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Early life and career

Dolly Thakore was born as Dolly Rawson at Kohat on 10 March 1943. Trained in radio and television with BBC London, she returned to India to become one of the leading newscasters and television hosts, interviewing prominent citizens from India and abroad. Thakore came into the limelight as News speaker in English for '' Mumbai Doordarshan'' at 8PM on TV. Most of her career has been spent on the stage, acting in plays by master playwrights including Tennessee Williams' ''Streetcar Named Desire,'' Arthur Miller’s ''All My Sons,'' Harold Pinter’s ''The Birthday Party,'' and Edward Albee’s ''Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.'' She appeared in the 2005 film ''

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'' and in ''White Noise''. Thakore began her film career as casting director and unit publicist with

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(1982). She was responsible for recruiting the Indian actors in the film and for some of the public relations work on the film. Since then she has worked on a number of Indian and international co-productions like '' Far Pavilions,'' ''

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''. In 2006 she starred in the TV series '' Kya Hoga Nimmo Ka''. Thakore is an enthusiastic theatregoer, who frequently contributes reviews of plays and films to leading newspapers and magazines.

Personal life

Dolly was born into a conservative protestant Christian family. Her father worked in Air Force took her to various towns. She studied drama at

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in New Delhi where she discovered her love for Drama. Dolly met Dilip Thakore while working at BBC and fell in love. Dilip and Dolly signed

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contract, married, and moved to Mumbai where Dilip practiced law. In Mumbai, she fell in love with fellow stage actor and producer

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. She divorced Dilip to live with Alyque and had a son -

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. Quasar is also a theatre professional, and works as an actor, director, and producer in

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References

External links

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Biography, ''DollyThakore.com'' On line.

Mumbai Theatre Guide biography
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