Sudhakar Bokade

Sudhakar Bokade was an Indian film producer predominantly working in Bollywood film industry. He produced popular films like Prahaar (1991), Saajan (1991), Dhanwaan (1993) and more.[1] He was considered as a "big name" in mid-1990s in the Bollywood film industry.[2]

Sudhakar Bokade
Bokade in 2013
Died (aged 57)[1]
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationFilm producer
Years active1990–1996, 2013
Children3

Personal life

Before starting a professional career as a film producer, Bokade worked as loader with Air India. He allegedly had connections with the underworld don Dawood Ibrahim through which he financed his films.[3][4] He had also allegedly forced actor Govinda to work for his film Izzatdaar but he has denied these charges.[5] After his financial problems while filming of Dilip Kumar directed film Kalinga, Bokade in an interview expressed his displeasure on Kumar's demands of increasing the screenplay. His alleged connections with Dawood, who is fan of veteran actor Kumar, were reported as reasons of his accepting Kumar's demands.[6]

On 6 July 2013, he was admitted to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital as he was suffering with breathing problems. He died on 7 July 2013 post heart attack. He has two daughters and one son.[7]

Career

Bokade produced various Hindi films starting his career in 1990. In 1990, two films produced by him, Izzatdaar and Nyay Anyay were released. The films had a budget of ₹ 20 million and ₹ 10 million respectively, but they both flopped at the box office. Izzatdaar had actors Govinda, Dilip Kumar and Madhuri Dixit playing the lead roles.[8]

In 1991, he produced the romantic drama film Saajan with Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit playing the main roles. The film proved to be the highest grosser of the year at the box office and was declared a "Super Hit".[9] It also ranked in top 10 grossers of the years 1990 to 1994.[10] Along with commercial success, the film also won 2 Filmfare Awards at the 37th Filmfare Awards among 11 nominations.[11] As the producer, he was nominated for the Best Film award, but did not win.[12] After the commercial success of the film, he produced the film Prahaar.[13] Directed by Nana Patekar, the film had Patekar, Madhuri Dixit and Dimple Kapadia playing lead roles.[14] In 1992, he produced Sapne Sajan Ke directed by Lawrence D'Souza, who had previously directed Saajan. But the film failed to achieve the success that their previous project did.[15] His many successful films gave him a "big name" as a Bollywood film producer.[2]

Later Bokade went on to produce various films, including some Marathi also. His project titled Kalinga, a multistarrer film directed by Dilip Kumar remained incomplete due to financial problems that he faced then.[2] The film was Kumar's first directorial venture.[16] At the time of his death in July 2013, Bokade was returning to the film industry, after a hiatus of 15 years, with a film titled Supermodel starring Rajeev Khandelwal, Veena Malik and Ashmit Patel.[17][18]

Filmography
YearTitleNotes
1990Izzatdaar
1990Nyay Anyay
1991SaajanNominated – Filmfare Award for Best Film
1991Prahaar: The Final Attack
1991Patli Re Patli[1]Marathi film
1992Sapne Sajan Ke
1993Dhanwaan
1993Kanyadaan[1]
1995Sauda
Mailek[1]Marathi film
Padkaar[1]Marathi film
1996KalingaIncomplete
2000Yeh Pyaar Hi Toh Hai[1]
2009Sanam Teri KasamDelayed release
SupermodelUnder production

References
  1. Lalwani, Vickey (9 July 2013). "Sudhakar Bokade dies at 57". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  2. Chaudhuri, Diptakirti (2012). Kitnay Aadmi Thay. Westland. ISBN 9381626197. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  3. Dudrah, Rajinder Kumar; Desai, Jigna (2008). The Bollywood Reader. McGraw-Hill. p. 70. ISBN 0335222129. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  4. India Today International, Volume 22. Living Media India Limited. 1997. p. 46. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  5. "The predator as prey". Rediff.com. 27 December 1997. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  6. "Settling Scores". Outlook India. Mumbai. 15 September 1997. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  7. "'Saajan' producer Sudhakar Bokade passes away at 57". IBN Live. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  8. Business World, Volume 13. Ananda Bazar Patrika Limited. 1993. p. 223.
  9. "Box Office 1991". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  10. "Top Lifetime Grossers 1990–1994". Box Office India. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  11. "Filmfare Awards – The Winners – 1991". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  12. "Filmfare Awards – The Nominations – 1991". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  13. India Today, Volume 18, Issues 7–12. Thomson Living Media India Limited. 1993. p. 278.
  14. Indian Cinema. Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. 1993. p. 89.
  15. Bhavana Somaiya (2003). The Story So Far. Indian Express Group. p. 187. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  16. Dawar, Ramesh (2007). Bollywood Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow. Star Publications. p. 42. ISBN 1905863012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  17. "Movie producer Sudhakar Bokade no more". The Times of India. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  18. "He was a gentleman". Daily News. New York. 9 July 2013. Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
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