Marathi actresses biography

Cinema and theatre

Film directors

• Abhinay Deo – film director
• Amol Palekar – Bollywood director & actor, received award for best actor of 1979 for film "Gol Maal"
• Amol Gupte – Bollywood director & actor, received award for best screen play for film "Taare Zameen Par"
• Anand Patwardhan – documentary filmmaker, known for his activism through social action documentaries on topics such as corruption, slum dwellers, etc.
• Ashutosh Gowarikar – director of Lagaan (nominated for Oscars, has bagged 5 filmfare, 7 international awards)^[1][2]
• Baburao Mistry – Wrote his own screenplays; first Indian filmmaker to adopt the method of "Stenographic", the method Satyajit Ray adopted for Pather Panchali^{[citation needed]}
• Bhagwan Dada – film director, producer and actor
• Bhalji Pendharkar – director, was associated with Prabhat Film Company, also received Dadasahab Phalke Award
• Dadasaheb Phalke –