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Jabbar Patel
Dr. Jabbar Patel (born 23 June 1942, Pandharpur) is a former paediatrician and a Marathi-language theatre and film director of India. His production of the play Vijay Tendulkar's play Ghashiram Kotwal, in 1973 is considered a classic in Modern Indian Theatre. He is the maker of classics films in Marathi cinema, like, Samna Jait Re Jait (Mohan Agashe, Smita Patil), Umbartha (Smita Patil, Girish Karnad), Simhasan (Nana Patekar, Shreeram Lagoo, Reema Lagoo) Some of his other films are, Mukta, Ek Hota Vidushak, and Musafir (Hindi). His most acclaimed film is Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar released in 1999. He won the 1995 Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration for his Marathi film, Mukta. Personal life Patel was born in 1942 in Pandharpur in present day Indian state of Maharashtra. His father was employed in Indian Railways. He obtained his early school education in Haribhai Deokaran High school Solapur. He qualified as a doctor, specialising in paediatric med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pandharpur
Pandharpur (Pronunciation: əɳɖʱəɾpuːɾ is a well known pilgrimage town, on the banks of Candrabhagā River, near Solapur city in Solapur District, Maharashtra, India. Its administrative area is one of eleven tehsils in the District, and it is an electoral constituency of the state legislative assembly (''''). The Vithoba temple attracts about a million Hindu pilgrims during the major ''yātrā'' (pilgrimage) in Ashadh (June–July). A small temple of Śri Vitthal-Rukmini is also located, which is as old as the main Vitthal-Rukmini Mandir, in Isbavi area of Pandharpur known as Wakhari Va Korti Devalayas and also known as Visava Mandir. The Bhakti Saint, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, is said to have spent a period of 7 days in city at the Vithobha Temple. It is said that the deity Vithoba has been worshipped by many saints of Maharashtra. Sant Dnyaneshwar, Sant Tukārām, Sant Nāmdev, Sant Eknāth, Sant Nivruttināth, Sant Muktābai, Sant Chokhāmel̥ā, Sant Savatā M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhalba Kelkar
Bhalchandra Vaman Kelkar ( mr, भालचंद्र वामन केळकर) (September 23, 1920 – November 6, 1987) was a Marathi writer and actor, from Maharashtra, India. He was one of the founders of Progressive Dramatic Association in Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million .... Bhalba Kelkar was also known for writing biographies of Indian scientists for children. Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Kelkar, Bhalchandra Vaman Marathi-language writers 1920 births 1987 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1942 Births
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pune International Film Festival
The Pune International Film Festival (also known as PIFF) is an annual film festival held in Pune, a city in Maharashtra, India. Open to general public, the films are screened at NFAI, Inox, City Pride, PVR cinema halls, all located in Pune city. Dr Jabbar Patel is the chairman and director of the festival. The festival commences on the second Thursday and concludes on the third Thursday of January. First Edition of PIFF was started in year 2002and has been running annually except for 2004. Latest PIFF was concluded on 16 January 2020 in its 18th edition. The theme of year was ' 60 Years of Foundation of Maharashtra'. It celebrated the centenary year of legends - Federico Fellini, Kaifi Azmi, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Shamshad Begum, and Pandit Ravi Shankar. It also paid tribute to late Dr Sriram Lagoo. Festival categories *World Competition - Films released in earlier year compete for much-coveted 'Prabhat Best International Film Award' *Marathi Competition - Marathi fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yashwantrao Chavan
Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan (Marathi pronunciation: əʃʋənt̪ɾaːʋ t͡səʋʱaːɳ 12 March 1913 – 25 November 1984) was an Indian politician. He served as the last Chief Minister of Bombay State and the first of Maharashtra after latter was created by the division of Bombay state. His last significant ministerial post was as the Deputy Prime Minister of India in the short lived Charan Singh government in 1979. He was a strong Congress leader, co-operative leader, social activist and writer. He was popularly known as ''Leader of Common People''. He advocated social democracy in his speeches and articles and was instrumental in establishing co-operatives in Maharashtra for the betterment of the farmers. Early life Yashwantrao Chavan was born in a Kunbi-Maratha family on 12 March 1913 in the village of Devrashtre in Satara District (now in Sangli District) of Maharashtra, India. He had three siblings. Chavan lost his father in his early childhood and was brought up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teesri Azadi
