''Lokshahir Ram Joshi'' (People's Poet Ram Joshi) also called ''Matawala Shair Ram Joshi'' in Hindi, is a 1947

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biopic film of the poet

Ram Joshi Ram Jagannath Joshi (also known as Ram Joshi) (1762-1812) was a Marathi language, Marathi poet, known for his works in Lavani, Powada, and Tamasha genre. In Popular Culture * Lokshahir Ram Joshi, a 1947 Marathi Film References

1762 births ...

, written by G. D. Madgulkar, directed by Baburao Painter and co-directed by V. Shantaram. Shantaram had given the direction to Painter but had to complete the film when Painter fell ill during production. Produced under the Rajkamal Kalamandir banner, it is also referred to as ''Lok Shahir Ramjoshi''. The story writer was G.D. Madgulkar, who is cited as the "first specialist film writer" in Marathi cinema. This film was his first "full-fledged writing assignment", wherein he wrote the story, screenplay, dialogue and lyrics. It was also his debut as a screenplay writer. The film starred

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as Ram Joshi and Hansa Wadkar as Baya. The rest of the cast included

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, Parashuram, Sudha Apte and G. D. Madgulkar. The film, termed as the "Classic Marathi Tamasha musical" was a biopic of the poet, Kirtan, and

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performer Ram Joshi (1758-1812), set in the Peshwa period.

Plot

Ram Joshi is a Brahmin poet, who through his love of poetry and dance starts associating with the tamasha artists. He falls in love with the tamasha dancer Baya (Hansa Wadkar). The artists are of low-caste, and Joshi's interacting with them brings censure and he is outlawed by the other members of his caste. The film follows his descent into alcoholism and his redemption from it through poetry.

Cast

Marathi

as Ram Joshi * Hansa Wadkar as Baya *

* Parashuram *

G. D. Madgulkar Gajānan Digambar Mādguḷkar (1 October 1919 – 14 December 1977) was a Marāthi poet, lyricist, writer and actor from India. He is popularly known in his home state of Mahārāshtra by just his initials as Ga Di Mā (गदिमा). He wa ...

* Sudha Apte * Samant * Gundopant Walavalkar * Jayaram Desai * Kanase * Sawalram * Vaidya * Abhyankar

Hindi

Manmohan Krishan Manmohan Krishna (26 February 1922 – 3 November 1990) was a popular Indian film actor and director, who worked in Hindi films for four decades, mostly as a character actor. He started his career as a professor in Physics and held master's de ...

* Hansa Wadkar * Shakuntala Paranjpye * Sudha Apte * Jairam Desai

Review and Box Office

''Lokshahir Ram Joshi'' in Marathi Cinema became one of the "biggest post-war successes", starting the trend for the "tamasha genre" films. One of the reasons cited for the success of the film in both Marathi and Hindi, were the songs written by Madgulkar. He went on to work for other major Marathi film-makers like Raja Paranjpye, Ram Gabale, Datta Dharmadhikari and Anant Mane. V. Shantaram later used him as a story writer for '' Do Aankhen Barah Haath'' (1957). The film made use of the "vibrant lavnis" and "sawaal-jawabs" (musical question and answers), which is stated to have become a "trend-setter".Shodhganga, p.118 As cited by Narwekar and Kul, the music and dances "enthralled" the audiences.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Vasant Desai, with lyrics by the poet Ram Joshi and Madgulkar.

Song List

Remakes

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and

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version, produced by Vasireddy Narayana Rao and directed by

P. Pullaiah P. Pullayya (also spelled P. Pullaiah; 1911–1985) was an Indian film director and producer known for his work in Telugu films. He was the recipient of Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for his contributions to Telugu cinema. Personal life Pullayya m ...

was made in 1957 called '' Jayabheri''. The Telugu version won the 1959 Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film in Telugu

References

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