Chandrakant Raghunath Gokhale (7 January 1921 – 20 June 2008) was a well-known veteran

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film and stage actor and singer. Gokhale's mother,

Kamlabai Gokhale Kamlabai Gokhale (born Kamlabai Kamath; 1900 – 17 May 1998) was one of the first actresses in Indian cinema, along with her mother Durgabai Kamat. Personal life She was the daughter of Durgabai Kamat and Anand Kamat Nasnodkar, a professor o ...

(nee Kamlabai Kamat) was the first female

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of the

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. Gokhale has acted in several superhit marathi films such as "''Dhakti Jau''" and many more. His son

Vikram Gokhale Vikram Gokhale (14 November 1945 – 26 November 2022) was an Indian film, television and stage actor, noted for his roles in Marathi theatre, Hindi films and television. He was the son of the Veteran Marathi theater and film actor, Chandrakant ...

was also involved with Marathi theatre and the Indian cinema.

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