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{{Short description|Indian Marathi language writer and humorist}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Pu La Deshpande
| other_names = P. L. Deshpande<br />Pu. La.<br /> Bhai
| image = Suresh Joshi with P L Deshpandey (cropped).jpg
| caption = P. L. Deshpande at [[Pune]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1919|11|8}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai, Maharashtra]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2000|06|12|1919|11|8}}
| death_place = Pune, Maharashtra, India
| nationality = Indian
| education = MA, LLB
| occupation = Harmonium player,Writer, actor, composer, film and television producer, film director, music director
| spouse = [[Sunita Deshpande]]
| relatives = [[Vaman Mangesh Dubhashi]] (maternal grandfather)<br/>[[Satish Dubhashi]] (cousin brother)
| signature = PL-D-sign.png
| website = {{url|puladeshpande.net/}}
}}

'''Purushottam Laxman Deshpande''' (alternatively written as '''Pu La Deshpande''' (8 November 1919 – 12 June 2000), popularly known by his initials ("'''Pu. La.'''") or as '''P. L. Deshpande''', was a [[Marathi language|Marathi]] writer and humorist from [[Maharashtra]], India. He was also an accomplished film and stage actor, script writer, author, composer, musician, singer and orator. He was often referred to as "Maharashtra's beloved personality".<ref>{{cite web|date=10 June 2018|title=A documentary ode to Pu La Deshpande in Pune on June 12|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/pune-news/a-documentary-ode-to-pu-la-deshpande-in-pune-on-june-12/story-NoO6GjKPktxXy3tc0rPiSP.html|website=The Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=A cultural icon called PuLa who made Marathis laugh at themselves - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/a-cultural-icon-called-pula-who-made-marathis-laugh-at-themselves/articleshow/66674448.cms|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=24 November 2018|title=Socially aware PuLa: A conversation tracing the late writer's service to society|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/socially-aware-pula-a-conversation-tracing-the-late-writers-service-to-society-5462199/}}</ref><ref name="Death Anniversary of P.L. Deshpande">{{cite web |title=Death Anniversary of P.L. Deshpande |date=12 June 2019 |url=https://www.mintageworld.com/media/detail/9651-death-anniversary-of-p-l-deshpande/ |publisher=Mintage World - |access-date=31 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.punesite.com/pu-la-deshpande-park-in-pune.html|title=Pu La Deshpande Park in Pune|website=www.punesite.com|access-date=1 November 2017}}</ref>

Deshpande's works have been translated into several languages including [[English language|English]] and [[Kannada language|Kannada]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/cover-story/bangalore/cover-story/two-good-couple-of-translators-bring-joy-to-kannada-marathi/articleshow/59303271.cms|title=Two good: Couple of translators bring joy to Kannada, Marathi – Bangalore Mirror -|work=Bangalore Mirror|access-date=1 November 2017}}</ref>

== Early life ==

Purushottam Laxman Deshpande was born in Gamdevi Street, Chowpati, [[Mumbai]] in a [[Gaud Saraswat Brahmin]] (GSB)<ref>{{cite journal|title=Economic and Political Weekly, Volume 14|page=1519|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NauwAAAAIAAJ&q=deshpande&pg=PA1519|quote=Deshpande a college graduate from a progressive Gaud Saraswat Brahmin community..|publisher=Sameeksha Trust|year=1979}}</ref> family to Laxman Trimbak Deshpande and Laxmibai Laxman Deshpande.{{Citation needed|reason=Your EXPLANATION here|date=December 2017}} His maternal grandfather, [[Vaman Mangesh Dubhashi]], was a Marathi poet and writer. He had translated [[Rabindranath Tagore]]'s [[Gitanjali]] into Marathi, with the title, "''Abhang Gitanjali''".<ref name="biodictbook1">{{cite book|last1=Chauhan|first1=K.A. Author)|last2=Ray|first2=N.R. (Editor)|title=DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY (Supplement) Volume I (A-D)|date=1986|publisher=N. R. Ray Director, Institute of Historical Studies|location=Calcutta|pages=341–342|url=https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.100392/2015.100392.Dictionary-Of-National-Biography-Supplement-Vol-1a-d1986_djvu.txt|access-date=20 August 2017}}</ref>

The family used to stay at Kenway House, Procter Road in the [[Grant Road]] locality in Mumbai. His family then moved to [[Jogeshwari]]. His first 8 years at the newly formed Saraswati Baug Colony are described in the story titled 'Balpanicha Kaal Sukhacha' or ''Bālpaṇicā Kāḷ Sukhācā'' (translation: the happy days of childhood) in his book ''Purchundi''. The family then moved to [[Vile Parle]].<ref name="pld-kala-bio">{{Cite web|url=http://pldkalaacademy.org/p_l_deshpande.html|title=P.L.Deshpande Maharashtra Kala Academy, Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi, Mumbai|website=pldkalaacademy.org|access-date=1 November 2017}}</ref>

== Education ==

Deshpande studied at [[Parle Tilak Vidyalaya]]. He attended [[Ismail Yusuf College]] after high school and then [[Government Law College, Mumbai]] for [[LLB]]. Later, he attended [[Fergusson College]] in [[Pune]]. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1950 and then a Master of Arts (MA) degree from Willingdon College, [[Sangli]].<ref name="biodictbook1" /> He also took lessons in playing the harmonium from Dattopant Rajopadhye of ''Bhaskar [[Music school|Sangitalaya]]{{Citation needed|date=September 2017}}.

