Actress Chitra Palekar is returning to silver screen after a long hiatus of 32 years in Happy Journey the forthcoming film produced by Everest Entertainment. Chitra, prior to her marriage, had made her debut as an actor, way back in 1981 in ‘Aakriet’ which was directed by her actor-film maker husband Amol Palekar. Interestingly, she was the lead female actor as well as the producer of Aakriet.

Born in Dharwad, Chitra Palekar was a lead actor director in avant-garde theatre of Mumbai since 1967, she won a number of State Awards and has performed all over India. She also played Table Tennis at the national level. After marriage, she began her multifaceted career in films in 1981 with Aakriet, which won a special Jury Award at Nantes, France. Post ‘Aakrit’, she has been involved in various faculties of filmmaking. She wrote the screenplay and dialogues for ‘Thodasa Roomani HoJaaye’ in 1989, Kairee( The Raw Mango)in 1999 and ‘Kal Ka Aadmi’ in 2001. Her ‘DhyasParva’ won the state award for Best Screenplay and in 2006, she made her directorial debut with the critically acclaimed ‘Maatimaay’.

No one had expected Chitra to return to acting; but, she agreed to do this film, as she loved the script of ‘Happy Journey’. She says, she loves to work with the young filmmakers, as it helps her to stay with times. According to her, the young filmmakers are bringing in a lot of new concepts and trying out various genres, which is a very good development for the regional cinema to grow on the national as well as international platforms.

Sanjay Chhabria of Everest Entertainment has commented, “It’s an honour to have Chitra Palekar on board for ‘Happy Journey’. He further added “We have a very young team making ‘Happy Journey’ and I am sure people would like to see Chitra Palekar essaying a very interesting character role in