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{{Infobox person
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| name = Pranlal Kharsani
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1926|6|19}}
| birth_place = Bhatwada near [[Kalol, Gandhinagar|Kalol]], [[British India]]
| yearsactive =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2016|5|20|1926|6|19}}
| death_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], India
| occupation = Actor
}}
'''Pranlal Kharsani''' (19 June 1926 – 20 May 2016), better known by his stage name '''P. Kharsani''', was a [[Gujarati theatre|Gujarati stage]], television and [[Gujarati cinema|film]] actor.

==Biography==
Pranlal Devjibhai Kharsani was born on 19 June 1926 in Bhatwada area near Kalol, [[Gujarat]].<ref name="NGS2016">{{cite web | title=હરતી ફરતી કલાની યુનિવર્સિટી સમાન પી. ખરસાણીનું નિધન | website=[[NavGujarat Samay]] | date=20 May 2016 | url=http://navgujaratsamay.indiatimes.com/entertainment/dhollywood-news/Veteran-Gujarati-film-and-stage-artist-P-Kharsani-passes-away/articleshow/52366204.cms | language=gu | accessdate=22 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="Chitralekha">{{cite web|url=http://chitralekha.com/breaking-news/vetran-film-actor-p-kharsani-passes-away|title=ગુજરાતી ફિલ્મોના હાસ્ય કલાકાર પી. ખરસાણીનું 91 વર્ષની વયે નિધન|date=20 May 2016|access-date=20 May 2016|work=Chitralekha|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523063901/http://chitralekha.com/breaking-news/vetran-film-actor-p-kharsani-passes-away/|archive-date=23 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="sandesh">{{cite web|url=http://sandesh.com/article.aspx?newsid=3291435|title=લોકપ્રિય ગુજરાતી કલાકાર પી. ખરસાણીનું નિધન, જાણો તેમની 10 અજાણી વાતો|date=20 May 2016|access-date=20 May 2016|work=Sandesh}}</ref> He was known for his comic roles but had played other characters also. He was active in films from 1958 to 2008 and for 60 years in theatre.<ref name="NGS2016"/> He acted in about hundred Gujarati films and television serials and more than 75 plays.<ref name="toi2016">{{cite web | title=Veteran Gujarati actor P Kharsani passes away | website=[[The Times of India]] | date=21 May 2016 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Veteran-Gujarati-actor-P-Kharsani-passes-away/articleshow/52370614.cms | accessdate=22 May 2016}}</ref> He had written, directed and produced several plays.<ref name="gs1984">{{cite book|author=Gujarat (India)|title=Gujarat State Gazetteers: Ahmadabad District Gazetteer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=byIbAAAAIAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State|page=771}}</ref><ref name="Sambhaav News 2016">{{cite web | title=Gujarati Film star P Kharsani Pass away | website=Sambhaav News | date=20 May 2016 | url=http://sambhaavnews.com/gujarati-film-star-p-kharsani-pass-away/ | language=gu | accessdate=22 May 2016}}</ref> He died on 20 May 2016 following kidney disease in [[Ahmedabad]].<ref name="NGS2016"/><ref name="toi2016"/><ref name="Panchal 2016">{{cite web | last=Panchal | first=Rakesh | title=પી. ખરસાણી ગુજરાતી ફિલ્મોના ચાર્લી ચૅપ્લિન હતા | website=Gujarati Midday | date=21 May 2016 | url=http://www.gujaratimidday.com/news/gujarat/veteran-gujarati-actor-p-kharsani-passes-away | language=gu | accessdate=22 May 2016}}</ref>

His memoirs, ''P. Kharsani no Vesh'', were published in June 2015.<ref name="toi2016"/><ref name="Sambhaav News 2016"/><ref name="km2016">{{cite web|last=|first=|date=21 May 2016|title=પી. ખરસાણી પર કચ્છમાં બનશે ડોક્યુમેન્ટરી|url=http://www.kutchmitradaily.com/article.aspx?site_id=3&news_id=77837|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=22 May 2016|website=[[Kutchmitra]]|language=gu}}</ref>

==Recognition==
He had received several awards and felicitations.<ref name="toi2016"/> He received the Best Actor Award for three consecutive years from 1955 to 1957 from [[Bombay State]] government, the Gaurav Puraskar from Gujarat State government in 1989, the Pandit Omkarnath Thakur Award in 1996, the award from the Gujarat Film Development Corporation in 1997, a public felicitation by [[Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation]] in 2013, the Natraj Award in April 2016.<ref name="Sambhaav News 2016"/><ref name="haward2016">{{cite web | title=Morari Bapu to fete Pak singer Ghulam Ali | website=The Times of India | date=14 April 2016 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Morari-Bapu-to-fete-Pak-singer-Ghulam-Ali/articleshow/51819983.cms | accessdate=22 May 2016}}</ref>

==Selected plays==
* ''Patta ni Jod'' (1958)<ref name="DeshGujarat 2016">{{cite web | author=DeshGujarat | title=Veteran Gujarati film and stage artist P Kharsani passes away | website=DeshGujarat | date=20 May 2016 | url=http://DeshGujarat.Com/2016/05/20/veteran-gujarati-film-and-stage-artist-p-kharsani-passes-away/ | accessdate=22 May 2016}}</ref>
* ''[[Malela Jeev]]''
* ''Parnya Chhata Kunvara''
* ''Aram Rajya'' (Bhavai)
* ''Chitthi''
* ''Pdada Pachhal''
* ''Hu Kaik Kari Besish''
* '' Maf Karjo, Aa Natak Nahi Thay''
* ''Akhil Brahmand Ma Ek Tu Stree Khari''
* ''Panch Minute Ni Paranetar''
* ''Ranchhode Rann Chhodyu''
* ''Rajane Game Te Rani''
* ''Mamaji No Morcho''

==Selected filmography==
* ''[[Kalapi (film)|Kalapi]]'' (1966)
* ''Madi Jaya nu Mameru''
* ''Nari Tu Narayani''<ref name="Sambhaav News 2016"/>
* ''Lakho Fulani''<ref name="Sambhaav News 2016"/>
* ''Goral Garasani''
* ''Narmadane Kanthe''
* ''Bhathiji Maharaj''
* ''Mena Gurjari''
* ''Nasib ni Balihari''
* ''Preet Pangre Chori Chori''
* ''Bhav ni bhavai''

==References==
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[[Category:Indian male stage actors]]
[[Category:Indian theatre directors]]
[[Category:Indian male musical theatre actors]]
[[Category:Gujarati theatre]]
[[Category:Male actors from Ahmedabad]]
[[Category:Gujarati people]]
[[Category:20th-century dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:Male actors in Gujarati-language films]]
[[Category:Writers from Ahmedabad]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]]
[[Category:Deaths from kidney disease]]

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