13th AUGUST 1898 - 13th JUNE 1969 ACHARYA ( PRAHLAD KESHAV ATRE ) ATRE

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Pralhad Keshav Atre

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Prahlād Keshav Atre, popularly known as Āchārya Atre, was a multi-faceted Indian figure. He was a prominent Marathi writer, a poet, an educationist, a newspaper founder–editor of Maratha, a political ...Wikipedia
Born: August 13, 1898, Saswad
Died: June 13, 1969, Mumbai
Spouse: Ms. Godavari Munge (m. ?–1969)
Children: Shirish Atre-Pai, Meena Deshpande
Plays: To Mee Navhech
Awards: National Film Award for Best Feature Film, National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi
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Prahlād Keshav Atre (Marathi: प्रल्हाद केशव अत्रे

pronunciation (help·info)) (13 August 1898 – 13 June 1969), popularly known as Āchārya Atre (Marathi: आचार्य अत्रे), was a multi-faceted Indian figure. He was a prominent Marathi writer, a poet, an educationist, a newspaper founder–editor of Maratha (a Marathi language daily whose head office and press was located at Coca-Cola gulley in Worli, Mumbai), a political leader, a movie producer–director–script writer and above all, a noted orator.

His Marathi film, Shyamchi Aai (श्यामची आई) won the 1954 National Film Award for Best Feature Film.^[1]

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Early life[edit]

Atre was born in the town of Saswad, near Pune, in Maharashtra, India on 13 August 1898

Education[edit]

Atre attended the Bhave High School, Pune. Atre got his BA and BT degrees from the University of Bombay and later Teacher's Diploma (TD) from the University of London. He was ranked first in the BT examination.Also his general work was praised as being of high quality by his British Professors at the London Day Training College of London University.

Career[edit]

His teaching career spanned 20-years, at the height of which, he ran a high school as its principal. He compiled a series of Marathi language textbooks for elementary and secondary schools, which were widely used in Maharashtra State for several years.

In his autobiography Atre has devoted one full chapter to Cambridge educated mathematician Wrangler R. P. Paranjpe whose personality made a tremendous impact on him when he was studying for his BA degree at Ferguson College in Pune where Paranjpe was principal. He has also acknowledged the influence Professor Sir Percy Nunn (Principal of London Day Training College) and P.B. Ballard ( A senior inspector in the education department of London County Council) had on his work in the field of education and also that of H.R.Hamley (Principal of the Secondary Training College, Bombay). He has also stated that his style of oratory was greatly influenced by Prof. Ballard whose lectures he attended in London. The other professors at London Day Training College whose influence on him Atre acknowledges in his autobiography are Cyril Burt ( An educational psychologist), James Fairgrieve ( A geographer and educator ) and John Dover Wilson (professor and scholar of Renaissance drama).

Atre's contributions to Marathi literature have been listed under Important works below. He was an outstanding humorist, and his writing style – whether he wrote humorous or serious material – was highly effective. He introduced parodistic poetry to Marathi language under the pseudonym Keshav Kumār. His book, zenduuchi Phule, is a collection of his parodistic poems.

Atre wrote seven plays; some of them had a humorous theme while others, a serious one. All of them received high public acclaim. His comedy-play, Moruchi Mavshi was later adapted into Hindi film, Aunty No. 1 (1998), starring Govinda and Raveena Tandon.

Atre's two autobiographical works, Mi Kasā Jhālo and Karheche Pāni, similarly received much public acclaim. Atre was the founder–editor of four Marathi newspapers. Two of them had a short life. But the other two, Maratha and (Weekly) Navayug, ran for many years with a large circulation.

Atre also became known for his public feud with another well known Marathi author of his times Prof. N.S.Phadke. Several years later however there was a public reconciliation between these two in the city of Pune.

Atre had studied Urdu language in depth. He while writing under the pseudonym Maulana Allauddin Khilji, ridiculed the predilection of the Marathi poets of those times of using not easily understood Sanskrit words and using bigger than life comparisons.(He wrote a poem, Shyamale, under this whimsical pen name Maulānā Allāuddin Khilji).

Known for his straight forward views in his writing he was called 'Writer & Fighter of Maharashtra' by Former Indian President Dr.K.R.Narayanan.

Atre was one of the defendants in the then well known "People's Own" litigation but was acquitted as being innocent by Mr. Justice Broomfield of Bombay High Court.( He had earlier been convicted by a lower court judge by name Gundil in Pune)

Atre's worthy contributions in the Marathi movie world have been listed below. His movie Shyamchi Aai (1953) received an award as the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 1953, while his movie Mahatma Phule (1955) received the President's Silver Medal.

