The National Film Archive Institute (NFAI) has acquired the handwritten script for Pu La Deshpande's 1953 film "Gulacha Ganpati."

  indianexpress.com

November 20, 2015 (Pune)

Gulacha Ganpati, a famous black-and white film released in 1953, is an emotional drama starring the late Purushottam Lakshman Deshpande, a renowned Marathi writer, playwright, and actor known as Pu La.

The film is considered one of Pu La's best works, and it is notable for Pu La's multiple roles in it, including writer, director, lead actor, and music composer. Pu La's handwritten script for the film has been included to the National Film Archive of India's collection in New Delhi (NFAI). 

Dilip Shripad Rajguru, the younger brother of the film’s producer, Vinayak Rajguru, recently visited NFAI with his sister-in-law (Vinayak’s wife), Dr Sarojini Rajguru, to give over this script.

 “We weren't sure if we and future generations would be able to preserve this writing forever, even knowing how valuable it is. As a result, we chose to pass it on to the correct hands, who will care for it properly,” says Dilip Rajguru. He said that Pu La wrote the script in 1951 and that it is at least 90 pages long. “Despite the fact that it is a 65-year-old document, it is in good shape,” he continues.

                         

 

Gulacha Ganapati(1953) 

गुळाचा गणपती  

 Director :  Pu.La. Deshpande

    Studio: Swati Chitra

    Producer: Vinayak Rajguru 

    Writer: P. L. Deshpande 

    Cinematographer: A.D. Dev

    Editor: Gangaram Mathphode

    Composer: P. L. Deshpande 

    Lyricist: G. D. Madgulkar

    Cast: Pu.La. Deshpande, Vinay Kale, Lele Mama, Vasant Shinde, Chitra, Angre

    Story: P. L. Deshpande

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