Chandrakant Mandhare was a famous Marathi actor and painter. His debut film was ‘Sawakari Pash’ directed by Late. Baburao Painter. He worked in more than hundreds English, Hindi and Marathi cinemas in different roles like Hero, negative role and character artist. He was also good painting Artist and national award winner for his films.
He had also received various Awards in Painting His painting held in Kolhapur, Mumbai, Belgaum, Aurangabad(Sambhajinagar), Satara, Chennai, Miraj, Nipani, Ichalkaranji, Kankawali, Solapur, Karad and also in USA, Londone France. He has established ‘Chandrakant Mandhare Academy’ in 1997. His painting displayed in the above academy in 7th Lane, Rajarampuri, Kolhapur. The Academy distributes awards every year to talented and hardworking members.