Atul Kulkarni a powerful actor

Sometimes when you expand your horizons beyond bollywood you actually come across the creative prowess in our country which is overshadowed by the 'glamor and power' of bollywood....whether it was the marvellous detailing in the telugu movie 'arundhati' or movies like 'Antoheen' in bengali or the marathi movie 'natrang' i saw recently on my flight to 'Bangkok'.....natrang set in the 1960's and 70's when lavani/nautaki's were very popular in rural maharashtra and the journey of a person played by 'Atul Kulkarni' whose passion leads him from being a poor but handsome farmer to an artist who transforms himself to play the role of a 'eunuch' in the skits....it portrays his initial dillemma, his fight to convince the world that he is just another man who plays a eunuch to follow his passion, how he faces the social hatred and mockery which includes his family too, how he loses everything in life in search of his passion including his own family and ultimately even the wealth his group had built over the successfull years but still follows his passion till the end of his life while people kept leaving him throughout his journey.....i think this is probably one of the performances that 'Atul Kularni' would always cherish about because one can see the passion that has gone into playing this role....in my words this is a lifetime role and one of those roles which can be compared with the best performances ever played anywhere in the world....the movie other than the performance of atul kulkarni had its flaws in terms of direction & art but the performance of 'Atul Kularni' overshadows its flaws.....Its just beautiful and i strongly recommend every movie fan to watch this movie and cherish the performance.....