Veteran theatre and movie actor and director Madhav Vaze, who performed the function of ‘Shyam’ in the long-lasting 1953 Marathi movie Shyamchi Aai (Shyam’s Mom), handed away in Pune, Maharashtra on Might 7, 2025. He was 85. The actor performed the younger Shyam in the basic black and white movie produced and directed by Acharya Atre (aka Pralhad Keshav Atre). Born on October 21, 1939, Madhav Vaze made his mark as Shyam as a baby artiste and gained his place in the hearts of cinema lovers. Shyamchi Aai went on to win the primary ever Nationwide Film Award instituted by the Authorities of India, the President’s Gold Medal for the All India Greatest Function Film, at the Nationwide Film Awards ceremony in 1954. Shyamchi Aai was primarily based on a Marathi novel of the identical identify by Sane Guruji aka Pandurang Sadashiv Sane. The movie additionally starred Damuanna Joshi as Sane Guruji and Vanamala in the titular function of Shyam’s Mom.
Madhav Vaze in ‘3 Idiots’ and ‘Expensive Zindagi’
As a veteran character artiste, Madhav Vaze was additionally seen in Aamir Khan’s blockbuster movie 3 Idiots (2009) in a visitor look as the daddy of Pleasure Lobo (performed by Ali Fazal). He additionally appeared in Alia Bhatt and Shah Rukh Khan’s movie Expensive Zindagi (2016). He was additionally in the Vodafone m-Pesa commercial in the function of Babuji in 2015.
Iconic Marathi Film ‘Shyamchi Aai’ – Watch:
As per studies, Madhav Vaze had served as a Lecturer in English at the Nowrosjee Wadia School in Pune. He had directed an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet in Marathi, which was translated by Parshuram Deshpande. The play starred Kanak Datye and Neha Mahajan.
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