Mahesh Kothare

Mahesh Kothare

  • Birthplace: Mumbai, Maharastra, India
  • Awards: 1986 – Best Director – Film Dhumdhadaka (Marathi) – Filmfare Awards, 1986 – Best Film – Film Dhumdhadaka (Marathi) – Filmfare Awards, 1994 – Best Director 3 – Film Mazha Chhakula (Marathi) – Maharashtra State, 1994 – Best Director 3 – Film Mazha Chhakula (Marathi) – Maharashtra State, 1994 – Best Director – Film Mazha Chhakula (Marathi) – Screen Award, 1994 – Best Film – Film Mazha Chhakula (Marathi) – Screen Award, 2001 – Best Director – Marathi Screen Award for Khatarnak (Marathi film 2000), 2007 – Best Director 2 – Film Khabardar (Marathi) Maharashtra State, 2007 – Best Screenplay – Film Khabardar (Marathi) Maharashtra State, 2009 – Award for Outstanding Contribution to Marathi Cinema – Maharashtra State §

Biography

Mahesh Kothare (Marathi: महेश कोठारे) is an Indian actor, film director and producer of Marathi and Hindi films. He has worked in Indian cinema from a young age and acted in well-known movies such as Raja Aur Rank, Chhota Bhai, Mere Laal, and Ghar Ghar ki Kahani. The well known Hindi song Tu kitni achhi hai tu kitni bholi hai o maa from the film Raja Aur Rank features Kothare as Master Mahesh.

Considered a revolutionary figure in the Marathi film industry, he began his directorial career with the groundbreaking Dhumdhadaka (1985) and has since delivered many box office hits over a period of 20 years. Kothare's films are known for their technical nuances and fantasy concepts and he is one of the few Indian film makers who have made successful films in the fantasy genre.

Kothare made the first Marathi film in true 3D, Zapatlela 2, a box office hit which was released on 7 June 2013 and was the sequel to his 1993 box office block buster Zapatlela. In the original horror comedy a doll named Tatya Vinchu comes to life while the sequel adds animatronics and state of the art CGI.