Vikram Gokhale (14 November 1945 – 26 November 2022) was an Indian film, television and stage actor, noted for his roles in

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theatre,

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s and television. He was the son of the Veteran Marathi theater and film actor,

Chandrakant Gokhale Chandrakant Raghunath Gokhale (7 January 1921 – 20 June 2008) was a well-known veteran Marathi film and stage actor and singer. Gokhale's mother, Kamlabai Gokhale (nee Kamlabai Kamat) was the first female child actor of the Indian cinema. G ...

. Gokhale made his directorial debut in 2010, with the Marathi film ''

Aaghaat ''Aaghat'' is a 2010 Marathi-language film directed by veteran movie and stage actor Vikram Gokhale. Produced by Sprint Arts Creations Pvt. Ltd. and producers Mohan Damle, Sanjay Sathaye and Shriram Dandekar, the film is based on a story written ...

''. Produced by Sprint Arts Creation in 2013, he won the

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category for his

film '' Anumati''.

Early and personal life

Gokhale was born in

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on 14 November 1945. His great grandmother,

Durgabai Kamat Durgabai Kamat (c. 1879 – 17 May 1997) was a Marathi actress, who was the first actress in Indian cinema. Early and personal life Kamat was born in a brahmin family. She was also the maternal grandmother of veteran Marathi actor Chandrakan ...

, was the first female actor of the Indian screen, while his grandmother

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 ...

(Kamlabai Kamat at that time) was the first female child actor of Indian cinema. His father

was a veteran Marathi film and stage artist and has acted in over 70 Marathi and Hindi films. Gokhale ran a real estate firm called Sujata Farms in Pune. He was also a social activist. His family's charitable foundation provides financial support for disabled soldiers, Children of lepers, and education of orphan children. In February 2016, due to a throat ailment, Gokhale retired from stage activities, though he continued film work. He was admitted to Deenanath Mangeshkar hospital on 5 November 2022 in Pune, where he died due to multiple organ failure on 26 November 2022, at the age of 77.

Filmography

Films

Plays

# ''Khara Sangaycha Tar'' as Criminal Lawyer (based on ''

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'' by

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) # ''Katha'' as Shyamrao Lele # ''Ke Dil Abhi Bhara Nahi''

Television

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* 1946 births 2022 deaths Male actors from Maharashtra Indian male television actors Indian male stage actors Male actors in Marathi cinema Male actors in Hindi cinema Male actors in Marathi theatre Marathi actors Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Best Actor National Film Award winners Male actors in Marathi television 20th-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian male actors {{India-actor-stub