Sumitra Bhave

Sumitra Bhave

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Sumitra Bhave Profile

  • Name:
  • Sumitra Bhave
  • Born:
  • January 12, 1943
  • Born / Home Town:
  • Pune

Sumitra Bhave Biography

Sumitra Bhave is a very famous filmmaker and screenwriter associated with Marathi cinema and Marathi theatre. She along with Sunil Sukthankar forms the successful filmmaker duo, Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar who has given some significant contributions to Marathi art and cinema in the past 3-4 decades or so. The duo has made 14 films, more than 50 short films and 4 TV serials, predominantly in Marathi cinema, and Sumitra penned the script of all these works. Recipient of several state and national awards, Doghi, Samhita, Astu, Kaasav, Vastupurush, Ek Cup Chya and Dahavi Fa are their remarkable works which won then accolades. These films have won multiple awards at various award functions including National film awards and a few of them were showcased at various international film festivals.

 

Sumitra Bhave hails from Pune. She was born in the year 1943. She completed her college studies from her hometown, and also took a Diploma in Rural Welfare from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. She took the profession of a teacher and worked for a decade and later worked as a Project Manager, during which she published several research papers. She also worked as a Marathi language newsreader with All India Radio, New Delhi.

 

Sumitra made her first short film, Bai (Woman) in 1985 while she was working as Director of Research Project for Stree Vani. The film went on to win National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film on Family Welfare. Her second short film, Pani also fetched her National award 2 years later. Since then she contributed many short films which include Mukti (1990), Chakori (1992), Laha (1994) and Three Faces of Tomorrow.

 

Sukthankar was introduced to Bhave through her daughter while she was making her debut short film Bai in the mid-1980s. Thus began a successful association of two talented artists, who give some significant contributions to Marathi cinema. The duo made their first film, Doghi in 1995 which fetched several awards including state awards and national awards. As of now, the duo has received 5 National awards, 17 Maharashtra state awards, 3 V. Shanta Ram awards and more than 7 International Film Festivals for their work.

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Updated: February 22, 2018

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