Bhalchandra Kulkarni was a veteran Marathi stage, TV and film actor who acted in over 250 Hindi and Marathi films. Born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra in 1935, he started his career in 1965 by appearing in folk plays and theatres before graduating to the big screen. He was known for portraying emotional roles and sensitive characters in Marathi films like Songadya (1970), Pinjra (1972), Mardani (1983), Zunz Tujhi Majhi (1992) and others. Some of the Hindi films in which he played important roles were Raavan (1984), Khol De Meri Zuban (1989), Masoom (1996), Le Chal Apne Sang (2000), etc. He died at the age of 88 at his residence in Kolhapur in 2023.