''Teesri Azadi'' is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language film on caste system by Jabbar Patel. Film is based on "twisted version" of Ramayana and Mahabharata. This film was distributed on CDs in different parts of India by Akhil Bharatiya Baba Sahab Dr Ambedkar Samaj Sudhar Samiti, Bhimrao Ambedkar Samaj Sudhar Samiti and Ambedkar Boudhik Sanghathan. In July 2006, shooting Teesri Azadi was completed in Maharashtra and released online on YouTube. The distributors of the movie claimed that they have support of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) but BSP rejected these claims and a CBI investigation was ordered by Chief Minister Mayawati Kumari Mayawati (born 15 January 1956) is an Indian politician. She has served four separate terms as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. She is the national president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which focuses on a platform of social cha ... into the making of the movie over allegations of creating communal disharmony. The investigation initially resu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumar Gandharva
Pandit Kumar Gandharva (pronunciation:, Kn: ಕುಮಾರ್ ಗಂಧರ್ವ; 8 April 1924 – 12 January 1992), originally known as Shivaputra Siddharamayya Komkalimath was an Indian classical singer, well known for his unique vocal style and for his refusal to be bound by the tradition of any '' gharana''. The name, ''Kumar Gandharva,'' is a title given to him when he was a child prodigy; a Gandharva is a musical spirit in Hindu mythology. Early life and education Gandharva was born in Sulebhavi near Belgaum, Karnataka, India in a Kannada-speaking Lingayat family. By the age of five, he had already shown signs of a musical prodigy and first appeared on stage at the age of 10. When he was 11, his father sent him to study music under the well-known classical teacher, B.R. Deodhar. His mastery of technique and musical knowledge was so rapid that Gandharva himself was teaching at the school before he had turned 20. By his early 20s, Gandharva was seen as a star of music and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mukta (film)
''Mukta'' is a 1994 Marathi cinema, Marathi film directed by Jabbar Patel. The film stars Shreeram Lagoo, Sonali Kulkarni, Reema Lagoo and Vikram Gokhale in lead roles. ''Mukta'' won the 1994 National Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. It is considered one of the important Marathi films for the period 1993–98. Plot Daughter of a Marathi poet settled in United States, Mukta returns to her ancestral home when she gets a post-graduate scholarship to study sociology. She lives with her grandfather, Abasaheb Kanase-Patil, a veteran of Maharashtra's co-operative movement. At the university she joins a street theatre group of Dalit activists and is drawn to the group's leader Milind Wagh, a fearless student leader and poet. Family's unease increases when her friend from America Julian arrives. Julian, however, wins over her grandfather accompanying him to a pilgrimage to Pandharpur. The old man recalling Marathi Saint poets’ struggle against caste inequalities is c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ek Hota Vidushak
''Ek Hota Vidushak'' ( en, 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 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kusumagraj
Vishnū Vāman Shirwādkar (27 February 1912 – 10 March 1999), popularly known by his pen name, Kusumāgraj, was an Marathi poet, playwright, novelist and short story writer, who wrote of freedom, justice and emancipation of the deprived, In a career spanning five decades starting in India's pre-independence era, he wrote 16 volumes of poems, three novels, eight volumes of short stories, seven volumes of essays, 18 plays and six one-act plays. His works like the ''Vishakha'' (1942), a collection of lyrics, inspired a generation into the Indian freedom movement, and is today considered one of the masterpieces of Indian literature. He was the recipient of the 1974 Sahitya Akademi Award in Marathi for ''Natsamrat'', Padma Bhushan (1991) and the Jnanapith Award in 1987; He also served as the President of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan held at Margao in 1964. Early life and education Kusumagraj was born into a Deshastha Brahmin family on 27 February 1912 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinhasan
''Sinhasan'' (Marathi: Throne) is 1979 Indian Marathi-language political drama film directed by Jabbar Patel and written by journalist Arun Sadhoo. The film is based on two novels - one of the same name and the other named ''Mumbai Dinank'' by writer and freelance journalist Arun Sadhu. The cast of the film included Nilu Phule, Arun Sarnaik, Shriram Lagoo, Mohan Agashe, Reema Lagoo, Nana Patekar, Usha Nadkarni, Datta Bhatt and Satish Dubhashi. Plot The movie draws a parallel from the political turmoil of India. The main character is a journalist named Digu Tipnis (Nilu Phule) who uncovers a network of telephone tapping, relations between trade unions and politicians, etc. The plot addresses Maharashtra's political corruption linked with Mumbai's entrepreneurial sector. The movie starts with an assembly session where Chief Minister (Arun Sarnaik) has to leave the heated discussion to attend an urgent call. The caller (claims to be a well-wisher and informer) informs CM that s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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