| Ek Hota Vidushak | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Jabbar Patel |
| Screenplay by | P. L. Deshpande |
| Story by | Jabbar Patel |
| Produced by | NFDC Ravi Gupta Ravi Malik |
| Starring | Laxmikant Berde Madhu Kambikar Nilu Phule Mohan Agashe Varsha Usgaonkar Dilip Prabhavalkar |
| Cinematography | Harish Joshi |
| Edited by | Vishwas-Anil |
| Music by | Score: Anand Modak Lyrics: N. D. Mahanor |
| Distributed by | Rudraa Home Video (DVD version) |
Release date |
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Running time | 168 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Marathi |
Ek Hota Vidushak (English: Once There Was A Clown) is a 1992 Marathi film directed by Jabbar Patel and produced by National Film Development Corporation of India. The film stars Laxmikant Berde, Madhu Kambikar, Nilu Phule, Varsha Usgaonkar in lead roles and Mohan Agashe and Dilip Prabhavalkar in supporting roles.
The film portrays the life of folk theater artist and is considered one of the few films made on the life of tamasha artistes, including Pinjara (1972) and Natarang (2010).[1] Laxmikant Berde, who is better known for his comic roles in Marathi and Hindi films, was appreciated for his role as Aburao.[2] The film is based on a short story written by Jabbar Patel with screenplay and dialogues penned by the veteran Marathi writer, P. L. Deshpande (Pu. La.) after a hiatus of 39 years.[3] Previously, Deshpande had written screenplay and dialogues for another Marathi film Gulacha Ganapati (1953) starring himself.
The film won several awards and was adjudged as the Best Film[4] at Maharashtra State Film Awards (1993). It also won two National Film Awards at the 40th National Film Awards (1992); Best Feature Film in Marathi and Best Choreography for Laxmibai Kolhapurkar.[5] Kolhapurkar became the first choreographer and the first woman to win the National Film Award for choreography. The film also participated at the Indian Panorama, International Film Festival of India in 1993.
- ^ "Marathi films based on tamasha". Daily News and Analysis. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ Chatterji, Shoma (16 December 2011). "Marathi classics ~ 2". The Statesman. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ^ "चित्रपटसृष्टीत पु.ल." [P. L. Deshpande in Film Industry] (in Marathi). Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ^ "Ek Hota Vidushak @ nfdcindia.com". NFDC. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ^ "40th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2012.