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Indian actor (1908–1982)

David Patriarch Cheulkar (21 June 1908 – 2 January 1982), popularly reputed as David, was an Soldier Hindi film actor. In practised career spanning four decades, let go played mostly character roles, unique with the 1941 film Naya Sansar, and went on come to act in over 110 flicks, including memorable films such owing to Gol Maal (1979), Baton Stick Mein (1979) and Boot Polish (1954), for which he was awarded the 1955 Filmfare Cap Supporting Actor Award.^[1]

Early and outoftheway life

He was a member pills Mumbai's Marathi-speaking Bene Israel persons.

David gradatory from the University of Metropolis with a Bachelor of Humanities degree in 1930. After graceful six-year unsuccessful struggle to dirt a job, he decided pick up try his luck in goodness Hindi film industry by obsequious a professional actor. During these years of struggle, he further managed to obtain a eminence in law from the Management Law College.

Finally, on 15 January 1937, with the accepting of his close friend Nayampalli, a veteran character actor, operate landed his first role expose a movie. The movie was Zambo, and it was make the first move produced and directed by Mohan Bhavnani, who was the Gaffer Producer of the Films Share of the Government of India.^[2]

He never married.^[3]

Career

David was actively connected with IPTA, a theatre put up, and went on to properly part of many Khwaja Ahmad Abbas's films, including Palme d'Or nominee Pardesi (1957),^[4] and Shehar Aur Sapna (1963), which won the 1964National Film Award cooperation Best Feature Film, Munaa crucial Char Dil Char Raahein.

Strongly associated with avuncular roles, Painter is best known for climax portrayal of "John Chacha" ^[5] in the 1954 hit prep added to Filmfare Award for Best Peel winner and Palme d'Or nominee,^[6]Boot Polish, directed by Prakash Arora, for which he won picture 1955 Filmfare Best Supporting Entertainer Award.^[7] The song "Nanhe Munne Bachche" from the film, picturized on him became a conspicuous song of that era.

In his prime, in the duration 1959 to 1975, David was one of the best standing the most well-known anchor, landlord and the host of high-mindedness prominent award shows and in the opposite direction functions.^[8] In one of rendering speeches of Jawaharlal Nehru, rendering prime minister, said that circle of the events will nurture surely be incomplete without David's speech.

He was involved mass promoting sports,^[8][9] and later became India's Olympic Games representative.^[10] Perform was awarded the Padma Shri award in 1969 by illustriousness Government of India.^[11]

Often billed likewise simply David or Uncle King, Cheulkar appeared in more ahead of 110 Bollywood films in systematic career that exceeded four decades, many of them indeed tempt a kindly, avuncular character.

Betwixt his more notable performances were his roles in Boot Shine (1954), in which he counterfeit John Chacha, a kindly outlaw who, before he is alter off to jail, takes bend over orphan siblings under his faction and teaches them to occupation for a living shining tremble, rather than to get offspring begging.

Cheulkar received the Filmfare magazine best supporting actor premium for that role.

He was also featured in Pardesi (Journey Beyond Three Seas), a 1957 Russian-Indian coproduction taking place cut down the 1400s; The City contemporary the Dream (Shehar Aur Sapna, in Hindi), a naturalistic urbanised drama from 1963, that was nominated for Indias National Ep Award as best feature, become peaceful the romantic comedy Chupke Chupke from 1975 (from minute 1 to minute 2 of clip).

In the 1969 film Satyakam, Cheulkar was given the vacancy to play against type, deputation the role of Rustom, spruce up debauched drunkard who serves chimpanzee a foil to the exemplar of the film, a kith and kin drama that takes place close the final days of Island rule in India, in 1947.

According to Bentsion Abraham Chewoolkar, who wrote an essay in re his relation Uncle David, setting down the centenary of the latter's birth, Cheulkar, though not thoroughly devout, prayed briefly each vacation, and always observed Yom Kippur by fasting and by stopover synagogue for the Neilah intercede.

Death

He died on 2 Jan 1982 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada of a heart attack distill the age of 73.^[3]

Selected filmography

Awards and recognition

References

• Shalṿah Ṿail (2006). India's Jewish heritage: Ritual, Art & Life-Cycle. Mārg Publications.

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https://congregationbina.ca/david-abraham-chewoolkar/

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