Shantaram Athavale
Shantaram Govind Athavale ( Marathi: शांताराम आठवले Śāntārām Athavale; born January 21, 1910 in Pune, † 2 mai 1975): was an Indian lyricist, film director, documentary filmmaker, poet and author. He has worked in film and Maratha in Hindi film.
Life
Shantaram Athavale had his training with the writer Narayan Hari Apte, where he assisted in the publication of the journal " Madhukar " in Koregaon. As was asked Apte 1934, the screenplay for the film Amritmanthan the Prabhat Film Company to write, Athavale followed him as a songwriter. With the song Kiti sikhada he had instant success. The V. Shantaram film - Amritmanthan was also the beginning of the ten -year collaboration with the composer Athavales Keshavrao Bhole at Prabhat. Special recognition is achieved by Athavale the only newly written song in the Damle - Fattelal movie Sant Tukaram (1936). While all the other songs were original compositions Tukarams, fit the Athavale written by him Adhi beej ekale to the verse rhythm to Tukarams so that many Tukaram experts it initially thought was an unknown original composition of the mystic. To the music of Bhole Athavale wrote most of the lyrics of the Marathi versions of Prabhat films like Kunku (1937 ), Mazha Mulga and Gopal Krishna (both 1938), Sant Dnyaneshwar (1940 ), Sant Sakhu and Shejari (both 1941), Daha Wajta (1942 ) and Ramshastri (1944). In addition, he supported V. Shantaram occasionally as an assistant director.
After Shantaram Athavale left together with the directors Raja Nene and Datta Dharmadhikari, the composer Keshavrao Bhole and the editor and later director Anant Mane, the film company. He had already in 1942 outside Prabhats as a dialogue writer and lyricist of Marathi versions of Bose's Debaki Aple Ghar ( Hindi Version: Apna Ghar ) and Vijay Bhatt's Bharat Bhet ( Hindi version Bharat Milap ) worked. In 1948, his first self-produced work as a director Bhagya Rekha a revolutionary underground movement of the year 1942. For this film, he could fall back on his Prabhat colleagues Narayan Hari Apte, Keshavrao Bhole and actress Shanta Apte, which was associated by the public with his songs. Apte played and sang again in Athavale 's next film Main Hoon Abla Nahin (1949 ). From Vahinichya Bangdya (1953 ) also appeared as an actor in the Athavale, obtained his song Tu nastirs tar instantly recognizable as the song Sukh Devasi magave from Shevgyachaya Shenga ( 1955). This film was also a competition entry at the Film Festival of Cannes 1956. For the film production company Filmistan led Athavale Director of the conventional love story Padada (1958). For his last feature film Vavtal (1965 ) he received several film awards of the Government of Maharashtra.
In the 1960s he made numerous teaching and documentaries in English for the state film division. He wrote about 200 poems in Marathi, some of which are in the collections of poetry beej Ekale and Beejankur were published in other magazines. Athavale was concerned with spirituality, astrology and Indian cultural history and wrote several volumes according to their own studies on these topics. Under the title Prabhat Kaal 1965 he wrote a history of the Prabhat Film Company.
Filmography ( director only )
Marathi [ M], Hindi [H] English [ E]
Bibliography
- Beej Ekale
- Beejankur
- Shantachiya Ghara
- Nadigranth, Ek abhyas
- Omkar - rahasya
- Dnyandevichi Aradhana
- Kundalini Jagadamba
- Bakul Fule
- Sukhachi lipi
- Prabhat Kaal