Amol Palekar talked about slapping Smita Patil without her consent, after Shyam Benegal thought ‘he wasn’t violent enough' while filming Bhumika. Amol Palekar recently attended the Jaipur ...

Amol Palekar recently opened up about a deeply regrettable incident that occurred during the filming of the critically acclaimed film Bhumika. Amol Palekar recently opened up about a deeply ...

When art entrepreneur Sanjoy K. Roy introduced Amol Palekar to the stage of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) on Day 4, he said, “For those who don’t know, he celebrated his 80th birthday ...

Veteran actor Amol Palekar recalled an incident from the shoot of his 1977 film, Bhumika, in which he was forced to slap co-star Smita Patil. He said that director Shyam Benegal ordered him to ...

Amol Palekar shared his regret at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2025 about slapping Smita Patil during the filming of Bhumika without her consent, following director Shyam Benegal’s instructions.

Amol Palekar has a special ... as it were, Palekar had been keen on a career in the visual arts. He passed out of Mumbai's JJ School of Art, and while he continued to paint, he also took up ...

Amol Palekar has a special ... as it were, Palekar had been keen on a career in the visual arts. He passed out of Mumbai's JJ School of Art, and while he continued to paint, he also took up ...

Sotheby's New York A tiny portrait of Mary Magdalene by Raphael ... already at this point in his career,” Daria Foner, an art historian and the old masters specialist at Sotheby’s, tells ...

The Princess of Wales has joined a group of primary school children on a trip to the National Portrait Gallery. Kate took a minibus with the reception class students and held hands with some of ...