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Prabhakar Pendharkar has passed away

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naniwadekar

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Oct 9, 2010, 12:38:26 PM10/9/10
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Prabhakar Pendharkar passed away in Pune on 07-October-2010. He had not been
keeping well recently, but was still fairly active until a few months ago.

He was the son of film-maker Bhal-ji Pendharkar. V Shantaram was his uncle.
He assisted Shantaram and the Rajkamal Studio team in the production of
films like Do Aankhe Baarah Haath and Toofan aur Diyaa.

He had a gift for producing documentaries. He produced many documentaries
for Film Divison. Around 1991, he produced a Marathi documentary about
Lokmanya Tilak's Gayakwad Wada which was quite brilliant. He was also a
writer of merit. He had written a beautiful short novel named ????? ????,
centred on life in a military unit involved in building a road in the
Himalayas. Recently he had written a book in Marathi on the studio run by
his father Bhalji. Its title might be translated as 'A studio's
autobiography'. In private life, he was a soft-spoken, unassuming man,
dedicated to nurturing robust culture and saddened by the decline it has
been facing in recent years. A few years ago he had moved from Mumbai to
Pune, because of failing health. His death is a huge loss to the cultural
landscape he had graced for many years.

Atul Thombre

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Oct 10, 2010, 11:57:30 AM10/10/10
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On 10/9/2010 10:08 PM, naniwadekar wrote:
> Prabhakar Pendharkar passed away in Pune on 07-October-2010. He had not been
> keeping well recently, but was still fairly active until a few months ago.
>
> He was the son of film-maker Bhal-ji Pendharkar. V Shantaram was his uncle.
> He assisted Shantaram and the Rajkamal Studio team in the production of
> films like Do Aankhe Baarah Haath and Toofan aur Diyaa.
>
> He had a gift for producing documentaries. He produced many documentaries
> for Film Divison. Around 1991, he produced a Marathi documentary about
> Lokmanya Tilak's Gayakwad Wada which was quite brilliant. He was also a
> writer of merit. He had written a beautiful short novel named ????? ????,

Are you referring to "Rarang Dhang"?

Atul.

Mudra-Rakshas

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Oct 11, 2010, 10:04:26 AM10/11/10
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Truely a great loss. The novel that you referred to - Rarang Dhaang
(रारंग ढांग) is one of the best novels I have read in last many years.
And his other novel, 'are sansaar sansaar' (अरे संसार संसार) was
equally great. Being a documentary/film maker, he had a gift of giving
a great 'visual' sense to his writing.
Marathi has lost one of her most illustrious sons. May he rest in
peace!

Parry

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Oct 12, 2010, 11:10:52 AM10/12/10
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On Oct 9, 9:38 pm, "naniwadekar" <nani3ski...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Indeed a great personality! Irrepairable loss, May his soul rest in
Peace!

Puru Desai

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Mar 14, 2023, 10:18:57 AM3/14/23
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Hello people,
I am a wannabe film maker and I am trying to watch films made by sir Prabhakar Pendharkar, If you all have any idea where can I find his documentaries to watch, I will be really greatful .
Thank you,

Purushottam Desai.
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