Rohini Hattangadi Biography
Rohini Hattangadi is an Indian television, film actress and a theater personality.
ROHINI
She was born as Rohini Oak on April 11, 1955 in Delhi. After finishing her schooling from Renuka Swaroop Memorial Girls High School, Pune in 1971 Rohini enrolled her name in National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi. Famous Indian theatre director Ebrahim Alkazi was there teacher.
The actress received Best all-round student award and Best Actress award in this institute. She is classically trained by Professor Surendra Wadgaonkar in Kathakali and Bharatnatyam.
Rohini married Jayadev Hattangadi who was her classmate in National School of Drama. And the couple has a son named Aseem Hattangadi. Rohini lost her husband Jayadev on 4 December 2008.
CAREER IN THEATER
Along with husband Jayadev, Rohini started her own Marathi theater group named Awishkar. For her performance in a play called Changuna, she received the Best Actress Award during the Maharashtra State Drama Festival. She was very lucky to be the first woman in Asia who acted in Japanese Kabuki play and Karnataka's Yakshagana.
She gave an outstanding performance by doing a solo-act play named Aparajita written by Nitin Sen. Jayadev Hattangadi wrote five plays she acted in all the five plays which also include a Greek play named Medea by Euripides. For her devotion to Indian theater she received Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.
Some of her most popular plays include Mitra Chi Gosht by Vijay Tendulkar, Hori, Kohra and more. The couple also has a research and education center named Kalashray in Mumbai.
ROHINI AND TELEVISION
In Marathi serial Char divas sasuche she played the lead role and was also seen in various Hindi soap operas like Mahayagya, ‘Thoda hai thoda ki Zaroorat hai’, Teacher etc. She played an elderly role of Moti Ba in Zee Tv's Gharaki laxmi bettiyann. And she is currently seen in Vahinisaheb aired on Zee Marathi.
MOVIES BY ROHINI
In 1978 she made her film debut with Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan by Saeed Akhtar Mirza. Then she acted in films like Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai (1980) and Naseeruddin Shah and Smita Patil starring Chakra (1981). In 1992 the actress came in to the limelight internationally with her performance in Gandhi (1982) and she received the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for this film.
In 1984 also she won Film fare Best Supporting Actress Award for Mahesh Bhatt's Arth. And later won National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for Party (1984) by Govind Nihalani. For the first time Rohini played an aging role of a housewife in Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! and Saaransh. The actress played memorable comic roles in films like Chaalbaaz and Ladaai.
In Pankaj Parashar's Jalwa (1987) she was seen as Sribaby. She has worked with some of the most well known directors of 80s and 90s. It includes films like Govind Nihalani in Aghaat (1985), with Muzaffar Ali in Anjuman (1986) and with Girish Kasaravalli in Mane and Ek Ghar, with Rajkumar Santoshi in Damini (1993) and Ghatak (1996).
The actress again managed to get a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her acting in Amitabh Bachchan's Agneepath. In hit film Pukar (2000) she gave a comic performance. Rohini played actor Sanjay Dutt's mother in Munnabhai MBBS (2003) and played the same role in its Tamil remake named Vasool Raja MBBS.
Rohini Hattangadi is an Indian television, film actress and a theater personality.
ROHINI
She was born as Rohini Oak on April 11, 1955 in Delhi. After finishing her schooling from Renuka Swaroop Memorial Girls High School, Pune in 1971 Rohini enrolled her name in National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi. Famous Indian theatre director Ebrahim Alkazi was there teacher.
The actress received Best all-round student award and Best Actress award in this institute. She is classically trained by Professor Surendra Wadgaonkar in Kathakali and Bharatnatyam.
Rohini married Jayadev Hattangadi who was her classmate in National School of Drama. And the couple has a son named Aseem Hattangadi. Rohini lost her husband Jayadev on 4 December 2008.
CAREER IN THEATER
Along with husband Jayadev, Rohini started her own Marathi theater group named Awishkar. For her performance in a play called Changuna, she received the Best Actress Award during the Maharashtra State Drama Festival. She was very lucky to be the first woman in Asia who acted in Japanese Kabuki play and Karnataka's Yakshagana.
She gave an outstanding performance by doing a solo-act play named Aparajita written by Nitin Sen. Jayadev Hattangadi wrote five plays she acted in all the five plays which also include a Greek play named Medea by Euripides. For her devotion to Indian theater she received Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.
Some of her most popular plays include Mitra Chi Gosht by Vijay Tendulkar, Hori, Kohra and more. The couple also has a research and education center named Kalashray in Mumbai.
ROHINI AND TELEVISION
In Marathi serial Char divas sasuche she played the lead role and was also seen in various Hindi soap operas like Mahayagya, ‘Thoda hai thoda ki Zaroorat hai’, Teacher etc. She played an elderly role of Moti Ba in Zee Tv's Gharaki laxmi bettiyann. And she is currently seen in Vahinisaheb aired on Zee Marathi.
MOVIES BY ROHINI
In 1978 she made her film debut with Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan by Saeed Akhtar Mirza. Then she acted in films like Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai (1980) and Naseeruddin Shah and Smita Patil starring Chakra (1981). In 1992 the actress came in to the limelight internationally with her performance in Gandhi (1982) and she received the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for this film.
In 1984 also she won Film fare Best Supporting Actress Award for Mahesh Bhatt's Arth. And later won National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for Party (1984) by Govind Nihalani. For the first time Rohini played an aging role of a housewife in Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! and Saaransh. The actress played memorable comic roles in films like Chaalbaaz and Ladaai.
In Pankaj Parashar's Jalwa (1987) she was seen as Sribaby. She has worked with some of the most well known directors of 80s and 90s. It includes films like Govind Nihalani in Aghaat (1985), with Muzaffar Ali in Anjuman (1986) and with Girish Kasaravalli in Mane and Ek Ghar, with Rajkumar Santoshi in Damini (1993) and Ghatak (1996).
The actress again managed to get a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her acting in Amitabh Bachchan's Agneepath. In hit film Pukar (2000) she gave a comic performance. Rohini played actor Sanjay Dutt's mother in Munnabhai MBBS (2003) and played the same role in its Tamil remake named Vasool Raja MBBS.
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Interview with Rohini Hattangadi
