Sudhakar Bokade was an Indian film producer predominantly working in

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film industry. He produced popular films like '' Prahaar'' (1991), ''

Saajan ''Saajan'' () is a 1991 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Lawrence D'Souza and produced by Sudhakar Bokade. It stars Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit and Salman Khan in lead roles, with Kader Khan, Reema Lagoo and Laxmikant Ber ...

'' (1991), ''

Dhanwaan ''Dhanwaan'' () is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language romance film directed by K. Vishwanath. It stars Ajay Devgan, Manisha Koirala, Karishma Kapoor, Avinash Wadhavan in lead roles. Plot Kashinath and Imli are childhood sweethearts and everyone ...

'' (1993) and more. He was considered as a "big name" in mid-1990s in the Bollywood film industry.

Personal life

On 6 July 2013, he was admitted to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital as he was suffering with breathing problems. He died on the next day post heart attack. He has two daughters and one son.

Career

Bokade produced various Hindi films starting his career in 1990. In 1990, two films produced by him, ''

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'' and ''Nyay Anyay'' were released. The films had a budget of 20 million and 10 million respectively, but they both flopped at the box office. ''Izzatdaar'' had actors

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and

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playing the lead roles. In 1991, he produced the romantic drama film ''

'' with

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and Madhuri Dixit playing the main roles. The film proved to be the highest grosser of the year at the box office and was declared a "Super Hit". It also ranked in top 10 grossers of the years 1990 to 1994. Along with commercial success, the film also won 2

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at the

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among 11 nominations. As the producer, he was nominated for the

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, but did not win. After the commercial success of the film, he produced the film '' Prahaar''. Directed by

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, the film had Patekar,

and

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playing lead roles. In 1992, he produced ''

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'' directed by

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, who had previously directed ''Saajan''. But the film failed to achieve the success that their previous project did. His many successful films gave him a "big name" as a Bollywood film producer. Later Bokade went on to produce various films, including some

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also. His project titled ''Kalinga'', a multistarrer film directed by

remained incomplete due to financial problems that he faced then. The film was Kumar's first directorial venture. At the time of his death in July 2013, Bokade was returning to the film industry, after a hiatus of 15 years, with a film titled ''Supermodel'' starring

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and

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Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bokade, Sudhakar 1956 births 2013 deaths Hindi film producers Film producers from Mumbai Marathi film producers 20th-century Indian businesspeople