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Financial Express Kochi
|March 15, 2026
10 productions have been shortlisted to compete across 13 categories during the weeklong theatre festival
VETERAN ACTOR, DIRECTOR and theatre practitioner Amol Palekar will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 21st edition of the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META), scheduled to be held in the national capital from March 19 to 25.The recognition marks a career spanning decades in which Palekar has shaped both modern Indian theatre and Hindi cinema through his distinctive artistic vision and commitment to storytelling.
The 81-year-old was last seen in Raj and DK’s crime-thriller series Farzi, featuring actors Shahid Kapoor, Vijay Sethupathi, Raashii Khanna, Kay Kay Menon, Bhuvan Arora and others in key roles.
This story is from the March 15, 2026 edition of Financial Express Kochi.
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