The well-known theater producer Sudhir Bhat, who died of a heart attack late last night at Hinduja Hospital, was a man with a mission. Its mission was to produce commercially successful Marathi plays and showcase them to a Marathi diaspora, settled in the United States of America. He continued with this unique motivational project for approximately three decades during which he produced over 80 plays, for a total of 17,000 performances. Eight of his plays have surpassed the 1000 performance mark. He perfected the economics of theater into an art and lived true to his idea of ​​entertainment. His theater company Suyog (1985) produced some noteworthy plays like Char Divas Premache, Shree Tashi Sau, Eka Lagnachi Goshta, Hich Tar Premachi Gammat Aahe, Diwasa Tu Ratri Me, Moruchi Maushi, Ti Phulrani. Bhat was a builder by profession although he devoted considerable time to theatrical activity. Some fellow producers mocked him as a "producer-contractor." They also criticized his repertoire of commercially successful actors, especially the faces he usually banked on (Prashant Damle, Vikram Gokhale, Kavita Lad, Dilip Prabhaval...