Sadhu Meher
{{Short description|Indian actor, director and producer (1939/1940–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Padma Shri
| name = Sadhu Meher
| image = The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Shri Sadhu Meher, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 13, 2017.jpg
| caption = The late President Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri award to Sadhu Meher in 2017.
| birth_date = 1939/1940
| birth_place = Boudh, Orissa Province, British India
| death_date = {{death date and given age|df=y|2024|02|02|84}}
| death_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = Actor, director and producer
| notable_works = Ankur (1974)
Manthan (1976)
Nishant (1975)
Byomkesh Bakshi (1993–1997)
}}
Sadhu Meher (1939/1940 – 2 February 2024) was an Indian actor, director and producer.[http://coolodisha.com/index.php/ollywood] {{dead link|date=February 2022}}
Life and career
Meher performed in both Odia and Hindi films.{{Cite web |url=http://indiacurrentaffairs.org/75-years-of-odiya-film-making-a-flashback-kapilas-bhuyan/ |title=75 Years of Odiya Film Making : A Flashback – Kapilas Bhuyan « India Current Affairs |access-date=14 January 2011 |archive-date=26 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126210412/http://indiacurrentaffairs.org/75-years-of-odiya-film-making-a-flashback-kapilas-bhuyan/ |url-status=dead }} He began his career in Hindi films such as Bhuvan Shome, Ankur, and Mrigaya. Later he shifted his interest towards Odia films.{{cite web|url=http://cinemasagar.com/biography/sadhu-meher-2/|title = Grab Netflix Free Accounts|website=Cinemasagar.com}} He was one of the actors who gained prominence in Parallel Cinema in the mid-1980s.
Meher also acted in Byomkesh Bakshi in the episodes "Aadim Shatru (Part 1 & 2)" and "Chakrant" as Anadi Haldar and Bishupal respectively.
Meher won a National Film Award for Best Actor for Ankur.{{cite web|title=Sadhu Meher|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0576404/|access-date=2 December 2021|website=IMDb.com}} He was conferred Padma Sri by the Government of India in 2017.He is recipient of Odisha State Film Award i.e. Jayadev Award for outstanding contribution to Cinema of Odisha for the year 2008.
Meher died on 2 February 2024, at the age of 84.{{cite news |title=Actor and director Padma Shri Sadhu Meher passes away |url=https://kalingatv.com/entertainment/actor-and-director-sadhu-meher-passes-away/ |access-date=2 February 2024 |publisher=Kalinga TV |date=2 February 2024}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Actor |
| Year
! Film ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1969
| Jadhav Patel | |
| 1970
| Sushil | |
| 1974
| 27 Down | | |
| 1974
| Ankur | Kishtaya |
| 1975
| Nishaant (Night's End) | | Special Appearance |
| 1976
| Manthan | Mahapatra | |
| 1976
| | |
| 1977
| Inkaar | Sitaram | |
| 1977
| | |
| 1977
| Mamaji | |
| 1977
| Abhimaan | | |
| 1977
| Mrigayaa | Bhuban Sardar | 1979 Bhanayak |
| 1980
| Aparichita(Odia Movie) | | |
| 1980
| Kasturi | | |
| 1981
| Seeta Raati(Odia Movie) | | |
| 1983
| Abhilasha (1983 film)(Odia Movie) | | |
| 1985
| Raghubir | |
| 1989
| Bhukha (Sambalpuri Film) | |
| 1993
| | |
| 1994
| Uttoran | Jatin Kundu | |
| 1994
| Bhushan | |
| 1997
| | |
| 1999
| Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain | Badri Prasad | |
| 2003
| Patth |Anna | |
| 2004
| 30 Days | Ramu | |
| 2007
| Jai Jagannatha (Film made in 15 languages) | Shriya's father-in-law | |
| 2016
| Ghisu | |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Director |
| Year
! Film |
|---|
| 1977
| Abhimaan |
| 1980
| Aparichita |
| 1983
| Desire |
| 1984
| 1986 | Babula |
| 1994 |
{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0576404/|title=Sadhu Meher|website=IMDb.com}}
Sadhu Meher also played characters, Anadi Haldar, in the episode "Aadim Shatru (Part 1 & 2)",{{Cite web|title=Byomkesh Bakshi: Ep#14 - Aadim Shatru - Part 1| date=11 February 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XysPMcA4d9Y|via=YouTube|language=en-GB|access-date=2 December 2021}}{{Cite web|title=Byomkesh Bakshi: Ep#14 - Aadim Shatru - Part II| date=11 February 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKzHcph0lnI|via=YouTube|language=en-GB|access-date=2 December 2021}} and Bishupal, in the episode "Chakrant",{{Cite web|title=Byomkesh Bakshi: Ep#26 - Chakrant| date=18 February 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkvqg8iZBwE|via=YouTube|language=en-GB|access-date=2 December 2021}} of Byomkesh Bakshi, broadcast by Doordarshan in 1997.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0576404}}
{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art}}
{{NationalFilmAwardBestActor}}
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Category:Year of birth uncertain
Category:Film directors from Odisha
Category:Male actors from Odisha
Category:Best Actor National Film Award winners
Category:Indian male film actors
Category:Male actors in Hindi cinema
Category:Male actors in Odia cinema
Category:20th-century Indian male actors
Category:21st-century Indian male actors