Atre was an important political leader of his times in Maharashtra, and he worked vigorously in the Sanyukta Mahārāshtra Āndolan (Unified Maharashtra Movement) during 1956–60. As recently as December 2011 at a function presided over by a noted Marathi literary figure D. M. Mirasdar and attended by Shiv Sena leader Uddhava Thakare & his daughters Mrs.Shirish Pai & Mrs. Deshpande a DVD of his speeches related to this movement was released. He possessed extraordinary oratory skills, humour being a captivating feature of his speeches.^{[citation needed]}

Atre was one of the few members of the Brahmin community in his times who supported since early days the efforts of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar to uplift the social status of the Harijan community and remove that community's curse of "untouchability".

Personal[edit]

Atre was married twice. After his first wife Kashibai died of TB in less than a fortnight after his return from England in October 1928, he married again ( the former Ms. Godavari Munge who herself was a qualified teacher and worked in a leading Pune Girls' School) and had two daughters by this marriage. One daughter Shirish Atre- Pai, who introduced Japanese Poetry haiku in the Marathi literature was born in November 1929 & went on to become an author and social worker of some note in her own right. After the death of Atre, she was the editor of newspaper Maratha but was unable to maintain its popularity and the newspaper had to close down a few years later.

It was also alleged that he had an affair with Vanmala who was the leading lady in his movie Shyamchi Aai.

His wife later wrote movingly about the trauma that it caused her and also about the various property disputes that erupted after Atre's death and her inability to cope with them.

In politics[edit]

Member of Local Municipal Board of Pune during 1936–1938.
Member of Sanyukta Maharashtra Samiti during 1956–60.
Member of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha from Dadar constituency (18) 1962–1967^[2]

However his ambition of becoming a member of the Indian Parliament could not be fulfilled as he lost these elections.

Important works[edit]

Plays

Sāshtāng Namaskār (1935)
Gharābāher (1934)
Bhramāchā Bhopalā (1935)
Udyāchā Sansār (1936)
Lagnāchi Bedi (1936)
Moruchi Māwashi (1947) a marathi comedy play
To Mi Navhech (1962)

Novels, Biographies, and Essays

Chāngunā (1954)
Battāshi Wa Itar Kathā (1954)
Mahātmā Jyotibā Phule (1958)
Suryāsta (1964) (On the life of Jawaharlal Nehru)
Samādhiwaril Ashru (1956)
Kelyāne Deshātan (1961)
Atre Uwāch (1937)
Lalit Wāngmaya (1944)
Hashā Āni Tālyā (1958)

Poetry

zenduuchi Phule (1925)

Autobiographical Works

Karheche Pāni (5 volumes)(1963, '64, '65, '67, and '68)
Mi Kasā Jhālo (1953)

Movies

Brahmachari (1938)
Shyāmchi Aai
Premveer (Script writer)
Dharmveer (Script writer)
Brandichi Bātali (Script writer)
Paayaachi Daasi (Hindi: Charanon Ki Daasi). Producer.
Mahātmā Phule

Journalism

Founder/Editor of (weekly) Sāptāhik Navyug (1940–1962) and Tukārām (1954)
Evening newspaper Jai Hind (1948)
Daily Marāthā (1956 – Till the end)

Honors[edit]

President of 27th Maharashatra Sahitya Sammelan at Nashik (1942)
President of 38th Natya Sammelan at Belgaon (1955)
President of 10th Maharashatra Patrakar Sammelan (1950)
President of Regional Sahitya Sammelan at Baroda, Indore and Gwalior
In his honor there is an Acharya atre bhavan in Saswad

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नावात काय आहे ? असे आपण म्हणतो . पण काही नावे, आडनावे फारच चमत्कारिक असतात . त्यामुळे ती पुढेबदलली जातात . साहित्यिक , कलावंत मात्र आपले खरेनाव कळू न देण्याची दक्षता घेतात . काही साहित्यिकांनाआपल्या लेखनावरून पुढे वाद होतील असे वाटत असे .त्यामुळे त्यांनी टोपण नावाने लिखाण केले . याचे उत्तमउहादरण म्हणजे ' कळ्यांचे निःश्वास ' मधून स्त्रियांच्याप्रश्नांना वाचा फोडण्याचे काम मालतीबाई बेडेकरांनीकेले . पण ते विभावरी शिरुरकर या टोपणनावाने लिहून .

राम गणेश गडकरी हे नाटककार म्हणून प्रसिद्ध . पण त्यांचे काव्यलेखन ' गोविंदाग्रज ' तर विनोदी लेखन 'बाळकराम ' या नावाने प्रसिद्ध झाले . त्यांचेच शिष्य आचार्य अत्रे ' केशवकुमार ' या नावाने विडंबन काव्ये लिहित .

