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Amol Palekar(born 24 November 1944) is an Indian actor and a director and producer of Hindi and Marathi cinema. As an actor, he was most prominent for over a decade from 1970.
His image as a "boy next door" contrasted with the larger-than-life heroes prevalent at that time in Indian cinema. He received one Filmfare and six State awards as Best Actor.
His performances in regional language films in Marathi, Bengali, Malyalam and Kannada fetched him critical acclaim as well. He decided not to act after 1986 in order to concentrate on filmmaking. Palekar regards himself as an agnostic.
