Gajānan Digambar Mādguḷkar (1 October 1919 – 14 December 1977) was a

Marāthi Marathi (; ''Marāṭhī'', ) is an Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the official language of Maharashtra, and additional official language in the state of Goa. It is one of t ...

poet, lyricist, writer and actor from

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. He is popularly known in his home state of

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by just his initials as Ga Di Mā (गदिमा). He was awarded

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IPA: Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as the Akademi Puraskar, is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi Sangeet Natak Akademi (The National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama in Englis ...

in 1951 and

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in 1969. He has written 157 screen plays and over 2000 songs in his career. He was called Ādhunik Valmiki (the modern Valmiki) of current era due to his composition of Geet Rāmāyan (lit. Ramayana in Songs) as the most notable work. 2019 is celebrated as his Birth Century year. Government of Maharashtra hosts various events and festivals to grace the occasion.

Career

Madgulkar wrote poetry, short stories, novels, autobiographies and scripts, dialogues and lyrics for Marathi as well as

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movies. His poems have been adapted to a wide range of musical forms such as ''Sugam-Sangeet'' (light music), '' Bhāwa-Geet'' (emotional songs), ''Bhakti-Geet'' (devotional songs), and '' Lāwani'' (a genre of

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s in

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). Madgulkar entered the world of movies in 1938 at Kolhāpur. He contributed to 157 Marathi and 23 Hindi movies. He was also an artist. He loved to draw nature scenes. He had knowledge of 10 languages including Marathi, Hindi, English, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu. He was the elder brother of Marathi writer of poetry and novels

Vyankatesh Madgulkar Venkatesh Digambar Madgulkar (5 April 1927 - 27 August 2001) was one of the most popular Marathi language, Marathi writers of his time. He became well-known mainly for his realistic writings about village life in a part of southern Maharashtra cal ...

Works

Collections of poems

* Sugandhi Veena * Jogiya * Char sangitika * Geet Ramayan * Kavykatha * Chaitraban * Geetgopal * Geetsaubhadra * Vaishakhi * Pooriya * Ajun Gagima * Naach re mora

Collection of short stories

* Laplele ogh * Bandhavarchya babhali * Krushnachi karangali * Bolka shankh * Veg ani itar katha * Thorli pati * Tupacha nandadeep * Chandani udbatti * Bhatache phool * Sone ani mati * Teen chitrakatha * Kalavantanche anand paryatan * Teel ani tandul

Autobiographies

* Vatevarlya savlya * Mantarlele diwas

Novels

* De tali ga ghe tali * Mini * Shashank manjiri * Naach re mora * Tulsi ramayan * Shabdranjan * Aakashachi phale * Ubhe dhage aadve dhage

Plays

* Aakashachi phale * Parachakra

Monthly magazines

* Akshar * Dharti

Geet Ramayan

'' Geet Rāmāyan'' (lit. ''

Ramayana The ''Rāmāyana'' (; sa, रामायणम्, ) is a Sanskrit literature, Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epic composed over a period of nearly a millennium, with scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th ...

in Songs'') is considered his most notable work. A lyrical version of the

Valmiki Ramayana The ''Rāmāyana'' (; sa, रामायणम्, ) is a Sanskrit epic composed over a period of nearly a millennium, with scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th to 4th centuries BCE, and later stages ...

in Marathi, it consists of 56 songs chronologically describing events from

Sudhir Phadke Sudhir Phadke (, 25 July 1919 – 29 July 2002) was an Indian singer-composer. He was regarded as an icon of the Marathi film industry and Marathi ''Sugam Sangeet'' (light music) for five decades. Apart from Marathi, Phadke sang and composed son ...

composed the music for ''Geet Ramayan''. Though it is based on sage Valmiki's epic Ramayana, Madgulkar chose a different narrative format and was praised for the lyrics, and was called Ādhunik Valmiki (the modern Valmiki).

Screenwriting

* जीवनज्योती Jeewan Jyoti 1953: Screenplay and Dialogs * तूफान और दीया Toofān Aur Deeyā 1956: Story * दो आंखे बारह हाथ Do Ānkhen Bārah Hāth 1957: Story, Screenplay, and Dialogs - the movie won recognition at Berlin International Film Festival.

Popular Songs

The following is a short list of some of the popular Marathi songs which "गदिमा" wrote: * इंद्रायणीकाठी देवाची आळंदी (Indrāyani Kāthi Dewāchi Ālandi) * उद्धवा, अजब तुझे सरकार (Uddhawā, Ajab Tujhze Sarkār) * तुझ्या उसाला लागल कोल्हा (Tujhyā Usaālā Lāgel Kolhā) * या चिमण्यानो, परत फिरा रे (Yā Chimanyāno, Parat Phirā Re) * हे काम ने तडीला, हाजी मलंग बाबा (He Kām Ne Tadilā, Hāji Malang Bābā) * विठ्ठला,तू वेडा कुंभार (Viththalā, Tu Wedā Kumbhār)

Acting

Awards and recognitions

– 1951 *

– 1969 *

Vishnudas Bhave Vishnudas Bhave (d. 9 August 1901) and was the leading dramatist of Maharashtra, India and considered as pioneer of Marathi theatre. He was born in Sangli and he staged the first Marathi-language play ''Sita Swayamvar'' in Sangli in 1843. Datta, p ...

gold medal -1971

Personal life

Madgulkar was born in a Deshashtha Brahmin family. He was married to Vidya (née Patankar, from Kolhapur) and they had 3 sons (Shridhar, Anand, Sharatkumar) and 4 daughters (Varsha, Kalpalata, Deepa, Shubhada). The popular Marathi writer,

was his younger brother. His home in Pune ('Panchavati Bungalow') has become a place of attraction for his fans.

References

External links

Marathi Songs Of Ga Di Madgulkar
– The Official Gadima Website
Gadima On Facebook
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