released ''[[Baga Beach (film)|Baga Beach]]'', which won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Konkani|Best Feature Film in Konkani]] award at the [[61st National Film Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|title=61st National Film Awards For 2013 |url=http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf# |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |date=16 April 2014 |accessdate=2014-04-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416181218/http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf |archivedate=16 April 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> After the awards, the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] passed a resolution congratulating him for making the film about "a topic which needed much attention", and called it an "eye opener on the issues related to children on our beaches."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/goa-assembly-passes-resolution-hailing-makers-of-baga-beach-114072301193_1.html|title=Goa Assembly passes resolution hailing makers of 'Baga Beach'|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2014-07-23|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2018-12-20}}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Year || Title<br />
|-<br />
| 2004<br />
| ''Eka Sagar Kinaree'' (''A Seaside Story'')<br />
|-<br />
| 2009<br />
| ''[[Paltadacho Munis]]'' (''The Man Beyond the Bridge'')<br />
|-<br />
| 2013<br />
| ''[[Baga Beach (film)|Baga Beach]]''<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist|2}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{Official website|http://laxmikant.net/}}<br />
* {{IMDb name|id=3585610}}<br />
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[[Category:Film directors from Goa]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male screenwriters]]<br />
[[Category:Konkani-language film directors]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian film directors]]<br />
[[Category:People from South Goa district]]<br />
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