Ramesh Bhatkar

Ramesh Bhatkar is a Marathi film, stage and TV actor. Of the various roles that Ramesh has portrayed, he is best known for his roles in the TV series Commander and Hello Inspector. He has worked for more than 30 years as an actor in the mainstream commercial movie industry of Marathi as well as of Hindi.

Early life

Ramesh Bhatkar was born in 1949. His father was Snehal (Vasudeo) Bhatkar, a music director-composer and singer. In addition to his artistic background, in his early college days he was a champion swimmer, played for the college aquatics team, and was an enthusiastic kho-kho player with the reputed Vijay Club in Dadar.

Snehal Bhatkar|Snehal (Vasudeo) Bhatkar had 3 children; Daughter Snehalata Bhatkar (Now married to Ramkrishna Barde), Elder Son Avinash Bhatkar and Youngest Ramesh Bhatkar.

Avinash Bhatkar is married to Anjali Bhatkar and they are blessed with two distinguished and talented children Mugdha Bhatkar(Married to Nishant Desai) and Abhijit Bhatkar.

Movies

Main stream Movie debut was with film Chandoba Chandoba Bhaglaas ka (1977) followed by AshtaVinayak (1978), Duniya kari Salam, Maaherchi Manasa, Aapli Maanasa, and Maherchi Sadi (1991). (Of his nearly 90 films, most are in Marathi, with a few in the Hindi language.) Lek Chalali Sasarla is also a film where he was groom.

Television

His prosperous television career showcased very popular detective serials such as Hello Inspector (1990) and Damini(Marathi) on DoorDarshan, Commander (1992) on Zee TV, Teesra Dola (1998) on DD2; all these made Ramesh a very popular TV personality. He also appeared in Haddapaar, Bandini, Yugandhara; his career includes about 30 series with more than 1,000 episodes aired. He was also seen in early days in a small tele film by B. P. Singh " Sirf Chaar din", as suspense/thriller. He is currently seen in a serial 'Maze Pati Saubhagyavati' casting a role of serial producer.

Theatre

Marathi Theatre has been his first love with very prominent lead roles in numerous plays. He played a lead role in Ashroonchi Zaali Phule (1975) which ran on Marathi theatre industry for about 28 years. For the last 30 years, Ramesh has played lead roles in such plays as Ooghadale Swargache Daar (1982), Denaryaache Haath Hazaar (1980), Shadyantra (1991), Kevha Tari Pahate, Akher Tu Yeshilach, Rahu Ketu, Mukta, The Boss- Sutradhar, Kinara. (About 50 different plays)

Filmography

1. Maherchi Sadi (1991)

Partial list is mentioned here on IMDB website.