One of the most Veteran Bollywood actor and filmmaker Amol Palekar turn 73 today.  He had seven one-man exhibitions and participated in many group shows. He had been the active member of avant-garde theatre in India. Amol was active in Marathi and Hindi theatre as an actor, director, and producer since 1967.

Amol Palekar belongs to a lower-middle-class family in Mumbai. He was grown with his three sisters, Neelam, Rekha, and Unnati, by his father who worked in the General Post Office and his mother who worked in a private company. He used to work at the Bank of India before he switched full-time to a career in acting. He also does some social work. He has two daughters and married writer Sandhya Gokhale after his divorce from his first wife, Chitra

As a director, he is known for the sensitive depiction of women, selection of classic stories from Indian literature, He has directed several television serials on the national network such as "Kachchi Dhoop", "Mrignayani", "Niqab", "Paul Khulna" and "Krishna Kali".

He was most prominent as an actor for over a tens from 1970. He wondered for one Filmfare and six State awards as Best Actor. His performances in regional language films in Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam, and Kannada fetched him critical acclaim as well. He decided not to act after 1986 in order to concentrate on filmmaking.

Palekar made his debut from the Marathi movie cantata!Court chalu Aahe in 1971.He was as an actor by Basu Chatterjee in Rajnigandha, the low budget hit chhoti si baat.Golmaal in which he won the best actor and Naram Garam these mostly directed by Chatterjee or Rishikesh Mukherjee. Some of famous tv serialsKachchi Dhoop, Naqab, Paoolkhuna, Mrignayanee, Kareena Kareena.Reality television show Kalakaua