The award for the 'Best Actor in a Negative Role' was first introduced in 1991 to acknowledge Sadashiv Amrapurkar's villainous performance in the Hindi movie, 'Sadak'. Who can ever forget the large 'bindi' wearing, Maharani, the transgender brothel owner of the film, immortalised by the great actor?
Born as Ganesh Kumar Narwode into an affluent Maharashtrian Brahmin family, in May '50, he'd adopted the name, 'Sadashiv Amrapurkar', in 1974 when he forayed into theatre. He'd passed into the mist of time, soon after midnight, on 03 Nov due to a persistent lung infection.
Short statured with a squeaky voice, he didn't fit into the usual concept of a villain - and ruthless, that too - prevalent in the Hindi movies till then. His portrayal in '83 of the immoral and ambitious, Rama Shetty, matched Om Puri's performance as a no-nonsense cop in their first movie, 'Ardh Satya', frame for frame. I remember having developed a pathological hatred for that character after seeing the film - it showed as to how he'd got into the skin of the character, the true hall mark of a great actor.
Another role of his, that had impressed me, was that of 'Deen Bandhu Dina Nath' in the movie 'Hukumat'. His forays into comedy was equally well received by the audiences.
His untimely end is an unbridgeable loss to the film industry.
RIP, Sadashiv Amrapurkar! My salute to a great actor!! Here's praying that his near and dear ones are able to cope with their immense loss.
Tailpiece.
Am amused by the political parties of Kerala piping up in support of the 'Kiss of Love' movement at Kochi, much after it wasn't allowed to get going, by the arrest of the protagonists by the police! If only they'd voiced their support well before, maybe the people against the movement would have sobered and stayed away from their moral policing act!!
Born as Ganesh Kumar Narwode into an affluent Maharashtrian Brahmin family, in May '50, he'd adopted the name, 'Sadashiv Amrapurkar', in 1974 when he forayed into theatre. He'd passed into the mist of time, soon after midnight, on 03 Nov due to a persistent lung infection.
Short statured with a squeaky voice, he didn't fit into the usual concept of a villain - and ruthless, that too - prevalent in the Hindi movies till then. His portrayal in '83 of the immoral and ambitious, Rama Shetty, matched Om Puri's performance as a no-nonsense cop in their first movie, 'Ardh Satya', frame for frame. I remember having developed a pathological hatred for that character after seeing the film - it showed as to how he'd got into the skin of the character, the true hall mark of a great actor.
Another role of his, that had impressed me, was that of 'Deen Bandhu Dina Nath' in the movie 'Hukumat'. His forays into comedy was equally well received by the audiences.
His untimely end is an unbridgeable loss to the film industry.
RIP, Sadashiv Amrapurkar! My salute to a great actor!! Here's praying that his near and dear ones are able to cope with their immense loss.
Tailpiece.
Am amused by the political parties of Kerala piping up in support of the 'Kiss of Love' movement at Kochi, much after it wasn't allowed to get going, by the arrest of the protagonists by the police! If only they'd voiced their support well before, maybe the people against the movement would have sobered and stayed away from their moral policing act!!
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