Spouse(s) Leela Chandragiri Children Prabhakar Pendharkar | Role Film director Name Bhalji Pendharkar | |
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Full Name Bhalji Pendharkar Born May 3, 1897 ( 1897-05-03 ) Occupation Director, Producer and Writer Movies Maharathi Karna, Sadhi Manse, Bajirao Mastani, Tambdi Maati Parents Dr Gopal Pendharkar, Radhabai Siblings Baburao Pendharkar, Master Vinayak, Kamalabai Similar People Master Vinayak, Master Vithal, Nanda, Prithviraj Kapoor, Shahu Modak | ||
Bhalji pendharkar documentary
Bhalji Pendharkar ( 3 May 1897 - 26 November 1994 ) was a film personality in India, and recipient of Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the most prestigious award in the field.
Contents
- Bhalji pendharkar documentary
- Early life and Family
- Personal life
- Film career
- As producer
- As Actor
- References
Early life and Family
Born to Radhabai and her patron Dr Gopal Pendharkar, 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.
Personal life
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'.
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 Bhlaji had adopted) and his own son Prabhakar.
Film career
Bhalji started his career in the era of silent films. 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 and became a film producer and director. He also write lyrics for some film songs in Marathi. His more famous films are: Netaji Palkar, Thoratanchi Kamala, Chhatrapati Shivaji, Mohityanchi Manjula, Maratha Tututka Melvava, Sadhi Manse, Tambdi Maati. Hindi: Maharathi Karna, Valimi, Chhatrapati Shivaji.Ganimi Kawa
A few years before his death, Bhalji was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award by the Indian Government.