विनोदी लेखक दत्तू बांदेकर ' सख्या हरी ' या टोपण नावाने लिहित . कवी अथवा विनोदी लेखकांनी टोपण नावानेलिखाण केलेले आढळते . जयवंत दळवी नाटककार , कथा , कादंबरी लिहिणारे म्हणून प्रसिद्ध होते पण 'ठणठणपाळ ' या नावाने ललितमध्ये जे सदर लिहिले तसे यश आजपर्यंत कोणालाही मिळाले नाही .

बॉम्बे बुक डेपोमध्ये स्वाक्षरी सप्ताहात ठणठणपाळ स्वाक्षरी देण्यासाठी येणार म्हणून वाचकांनी मोठी गर्दी केली .ठणठणपाळच्या मोठ्या कटआऊट शेजारी जयवंत दळवी बसले होते . उपस्थितांची मागणी अशी होती की आम्हालाठणठणपाळ कोण आहे ते कळू द्या . शेवटी जयवंत दळवींना आपला मुखवटा दूर करावा लागला . असे भाग्य फारथोड्या लेखकांना मिळते .

चि . त्र्यं . खानोलकरांनी आपली कविता सत्यकथेकडे पाठवली . पण ती प्रसिद्ध झाली नाही . काही दिवसांनी 'आरती प्रभू ' या नावाने त्यांनी कविता पाठवली तर ती प्रसिद्ध झाली . स्त्री नावाचे महात्म्य असे असते . ग्रामीणकथाकार भोसले चारुता सागर या नावाने लिहित .
एकूण मराठी कवी व विनोदी लेखकांनी टोपणनावे वापरलेली दिसतात . कवी म . पां . भावे , फिरोज दारुवाला यानावाने गद्यलेखन करीत . शांता शेळके सेन्सॉर बोर्डाच्या सदस्या असताना वसंत अवसरे या नावाने चित्रपटगीतेलिहित .

माजी खासदार पत्रकार नारायण , अनिरुद्ध पुनर्वसु , नाना वांद्रेकर , पूर्वा नगरकर अशा अनेक नावांनी लिहित . 'फिरविले अनंत ' या आत्मचरित्राचे लेखक फिरोज रानडे यांचे खरे नाव मुकुंद . त्यांना एका कार्यक्रमात प्रश्नविचारला की , ' आपण फिरोज हे टोपणनाव का घेतलेत ?' तेव्हा त्यांनी उत्तर दिले , ' प्रत्येक यशस्वी पत्नीच्यानवऱ्याचे नाव फिरोज असते .' पु . ल . देशपांडे , मं . वि . राजाध्यक्ष , रा . वा . आलूरकर या तिघा मित्रांनीपुरुषराज आलूरपांडे या टोपणनावाने एक पुस्तक लिहिले .

बडोद्याचे लेखक धो . वि . देशपांडे , अश्मसार या नावाने लिहित . तर डॉ . नेने दादू मिया या नावाने लिहित . टोपणनावांनी पुस्तके प्रसिद्ध होत असल्यामुळे महाराष्ट्र शासनाचे उत्कृष्ट वाङ्मय पुरस्कारासाठीचे अर्ज भरून पाठवतानात्यात लेखकाचे कोणत्या नावाने बँकेत खाते आहे ते लिहावे लागते .

पण हे टोपणनावांचे खूळ गेल्या काही वर्षांत कमी झाले आहे . लेखकांची नवीन पिढी लिहू लागली . ललितसाहित्याबरोबर सामाजिक प्रश्नांबाबत पुस्तके प्रसिद्ध होऊ लागली . त्यामुळे आपले लिखाण आपल्याच नावावरप्रसिद्ध व्हावे असे लेखकांना वाटू लागले . तुम्ही खरे नाव घेऊन लिहा किंवा टोपणनाव घेऊन लिहा , आज लेखक -वाचक संवादच कमी झाला आहे .

केशवसुत हे आधुनिक मराठी कवितेचे जनक ... ते देखील टोपणनावच आहे . पण या नावावरून देखील कोटीकरण्याचा मोह कवी वसंत बापटांना झाला . दादर स्थानकाजवळील कवी केशवसुत उड्डाणपुलाच्या उद्घाटनप्रसंगीआपल्या भाषणात वसंत बापट म्हणाले , ' हे कोणते केशवसुत मोठे की धाकटे ?'

मोबाईल अॅप डाउनलोड करा आणि राहा अपडेट

प्रत्येक ताजे अपडेट जाणून घेण्यासाठी महाराष्ट्र टाइम्सच्या फेसबुक पेजला लाइक करा

Awards[edit]

National Film Awards (India)

1st National Film Awards (1953) – President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film – Shyamchi Aai^[3]
2nd National Film Awards (1954) – President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Marathi – Mahatma Phule^[4]

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pronunciation (help·info)) (13 August 1898 – 13 June 1969), popularly known as Āchārya Atre (Marathi: आचार्य अत्रे), was a multi-faceted Indian figure.

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