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'''Rajaram Amrut Bhalerao''' ([[Marathi language|Marathi]]: डॉ. राजाराम बाळ भालेराव; 1933 – 21 February 2020), also known as '''Bal Bhalerao''', was a doctor, professor, and patron of [[Marathi theatre|Marathi language theatre]] and [[Marathi literature]] in [[India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Phukan|first=Vikram|date=2020-02-28|title=Bal Bhalerao 1933-2020: A patron of the arts|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/bal-bhalerao-1933-2020-a-patron-of-the-arts/article30944592.ece|access-date=2020-12-28|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He sat on several literature and theatre committees appointed by the [[government of Maharashtra]].<ref name=":1" /> As a medical doctor, he was a recipient of the [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]] instituted by the [[Medical Council of India]], a statutory body under India's [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]].<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":2" />

== Contributions to Marathi theatre ==
In 1935, Bhalerao's father, Dr. A N Bhalerao, founded the Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh, a cultural organisation devoted to reviving [[Marathi theatre]].<ref name=":0" /> The junior Bhalerao started acting on stage in 1942.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Dr. Rajaram Amrut Bhalerao is The Guiding Marshal|url=https://www.hindujahospital.com/newsletter/2012/june/close-up.html|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.hindujahospital.com}}</ref> Years later, he took over as the Chief Secretary of the organisation his father founded and lead it for over half a century.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2020-02-22|title=डॉ. बाळ भालेराव यांचे निधन|url=https://www.loksatta.com/mumbai-news/dr-rajaram-alias-bal-bhalerao-passed-away-zws-70-2091404/|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Loksatta|language=mr-IN}}</ref> The Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh was one of the founding members of the All India Marathi Association, responsible for taking Marathi literature and drama to audiences in [[United States|America]], [[Dubai]] and [[Singapore]].<ref name=":3" />

Bhalerao stewarded the theatre troupe that staged C T Khanolkar’s ''Ajab Nyay Vartulacha'' (अजब न्याय वर्तुळाचा) – a Marathi adaption of [[Bertolt Brecht]]’s [[The Caucasian Chalk Circle|''The'' ''Caucasian Chalk Circle'']] – becoming the first play in an Indian language to be staged outside India when it was performed at the ''Festspiele'' in [[East Berlin]] and [[Zürich|Zurich]] in 1974.<ref name=":0" /> The play was directed by [[Vijaya Mehta]] in collaboration with [[Fritz Bennewitz]].<ref name=":0" /> Bhalerao focused on reviving old Marathi plays, as well as adaptations and translations for modern audiences. Works brought to the Marathi stage included [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]], [[Nikolai Gogol|Gogol]] and several Indian playwrights. Prominent examples include:<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=डॉ. राजाराम उर्फ बाळ भालेराव यांचे निधन|url=https://maharashtratimes.com/maharashtra/mumbai-news/dr-rajaram-alias-bal-bhalerao-passed-away/articleshow/74247163.cms|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Maharashtra Times|language=mr}}</ref>

* Stage adaptation of [[Purushottam Laxman Deshpande|P L Deshpande]]'s 1952 film ''Ammaldar'' (अंमलदार) – based on [[Nikolai Gogol]]'s ''[[The Government Inspector|Inspector General]]''
* Staging the works of [[Honaji Bala]]
* Staging [[Kusumagraj]]'s Marathi adaptation of [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Macbeth]]'' as ''Rajmukut'' (राजमुकुट; transl: 'The Royal Crown')
* Stage adaptation of the 1967 Marathi film ''Sant [[Gora Kumbhar]]'' about the eponymous saint

In 1964, the Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh built a new auditorium modeled after London's [[The Old Vic]] in Kelewadi, [[Girgaon]].<ref name=":0" /> In 2013, Bhalerao gave the space to house the Drama School Mumbai – rent-free the first year – where it still operates (as of January 2021).<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last1=Feb 22|first1=Mumbai Mirror / Updated|last2=2020|last3=Ist|first3=09:16|title=Dr Rajaram A Bhalerao (1933-2020): Theatre's original Marathi manoos|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/theatres-original-marathi-manoos/articleshow/74251167.cms|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Mumbai Mirror|language=en}}</ref>

He sat on several literature and theatre committees appointed by the [[government of Maharashtra]].<ref name=":1" />

== Medical career ==
Bhalerao completed his [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|MBBS]] training in India and then completed his [[Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons]] (FRCS) in London.<ref name=":1" /> In 1965, he began practising surgery at the [[King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College|King Edward Memorial Hospital]] in [[Mumbai]].<ref name=":0" /> He remained there till 1985, serving as Professor and Head of Department of Surgery.<ref name=":2" /> He was later Head of Department of Surgery and Director – Strategy & Medical Planning at [[P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre|Hinduja Hospital]] in Mumbai.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> A specialist in gastroenterology and liver disease, he was a recipient of the [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]].<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":2" />

== References ==
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