Keshavrao Date
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Keshavrao Date was an India
n actor
, who worked in both silent
and sound
movies.
Shri Date tried to run his own drama company but found it difficult to perform the dual roles of manager and actor.
After the advent of talkies, he tried his hand at that medium as well, though live theatre remained his chief love. His acting in the Marathi
film Kunku (1937) set a standard which has rarely been approached since on the silver screen. He followed it with another sterling performance in Prabhat Film Company
's Shejari (1941). Later he performed character roles in films made in Mumbai
, where he lived.
His role in the drama Andhalyanchi Shala ("The Blinds' School") in 1930s had won him rave reviews. He was curious, inquisitive, experimenter, and a believer in simplicity.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, who worked in both silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
and sound
Sound film
A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades would pass before sound motion pictures were made commercially...
movies.
Shri Date tried to run his own drama company but found it difficult to perform the dual roles of manager and actor.
After the advent of talkies, he tried his hand at that medium as well, though live theatre remained his chief love. His acting in the Marathi
Marathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
film Kunku (1937) set a standard which has rarely been approached since on the silver screen. He followed it with another sterling performance in Prabhat Film Company
Prabhat Film Company
Prabhat Film Company popularly known as Prabhat Films was an Indian film production company and film studios, formed in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India in 1929, towards the end of silent films' era, by the noted film director V. Shantaram, along with V.G. Damle, K.R. Dhaiber, S. Fatelal and S.B...
's Shejari (1941). Later he performed character roles in films made in Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, where he lived.
His role in the drama Andhalyanchi Shala ("The Blinds' School") in 1930s had won him rave reviews. He was curious, inquisitive, experimenter, and a believer in simplicity.