Amol Palekar - Bollywood Actor-Director

Amol Palekar (born 1 April 1944) is a great Indian actor of the 1970s and a director of Hindi and Marathi cinema. Palekar made his debut in 1971 with the noted Marathi film Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe directed by Satyadev Dubey, which started the 'New Cinema' Movement in Marathi. In 1974 he was cast as an actor by Basu Chatterjee in Rajnigandha, and a surprise low-budget hit, Chhoti Si Baat. This led to many other such roles in "middle-class" comedies, mostly alternative cinema. Palekar is an alumini of Sir JJ School of Arts and has exhibited his sketches, drawings, and paintings in Mumbai. He also does some social work. He has two daughters and is married to Sandhya Gokhale, who is a writer.