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Rohini Hattangadi Biography

About Rohini Hattangadi

Rohini Hattangadi (born in 1955) is an Indian film, Marathi theatre and television actress. She has won two Filmfare Awards, one National Film Award, and is mostly known for being the only Indian actress to win the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Kasturba Gandhi in the film Gandhi (1982). She is also noted for her roles in Mahesh Bhatt's two art films, Arth (1982) and Saaransh (1984).She joined National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi in 1971; it was here that she met Jayadev Hattangadi, who was also in the same batch as hers. Together, they received training under theatre guru Ebrahim Alkazi. Upon graduation in 1974, Rohini was awarded the Best Actress award and also an award for Best all-round student, while Jayadev who was training in direction, won the Best director award.Jayadev and Rohini married the following year. Rohini also received training in Indian classical dance forms, Kathakali and Bharatnatyam for more than eight years, under the guidance of Professor Surendra Wadgaonkar.Rohini and Jayadev have a son Aseem Hattangadi, who is also a theatre actor and acted in Badal Sircar's play, 'Evam Indrajit', directed by Jayadev Hattangadi himself.

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