The great Legend of Marathi theatre Bhalchandra Pendharkar is no more. He passed away today morning at a private hospital in Mumbai. Bhalchandra Vyankatesh alias Anna Pendharkar was being treated for sometime in the hospital, due to some health problem. But, he could not respond to the treatment due to old age. He was 94. His body was kept at Yashwant Natya Mandir, Matunga, for the last public viewing, to enable his admirers to pay tributes.

Anna , who was a singer ,actor, producer, was born on 25th November 1921 . He looked after LalitKalaDarsh’ theatre Group formed by late Keshavrao Bhosale, like his own child. He had taken charge of this group at the age of 17. Today, this group has completed 107 years. The group had presented many popular plays, including revival of old plays. Many prominent personalities like Lata Mangeshkar, Chittaranjan Kolhatkar, Chandrakant Gokhale and many others,

Bhalchandra Pendharkar had won many prestigious awards, including Sangeet Natak kala Academy(2004) and the Maharashtra State Lifetime award in 2008. MarathiMovieworld.com pays sincere tributes to his departed soul and offer deep condolence to his family members.