Ek Hota Vidushak

Ek Hota Vidushak
Ek Hota Vidushak DVD cover
Directed by	Jabbar Patel
Produced by	NFDC Ravi Gupta Ravi Malik
Screenplay by	P. L. Deshpande
Story by	Jabbar Patel
Starring	Laxmikant Berde Madhu Kambikar Nilu Phule Mohan Agashe Varsha Usgaonkar Dilip Prabhavalkar
Music by	Score: Anand Modak Lyrics: N. D. Mahanor
Cinematography	Harish Joshi
Edited by	Vishwas-Anil
Distributed by	Rudraa Home Video (DVD version)
Release date	1992 (1992)
Running time	168 minutes
Country	India
Language	Marathi

Ek Hota Vidushak (Marathi: एक होता विदूषक, English: Once There Was A Clown) is a 1992 Marathi film directed by Jabbar Patel and produced by National Film Development Corporation of India. The film stars Laxmikant Berde, Madhu Kambikar, Nilu Phule, Varsha Usgaonkar in lead roles and Mohan Agashe and Dilip Prabhavalkar in supporting roles.

The film portrays the life of folk theater artist and is considered as one of the few films made on the life of tamasha artistes, including Pinjara (1972) and Natarang (2010).Laxmikant Berde, who is better known for his comic roles in Marathi and Hindi films, was appreciated for his role as Aburao. The film is based on a short story written by Jabbar Patel with screenplay and dialogues penned by the veteran Marathi writer, P. L. Deshpande (Pu. La.) after a hiatus of 39 years. Previously, Deshpande had written screenplay and dialogues for another Marathi film Gulacha Ganapati (1953) starring himself.

The film won several awards and was adjudged as the Best Film at Maharashtra State Film Awards (1993). It also won two National Film Awards at the 40th National Film Awards (1992); Best Feature Film in Marathi and Best Choreography for Laxmibai Kolhapurkar. Kolhapurkar became the first choreographer and the first woman to win the National Film Award for choreography. The film also participated at the Indian Panorama, International Film Festival of India in 1993.