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.
Contents
- Sangli Marathi PoetLyricist Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar 99th Birth Anniversary Celebrate
- Career
- Works
- Geet Ramayan
- Screenwriting
- Popular Songs
- Awards and recognitions
- Personal life
- References
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.
Following are some of the list of collection of short stories-
Following are autobiographies-
Following are some of the list of novels-
Following are some of the list of plays-
Following are the monthly magazines -
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
Popular Songs
The following is a short list of some of the popular Marathi songs which "गदिमा" wrote:
Awards and recognitions
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.