Amol Palekar

Amol Palekar was born on November 24, 1944 in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India. He is an actor and director, known for Kairee (1999), The Village Had No Walls (1996) and Unimaginable (1981).

Movies

Aks

The conflict of good and evil is deeply entrenched in the Indian psyche and takes many forms.The film explores the ancient indian philosophy that the ultimate battlefield for good and evil is nothing but a human being’s body and the ultimate prize:his soul.”Aks” is a modernistic rendition of this ancient…

More about this movie

Teesra Kaun

Three Bollywood-stricken, Calcutta-based slackers, Vijay Verma (Chunky Pandey), Bingo Nagpurkar (Satish Shah), and Khoka Ganguli (Rakesh Bedi), board the Howrah-Bombay Mail, to watch a cricket match, and to meet Mithun Chakraborty. After boarding, the trio consume considerable alcohol. Vijay introduces himself to two other passengers, C.K. Kadam (Amol Palekar), and…

More about this movie

Bhumika

Coming from a poor and destitute family, Urvashi is encouraged by her mother, Shanta (Sualbha Deshpande) to be on more than friendly terms with a much older male, Keshav Dalvi (Amol Palekar). Keshav takes a liking to young Urvashi, and encourages her to explore her talents in films, which she…

More about this movie

Naram Garam

The story revolves around an old man, chachaji in search of a home after his house is repossesed by the village money-lender, and his young daughter, Kusum. Ramprasad is a poor young man in the employ of Bhavani Shankar a superstitious, middle aged widower. Ramprasad succeeds in securing a victory…

More about this movie

Chitchor

Meera, who lives in Bombay writes her parents about a prospective bridegroom for her youngest sister Gowri. Pitambar Chaudhry and his wife are overjoyed by the prospect of marrying Gowri off to an engineer, who studied in Germany and has excellent financial prospects. Pitambar meets the train, arranges for a…

More about this movie

Fun Facts

Father of actress Shyamalee Palekar.

Partner of actress , director Chitra Palekar.

Daughter Shalmalee is a world renown doctor. She also is a leader of many Gay and Lesbian organizations in India.

Youngest daughter Samiha, is in the final year of studying law (2014). She wants to specialize in sports law. She has played rugby at a national level for India.

Daughter, Shyamalee Palekar, is a professor at the University of Western Australia.

Starred in the shelved film "Yun Bhi Hota Hain"" (1984) Starring Amol Palekar

Quotes