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Vitthal Patil

Vitthal Patil

Indian dancer, choreographer


Vitthal Patil is an Indian dancer, choreographer, film actor and producer.[1] He was a former judge on the reality dance show, Halla Bol, shown on ETV Marathi. He has also choreographed for the films Naach, Khoya Khoya Chand, Dus Kahaniyaan, Acid Factory, Hijack and Aa Dekhen Zara. He has also produced the film, Ringan,[2][3][4] which received the National Award for Best Marathi Movie. He has also acted in, produced and choreographed the recent film, Youngraad. He has won titles on the TV shows Dance Premier League and Zara Nachke Dikha.

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Early life

Vitthal Patil was born into a farming family in Malikwad, Belgaum district, Karnataka. He is the youngest of seven siblings. In his early years, Vitthal spent his time farming and attending school. He studied Arts at Wadai College (Pune). Later, he completed a course to become an electrician from the Industrial Training Institute and went on to work at NCVT Hindustan Antibiotics in Pune for one year. He also completed an internship at TATA Engineering and Locomotive Company (TELCO). He has also represented Maharashtra in athletic meets.[5]

Career

After spending a year working for Hindustan Antibiotics (Pune), Patil visited Mumbai where his friends took him to see film shoots, dance sequences, and the rest of production. This experience encouraged him to take dance seriously and to pursue professional dancing.

Patil started his Bollywood career as a background dancer with choreographers Farah Khan, Saroj Khan, Vaibhavi Merchant, Ahmed Khan and Remo D'Souza, among many others, after which he partnered with Harshall Kamat.[6] He went on to choreograph winners of Nach Baliye, Dance Premier League[7] and other such dance reality shows and music videos. He has also choreographed international stage shows, Bollywood shows, various Hindi, Marathi and South Indian films and also corporate launches, feature films, ad films and music videos. His film Ringan[8] won the 63rd National Award.[9][10][11]

He also choreographed recent Netflix film Yeh Ballet.[citation needed]

He has also appeared on the TV shows Nautanki The Comedy Theatre, Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe, Comedy Circus Ka Naya Daur, Comedy Circus Ke Mahabali, Sab Ki Holi, Comedy Ka Jashn, Screen Awards, Indian Idol, Just Dance and Aaja Mahivey. He also won Zara Nachke Dikha and was a judge on the ETC Marathi show Halla Bol.

Filmography

Film

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Television

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Stage appearances

  • A.R. Rahman's Live Concert
  • Directed & Choreographed Ajay Atul's concert
  • Walt Disney
  • Jai Jai Maharashtra maza

Other works

  • Coles TVC
  • Kickapoo TVC

References

  1. "Vitthal Patil". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  2. "Ringan". Marathi Cineyug. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  3. "London Indian Film Festival: Birmingham Programme". 2016. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  4. "सामूहिक जिद्दीने साकारले यशाचे 'रिंगण'" [Team work gets success for 'Ringan']. Sakal (in Marathi). 17 January 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  5. Vaidya, Aishwarya P. (22 May 2014). "Choreographer Vitthal Patil speaks on how to be a better dancer". Stardust. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  6. Manohar, Charla (27 July 2010). "Meet choreographers Harshal Kamat and Vitthal Patil". Bolly Spice. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  7. "Sony rides on IPL buzz; to replace Boogie Woogie with DPL". Indian Television. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  8. Joshi, Purva (11 August 2016). "All you need to know about Ringan, the National Award-winning Marathi film". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  9. "63rd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  10. "And the German Star of India 2015 goes to". Stuttgart Indian Film Festival. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  11. "View Schedule for 19th International Children's Film Festival of India" (PDF). International Children's Film Festival of India. Retrieved 12 March 2017.

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