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He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and the related complications resulted in his death at the age of 80.Īll images and film captions provided by the National Film Archive of India (NFAI), Pune with some minor editing done by Firstpost. This is PL Deshpande's last feature film he breathed his last on 12 June 2000 in Pune. The film won two National Awards in 1992 for Best Feature Film in Marathi and Best Choreography for Laxmibai Kolhapurkar. It is a tragic tale of a comedian who was born as a songadya (a folk theatre artist) in a Tamasha troupe. This romantic tale is set against the backdrop of the merger of a princely state in independent India.ĭeshpande wrote the dialogues and screenplay for this social film. The songs were written by Sahir Ludhianvi and composed by Ravi became very popular. Posters of Aaj Aur Kal and Ek Hota Vidushak.īased on Deshpande play Sundar Mi Honar, this film stars Ashok Kumar, Nanda and Sunil Dutt in the lead roles. Interestingly, a short film Nave Birhad starring Damunna Malwankar with Deshpande's voiceover narration used to be screened along with this film. The film depicted a touching tale of an innocent girl who finds motherly love in the deity she worships. The song 'Naach Re Mora' sung by Asha Bhonsle is popular to this day. PL Deshpande has contributed immensely by writing the screenplay, dialogues, lyrics and composing music for this film. GD Madgulkar wrote the lyrics of the evergreen devotional song 'Indrayanichya Kathi' which was rendered by Bharat Ratna Pt Bhimsen Joshi. Long hiatus from filmmaking after this venture. He plays the role of Naru, a straight-forward simple dreamer. Posters of Gulacha Ganapati and Devbappa.ĭeshpande has written the story, screenplay, dialogues, composed music and also directed and acted in this film. Here are the 26 posters that were put up on display at the festival: One of the special attractions of the exhibition will be the display of the original hand-written copy of the script of Pu La’s cult classic Gulacha Ganpati, which was provided to NFAI in 2015 by the family members of Rajguru, the producer of the film. We appeal to the general public to come forward and help the NFAI so that it can be preserved for future generations." We plan to take the exhibition to various parts of Maharashtra in the coming year," said Magdum, adding, "The centenary year is also a good opportunity to trace his lost films and other material. "This event is a beautiful tribute to the genius artist who ventured into almost every field of performing arts. Pu La is my God, and his literature is my panacea for all life's troubles," said Saraf at the event. I have a treasure trove of books by Pu La at my house. His humour is not direct or literal in terms of narrative it is more about reading between the lines. "Pu La has contributed massively to comedy through his literary and artistic works. The film festival was open for all and was organised by NFAI in collaboration with ‘Pu.La.Parivar’ and Aashay Film club. Marathi actor Ashok Saraf inaugurated the event in the presence of Kiran Shantaram and Prakash Magdum, director - NFAI. YouTube screengrab (Courtesy: Films Division)Īt NFAI's film festival, a dedicated exhibition showcased 26 select posters of noted Marathi and Hindi films on which Deshpande worked, from Kuber (1947), Vande Mataram (1948), Johar Maibaap (1950), Maisaheb (1953) to Ek Hota Vidushak (1992).