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Veteran theatre artist Atmaram Bhende passes away

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He died at the Ratna Memorial Hospital in Pune, aged 91.

Veteran Marathi theatre artiste and film actor, Atmaram Bhende, considered the doyen of Marathi experimental theatre, passed away at the Ratna Memorial Hospital in Pune, aged 91.
Known for imbuing the traditional and often static Marathi theatre scene with a sense of innovation, Mr. Bhende, affectionately called ‘Bapu’ by colleagues and coworkers, was the first to introduce the revolving stage concept in Marathi theatre way back in the early 1960s.
Born in May 1923, Mr. Bhende, a qualified engineer from Mumbai’s prestigious Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), graced the Marathi stage for more than six decades, often acting as its unsung ‘Renaissance Man’ in the 1950s when he injected it with a much needed tonic of ‘farce’- a characteristic he excelled at while commanding the stage. He also appeared in English plays and translated two of the great American playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder’s plays into Marathi.
While directing and acting in hundreds of Marathi plays, Mr. Bhende had an Indian Summer when he appeared in Rajkumar Hirani’s Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006) as one of the senior citizens who come to live in Vidya Balan’s home.
In an endearing cameo that film, Mr. Bhende was billed as ‘Atmaram’ in what turned out to be his most popular appearance. The actor, who was seen in several advertisements and noted television shows, was the Joint Secretary of the Marathi Natya Parishad between 1954-60.
He was married to Dr. Asha Bhende nee Lily Ezekiel, the sister of the famous Indian-Jewish poet Nissim Ezekiel. While his wife had passed away in 2010, his son, the rocker Nandu Bhende, died of a cardiac arrest in April last year.
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आत्माराम भेंडे

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February 12, 2015   चर्चित व्यक्ति
प्रश्न- 7 फरवरी, 2015 को वयोवृद्ध मराठी रंगमंच कलाकार और फिल्म अभिनेता आत्माराम भेन्डे का निधन हो गया। उन्होंने राजकुमार हिरानी की किस चर्चित फिल्म में अभिनय किया था?
(a) 3 ईडियट (b) पीके
(c) लगे रहो मुन्नाभाई (d) मुन्नाभाई एमबीबीएस
उत्तर-(c)
संबंधित तथ्य
  • 7 फरवरी, 2015 को वयोवृद्ध मराठी रंगमंच कलाकार और फिल्म अभिनेता आत्माराम भेंडे का निधन पुणे में हो गया।
  • आत्माराम भेंडे का जन्म मई, 1923 में हुआ था।
  • श्री भेंडे ने मुंबई के प्रतिष्ठित वीरमाता जीजाबाई प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान (VJTI) से इंजीनियरिंग की उपाधि प्राप्त की थी।
  • उन्होंने छह दशकों से अधिक समय तक मराठी रंगमंच की शोभा बढ़ाई।
  • उन्होंने अंग्रेजी भाषा के नाटकों में भी अभिनय किया और महान अमेरिकी नाटककार एवं उपन्यासकार थार्नटन वाइल्डर के दो नाटकों का मराठी भाषा में अनुवाद किया।
  • वे वर्ष 1954-60 के बीच मराठी नाट्य परिषद के संयुक्त सचिव के पद पर रहे।
  • उन्होंने राजकुमार हिरानी की प्रसिद्ध फिल्म‘लगे रहो मुन्नाभाई’(2006) में एक वरिष्ठ नागरिक की भूमिका निभाई थी।

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