Amol Palekar Recalls Slapping Smita Patil Without Consent During Bhumika: 'It Haunts Me'
Amol Palekar recently opened up about a deeply regrettable incident from the filming of Bhumika (1977), where he slapped co-star Smita Patil during a scene without her consent.
Amol Palekar Criticizes Box Office Obsession at Hyderabad Literary Festival
Veteran actor and filmmaker Amol Palekar has criticized the growing trend of measuring a film’s success based solely on its box office numbers.
Shyam Benegal: The maestro of Indian parallel cinema
Padma Bhushan winner Anant Nag, Suchitra FIlm Society founder, Narahari Rao and Shridhar Iyengar remember visionary filmmaker ...
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Respect Was Denied: Amol Palekar Addresses His Infamous Legal Feud With BR Chopra Over ₹40,000 Pending Dues
Actor and producer Amol Palekar is well known for his work in Marathi and Hindi cinema. He has done a lot of theatre shows ...
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Box office result shouldn’t be the only yardstick to judge a film’s quality: Amol Palekar
Amol Palekar: The government can’t give in to trolls on social media “Today, people are curious to know if a movie has entered the ₹100 crore club or not. Pushpa 2 was in the news for its ...
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The Amol Palekar we don’t know
This is the Amol Palekar from his plays and his characters in the dozen or so Marathi movies that he has directed. It is, therefore, quite a revelation to learn that, as Socrates would have ...
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Amol Palekar recalls slapping Smita Patil without her consent during the shoot of Bhumika: ‘Shyam Benegal said I was not violent enough’
Amol Palekar and Smita Patil worked together in Shyam Benegal’s 1977 film Bhumika. While Bhumika is remembered for its strong storyline and performances by its lead stars, Palekar still regrets ...