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Pen name
  
गदिमा (GaDiMa)

Name
  
Gajanan Madgulkar

Nationality
  
India

Role
  
Poet


Genre
  
Marathi

Died
  
December 14, 1977

Literary movement
  
Marathi

Siblings
  
Vyankatesh Madgulkar

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Born
  
1 October 1919 Madgule in Atpadi taluka in Sangli district , Maharashtra, India (
1919-10-01
)

Occupation
  
Poet, lyricist, playwright, script writer, dialog writer, actor, and orator

Notable works
  
गीतरामायण (Geet Ramayan)

Awards
  
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Films - Screenplay

Movies
  
Do Ankhen Barah Haath, Navrang, Lokshahir Ram Joshi, Jeewan Jyoti, Toofan Aur Deeya

Similar People
  
Vyankatesh Madgulkar, Raja Paranjape, V Shantaram, Vasant Desai, Bharat Vyas

Sangli Marathi Poet,Lyricist Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar 99th Birth Anniversary Celebrate


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 and Padma Shri in 1969. He has written 157 screen play and over 2000 songs in his career. He was called Ādhunik Valmiki (the modern Valmiki) of current era due to his composition of Geet Rāmāyan (lit. Ramayana in Songs)as the most notable work.

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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), 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. 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

Following are some of the list of Collections of poems.

  • Sugandhi Veena
  • Jogiya
  • Char sangitika
  • Geet Ramayan
  • Kavykatha
  • Chaitraban
  • Geetgopal
  • Geetsaubhadra
  • Vaishakhi
  • Pooriya
  • Ajun Gagima
  • Naach re mora
  • Following are some of the list of collection of short stories-

  • Laplele ogh
  • Bandhavarchya babhali
  • Krushnachi karangali
  • Bolka shankh
  • Veg ani itar katha
  • Thorli pati
  • Tupacha nandadeep
  • Chandani udbatti
  • Bhatache phool
  • Sone ani mati
  • Teen chitrakatha
  • Kalavantanche anand paryatan
  • Teel ani tandul
  • Following are autobiographies-

  • Vatevarlya savlya
  • Mantarlele diwas
  • Following are some of the list of novels-

  • De tali ga ghe tali
  • Mini
  • Shashank manjiri
  • Naach re mora
  • Tulsi ramayan
  • Shabdranjan
  • Aakashachi phale
  • Ubhe dhage aadve dhage
  • Following are some of the list of plays-

  • Aakashachi phale
  • Parachakra
  • Following are the monthly magazines -

  • Akshar
  • Dharti
  • Geet Ramayan

    Geet Rāmāyan (lit. Ramayana in Songs) is considered his most notable work. A lyrical version of the Valmiki Ramayana in Marathi, 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 Ādhunik Valmiki (the modern Valmiki).

    Screenwriting

  • 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.
  • 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)
  • Awards and recognitions

  • Sangeet Natak Akademi Award – 1951
  • Padma Shri – 1969
  • Personal life

    Madgulkar was married to Vidya (Padma Patankar,Kolhapur) and they had 3 sons (Shridhar,Anand,Sharatkumar) and 4 daughters (Varsha,Kalpalata,Deepa,Shubhada. The popular marathi writer, Vyankatesh Madgulkar was the younger brother of Gadima.

    References

    Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar Wikipedia