Vasant Sabnis (
Devanagari
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: वसंत सबनीस) (1923 - 2002) was a
Marathi
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*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
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writer from
Maharashtra
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,
India
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.
Sabnis was born on 6 December 1923. He received his high school education in
Pandharpur and college education in
Pune
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. After graduation, he joined Maharashtra state government's information and public relations department.
Humor was the forte of Sabnis's writings.
He wrote plays, including ''Vichcha Majhi Puri Kara'' (विच्छा माझी पुरी करा), and screen scripts and dialogues for movies and dramas including the following:
* Songadya (सोंगाड्या)
* Bin Kamacha Navara (बिन कामाचा नवरा )
* Ekata Jeev Sadashiv (एकटा जीव सदाशीव)
*
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(गेला माधव कुणीकडे)
* Harya Nary-a Zindabad (हर्या नार्या झिंदाबाद)
* Banyabapu (बन्याबापू)
* Choricha Mamla (चोरीचा मामला)
* Gammat Jammat (गम्मतजम्मत)
* Ashi Hi Banavabanavi (अशी ही बनवाबनवी)
* Gadhvachi Lagna
* Vajva re Vajva
Marathi-language writers
1923 births
2002 deaths
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