Nilu Phule
Nilu Phule ( Marathi : निळू फुले , Niḷū Phule ; * 1931 in Pune , Maharashtra ; † July 13, 2009 there ; actually Neelkanth Krushnaji Phule ) was an Indian theater director and actor as well as an actor of Marathic and Hindi films .
Life
Nilu Phule began as a play writer and actor on amateur stages of the Tamasha marathic folk art theater . His first professional play, Katha Akalecha Kandyachi , was written in 1965. In his stage career, he played leading roles in Vijay Tendulkar's Sakharam Binder (1972) and Baby (1976), Jaywant Dalvis Suryasta (1978) and Shyam Manohar's Premachi Goshta (1997).
Nilu Phule made his film debut in 1968 in Ek Gao Bara Bhangadi by Anant Mane . In the 1970s he was one of the leading actors in marathic film . In addition to the well-known stage actor Shreeram Lagoo , he starred in V. Shantarams Pinjra (1972) - a remake of Sternberg's The Blue Angel (1930) - and in Jabbar Patel's Saamna (1975) and Sinhasan (1979). Phule's role as the corrupt politician Hindurao Dhonde Patil in Saamna is considered his most important film role. In the 1980s he made several appearances in Hindi films, mostly in rogue roles.
He died on July 13, 2009 of esophageal cancer .
Awards
- 1973: Maharastra State Award for Haat lavin tithe sone
- 1974: Maharastra State Award for Saamna
- 1975: Maharastra State Award for Choricha Mamla
- 1991: Sangeet Natak Academy Award as a stage actor
- 1998: Kala Gaurav Puraskar
Filmography (selection)
- 1968: Ek Gao Bara Bhangadi - Director: Anant Mane
- 1971: Songadya - Director: Govind Kulkarni
- 1972: Pinjra - Director: V. Shantaram
- 1975: Saamna - Director: Jabbar Patel
- 1978: Sarvasakshi - Director: Ramdas Phutane
- 1979: Sinhasan - Director: Jabbar Patel
- 1981: Naram Garam - Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
- 1983: Coolie - Directed by Manmohan Desai
- 1984: Saaransh - Director: Mahesh Bhatt
- 1986: Rao Saheb - Director: Vijaya Mehta
- 1990: Disha - Director: Sai Paranjpye
- 1992: Ek Hota Vidushak - Director: Jabbar Patel
- 1995: Limited Manuski - Directed by Nachiket and Jayoo Patwardhan
Web links
- Nilu Phule in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Veteran Marathi actor Nilu Phule passes away in The Hindu on July 14, 2009
- Nilu Phule: thespian of Marathi cinema
- Neelu Phule, Indian Theater Personality
- INTERVIEWS. NILU PHULE - Actor
- The man behind the villain
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ananda Lal (ed.): The Oxford Companion to Indian Theater, Phule, Neelu (1931–): Marathi actor of stage and screen.
- ^ Actor Nilu Phule out of ICU, but critical in The Times of India of July 10, 2009
- ^ Marathi actor Nilu Phule passes away
- ↑ Legendary 'villain' Nilu Phule dead
- ↑ Noted Marathi actor Nilu Phule dead in The Times of India of July 13, 2009
- ↑ List of the award winners: Actors of the marathic theater
- ^ Nilu Phule gets Kala award
- ↑ after Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , ISBN 085170669X
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Phule, Nilu |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Phule, Neelu; Phule, Niloo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pune |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 13, 2009 |
| Place of death | Pune , Maharashtra |