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Rohini Hattangadi (''née'' Oak; born 11 April 1955) is an Indian actress, known for her work in
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films, and Marathi
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s and theatre. She has won two
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, one
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, and is the only Indian actress to win the
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for her performance as
Kasturba Gandhi Kasturbai Mohandas Gandhi (, born Kasturbai Gokuldas Kapadia; 11 April 1869 – 22 February 1944) was an Indian political activist. She married Mohandas Gandhi, more commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, in 1883. With her husband and her eldest so ...
in ''
Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti- ...
'' (1982). An alumna of the
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of New Delhi, Hattangadi had worked mainly in theatre when she made her movie debut with ''
Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan ''Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan'' is a 1978 Hindi Language film, directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza and starring Dilip Dhawan, Anjali Paigankar, Sriram Lagoo, Rohini Hattangadi, Satish Shah and Om Puri. The Film explores the life of a guy bor ...
'' in 1978. Some of her noted cinematic roles were in such
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as ''
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'' (1982), ''
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'' and ''
Saaransh Saaransh (English: The Gist ) is a 1984 Indian Hindi drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Anupam Kher, Rohini Hattangadi, Madan Jain, Nilu Phule, Suhas Bhalekar and Soni Razdan. It is about an elderly Maharashtrian couple living in ...
'' (1984). Hattangadi was mostly offered character roles in mainstream Hindi cinema after her portrayal in ''Gandhi'', often typecast in mother roles much ahead of her years. Respected for her acting prowess, she has appeared in over 80 feature films, and is active in theatre and television.


Early and personal life

Hattangadi was born in
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as Rohini Oak. She did her schooling from Renuka Swaroop Memorial Girls High School,
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in 1955. She joined the
National School of Drama National School of Drama (NSD) is a theatre training institute situated at New Delhi, India. It is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It was set up in 1959 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi and became an indepe ...
(NSD) of
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in 1971. Although the
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(FTII) was located in her hometown Pune, she did not join it because she was mainly interested in theatre and did not have early plans to enter cinema: "I just wanted to be an actor... My heart was in theatre because I learnt from my father (Anant Oak) that real acting is learnt through theatre. That's why I came all the way to Delhi to join NSD." At NSD, she met her future husband Jayadev Hattangadi, who was in the same batch as hers. They were trained together by
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. Upon graduation in 1974, Rohini was awarded the Best Actress award and an award for Best all-round student, while Jayadev, who was being trained in direction, won the Best Director award. Jayadev and Rohini married the following year. Rohini also received training in Indian classical dance forms, Kathakali and
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for more than eight years, under the guidance of Professor Surendra Wadgaonkar. Rohini and Jayadev have a son, Aseem Hattangadi, who is a theatre actor and acted in
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's play, ''Evam Indrajit'', directed by his father. Jaydev Hattangadi died on 5 December 2008, aged 60, after a battle with
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.


Career


Theatre

Rohini started her career with
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stage. Once in Mumbai while still at NSD, Jayadev and Rohini started a
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group in Mumbai, called "Awishkar", which went on to produce over 150 plays. In 1975 she won the Best Actress Award at the Maharashtra State Drama Festival, for her performance in ''Changuna'', a Marathi adaptation of
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's Spanish classic ''
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''. The play was produced by "Awishkar" in Mumbai. Hattangadi is the first woman to act in Kannada play ''
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'', a folk play directed by
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, and is the first woman in Asia to act in a Japanese
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play, ''Ibaragi'', directed by Shozo Sato, a Japanese director. One play that Hattangadi was particularly appreciated for is ''Aparajita'', based on a Bengali story by Nitin Sen. First staged in 1999, this 120-minute long solo-act play has over the years been performed in both Hindi and Marathi. Incidentally, it was her first performance in a long time to be directed by her husband, Jayadev Hattangadi. In all she has performed in five plays directed by him, including ''
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'', a Greek tragedy written by
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. Her other theatre credits include
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's ''Mitra Chi Gosht'', directed by Vinay Apte, ''Hori'' based on Premchand's ''
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'', produced by IPTA, and most recently in the Hindi play ''Kohra'' with
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and Babul Bhavsar. Hattangadi, along with husband Jayadev, ran "Kalashray", a centre for research, education in arts and talent encouragement in
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, working with the underprivileged and developing tools for powerful communication. She won the 2004
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for her contribution to Indian theatre.