== Personal life ==
His first wife, Sundar Divadkar, died soon after their wedding. On 12 June 1946, Deshpande married his colleague, [[Sunita Deshpande|Sunita Thakur]].<ref name="biodictbook1" /> Thakur was to go on to become an accomplished writer in her own right.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Author-Deshpande-passes-away-at-83/articleshow/5207987.cms|title=Author Deshpande passes away at 83 – Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=1 November 2017}}</ref> The couple did not have any children. They looked upon their nephews, Dinesh Thakur and Jayant Deshpande, as their own sons.

== Professional life ==

Both Deshpande and his wife served as teachers in Orient High School, Mumbai. He also worked for some years as a college professor in Rani Parvati Devi College, [[Belgaum]] in [[Karnataka]] and [[Kirti M. Doongursee College|Kirti College]] in Mumbai.

He also worked for [[Doordarshan]], the state-owned TV channel. He was the first person to interview the then Prime Minister, [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], on Indian television. He was seconded to the [[BBC]] for a year-long training. After this, he spent some time in [[France]] and [[West Germany]]. It was this specific period and stays in these countries that his later [[Travel documentary|travelogue]] "Apoorvai" was to be based upon. His other travelogues are "Poorvaranga" and "Jave Tyanchya Desha".<ref name="biodictbook1" /><ref name="pld-kala-bio" />

===Accomplishments===
Pu La Deshpande was a proficient [[Hindustani classical music]]ian. He went on to gain fame as an author, [[screenplay writer]], actor, director, music director and singer. He also participated in several philanthropic activities.<ref name="biodictbook1" /><ref name="pld-kala-bio" />

== Death ==

Deshpande died in Pune, Maharashtra, on 12 June 2000, due to complications from [[Parkinson's disease]]. He was aged 80. He was survived by his wife Sunita. He died on the 54th anniversary of their wedding.<ref>{{cite news|last=PTI|title=Pu La Deshpande passes away|url=http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/20000613/ifr13022.html|access-date=26 December 2010|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=12 June 2000}}</ref><ref name="toi1">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/Pu-La-Deshpande-to-come-alive-on-silver-screen/articleshow/19538608.cms|title=Pu La Deshpande to come alive on silver screen – Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=1 November 2017}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==

{{Main|Purushottam Laxman Deshpande bibliography}}
Most of Deshpande's literary contributions are in the Marathi language.<ref name="pld-kala-bio" /> Although he wrote across several genres, he was particularly well known for his works of humor. He also adapted prominent works from other languages into screenplays - scripts - for films in the [[Marathi language|Marathi]]. Prominent examples include:
* The 1952 film अंमलदार (Ammaldar), based on [[Nikolai Gogol]]'s ''[[The Government Inspector|Inspector General]]'',
* The 1962 book काय वाट्टेल ते होईल (Kay Wattel Te Hoeel), based on the translation of [[Helen Papashvily|Helen]] and [[George Papashvily]]'s script of ''[[Anything Can Happen]]''),
etc. He referred to his adaptations as भावानुवाद (Bhawanuwad'' or paraphrasing) instead of as conventional "translation"s or "adaptation"s {{Citation needed|date=September 2017}}.

