Sunil Barve ( mr, सुनील बर्वे) is an Indian film, television and theatre actor, singer and producer. Predominantly working in Marathi, he has also worked in Hindi and Gujarati entertainment industry. He is also a
radio jockey
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. He started doing small roles for serials and theatres and starred in several Marathi films and serials. After 25 years in the industry, he launched an initiative named ''Herbarium'' through his production company ''Subak'' to "bring back the lost glory of Marathi musical plays".
Career
Barve received a
B.Sc.
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The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of ...
in Chemistry from
Patkar College
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, Mumbai and worked as a
medical representative
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in a company in Mumbai, but quit this job and turned towards acting.
Sunil Barve's production company ''Subak'' (Sunil Barve Kalakruti) has produced various plays. In 2010, as Barve completed 25 years in the
Marathi theatre
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, he launched a new project called ''Herbarium''.
He reported that he wanted to "bring back the lost glory of Marathi musical plays" through this project and remade five classic plays with new directors and new cast; the theater directors were Pratima Kulkarni,
Chandrakant Kulkarni
Chandrakant Kulkarni (born 1963) is an Indian director, script writer and actor associated with Marathi theatre and film. He is known for his works of directing the plays ''Wada Chirebandi'', ''Dhyanimani'', ''Gandhi Virudh Gandhi'' and most r ...
, Mangesh Kadam, Vijay Kenkre and Girish Joshi, and Barve asked the directors to choose their play.
[ Twenty-five performances of each play were given in various cities of Maharashtra and ]Goa
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. Barve noted that he desired only twenty-five performances of each play to match his twenty-five years in show business.[ The first play, performed in July 2010, was the classic comedy ''Suryachi Pille'' originally directed by ]Damu Kenkre
Damu Kenkre (born Damodar Kashinath Kenkre) (1928–2008) was an Indian director known for his work in the Marathi language theatre.
Stage career
Some of Kenkre's most famous plays include Hamlet, Suryachi Pille and Akhercha Sawaal.
Honors
Ken ...
in 1978 with a cast including Madhav Vatve, Bal Karve
Bal Karve (बाळ कर्वे) is a veteran Indian actor known for his roles in the Marathi language movies, television and Marathi theatre.
Marathi Serials
He was most popular in the role of Gundyabhau along with Dilip Prabhavalkar as ...
, Dilip Prabhavalkar
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, Mohan Gokhale
Mohan Gokhale (7 November 1953 – 29 April 1999) was an Indian film, television and theater actor who has worked in art films such as '' Sparsh'', '' Bhavni Bhavai'' and '' Mirch Masala''. His father was a senior journalist and Editor of the w ...
, Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Sadashiv Dattaray Amrapurkar (11 May 1950 – 3 November 2014) was an Indian actor, best known for his performances in Marathi and Hindi films from 1983 to 1999. He acted in more than 300 movies in Hindi, Marathi, and other regional languages. ...
and Shanta Jog
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. The new play is directed by Pratima Kulkarni and stars Uday Sabnis
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Filmography Live act ...
, Pushkar Shrotri
Pushkar Sudhakar Shrotri is a Marathi, Hindi film & theatre actor, producer, and director.
Early life and education
Shrotri was born in Mumbai in 1970. He graduated with a commerce degree from M. L. Dahanukar College in Mumbai.
Career
Pushkar ...
, Aniket Vishwasrao
Aniket Vishwasrao is an Indian actor. He is best known for his work in Marathi cinema. He made his screen debut in Sudhir Mishra's '' Chameli'' and first appeared in Marathi cinema with ''Lapoon Chhapoon'' (2007). In 2011, he achieved popularit ...
and Aatisha Naik. The play is a comedy around three sons trying to prove their superiority in order to inherit their late father's legacy. Though the play and its star-cast was decided in advance, Barve decided to keep the name of the next play a surprise, to be announced only at the 25th show of the currently performed play.[
]
Filmography
Films
Television
Theatre in Marathi
* ''Char Choughi''
* ''Zopi Gelela Jaga Zaala'' (2013)
* ''Tisre Badshah Hum'' (2020)
Web series
References
External links
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Male actors in Marathi cinema
Indian male television actors
Male actors in Hindi cinema
Indian theatre managers and producers
Male actors in Marathi theatre
1966 births
Living people
Male actors in Marathi television