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Palekar was born in Mumbai in a Marathi-speaking family. He attended the Sir J. J. School of Art.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Palekar began in Marathi experimental theatre with Satyadev Dubey, and later started his own group, ‘Aniket’, in 1972. He introduced Theatre of the Absurd to Maharashtra and a street theatre-inspired practice of performing plays in the round.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Palekar made his debut in 1971 with the noted Marathi film Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe<\/i> directed by Satyadev Dubey, which started the \u2018New Cinema\u2019 Movement in Marathi.[2]<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In 1974 he was cast as an actor by Basu Chatterjee in Rajnigandha<\/i>, and a surprise low-budget hit, Chhoti Si Baat<\/i>. This led to many other such roles in “middle-class” comedies, mostly alternative cinema. These were often directed by Chatterjee or Hrishikesh Mukherjee and include such films as Gol Maal<\/i> and Naram Garam<\/i>. He won the Filmfare Best Actor Award for Gol Maal<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He is noted for his image of the “middle-class everyman” who struggles to get a job (Gol-Maal)<\/i>, his own flat (Gharonda)<\/i>, a girlfriend\/wife (Baaton Baaton Mein)<\/i>, and appreciation from his boss.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In 1982 he played the role of Ravi in the Malayalam movie Olangal<\/i>, which is remade in Hindi as Masoom.<\/p>\n

He turned to directing with the Marathi film<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Aakriet<\/i>.<\/div>\n

He showed his capabilities as a director with his movie Paheli<\/i> which was India’s official entry in the race for Best Foreign Film at the 2006 Oscars. The movie, however, did not make it to the final nominations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He has also given his voice to an HIV\/AIDS education animated software tutorial created by the nonprofit organization TeachAIDS.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Palekar has exhibited his sketches, drawings, and paintings in Mumbai. He also does some social work. He is married to Sandhya Gokhale[4]<\/sup> and has 2 daughters with her.[5]<\/sup> Palekar regards himself as an agnostic.[<\/sup><\/div>\n

As an Actor<\/p>\n