P. L. Deshpande
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| Known as | Pu La | |||
| Life Span | 8 November 1919 (Bombay) To 12 June 2000 (Pune) | |||
| Father/ Mother | Laxman Deshpande | |||
| Husband/ Wife | Sunita Deshpande | |||
| Education | M.A., L.L.B | |||
| Area of Work | Drama, Literature, Music Humour, Philosophy and Broadcasting | |||
| Awards | Padmashri Maharashtra Bhushan Sahitya Academy Sangeet Natak Akademi | |||
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Introduction
Purushottam Laxman Deshpande (November 8, 1919 - June 12, 2000) was a noted Indian writer in Marathi. He was also famous as an orator and performing artist. He wrote as Pu La (IPA: Template:IPA) Deshpande, from his initials in Marathi.
Born in Mumbai, he was educated at Pune's Fergusson College and Willingdon College, Sangli. He worked as a lecturer and teacher before making his move into literature in the 1940s.
Pu La had a deep interest in the Hindustani classical music and musical theatre in Maharashtra. He vividly described it in his writings, popularised it and ultimately became a part of it. He played the Harmonium and was a talented singer. Moreover He was a good music & film director as well as a great actor.
His Work
As a writer, Pu La's work spans a variety of genres from short stories, essays to profiles and novels.
Translations or Adaptations
Pu La liked to call his adaptations as Bhaavaanuvaad or "translating expressions" rather than just words. He translated several noted works to produce absorbing Marathi plays. Some of them are:
- Eka Koliyane - Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea,
- Ti Fulrani - George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion
- Teen Paishyacha Tamasha - Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera
- Kaay Vattel Te Hoil - Helen and George Papashvily's Anything Can Happen
- Sophocles's Oedipus Rex.
Original Works
His original works include some of the classics in Marathi literature.
Humorous
Pu La is more remembered in the newer generation for his humourous works.
- Batatyachi Chaal (a hilarious look on life in Mumbai's chawls. He also used to perform it as a one-man show)
- Asa mi Asami (the fictional autobiography of a middle-class Marathi man),
- Vyakti and Valli (a collection of fictional but quintessional Marathi profiles)
- Tujhe aahe tujapaashi (a drama)
- Varyavarchi Varat
- Asa mi, Aasami
- Punekar,Mumbaikar ka Nagpurkar
- Mhais
- Mi ani maza Shatrupaksha
- Paliv Prani
- Panwala
- Kaahi Nave Grahayog
- Bigari Te Matric
- Khogir Bharati
- Majhe Poustik Jeewan
- Peston Kaka
- Rao Saheb
- Amhi Latike Naa Bolu
- Urla Surla (His last book)
Travelogues
As a traveller, he visited many Eastern countries in southeast and East Asia,United States Of America and Europe. The writer in him created magnificent narrations of these journeys with a unique touch of humour.
- Apoorvai - talks about travel experiences in the West
- Purvarang shows colours of eastern and far eastern countries (Purva means east in Marathi).
- Jave Tyancya Desha is about is visit to United States Of America.
- Udand Jahale Paani
Serious
- Sundar Mi Honar
- Ti Fulrani
- Teen Paishyacha Tamasha
- Tujhe aahe tujapaashi
- Nanda Pradhaan
Cinema
1947
- Kuber (कुबेर) - Actor
1948
- Bhagyaresha (भाग्यरेषा) - Actor
- Vandemataram (वंदेमातरम्)- Actor
1949
- Jaaga Bhadyane Dene Ahe (जागा भाड्याने देणे आहे) - Screenplay, Dialogues
- Manache Paan (मानाचे पान) - Story, Screenplay, Dialogues and Music with Ga Di Madgulkar
- Motthi Manase (मोठी माणसे) - Music
1950
- Gokulacha Raja (गोकुळचा राजा) - Story, Screenplay and Dialogues
- Jara Japoon (जरा जपून) - Screenplay and Dialogues
- Johar Maaybaap (जोहार मायबाप) - Actor
- Navra Bayko (नवरा बायको) Story, Screenplay, Dialogues and Music
- Pudhche Paool (पुढचे पाऊल) - Actor, Screenplay and Dialogues with Ga Di Madgulkar
- Var Pahije (वर पाहिजे) - Actor and Dialogues with Achyut Ranade
- Dev Pawala (देव पावला) - Music.
1952
- Doodh Bhaat (दूध भात) - Story, Screenplay, Dialogues, Lyrics and Music
- Ghardhani (घरधनी) - Screenplay, Dialogues, Lyrics and Music
- Sandesh (in Hindi, संदेश) - Story, Screenplay, Dialogues (translated by Mir Asgar ali)
1953
- Devbappa (देवबाप्पा) - Screenplay, Dialogues, Music and Lyrics with Ga Di Madgulkar
- Nave Birhad (नवे बिर्हाड), a comedy shortfilm - Dialogues and Music.
- Gulacha Ganapati (गुळाचा गणपती) - Story, Screenplay, Dialogues, Music, Actor and Direction.
- Mahatma (in Marathi, Hindi and English) (महात्मा) - Story
- Ammaldaar (अंमलदार) - Screenplay, Dialogues, Music and Actor
- Maisaheb (माईसाहेब) - Screenplay and Dialogues.
1960
- Phool aur Kaliya (in Hindi, फूल और कलियाँ) - Story and Screenplay
1966
Aaj aur Kal (In Hindi, आज और कल) - Story and Screenplay
Awards and Recognitions
- Sahitya Akademi Award
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award(one of the handful to get both)
- The first interviewer to interview Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru - the Prime Minister of India, for the then newly founded Doordarshan.
- P.L. Deshpande Kala Academy at the Ravindra Natya Mandir in Mumbai, is a cultural centre named after him.
Passing Away
Pu La died on June 12, 2000 at the Prayag Hospital in Pune. His death was mourned throughout the country.