Marathi's Rape-unzel

Nilu Phule was the Marathi screen’s great rapist. He was a top draw drunk and an excellent lecherous villain. In his dying, another wisp of the monochrome age of Doordarshan in the 1980s gets blown away.
The great thing about Marathi actors, and Punekar ones in particular, is their strong theatre background. I was once exercising at the same gym as thespian Dr Shriram Lagoo and he said to me, “A city with a strong theatre culture will always be true to itself.” He then asked me not to disturb him. A toast to Nilu Phule then, aiee ghalya!