Amole Gupte

{{short description|Indian screenwriter, actor, and director|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox writer | name = Amole Gupte | image = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1962}} | birth_place = Mumbai, India | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Director, screenwriter, actor, singer | nationality = Indian | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks= | influences = | influenced = | website = | children = Partho Gupte }}

'''Amole Gupte''' (born {{Circa|1962}}) is an Indian screenwriter, actor, singer and director, known for his work on the 2007 film ''Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth)'' as a creative director and screenwriter.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cinema quiz: Inside Hindi cinema's classrooms |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/cinema-quiz-inside-hindi-cinemas-classrooms/article28796339.ece |work=The Hindu|date=2 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Aamir avoids Amole Gupte, Anusha Rizvi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Aamir-avoids-Amole-Gupte-Anusha-Rizvi/articleshow/8872564.cms |work=The Times of India|date=16 June 2011}}</ref> He conceived the film along with his wife, Deepa Bhatia (concept, research, and editing).<ref name="dna">{{cite news |title=DNA Mumbai Anniversary: Amol Gupte on how Taare Zameen Par changed mindset about education |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/education/report-dna-mumbai-anniversary-amol-gupte-on-how-taare-zameen-par-changed-mindset-about-education-2642840 |publisher=DNA India |date=29 July 2018}}</ref><ref name=leap>{{cite news |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008020350030200.htm&date=2008/02/03/&prd=mag& |title=A leap of faith |access-date=11 April 2008 |last=Vij |first=Gauri |date=3 February 2008 |newspaper=The Hindu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407235243/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008020350030200.htm&date=2008%2F02%2F03%2F&prd=mag& |archive-date=7 April 2008 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> He was the chairperson of the Children's Film Society, India from 2012 to 2015. And presently serves as a member of the advisory board of the Kautik International Student Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kautik18.com/festival-people/|title=Festival People – Kautik International Student Film Festival|date=15 June 2023 }}</ref>

==Filmography== ===Director=== {| class="wikitable sortable " |- !Year !! Film !! Director !! Writer !! Producer !! Note |- |2007 ||''Panga Naa Lo''|| {{no}} ||{{yes}} ||{{no}} || |- |2007 ||''Taare Zameen Par'' || {{No}} ||{{yes}} ||{{no}} || also Creative director |- |2011 ||''Stanley Ka Dabba'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/amole-gupte-makes-film-out-of-childrens-workshop/148995-8-66.html |title=Amole Gupte makes film out of children's workshop |publisher=IBN Live |access-date=24 February 2012 |archive-date=5 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105014238/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/amole-gupte-makes-film-out-of-childrens-workshop/148995-8-66.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- |2014 ||''Hawa Hawaai'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || |- |2017 ||''Sniff'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || |- |2021 ||''Saina'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{no}} || |- |}

===Actor=== * ''Holi'' (1984) * ''Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar'' (1992) * ''Kaminey'' (2009) * ''Phas Gaye Re Obama'' (2010)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dhunio.com/movie/phas-gaya-re-obama/ |title=Phas Gaya Re Obama songs, Phas Gaya Re Obama videos, 2005 |work=Dhunio.com |access-date=24 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425091604/http://dhunio.com/movie/phas-gaya-re-obama/ |archive-date=25 April 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * ''Urumi'' (2011)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/urumi-is-my-comment-on-globalisation-sant/769710/ |title='Urumi' is my comment on globalisation: Santosh Sivan |work=The Indian Express|date=31 March 2011 |access-date=24 February 2012}}</ref> * ''Stanley Ka Dabba'' (2011) * ''Bheja Fry 2'' (2011) * ''Singham Returns'' (2014) * ''Ek Tara'' (2015) * ''Sniff'' (2017) *''Mumbai Saga''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/sanjay-gupta-nervous-to-shoot-for-mumbai-saga/articleshow/70854273.cms|title=Sanjay Gupta nervous to shoot for 'Mumbai Saga'|website=The Times of India|date=27 August 2019|access-date=27 August 2019}}</ref> (2021) *''Murderbaad'' (2025) * ''Raja Shivaji'' (2026) TELEVISION: Amole Gupte played the role of Anoop in the superhit serial Palash Ke Phool (1988) of Doordarshan, produced by veteran actress Asha Parekh.

==Awards== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Work !! Award !! Category !! Result |- | rowspan="7"| 2008 || rowspan="7"| ''Taare Zameen Par'' || rowspan="2" | Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards<ref>{{cite web|date=5 December 2009|title=Winners of 4th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2009/12/05/5746/|work=bollywoodhungama.com}}{{dead link|date=July 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> || Best Story || {{Won}} |- | Best Screenplay || {{Won}} |- | Filmfare Awards || Best Story || {{won}} |- | rowspan="2"| Screen Awards || Best Story || {{won}} |- | Best Dialogue || {{won}} |- | Zee Cine Awards || Best Story || {{won}} |- | V. Shantaram Award || Best Writer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Winners of the V. Shantaram Awards 2008|url=http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3901208.cms|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203123548/http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3901208.cms|archive-date=3 February 2009|access-date=31 January 2009|work=The Times of India}}</ref> || {{won}} |- | rowspan="7"| 2010 || rowspan="7"| ''Kaminey'' || Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards || Best Actor in a Negative Role || {{nom}} |- | Filmfare Awards || Best Supporting Actor || {{nom}} |- | IIFA Awards || Best Villain || {{nom}} |- | rowspan="2"| Screen Awards || Best Villain || {{nom}} |- | Most Promising Newcomer – Male || {{nom}} |- | Stardust Awards || Breakthrough Performance – Male || {{nom}} |- | V. Shantaram Awards || Best Supporting Actor || {{nom}} |- |}

==Further reading== *Vij, Gauri. "{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080207051514/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008020350030200.htm&date=2008/02/03/&prd=mag& A leap of faith: ''Taare Zameen Par’s'' brilliance had as much to do with the creative duo of Deepa Bhatia and Amole Gupte as with the child on whom it rides]}}." ''The Hindu'', 3 February 2008. *Anurag Kashyap. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20111206012605/http://anuragkashyap.tumbhi.com/uncategorized/taare-zameen-pe-not-a-review-243 TAARE ZAMEEN PE- not a review]." ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20090403084922/http://passionforcinema.com/taare-zameen-pe-not-a-review]'', 18 December 2007.

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=1244760|name=Amole Gupte}} {{FilmfareAwardBestStory}} {{Amole Gupte}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gupte}} Category:Indian male screenwriters Category:Living people Category:Filmfare Awards winners Category:Male actors in Malayalam cinema Category:Indian male film actors Category:1962 births Category:21st-century Indian male actors Category:Male actors from Mumbai Category:Film directors from Mumbai Category:21st-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Category:Hindi-language film directors Category:Hindi-language screenwriters Category:Hindi-language Indian writers Category:Screenwriters from Mumbai Category:21st-century Indian male writers Category:21st-century Indian screenwriters