Marathi film and stage personality died after a long battle with cancer.
As we wait for dark Dimple and her brazen bahus to spit fire on the small screen, Sukanya Verma looks at the cruel, cool ways of the Hindi film saasu-maa from then to now.
In an interesting revelation, eminent actor Shreeram Lagoo, who co-starred with late Nilu Phule in many Marathi box office hits, today said the versatile Marathi film and stage personality had worked as a gardener in B J Medical College here.
The classic Marathi movie Simhasan would be an interesting watch today as it draws a parallels to the current political turmoil in Maharashtra.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Quite a few Hindi movies have explored different shades of the landlord-tenant relationship in passing or purposefully.
We salute the late thespian in this compilation of his ten essentials movies that highlight his range and stature as an actor par excellence.
'It is widely believed that such posts require lobbying. Maybe they do, but I can say this straight up, I did not lobby. This appointment has been on pure merit. My lobby is myself and I don't need to lobby,' Waman Kendre, newly-appointed director of NSD, tells Neeta Kolhatkar
'Smita Patil was the reason I got into films. She kept telling me to get into films but I said I was happy doing theatre, I don't like films. Today, when I look back, I don't think I disliked films. Maybe I thought who would take me in films? I think it was a complex.' Nana Patekar looks back at his life.
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