Dr. Jabbar Patel | |
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 Patel in December 2010 | |
| Born | 23 June 1942 |
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| Years active | 1973–present |
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Dr. Jabbar Patel (born 23 June 1942) is a former paediatrician and a Marathi-language theatre and film director of India.[1] His production of Vijay Tendulkar's play Ghashiram Kotwal, in 1973 is considered a classic in Modern Indian Theatre.[2] He has received several accolades, including seven National Film Awards, eight Maharashtra State Film Awards, seven Filmfare Awards Marathi. Patel received Filmfare Marathi Lifetime Achievement Award at 7th Filmfare Awards Marathi.[3] He was awarded Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1978. In 2005, he was honoured with the V. Shantaram Award, Maharashtra's highest award in the field of cinema.[4] In 1982, he was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honour of the country.[5]
He is the maker of classics films in Marathi cinema, like, Samna, Jait Re Jait (Mohan Agashe, Smita Patil), Umbartha (Smita Patil, Girish Karnad), Sinhasan (Nana Patekar, Shriram Lagoo, Reema Lagoo) Some of his other films are, Mukta, Ek Hota Vidushak, and Musafir (Hindi). His most acclaimed film is Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar released in 1999.[6] He won the 1995 Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration for his Marathi film, Mukta.[7]
- ^ "'An artist is a spokesperson of present': Jabbar Patel". The Hindu. 7 February 2016. ISSN 0971-751X.
- ^ Performance Tradition and Modern Theatre Archived 11 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Filmfare Awards Marathi 2022: Prasad Oak, Sayali Sanjeev Bag Top Honours, Godavari Named Best Film. Full Winners List". Zoom TV. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ "Maharashtra confers Raj Kapoor awards on Nihalani, Shabana and Jabbar". The Times of India. 28 February 2011. ISSN 0971-8257.
- ^ "Padma Awards Directory (1954–2014)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs (India). 21 May 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ "Resurgence of an icon Babasaheb Ambedkar". 8 April 2016.
- ^ Kulkarni, Damini (7 January 2018). "Classics revisited: Jabbar Patel's Ambedkar biopic is a portrait of both the man and the legend". Scroll.in.