Film

Hattangadi made her film debut with
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's ''
Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan ''Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan'' is a 1978 Hindi Language film, directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza and starring Dilip Dhawan, Anjali Paigankar, Sriram Lagoo, Rohini Hattangadi, Satish Shah and Om Puri. The Film explores the life of a guy bor ...
'' in 1978. The film won the
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. This was followed by her appearance in Mirza's next picture, ''
Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai ''Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai'' () is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed and written by Saeed Akhtar Mirza. The film starred Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil in the lead roles. It won the 1981 Filmfare Criti ...
'' (1980), which won the same award, and Rabindra Dharmaraj's drama ''
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'' (1981). Her characters in these films were minor. Her next film was Richard Attenborough's biographical film ''
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'' (1982), based on the life of
Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti- ...
. She played
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, the wife of Mahatma, played by
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. The film was a major critical success, and among other awards won the
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. Hattangadi's performance garnered her international recognition and she won the
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in 1983, the only Asian to do that so far. Despite the success she received for her role in ''Gandhi'', the film was also credited with increasing "her screen age manifold". She was 27 when she played the middle-aged Kasturba, and from then on was offered roles of women of this age group. Hattangadi told of an instance when
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wanted to cast for his film ''
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'', but he was surprised by how young she was when he met her and ultimately did not approach her for a part because he did not want to use make-up. Although theatre was her main interest, she stated that it was not enough financially, stating, "I realised that theatre won't be enough to make ends meet." This was followed, however, by a string of acclaimed performances, starting with
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's ''
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'' (1982), which won her the
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. In 1984 she acted in Govind Nihalani's satirical drama ''
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'' (1984) for which she received the
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. She followed it with two films in which she portrayed aging housewives, ''
Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! ''Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!'' () is a 1984 Hindi art film, made by Saeed Akhtar Mirza, based on his own story, during the Parallel Cinema period of Indian cinema. The film is a comic satire on a judicial system, where cases drag on for decades, whe ...
'' and ''
Saaransh Saaransh (English: The Gist ) is a 1984 Indian Hindi drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Anupam Kher, Rohini Hattangadi, Madan Jain, Nilu Phule, Suhas Bhalekar and Soni Razdan. It is about an elderly Maharashtrian couple living in ...
'', both released in 1984. In ''Saaransh'', she was the female lead along with Anupam Kher in his debut role. The film starred Hattangadi and Kher as B.V. and Parvati, an elderly couple struggling with the recent death of their son. Both Kher and Hattangadi were at their late 20s at the time, and ''
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'' described them as giving "immortal performances". Her portrayal earned her a nomination for the
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, but it further consolidated her image as a mother and by this time she was type-cast in Hindi commercial cinema in motherly roles. She was later recognised for her small part in
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's ''
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'' (1987), and for her comic performances in
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's ''
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'' and ''
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'', both released in 1989. She played the role of Sribaby, a drug kingpin, in Parashar's ''
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'' (1987). It was in Indian
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, however, where she was offered demanding roles. Her films of this period include Govind Nihalani's ''
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'' (1985), with
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's '' Anjuman'' (1986) and
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's ''Mane and Ek Ghar'' (1991). In 1990, she was again cast as the aging mother of
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in '' Agneepath'', for which she was awarded her second
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in the Best Supporting Actress category. Throughout the 1990s and the 2000s, she was cast by
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in several of his films, such as ''
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'' (1993), '' Ghatak: Lethal'' (1996) and '' Pukar'' (2000). In 1995, she was cast alongside
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in the
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film ''Agnidevan''. In the film, she played a
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winning author and the matriarch of a joint-family that runs a leading regional newspaper. Her performance in
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's directorial debut ''
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'' (2003) received positive reactions, and she later reprised her role in the Tamil version of the film, ''
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'' (2004). She also worked in the Marathi film '' Mumbai Pune Mumbai 3'' (2018) in the role of Shubhhu Mavshi.


Television

Some of her television performances include Vimla Pandey of ''
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'', the role of a Hindustani classical singer in ''Yeh Kahaan Aa Gaye Hum'', a committed social worker in ''Intehaan'' and the unlettered and harassed Sakkubai in ''Hindustani''. Hattangadi played lead roles in the Marathi serials ''
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'' and ''
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'' and on
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and
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, respectively. She has played a parallel lead role in Marathi serial ''
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'' on
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. She played the lead role in a series on politics in India, where she played the leader of a major political party. In Hindi, She played the role of an actress in ''
Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann ''Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann'' (The wealth of the house - daughters) (also known as ''Betiyann'') (International Title:''Destiny'') is a Hindi language television drama-series that aired on Zee TV. It premiered on 25 September 2006 and was dire ...
'' as Gayatri Baa. Over the years, she has been seen in a number of TV serials including ''Mahayagya'', ''Thoda Hai Thode Ki Zaroorat Hai'', ''Teache'', ''
Maayke Se Bandhi Dor Maayke Se Bandhi Dor is a soap opera that aired on Star Plus. It is a remake of Tamil serial Kolangal of Sun TV. The show ran from 14 February 2011 to 2 October 2011. The show was also broadcast on a television channel in Afghanistan called ...
'' and more. She played a special appearance in ''
Chhal — Sheh Aur Maat ''Chhal — Sheh Aur Maat'' (English: ''Deceit — Checkmate'') is an Indian television series that premiered on 19 March 2012. Plot Two lovebirds Rishi and Neha go to their honeymoon. Rishi is kidnapped and Kabir claims that he is her husban ...
'', which aired in the TV channel
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. She played a mother-in-law in ''Tuza Maza Breakup''. She is also seen as Kashibai in the Marathi serial ''
Swamini ''Swamini'' () is an Indian Marathi language historical TV series which aired on Colors Marathi. The show starred Aishwarya Narkar, Srushti Pagare, Revati Lele and Chinmay Patwardhan in lead roles. The series premiered from 9 September 2019 and e ...
'' produced by Viren Pradhan on
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.


Filmography


Films


Television


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Adiyara Gahraya, from ''Saraansh'' with Anupam Kher
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