Baburao Pendharkar (22 June 1896 3 November 1967), was an Indian actor, director, film producer and writer.

Personal life

Baburao Pendharkar was born on 22 June 1896 in

Kolhapur Kolhapur () is a city on the banks of the Panchganga River in the southern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Kolhapur is one of the most significant cities in South Maharashtra and has been a hub of historical, religious, and cultural a ...

in a

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family. Born to Radhabai and her patron Dr Gopal Pendharkar, Baburao was related to quite a few film personalities in Indian film industry. His younger brother

Bhalji Pendharkar Bhalji Pendharkar (3 May 1897 – 26 November 1994) was an Indian film director and producer, and a recipient of Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the most prestigious award in the field. Early life and family He was born to Radhabai and Gopal Pendha ...

was a famous film director, producer and writer. Other famous names in family included his younger maternal half-brother Master Vinayak, Radhabai's son after she married Karnataki, and maternal cousin V. Shantaram, son of Kamalabai, Radhabai's younger sister. Baburao married Shree Kumudini and had two sons and daughters each with her. He died on 8 November 1967, in

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aged 71.

Film career

Baburao started his career in the era of

silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

Actor (68 credits)

Director (2 credits)

* 1952/I Vishwamitra * 1933 Seeta Kalyanam

Producer (2 credits)

* 1944 Draupadi (producer) * 1927 Vande Mataram Ashram (producer)

Writer (1 credit)

* 1930

Udaykal ''Udaykal'' (Thunder Of The Hills) is a 1930 historical silent film co-directed by V. Shantaram and Keshavrao Dhaiber. It was produced by Prabhat Film Company. The story was written by Baburao Pendharkar. The cinematographers were S. Fattelal ...

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* 1896 births 1967 deaths Indian male film actors Marathi film directors Marathi film producers Indian male screenwriters People from Kolhapur 20th-century Indian male actors 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Screenwriters from Maharashtra Male actors from Maharashtra Film producers from Maharashtra Indian male silent film actors Film directors from Maharashtra 20th-century Indian male writers 20th-century Indian screenwriters Shantaram family {{india-film-bio-stub