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1st OCTOBER 1919 - 14th DECEMBER 1977 GAJANAN DIGAMBAR MADGULKAR

Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar

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G. D. Mādgulkar
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Ga Di Mādgulkar
Born1 October 1919
Madgule in Atpadi taluka inSangli district , Mahārāshtra, India
Died14 December 1977 (aged 58)
Pen nameगदिमा (GaDiMā)
OccupationPoet, lyricist, playwright, script writer, dialog writer, actor, and orator
NationalityIndia
GenreMarāthi
Literary movementMarāthi
Notable worksगीतरामायण (Geet Rāmāyan)
Website
gadima.com
Gajānan Digambar Mādgulkar (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 Maharashtra by just his initials as Ga Di Ma(गदिमा). He was awarded Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1951[1] and Padma Shri in 1969.[2]

Career[edit]

Madgulkar wrote poetry, short stories, novels, autobiographies and scripts, dialogues and lyrics for Marathi as well as Hindi movies. His poems have been adapted to a wide range of musical forms such as Sugam-Sangeet (light music), Bhāwa-Geet (emotional songs), Bhakti-Geet (devotional songs), and Lāwani (a genre of folk songs in Maharashtra). Madgulkar entered the world of movies in 1938 at Kolhāpur. He contributed to 157 Marathi and 23 Hindi movies.[citation needed] He was also an artist. He loved to draw nature drawing.
He had knowledge of 10 languages including Marathi, Hindi, English, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Kannada, Tamil & Telugu.
He was the elder brother of Marathi writer of poetry and novels Vyankatesh Madgulkar. His home is in Dapoli near Ratnagiri. Tourist visit this house as it has been well maintained by his sons.

Works[edit]

Geet Ramayan[edit]

Geet Rāmāyan (lit. Ramayana in Songs) is considered his most notable work. A lyrical version of the Valmiki Ramayana in Marathi,[3] it consists of 56 songs chronologically describing events from RamayanaSudhir Phadke composed the music for Geet Ramayan. Though it is based on sage Valmiki's epic Ramayana, Madgulkar chose a different narrative format and was praised for the lyrics, and was called Ādhunik Valmiki (the modern Valmiki).

Screenwriting[edit]

  • जीवनज्योती Jeewan Jyoti 1953: Screenplay and Dialogs
  • तूफान और दीया Toofān Aur Deeyā 1956: Story
  • दो आंखे बारह हाथ Do Ānkhen Bārah Hāth 1957: Story, Screenplay, and Dialogs
    • This movie, which was directed by V. Shantaram, won recognition at an Berlin International Film Festival.[4]

Popular Songs[edit]

The following is a short list of some of the popular Marathi songs which "गदिमा" wrote:
  • इंद्रायणीकाठी देवाची आळंदी (Indrāyani Kāthi Dewāchi Ālandi)
  • उद्धवा, अजब तुझे सरकार (Uddhawā, Ajab Tujhze Sarkār)
  • तुझ्या उसाला लागल कोल्हा (Tujhyā Usaālā Lāgel Kolhā)
  • या चिमण्यानो, परत फिरा रे (Yā Chimanyāno, Parat Phirā Re)
  • हे काम ने तडीला, हाजी मलंग बाबा (He Kām Ne Tadilā, Hāji Malang Bābā)
  • विठ्ठला, तू वेडा कुंभार (Viththalā, Tu Wedā Kumbhār)

Acting[edit]

YearMovieLanguageDirectorCo-Actors
1942पहिला पाळणा (Pahilā Pālnā)MarathiVishrām BedekarShanta Hublikar, Indu Natu, Baburao Pendharkar, Balabhai, Kusum Deshpande, Dinkar Kamanna, Vishnupant Aundhkar
1947लोकशाहीर रामजोशी (Lokshāhir Rāmjoshi) (Marathi)/ MatwālāShayar Rāmjoshi (Hindi)Marathi/HindiBāburāo Painter (Marathi Version)Jayaram Shiledar, Hansa Wadkar, Shakuntala, Parashuram, Sudha Apte, Samant, Gundopant Walawalkar, Jayaram Desai, Kanase, Sawalaram, Vaidya, Abhyankar
1948बनवासी (Banawāsi)HindiKumār Chandrasekhar
1948अदालत (Adālat)HindiVasant Joglekar
1950पुढचं पाऊल (Pudhche Pāool)MarathiRājā ParānjpeP.L. Deshpande, Hansa Wadkar, Kusum Deshpande, Vivek, Mohammed Hussain, D. S. Ambapkar, Bal Chitale, Raja Paranjpe, Shakuntala Jadhav, Suman, Ravindra, Baby Neela
1952लाखाची गोष्ट (Lākhāchi Goshta)MarathiRājā ParānjpeChitra, Rekha, Raja Gosavi, Indira Chitnis, Ravindra, Sharad Talwalkar, Raja Paranjpe, Madan Mohan
1952पेडगावचे शहाणे (Pedagāwache Shahāne)MarathiRājā ParānjpeRaja Paranjpe, Chittaranjan Kolhatkar, Dhumal, Master Dwarkanath, Vasant Shinde, Nalini Nagpurkar, Nayana, Prasad Sawkar, Sadashiv Thakar, Ganpatrao Kelkar, Daldaseth
1952जीत (Jeet Kiskee)HindiVasant Joglekar
1953अंमलदार (Ammaladār)MarathiK. Nārāyan KāleP. L. Deshpande, K. Narayan Kale, Sheila Naik, Leela Ogale, Vinay Kale (Music Composer: G. D. Madgulkar)
1960जगाच्या पाठीवर (Jagāchyā Pāthiwar)MarathiRājā ParānjpeRamesh Deo, Seema Deo, Dhumal, Raja Paranjpe, Mai Bhide, Vinay Kale, Raja Gosavi, Sharad Talwalkar, Raj Dutt

Awards and recognitions[edit]

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        Gajānan Digambar Mādgulkar was a Marāthi poet, lyricist, writer and actor from India. He is popularly known in his home state of Maharashtra by just his initials as Ga Di Ma. He was awarded Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1951 and Padma Shri in 1969. Wikipedia
        BornOctober 1, 1919, Madgule
        DiedDecember 14, 1977
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