Baburao Pendharkar (22 June 18968 November 1967), was an Indian actor, director, film producer and writer.

Personal life

Baburao Pendharkar was born on 22 June 1896 in

Kolhapur Kolhapur () is a city on the banks of the Panchganga River in the southern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarter of the Kolhapur district. In, around 2 C.E. Kolapur's name was 'Kuntal'. Kolhapur is ...

in a Brahmin family. Born to Radhabai and her patron Dr Gopal Pendharkar, Baburao was related to quite a few film personalities in Indian film industry. His younger brother

Bhalji Pendharkar 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. Early life and family Born to Radhabai and her husband Dr Gopal Pendharkar ...

was a famous film director, producer and writer. Other famous names in family included half-brother Master Vinayak, Radhabai's son after she married Karnataki, cousin V. Shantaram, son of Kamalabai, Radhabai's younger sister. Baburao married Shree Kumudini and had two sons and daughters each with her. He died on November 8, 1967 in

Bombay Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...

aged 71.

Film career

Baburao started his career in the era of

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...

Actor (68 credits)

Director (5 credits)

* 1952/I Vishwamitra * 1933 Seeta Kalyanam * 1930 Swajara Doran * 1926 Sarkari Praser * 1921 Sharashandri

Producer (2 credits)

* 1944 Draupadi (producer) * 1927 Vande Mataram Ashram (producer)

Writer (1 credit)

* 1930 Udaykal

References

External links

* 1896 births 1967 deaths Indian male film actors Marathi film directors Marathi film producers Indian male screenwriters People from Kolhapur 20th-century Indian male actors 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Screenwriters from Maharashtra Male actors from Maharashtra Film producers from Maharashtra Indian male silent film actors 20th-century Indian film directors Film directors from Maharashtra 20th-century Indian male writers 20th-century Indian screenwriters {{india-film-bio-stub