14 Facts About Jabbar Patel

Dr Jabbar Patel was born on 23 June 1942 and is a former paediatrician and a Marathi-language theatre and film director of India.

Jabbar Patel has received several accolades, including seven National Film Awards, eight Maharashtra State Film Awards, seven Filmfare Awards Marathi.

Jabbar Patel was awarded Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1978.

Jabbar Patel is the maker of classics films in Marathi cinema, like, Samna, Jait Re Jait, Umbartha, Sinhasan Some of his other films are, Mukta, Ek Hota Vidushak, and Musafir.

Jabbar Patel's most acclaimed film is Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar released in 1999.

Jabbar Patel won the 1995 Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration for his Marathi film, Mukta.

Jabbar Patel was born in 1942 in Pandharpur in present day Indian state of Maharashtra.

Jabbar Patel obtained his early school education in Haribhai Deokaran High school Solapur.

Jabbar Patel started his career with the Marathi experimental theatre group, Progressive Dramatic association founded by Bhalba Kelkar.

Jabbar Patel directed Vijay tendulkar's Ashi Pakhare Yeti for PDA which was a great commercial success.

Jabbar Patel wrote the lyrics of the song "Raya Asa Zombu Naka Angala" from the film Samna.

For Jabbar Patel, tackling a political subject is not something new.

One of Jabbar Patel's most acclaimed works is Umbartha, a film featuring Smita Patil as the superintendent of a woman's reform home.

Jabbar Patel is the chairman of the Pune Film Foundation, and the festival director of the Pune International Film Festival.