Sadashiv Amrapurkar, who was fondly referred as ‘Tatya’, bid adieu to this world on 3rd November 2014, the loss being insurmountable. To pay homage to this great actor and human being, Marathi Chitrapat Mahamandal had arranged a ‘Shradhanjali’programme on 18th Nov ’14. Newly appointed ABMCM Director, Vijay Patkar, introduced the dignitaries on the dais to all . Govind Nihalani reminisced “I got to know more about his humane side after spending more time with him. He was no doubt a talented artist but more credible thing is that he was also involved in social work even before he entered this field.’ Johhny Lever, comedy artist, commented that apart from being a good human being he was a great friend, who had a humorous side too. Anil Awachat remembered him saying that he used to go out of the way to help friends and others alike. “When I was hospitalised a few years ago, he came all the way to Pune to nurse me for three days and mind you, he had a very busy shooting schedule.” He added. “Amrapurkar always helped and backed our movement wholeheartedly,’commented Anti Superstition activist, Avinash Patil.

Well known entity for his performances in Hindi as well as Marathi films, he had many awards to his credit, a few being, Filmfare award for his role, directed by noted Govind Nihalani, who introduced Sadashiv Amrapurkar in a film Ardha Satya, in 1983 and in 1991 again a Filmfare trophy for the, first time introduced category, Best Actor in a Negative Role for his empowering role in ‘Sadak’. He has done more than 300 films in various languages and was actively involved in social work, working towards betterment of less fortunates.

Marathi theatre director, Vijay Kenkre, opined that a difficult task of directing and acting a lead role on stage, was effortlessly done by Sadashiv Amrapurkar and remembered his landmark roles on stage in, ‘ Suryachi Pille’ and ‘Hands Up’. From journalist fraternity Nikhil Wagle said, ‘He was never afraid to raise his voice against violation of any law or rule of the land. He played a very positive impact full role in dousing the flare in that infamous 92-93 riots. He was a 100% pure human being’. Honourable minister Shri Vinod Tawade said ‘We were in touch, due to his social work and found him to have great foresight on social issues and he always used to insist, “don’t fulfil demands but fulfil necessities.”