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Amit Phalke started his career as a child actor at the age of 7 through a Marathi play Mothe Jhale Chhote' by the Natya Sanskar Kala Academy for Kaamgar Kala Sangha (one act play competition). This play got him his first ever award. He then worked in plays like Ek Hota Jungle, Sobat Tujhi Majhi with Usha Naik and Uday Lagoo, Life Partners and several other children plays. Phalke also worked in plays for the Theatre Academy some of which were - Sequence, Mahanirvan and Safar including a Sanskrit play with Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni.
Phalke then got an opportunity to perform at the National School of Drama repertory (NSD) through two plays; Karmawali and Joseph Ka Mukkaddama. During this, Gopi Desai spotted him and selected him as a protagonist of her film Mujhse Dosti Karoge. The film got him his first National Award in 1992 as the Best Child Artist by the hands of the then President of India, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma. In 1995, Phalke played the role of small Riyaz in Shyam Benegal's film Mammo, starring Rajit Kapoor, Surekha Sikri and Farida Jalal. Amit won the Best Actor for both the films Mujhse Dosti Karoge and Mammoat the Queen's Child Guidance Centre.
In the year 1996, he played the role of Bobby Deol's friend in the Vidhu Vinod Chopra directorial venture Kareeb. In the year 1998-99, he acted in a tele-feature named Padchhaya directed by Vishal Inamdar. Amit has also worked in several regional films like Maherchi Saadi, Sudachakra, Aaila Re along with Aadhar and Mayur Pankha, two episodic serials on DD10 that featured him. He has worked in TVC's for Hajmola and Action Shoes with Kapil Dev.
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