Vasant Joglekar
Vasant Joglekar (1914–1993) was a film director and producer. He directed several Marathi and Hindi movies, including Aanchal and Aaj Aur Kal.[1]
Career
[edit]Ha Khel Savalyancha
[edit]Vasant Joglekar is the director of Ha Khel Savalyancha (transl. This Game of Shadows)[2], a 1976 Indian Marathi-language crime thriller[3][4][a] produced by Sumati Gupte-Joglekar[6] and starring Asha Kale and Kashinath Ghanekar star in the lead roles.[7] Ha Khel Savalyancha includes elements of horror and received critical and commercial acclaim at the time of his released [8]; it is still considered a "superhit" of Marathi cinema.[5] For that film, Hridaynath Mangeshkar won the Ganeshan Award in Best Music Director category [9] and Manohar Aacharya for Best colour photography. [10] The film was said to be "deeply rooted in the village life of Maharastra".[11]
In the 2018 film Ani... Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar, starring Subodh Bhave as Kashinath Ghanekar and Prajakta Mali as Asha Kale, the iconic song "Gomu Sangatina" from the film was remade, bridging the rich legacy of Marathi theater with modern audiences.[12].[13]
Notes
[edit]Selected filmography
[edit]Director only
[edit]- Janki (1979)
- Ha Khel Sawalyancha (1976)
- Prarthana (1969)
- Ek Kali Muskai (1968)
- Shevatcha Malusura (1965)
- Aaj Aur Kal (1963)
- Aanchal (1960)
- Karigar (1958)
- Samaj (1954)
- Firdaus (1953)
- Jeet Kiski (1952)
- Nand Kishore (1951), with Baburao Pendharkar[14]
- Sakharpuda (1949)
- Adalat (1948)
- Aap Ki Sewa Mein (1947)[15]
- Chimukla Sansar (1943)
- Kiti Hasaal (1942)[16]
Director and producer
[edit]- Aanchal (1960)
- Aaj Aur Kal (1963)
References
[edit]- ^ Sanjit Narwekar; Raghuvir Kul; D. B. Samant. Marathi Cinema: in retrospect. Maharashtra Film, Stage & Cultural Development Corporation. p. 76.
Directorial talent like V.Shantaram, Vishram Bedekar and Gajanan Jagirdar, who had given Marathi cinema an edge in the 1930s, and Vasant Joglekar, who had shown tremendous potential, was being drained out of the Marathi industry as it migrated to the more prosperous Hindi film industry.
- ^ Narwekar, Sanjit (1994). Directory of Indian Film-makers and Films. Flicks Books. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-948911-40-8.
- ^ Willis, Donald C. (1982). Horror and Science Fiction Films II. Scarecrow Press. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-8108-1517-9.
- ^ Indian Cinema. Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. 1978. p. 22.
- ^ a b Narwekar, Sanjit (1995). Marathi Cinema: In Retrospect. Maharashtra Film, Stage & Cultural Development Corporation. p. 139.
- ^ "Ha Khel Savalyancha (1976)". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ "हा खेळ सावल्यांचा". मराठी चित्रपट सूची. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ "Jairam Kulkarni: From 'Gammat Jamaat' to 'Zapatale'; a list of the talented actor's stellar performances". The Times of India. 17 March 2020. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ Lokrajya. Directorate-General of Information and Public Relations. 1976. p. 40.
- ^ People's Raj. Directorate-General of Information and Public Relations. 1976. p. 40.
- ^ Dhusiya, Mithuraaj (13 September 2017). Indian Horror Cinema: (En)gendering the Monstrous. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-351-38648-7.
- ^ "डॉ. काशिनाथ घाणेकर : गोमू संगतीनं.. गाण्याची जादू पुन्हा अनुभवा!". Loksatta (in Marathi). 26 October 2018. Archived from the original on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ Dhusiya, Mithuraaj (13 September 2017). Indian Horror Cinema: (En)gendering the Monstrous. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-351-38648-7.
- ^ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-94325-7.
- ^ Dawar, Ramesh (2006). Bollywood: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. Star Publications. ISBN 978-1-905863-01-3.
- ^ Murray, Jeremy A.; Nadeau, Kathleen (15 August 2016). Pop Culture in Asia and Oceania. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 979-8-216-13027-7.