Biography
Satish Vasant Alekar (born 30 January 1949) is a Marathi playwright, actor, and theatre director. A founder member of the Theatre Academy of Pune, and most known for his plays Mahanirvan (1974), Mahapoor (1975), Atirekee (1990), Pidhijat (2003), Mickey ani Memsahib (1973), and Begum Barve (1979), all of which he also directed for the Academy. Along with Mahesh Elkunchwar and Vijay Tendulkar he is considered among the most influential and progressive playwrights in modern Marathi and Indian theatre.He has also remained the head of Centre for Performing Arts, University of Pune (1996β2009), which he founded, after forgoing the Directorship of NSD and previously remained an adjunct professor at various universities in US, at the Duke University, Durhum, NC (1994), Performance Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University as a Fulbright Scholar (2003). and Dept. Theatre and Film Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (2005)
He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Playwriting (Marathi) in 1994, by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama. He received the Padma Shri award in January 2012.
After his retirement Satish Alekar was nominated by Savitribai Phule Pune University as Distinguished Professor on the campus from 2013 till September 2022. He is still on the visiting faculty of the SPPune University and the National School of Drama in Delhi.
Recently he is also known for his screen acting in Marathi and Hindi feature films. He is seen in the character roles of films like Ventilator (2016).
Filmography
all 19
Movies 18
TV Shows 1
Panchak (2024)
Pet Puraan (2022)
83 (2021)
Smile Please (2019)
Bhai: Vyakti Ki Valli - Poorvardha (2019)
Bhai - Vyakti Ki Valli - Uttarardha (2019)
Me Shivaji Park (2018)
I Don't Have Any Problem (2017)
Chi Va Chi Sau Ka (2017)
Ventilator (2016)
Rajwade and Sons (2015)
Highway (2015)
Deool Band (2015)
Aajcha Divas Majha (2013)
Aiyyaa (2012)
Chintoo (2012)
Katha Doan Ganpatraonchi (1996)
Once There Was A Clown (1992)
Umbartha (1982)
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GenderMale
Birthday1949-01-30 (75 years old)
Birth PlaceDelhi, India
CitizenshipsIndia
AwardsPadma Shri in arts, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Fulbright Program, Fulbright Scholarship
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