| Occupation Actor, director Role Film actor Name Keshavrao Date | Religion Hindu Years active 1934–1964 | |
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| Born 1889Adivare, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India Died September 13, 1971, Mumbai Awards Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Theatre - Acting (Language Theatre-wise) - Marathi Movies Kunku, Jhanak Jhanak Payal Ba, Amrit Manthan, Navrang, Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani Similar People V Shantaram, Vasant Desai, Vishnupant Govind Damle, Bharat Vyas, C Ramchandra | ||
Kunku | Superhit Old Classic Emotional Marathi Full Movie l Shanta Apte, Keshavrao Date
Keshavrao Date (1889–1971) was an Indian film actor, who worked in both silent and sound movies. He tried to run his own drama company but found it difficult to perform the dual roles of manager and actor.
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- Kunku Superhit Old Classic Emotional Marathi Full Movie l Shanta Apte Keshavrao Date
- Career
- As Actor
- As Director
- References
Career
His role in the drama Andhalyanchi Shala ("The Blinds' School", 1933) won him rave reviews, subsequently he became a star, and also joined the Prabhat Film Company.
After the advent of talkies, he tried his hand at that medium as well, though live theatre remained his chief love. His acting in the Marathi film Kunku (1937) set a standard which has rarely been approached since on the silver screen. He followed it with another sterling performance in Prabhat Film Company's Shejari (1941). Later he performed character roles in films made in Mumbai, where he lived. He also acting in V. Shantaram's Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani (1946), Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1955), Navrang (1959) and Geet Gaya Patharon Ne (1964).
Keshavrao directed four films, Kisise Na Kehna (1942), Andhon Ki Duniya (1947), and Maali or Mali in Hindi (1944) and it's Marathi version Bhakticha Mala (1944). Maali and Bhakticha Mala (1944) were Date's the second and third of his directorial ventures, and were produced by V. Shantaram under his new banner Rajkamal Kalamandir.