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Rohini Hattangadi (née Oak; born 11 April 1955)[1] is an Indian actress, known for her work in Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, and Gujarati films, and Marathi soap operas and theatre. She has won two Filmfare Awards, one National Film Award, and is the only Indian actress to win the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Kasturba Gandhi in Gandhi (1982).[2]

Rohini Hattangadi
Rohini Hattangadi in 2010
Born	Rohini Oak (1955-04-11) 11 April 1955 (age 67) Pune, Bombay State, India
Years active	1975 - present
Spouse	Jayadev Hattangadi ​ ​ (m. 1977; died 2008)​
Children	1

An alumna of the National School of Drama of New Delhi, Hattangadi had worked mainly in theatre when she made her movie debut with Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan in 1978. Some of her noted cinematic roles were in such art films as Arth (1982), Party and Saaransh (1984).

Hattangadi was mostly offered character roles in mainstream Hindi cinema after her portrayal in Gandhi, often typecast in mother roles much ahead of her years. Respected for her acting prowess, she has appeared in over 80 feature films, and is active in theatre and television.[3]

Early and personal life

Hattangadi was born in Pune as Rohini Oak. She did her schooling from Renuka Swaroop Memorial Girls High School, Pune in 1955.[4]

She joined the National School of Drama (NSD) of New Delhi in 1971. Although the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) was located in her hometown Pune, she did not join it because she was mainly interested in theatre and did not have early plans to enter cinema: "I just wanted to be an actor... My heart was in theatre because I learnt from my father (Anant Oak) that real acting is learnt through theatre. That's why I came all the way to Delhi to join NSD."[3] At NSD, she met her future husband Jayadev Hattangadi, who was in the same batch as hers. They were trained together by Ebrahim Alkazi. Upon graduation in 1974, Rohini was awarded the Best Actress award and an award for Best all-round student, while Jayadev, who was being trained in direction, won the Best Director award. Jayadev and Rohini married the following year.[5][6] Rohini also received training in Indian classical dance forms, Kathakali and Bharatnatyam for more than eight years, under the guidance of Professor Surendra Wadgaonkar.[7]

Rohini and Jayadev have a son, Aseem Hattangadi, who is a theatre actor and acted in Badal Sircar's play, Evam Indrajit, directed by his father.[8] Jaydev Hattangadi died on 5 December 2008, aged 60, after a battle with cancer.[9]

Career

Theatre

Rohini started her career with Marathi stage.[10] Once in Mumbai while still at NSD, Jayadev and Rohini started a Marathi theatre group in Mumbai, called "Awishkar", which went on to produce over 150 plays.[11] In 1975 she won the Best Actress Award at the Maharashtra State Drama Festival, for her performance in Changuna, a Marathi adaptation of Federico García Lorca's Spanish classic Yerma. The play was produced by "Awishkar" in Mumbai.

Hattangadi is the first woman to act in Kannada play Yakshagana, a folk play directed by K. Shivaram Karanth, and is the first woman in Asia to act in a Japanese Kabuki play, Ibaragi, directed by Shozo Sato, a Japanese director.[12]

One play that Hattangadi was particularly appreciated for is Aparajita, based on a Bengali story by Nitin Sen. First staged in 1999, this 120-minute long solo-act play has over the years been performed in both Hindi and Marathi. Incidentally, it was her first performance in a long time to be directed by her husband, Jayadev Hattangadi. In all she has performed in five plays directed by him, including Medea, a Greek tragedy written by Euripides.[13]

Her other theatre credits include Vijay Tendulkar's Mitra Chi Gosht, directed by Vinay Apte, Hori based on Premchand's Godaan, produced by IPTA, and most recently in the Hindi play Kohra with Sudha Chandran and Babul Bhavsar.

Hattangadi, along with husband Jayadev, ran "Kalashray", a centre for research, education in arts and talent encouragement in Mumbai, working with the underprivileged and developing tools for powerful communication.[6] She won the 2004 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for her contribution to Indian theatre.

