Veteran theatre, film, TV actor Shrikant Moghe no more

PUNE: Veteran stage, film, and television actor Shrikant Moghe passed away late on Saturday at the age of 91 due to age-related illnesses.
Moghe was educated across Maharashtra, including in Pune’s SP College and held a degree in architecture, but it was his passion for theatre that took hold as a career. His family included his poet-lyricist brother Sudhir, who passed away almost seven years ago, and his son Shantanu and daughter-in-law Priya Marathe, both actors.
He became known for his long association in theatre with Pu La Deshpande, acting in lead and supporting roles in a number of his plays.He also directed some plays, most notably Varyavarchi Varaat and the satire Tujhe Aahe Tujpashi.
Aside from theatre, his appearances in films also created a mark in Marathi cinema, with him taking acting credits in no less than 50 films. He worked with the filmmaker Jabbar Patel in Sinhaasan and Umbartha. “I have seen his journey over many years, and I saw his wonderful sense of music, especially the various branches of Indian classical music, added to his taste in Urdu, him being a fluent speaker of the language. Besides, he was a great presence on the set, with his sense of humour, intelligence and his taste in colours and forms.
In the film Sinhaasan, he managed to bring in humour even in a dark, political drama. Whenever we attempted an experiment in theatre, he would be the first to admire,” said Patel.