Jabbar patel biography

  • Jabbar patel biography

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    Jabbar patel biography

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    • Jabbar Patel

    Indian film director and former paediatrician

    Dr.Jabbar Patel (born 23 June 1942) is a former paediatrician and a Marathi-language theatre and film director of India.[1] His production of Vijay Tendulkar's play Ghashiram Kotwal, in 1973 is considered a classic in Modern Indian Theatre.[2] He has received several accolades, including seven National Film Awards, eight Maharashtra State Film Awards, seven Filmfare Awards Marathi.

    Patel received Filmfare Marathi Lifetime Achievement Award at 7th Filmfare Awards Marathi.[3] He was awarded Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1978. In 2005, he was honoured with the V. Shantaram Award, Maharashtra's highest award in the field of cinema.[4] In 1982, he was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honour of the country.[5]

    He is the maker of classics films in Marathi cinema, like, Samna, Jait Re Jait (Mohan Agashe, Smita Patil),