Suryakant Mandhare

Acting

02 Jun 1926

† 22 Aug 1999

Kolhapur, Bombay Presidency, British India

Biography

Suryakant Mandhare was an Indian actor and director, who worked in Marathi cinema. He acted in more than 100 films. He is considered one of the greatest and influential actors in the history of Marathi cinema. Actor and filmmaker Chandrakant Mandhare is the elder brother of Suryakant. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 1973 for his contribution to the arts. Suryakant begun his acting career at the age of twelve as a child artist in Bhalji Pendharkar's Dhruv, returned in...