Film

Hattangadi made her film debut with Saeed Akhtar Mirza's Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan in 1978. The film won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie. This was followed by her appearance in Mirza's next picture, Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai (1980), which won the same award, and Rabindra Dharmaraj's drama Chakra (1981). Her characters in these films were minor.[3]

Her next film was Richard Attenborough's biographical film Gandhi (1982), based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi. She played Kasturba Gandhi, the wife of Mahatma, played by Ben Kingsley. The film was a major critical success, and among other awards won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Hattangadi's performance garnered her international recognition and she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1983, the only Asian to do that so far.[14]

Despite the success she received for her role in Gandhi, the film was also credited with increasing "her screen age manifold". She was 27 when she played the middle-aged Kasturba, and from then on was offered roles of women of this age group. Hattangadi told of an instance when James Ivory wanted to cast for his film Heat and Dust, but he was surprised by how young she was when he met her and ultimately did not approach her for a part because he did not want to use make-up. Although theatre was her main interest, she stated that it was not enough financially, stating, "I realised that theatre won't be enough to make ends meet."[3]

This was followed, however, by a string of acclaimed performances, starting with Mahesh Bhatt's Arth (1982), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1984 she acted in Govind Nihalani's satirical drama Party (1984) for which she received the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress.[6] She followed it with two films in which she portrayed aging housewives, Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! and Saaransh, both released in 1984. In Saaransh, she was the female lead along with Anupam Kher in his debut role. The film starred Hattangadi and Kher as B.V. and Parvati, an elderly couple struggling with the recent death of their son. Both Kher and Hattangadi were at their late 20s at the time, and The Tribune described them as giving "immortal performances".[15] Her portrayal earned her a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress, but it further consolidated her image as a mother and by this time she was type-cast in Hindi commercial cinema in motherly roles.[3]

She was later recognised for her small part in N. Chandra's Pratighaat (1987), and for her comic performances in Pankaj Parashar's ChaalBaaz and Ladaai, both released in 1989. She played the role of Sribaby, a drug kingpin, in Parashar's Jalwa (1987). It was in Indian parallel cinema, however, where she was offered demanding roles. Her films of this period include Govind Nihalani's Aghaat (1985), with Muzaffar Ali's Anjuman (1986) and Girish Kasaravalli's Mane and Ek Ghar (1991).

In 1990, she was again cast as the aging mother of Amitabh Bachchan in Agneepath, for which she was awarded her second Filmfare Award in the Best Supporting Actress category. Throughout the 1990s and the 2000s, she was cast by Rajkumar Santoshi in several of his films, such as Damini (1993), Ghatak: Lethal (1996) and Pukar (2000).

In 1995, she was cast alongside Mohanlal in the Malayalam film Agnidevan. In the film, she played a Jnanpith winning author and the matriarch of a joint-family that runs a leading regional newspaper.

Her performance in Rajkumar Hirani's directorial debut Munnabhai MBBS (2003) received positive reactions, and she later reprised her role in the Tamil version of the film, Vasool Raja MBBS (2004).

She also worked in the Marathi film Mumbai Pune Mumbai 3 (2018) in the role of Shubhhu Mavshi.

Television

Some of her television performances include Vimla Pandey of Mahayagya, the role of a Hindustani classical singer in Yeh Kahaan Aa Gaye Hum, a committed social worker in Intehaan and the unlettered and harassed Sakkubai in Hindustani.[16]

