Photo: Bollywood Hungama / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
What strikes me about Nishikant Kamat is how fearlessly he moved across languages. Dombivali Fast didn't just succeed in Marathi cinema, it became the year's biggest film, and his willingness to remake it in Tamil with R. Madhavan shows a director confident that a strong story travels. I admire that kind of regional rootedness paired with national ambition. His death in 2020 at only fifty feels like an unfinished sentence. For me, Kamat represents the quiet, craft-driven filmmaker whose influence outlasts the headlines, and I keep returning to the heat in his early work.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Nishikant Kamat
- Name (Japanese)
- ニシカント・カマト
- Reading
- にしかんと・かまと
- Born
- June 17, 1970 – August 17, 2020
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Dog
- Origin
- Malvan, Sindhudurg district, India
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / actor / screenwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/realnishikantkamat/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nishikant%20Kamat
Frequently asked questions
When was Nishikant Kamat born?
June 17, 1970 – August 17, 2020.
Where is Nishikant Kamat from?
Nishikant Kamat is from Malvan, Sindhudurg district, India.
What does Nishikant Kamat do?
Nishikant Kamat works as film director, actor, screenwriter.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.