Without much ado, (mercifully the political personage gracing the event kept his presence low-key, perhaps realising that the evening belonged to Pu La), the play commenced on time and soon ushered us into the home, world and indeed the life of the writer-protagonist and his characters. But I could sense the nostalgia by the excited murmurs in the audience that day as nearly half the audience seemed old enough to have seen the original play.

It is my misfortune that I was not one of the lucky ones to have watched Pu La perform live as a theatre artist. It won the Sahitya Akademi Puraskar in 1965.Ĭonverted into a play by Ratnakar Matkari, the protagonist was played by Pu La himself when the play was first produced and soon went on to become very popular, along with others written by Pu La such as TI PHULRANI ( an adaptation of PYGMALION) and BATATYACHI CHAL. Purushottam Laxman Deshpande (or Pu La as he is affectionately referred to), a doyen of Marathi literature, originally wrote a book of the same name, compiled by him over nearly twenty years from 1944 onwards. The humid weather and the Sunday siesta notwithstanding, hundreds of Pu La's fans had gathered at the Yeshwant Natya Mandir to watch this new production of a classic work by Pu La. So it's not surprising that Mahesh Manjrekar's production team which has put together VYAKTI ANI VALLI was to have a sold-out show.

The very mention of Pu La is enough to ignite fond memories in the hearts of the Marathi theatre- going audience and those who appreciate Marathi Literature.

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