Hattangadi played lead roles in the Marathi serials Char Divas Sasuche and Vahinisaheb and on ETV Marathi and Zee Marathi, respectively.[17] She has played a parallel lead role in Marathi serial Honar Sun Me Hya Gharchi on Zee Marathi.[18] She played the lead role in a series on politics in India, where she played the leader of a major political party. In Hindi, She played the role of an actress in Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann as Gayatri Baa. Over the years, she has been seen in a number of TV serials including Mahayagya, Thoda Hai Thode Ki Zaroorat Hai, Teache, Maayke Se Bandhi Dor and more. She played a special appearance in Chhal — Sheh Aur Maat, which aired in the TV channel Colors TV. She played a mother-in-law in Tuza Maza Breakup. She is also seen as Kashibai in the Marathi serial Swamini produced by Viren Pradhan on Colors Marathi.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1978	Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan	Shilpa	Hindi
1980	Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai	Vivek's wife
1981	Chakra	Laxmi
1982	Gandhi	Kasturba Gandhi	English	BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1982	Arth	Pooja's Maid	Hindi	Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
1984	Saaransh	Parvati Pradhan
1984	Party	Mohini Barve		National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
1984	Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!	Defense lawyer
1985	Aghaat	Mrs. Ali
1986	Surya		Kannada
1987	Achuvettante Veedu	Rukmini Kunjamma	Malayalam
1987	Pratighaat	Durga	Hindi
1987	Jalwa	Sree Baby
1988	Shahenshah	Shanti (Vijay's mother)
1988	Hero Hiralal	Roopa's step-mom
1988	Akarshan	Didi
1989	Billoo Badshah	Billu's mother
1989	Ladaai	Mrs. Shanti Sharma
1989	ChaalBaaz	Amba
1990	Agneepath	Suhasini Chauhan		Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
1990	Siva	Prakash's Mother
1991	Ek Ghar
	Mane		Kannada
1991	Sitaramayyagari Manavaralu	Janakamma, wife of Sitarammayya	Telugu
1992	Raatri	Mother of Manisha Sharma
	Raat		Hindi
1993	Damini	Mrs. Sumitra Gupta
1994	Teerpu	Parvathi	Telugu
1994	Bhale Pellam
1995	Top Hero	Amma
1995	Agnidevan	Aniyankuttan's Grand mother	Malayalam
1996	Little Soldiers	Rajeswari Devi	Telugu
1996	Ghatak	Savitri	Hindi
1997	Tunnu Ki Tina	Tunnu's mother
2000	Pukar	Mrs. Mallapa (Pooja's mother)
2001	Lajja	Mrs. Hazarilal
2001	Avgat	Ramya's mother
2002	Badhaai Ho Badhaai	Rosy D'Souza
2003	Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.	Parvati Sharma
2004	Vasool Raja M.B.B.S.	Kasturi Venkataraman	Tamil
2008	Karzzzz	Shanta Prasad Verma	Hindi
2009	Ganesh Just Ganesh	Divya's aunt	Telugu
2012	Shirdi Sai	Ganga Bai
2013	Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu	Bondam/Bamma
2013	Ramayya Vasthavayya	Baby
2013	David	Malati Tai	Hindi/Tamil
2013	Premachi Goshta	Ram's Mother	Marathi
2014	Veeram	Koppenrundevi	Tamil
2015	Mango Dreams	Padma	English
2016	Brahmotsavam	Mahalakshmi's stepmother	Telugu
2018	Chal Mohan Ranga
2018	Oxygen		Gujarati
2019	Chitralahari	Judge	Telugu
2019	Kolaiyuthir Kaalam		Tamil
2019	Once More		Marathi	[19]
2022	Jalsa	Rukmimi	Hindi

Television

Year	Title	Role	Language
1997-1999	Thoda Hai Thode Ki Zaroorat Hai		Hindi
1998	Mahayagya	Vimla
1999	Muskaan	Rahul's mother
2001–2013	Char Divas Sasuche	Ashalata	Marathi
2007-2009	Vahinisaheb
	Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann	Gayatri	Hindi
2011	Maayke Se Bandhi Dor	Lata
2012	Chhal — Sheh Aur Maat
2013-2016	Honar Sun Me Hya Gharchi	Bhagirathi	Marathi
2017-2018	Tuza Maza Breakup	Aaji
2020-2021	Doctor Don	Snehlata
2020-2021	Sukhi Mansacha Sadara	Hansa
2021	Moti Baa Ni Nani Vahu	Kaki Baa	Gujarati
2002	Ghar Sansaar DD National	Kalyani Balraj Chaudhary	Hindi

Accolades

Year	Award	Work	Category	Result
1983	BAFTA Awards	Gandhi	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Won [lower-alpha 1]
1984	National Film Awards	Party	Best Supporting Actress	Won
1984	Filmfare Awards	Arth	Best Supporting Actress	Won
1985		Saaransh	Best Actress	Nominated
		Bhavna	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
1991		Agneepath		Won
2001	Screen Awards	Pukar	Best Comedian	Nominated
2004	Sangeet Natak Akademi Award			Honoured

Footnotes

References

External links

• Rohini Hattangadi at IMDb 
• Rohini Hattangadi at Bollywood Hungama
• Adiyara Gahraya, from Saraansh with Anupam Kher

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