Shirish Kanekar (
Devanagari: शिरीष कणेकर) is a
Marathi
Marathi may refer to:
*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people
*Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece
See also
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writer, stage performer, from
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
,
India. He was a journalist in English news paper.
Shirish Kanekar served for 'Indian Express'
(1968 to 1980), 'Daily' (1980 to 1982), 'Free Press Journal' (1982 to 1985), and 'Syndicated Press News Agency' (1985 to 1989). He still writes articles in Marathi news papers and performs stage shows.
Shirish Kanekar is known for his books on
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
,
Bollywood movies and
humor
Humour (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. The term derives from the humorism, humoral medicine of the ancient Gre ...
.
Publications
Books
The following is a partial list of his books:
* इरसालकी
* खटलं आणि खटला
* गाये चला जा
* गोतावळा
* चापलूसकी
* चापटपोळी
* फटकेबाजी
* लगाव बत्ती
* सूरपारंब्या
* चहाटळकी
* साखरफुटाणे
* रहस्यवल्ली l
* मखलाशी
* मनमुराद
* डॉलरच्या देशा
* एकला बोलो रे
* माझी फिल्लमबाजी
* यादोंकी बारात
* पुन्हा यादों की बारात
* गोली मार भेजे मे
* वेचक शिरीष कणेकर
* कटटा
* मी माझं मला (आत्मचरित्र)
Stage shows
The stage shows performed by him,
* माझी फिल्लमबाजी
* फटकेबाजी
* कणेकरी
References
;Sources
#Kanekar's Blog :http://shireeshkanekar.blogspot.in/
#Interview with Avadhoot Gupte in Khupte tithe Gupte https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYqusM0n6oQ
#http://www.maayboli.com/hitguj/messages/118369/118327.html?1161380086
#http://swapnil-bookreviews.blogspot.in/2009/06/makhalashi-book-review.html
#Kanekar's Profile: https://web.archive.org/web/20110725140527/http://www.ebmm.org/ShireeshKanekar/ShirishKanekar_Profile.pdf
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Marathi-language writers
Living people
1943 births