Viewfinder: A Memoir eBook : Amol Palekar : Amazon.in: Kindle StoreAbout the Book A NO-HOLDS-BARRED MEMOIR BY ONE OF INDIA’S MOST LOVED ACTORS. Amol Palekar calls himself an actor by accident, a director by choice and a painter by nature. A postgraduate from the Sir J.J. School of Arts, Mumbai, he commenced his artistic career as a painter in 1967, working alongside in the Bank of India. After a chance meeting with the legendary theatre person Satyadev Dubey, he became a leading contributor ... Palekar studied Fine Arts at the Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai, and commenced his artistic career as a painter. As a painter, he has had seven solo exhibitions and participated in many group shows. A new book on the life and times of painter-actor-filmmaker Amol Palekar will give readers a retrospective of the veteran artist's personal odyssey from canvas to celluloid via proscenium. Palekar reflects on a rich tapestry of experiences that shaped his artistic journey: from his beginnings as a ... And yet Amol Palekar , has managed to turn the “undesirable enterprise”, into not one but two memoirs — in Marathi and English Viewfinder (Westland) — that lays threadbare the life of the actor, writer, director and artist.
