Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar
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Born |
Madgule in Atpadi taluka in Sangli district , MahÄrÄshtra, India | 1 October 1919
Died | 14 December 1977 58) | (aged
Pen name | गदिमा (GaDiMÄ) |
Occupation | Poet, lyricist, playwright, script writer, dialog writer, actor, and orator |
Nationality | India |
Genre | MarÄthi |
Literary movement | MarÄthi |
Notable works | गीतरामायण (Geet RÄmÄyan) |
Website | |
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GajÄnan Digambar MÄdgulkar (1 October 1919 – 14 December 1977) was a MarÄthi 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
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), BhÄwa-Geet (emotional songs), Bhakti-Geet (devotional songs), and LÄwani (a genre of folk songs in Maharashtra). Madgulkar entered the world of movies in 1938 at KolhÄpur. He contributed to 157 Marathi and 23 Hindi movies. 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 and 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
Geet Ramayan
Geet RÄmÄyan (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 Ramayana. Sudhir 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 Ä€dhunik Valmiki (the modern Valmiki).
Screenwriting
- जीवनजà¥à¤¯à¥‹à¤¤à¥€ Jeewan Jyoti 1953: Screenplay and Dialogs
- तूफान और दीया ToofÄn Aur DeeyÄ 1956: Story
- दो आंखे बारह हाथ Do Ä€nkhen BÄrah HÄth 1957: Story, Screenplay, and Dialogs
- This movie, which was directed by V. Shantaram, won recognition at an Berlin International Film Festival.[4]
Popular Songs
The following is a short list of some of the popular Marathi songs which "गदिमा" wrote:
- इंदà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤¯à¤£à¥€à¤•ाठी देवाची आळंदी (IndrÄyani KÄthi DewÄchi Ä€landi)
- उदà¥à¤§à¤µà¤¾, अजब तà¥à¤à¥‡ सरकार (UddhawÄ, Ajab Tujhze SarkÄr)
- तà¥à¤à¥à¤¯à¤¾ उसाला लागल कोलà¥à¤¹à¤¾ (TujhyÄ UsaÄlÄ LÄgel KolhÄ)
- या चिमणà¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤¨à¥‹, परत फिरा रे (YÄ ChimanyÄno, Parat PhirÄ Re)
- हे काम ने तडीला, हाजी मलंग बाबा (He KÄm Ne TadilÄ, HÄji Malang BÄbÄ)
- विठà¥à¤ ला, तू वेडा कà¥à¤‚à¤à¤¾à¤° (ViththalÄ, Tu WedÄ KumbhÄr)
Acting
Year | Movie | Language | Director | Co-Actors |
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1942 | पहिला पाळणा (PahilÄ PÄlnÄ) | Marathi | VishrÄm Bedekar | Shanta Hublikar, Indu Natu, Baburao Pendharkar, Balabhai, Kusum Deshpande, Dinkar Kamanna, Vishnupant Aundhkar |
1947 | लोकशाहीर रामजोशी (LokshÄhir RÄmjoshi) (Marathi)/ MatwÄlÄShayar RÄmjoshi (Hindi) | Marathi/Hindi | BÄburÄo Painter (Marathi Version) | Jayaram Shiledar, Hansa Wadkar, Shakuntala, Parashuram, Sudha Apte, Samant, Gundopant Walawalkar, Jayaram Desai, Kanase, Sawalaram, Vaidya, Abhyankar |
1948 | बनवासी (BanawÄsi) | Hindi | KumÄr Chandrasekhar | |
1948 | अदालत (AdÄlat) | Hindi | Vasant Joglekar | |
1950 | पà¥à¤¢à¤šà¤‚ पाऊल (Pudhche PÄool) | Marathi | RÄjÄ ParÄnjpe | P.L. Deshpande, Hansa Wadkar, Kusum Deshpande, Vivek, Mohammed Hussain, D. S. Ambapkar, Bal Chitale, Raja Paranjpe, Shakuntala Jadhav, Suman, Ravindra, Baby Neela |
1952 | लाखाची गोषà¥à¤Ÿ (LÄkhÄchi Goshta) | Marathi | RÄjÄ ParÄnjpe | Chitra, Rekha, Raja Gosavi, Indira Chitnis, Ravindra, Sharad Talwalkar, Raja Paranjpe, Madan Mohan |
1952 | पेडगावचे शहाणे (PedagÄwache ShahÄne) | Marathi | RÄjÄ ParÄnjpe | Raja Paranjpe, Chittaranjan Kolhatkar, Dhumal, Master Dwarkanath, Vasant Shinde, Nalini Nagpurkar, Nayana, Prasad Sawkar, Sadashiv Thakar, Ganpatrao Kelkar, Daldaseth |
1952 | जीत (Jeet Kiskee) | Hindi | Vasant Joglekar | |
1953 | अंमलदार (AmmaladÄr) | Marathi | K. NÄrÄyan KÄle | P. L. Deshpande, K. Narayan Kale, Sheila Naik, Leela Ogale, Vinay Kale (Music Composer: G. D. Madgulkar) |
1960 | जगाचà¥à¤¯à¤¾ पाठीवर (JagÄchyÄ PÄthiwar) | Marathi | RÄjÄ ParÄnjpe | Ramesh Deo, Seema Deo, Dhumal, Raja Paranjpe, Mai Bhide, Vinay Kale, Raja Gosavi, Sharad Talwalkar, Raj Dutt |
Awards and recognitions
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award – 1951
- Padma Shri – 1969
References
- ↑ "Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar (Akademi Awards)". National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama.
Gajanan D. Madgulkar 1951
- ↑ "Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs.
1969: 60: Shri Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar
- ↑ "Geet Ramayan gathers dust at AIR". Indian Express. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- ↑ "Berlin Film Festival: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
External links
- Marathi Songs Of Ga Di Madgulkar – The Official Gadima Website
- Gadima On Facebook – The Official Gadima Facebook Page
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