Prashant Damle is a Marathi actor, comedian who has acted in numerous Marathi drama, movie and Soap opera over 35 years. He has been associated with Marathi theatre since 1983 and till date has performed in 27 different plays and a variety of hundreds of roles. Damle is widely recognized as the biggest ultimate superstar of Marathi theatre.
Jaywant Dalvi was a prominent contemporary Marathi writer in Maharashtra.
Dr. Shriram Lagoo was an Indian film and theatre actor, in Hindi and Marathi, in addition to being an ENT Surgeon. He was known for his character roles in films. He acted in over 250 films including Hindi and Marathi films as well as Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati plays, and directed over 20 Marathi plays. He was also very vocal and active in furthering progressive and rational social causes, for example in 1999, he and social activist G. P. Pradhan undertook a fast in support of anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare. He won the 1978 Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for the Hindi film Gharaonda. His autobiography is titled Lamaan (लमाण), which means "the carrier of goods".
Ranjana Deshmukh was an Indian actress known for her work in several popular Marathi films productions in 1970s & '80s. She has won Filmfare Marathi for Best Actress twice, first for her film Sushila (1979) and then for her film Savitri (1983).
Satish Vasant Alekar is a Marathi playwright, actor, and theatre director. A founder member of the Theatre Academy of Pune, and most known for his plays Mahanirvan (1974), Mahapoor (1975), Atirekee (1990), Pidhijat (2003), Mickey ani Memsahib (1973), and Begum Barve (1979), all of which he also directed for the Academy. Along with Mahesh Elkunchwar and Vijay Tendulkar he is considered among the most influential and progressive playwrights in modern Marathi and Indian theatre.
Maharashtra State Film Awards, one of the prestigious awards of Marathi cinema, are awarded by the Government of Maharashtra to Marathi language films and artists. They were first awarded in 1963.
Pinjara is a 1972 Indian Marathi-language film directed and produced by V. Shantaram, starring Shriram Lagoo and Sandhya in the lead roles. In 1972, the film was also released in Hindi with the same title.
Saatchya Aat Gharat is a 2004 Indian Marathi-language film directed by Sanjay Surkar and produced by Smita Talwalkar. The film was released on 31 May 2004. It is partly based upon a 2002 incident in the University of Pune campus, where a student was raped by someone posing as a policeman. This was the debut movie for Kartika Rane in Marathi film Industry.
Prasad Prabhakar Oak is an actor. He has received several awards including two Filmfare Awards Marathi and a National Film Award.
Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 2 is a 2015 Indian Marathi-language romantic drama film directed by Satish Rajwade and distributed by Eros International. The film is the second installment of the Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai film series before its prequel titled Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai (2010) and was followed by a sequel titled Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 3 (2018). Released on 12 November 2015, the film stars an ensemble cast of Swapnil Joshi, Mukta Barve, Prashant Damle, Mangal Kenkre, Vijay Kenkre, Savita Prabhune, Asavari Joshi, Suhas Joshi and Angad Mhaskar. The screenplay and the dialogues were written by Ashwini Shende. The score and soundtrack album of the film are composed by Avinash-Vishwajeet with lyrics are penned by Shrirang Godbole, Ashwini Shende and Vishwajeet Joshi and cinematography by Suhas Gujarathi. Subhash Nakashe is the film's choreographer while the editing was done by Rajesh Rao. The principal photography began in February 2015 and the film marks as the most awaited film in the Marathi cinema.
Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 3 is a 2018 Indian Marathi language romantic drama film directed by Satish Rajwade and produced by 52 Friday Cinemas and Everest Entertainment and distributed by Eros International. The film is the third installment to the Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai film series before its prequels titled Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai (2010) and Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 2 (2015). Released theatrically on 7 December 2018, the film stars Swapnil Joshi and Mukta Barve in lead roles and Prashant Damle, Mangal Kenkre, Vijay Kenkre, Savita Prabhune, Suhas Joshi and Rupal Nand in supporting roles. The screenplay and the dialogues are written by Ashwini Shende, Pallavi Rajwade and Satish Rajwade. The film score and soundtrack album are composed by Avinash-Vishwajeet and Nilesh Moharir.
Abhalmaya (transl. Skylove) was an Indian Marathi television series which was aired on Alpha TV Marathi. It is one of the successful Marathi television series. It starred Sukanya Kulkarni, Manoj Joshi and Sanjay Mone in lead roles.
Bho Bho is a 2016 Indian Marathi-language film directed by Bharat Gaikwad, the film stars Prashant Damle, Subodh Bhave, Sharad Ponkshe and Ashwini Ekbote. Parth Bharat Thakkar composed the music with cinematography by Anil Chandel. It was released theatrically on 22 April 2016.
Saglikade Bombabomb is a 1989 Indian Marathi-language comedy film directed by Avinash Thakur and Produced by Chintu Dhavale under the banner of Sneha Chitra and written by Sachin Pilgaonkar. The film stars an ensemble cast of Ashok Saraf, Varsha Usgaonkar, Nilu Phule, Prashant Damle, Kishori Shahane, Vijay Patkar, Sachin Pilgaonkar and Nayantara in guest appearances. The film's soundtrack is composed by Arun Paudwal received a positive response from audiences, particularly from the youth. Every song in the movie was a hit and well-received by the audience.