==Filmography==
* [[:mr:चित्रपट कुबेर|कुबेर]] (Kuber) – 1947: actor and playback singer
* [[:mr:चित्रपट भाग्यरेषा|भाग्यरेषा]] (Bhagyaresha) – 1948: actor and playback singer
* [[:mr:चित्रपट वंदेमातरम्|वंदेमातरम्]] (Wandemataram) – 1948: actor and playback singer
* [[:mr:चित्रपट जागा भाड्याने देणे आहे|जागा भाड्याने देणे आहे]] (Jaga Bhadyane Dene ahe) – 1949: screenplay and dialogues
* [[:mr:चित्रपट मानाचे पान|मानाचे पान]] (Manache Pan) – 1949:  – story, screenplay, and dialogues; co-music director in collaboration with [[Ga Di Madgulkar]]
* [[:mr:चित्रपट मोठी माणसे|मोठी माणसे]] (Mothi Manase) – 1949: music director
* गोकुळचा राजा (Gokulacha Raja) – 1950: Writer of Story, Screenplay, and Dialogues
* जरा जपून (Jara Japoon) – 1950: Writer of Screenplay and Dialogues
* जोहार मायबाप (Johar Maybap) – 1950: Actor
* नवरा बायको (Nawara Bayako) – 1950: Music Director and Writer of Story, Screenplay, and Dialogues
* ही वाट पंढरीची (Hi Wat Pandharichi) – 1950: Actor
* पुढचे पाऊल (Pudhache Paool) – 1950: Actor and Writer of Screenplay and Dialogues in collaboration with [[Ga Di Madgulkar]]
* वर पाहिजे (Var Pahije) – 1950: Actor and Writer of Screenplay and Dialogues in collaboration with Achyut Ranade
* देव पावला (Dewa Pawala) – 1950: Music Director
* दूध भात (Doodh Bhat) – 1952: Music Director and Writer of Story, Screenplay, Dialogues, and Lyrics
* घरधनी (Ghardhani) – 1952: Music Director and Writer of Screenplay, Dialogues, and Lyrics
* नवे बिर्हाड (Nawe Birhad) – 1952: Writer of Story and Screenplay
* माईसाहेब (Maisaheb) – 1952: Music Director and Writer of Screenplay and Dialogues
* संदेश (Sandesh) [in Hindi] – 1952: Writer of Story, Screenplay, and Dialogues (translated by Mir Asgar Ali)
* देवबाप्पा (Dewabappa) – 1952: Music Director and Writer of Story, Screenplay, Dialogues, and Lyrics
* गुळाचा गणपती (Gulacha Ganapati) – 1953: Director, Music Director, actor, and Writer of Story, Screenplay, Dialogues, and Lyrics<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/nfai-acquires-handwritten-script-of-pu-la-deshpandes-1953-film-gulacha-ganpati/|title=NFAI acquires handwritten script of Pu La Deshpande's 1953 film 'Gulacha Ganpati'|date=20 November 2015|work=The Indian Express|access-date=1 November 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>
* फूल और कलियाँ (Phool Aur Kaliyan) [in Hindi] – 1960: Story writer –
* सुंदर मी होणार (This novel was adopted to make Hindi movie Aaj Aur Kal [[Aaj Aur Kal (1963 film)|Aaj aur Kal]]) [in Hindi] – 1966: Story writer –
* चिमणराव गुंड्याभाऊ (Chimanarao Gundyabhau) – : Narrator
* एक होता विदूषक ([[Ek Hota Vidushak]]) – 1993: Screenplay and Dialogues

==Awards and recognition==
[[File:Purushottam Laxman Deshpande 2002 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|Deshpande on a 2002 stamp of India]]
* [[Punyabhushan]] – 1993
* [[Padma Bhushan]] – 1990<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>
* Maharashtra Gaurav (Bahurupi) Award 
* [[Padma Shri]] – 1966<ref name="Padma Awards" />
* [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] ([[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Marathi|Marathi for ''Vyakti Ani Valli'']]) – 1965
* [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] – 1967
* [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] – 1979
* [[Maharashtra Bhushan Award]] – 1996
* [[Kalidas Samman]] – 1987
* Honorary [[Doctor of Letters|Doctor of Literature]] Degrees from [[Rabindra Bharati University]] (1979), [[University of Pune]] (1980) and [[Tilak Maharashtra University]] (1993)
* First interviewer to interview [[Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru]], the first Prime Minister of [[India]], for the then newly founded [[Doordarshan]].
* The "P. L. Deshpande Maharashtra Kala Academy" was established by the Government of Maharashtra in [[Mumbai]] to honour his contributions to Marathi literature{{nbsp}}– 2002<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pldkalaacademy.org/about.html|title=P.L.Deshpande Maharashtra Kala Academy, Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi, Mumbai|website=pldkalaacademy.org|access-date=1 November 2017}}</ref>
* A garden, ''[[Pu La Deshpande Garden|Pu. La. Deshpande Udyan]]'' (also known as "Pune-Okayama Friendship Garden"), in [[Pune]] was named after him in [[Memorialization|commemoration]].
* On 8 November 2020 (his 101st birth anniversary), Google honoured him with a [[Google Doodle]].<ref name="The Indian Express">{{cite web |url =https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/google-doodle-purushottam-laxman-deshpande-7008244/lite/ | title= P.L. Deshpande | work= The Indian Express| date=8 November 2020 | access-date=9 November 2020}}</ref>
* A [[computer font]] titled ''PuLa 100'', which mimicked his handwriting, was made available in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=डिजिटल फॉन्टमधील पुलंच्या अक्षरलेखनाची जादू |url=https://www.loksatta.com/pune-news/literature-lovers-download-pula-deshpande-handwriting-in-digital-font-zws-70-2497124/ |access-date=14 June 2021 |work=[[Loksatta]] |date=June 12, 2021}}</ref>

==Social work==
Pu La Deshpande donated and participated in several social and philanthropic causes.

* Seed donation to [https://www.muktangan.org/ Muktangan Deaddiction and Rehabilitation Center]<ref name=MuktanganDeaddiction>{{cite news|last=Madaan|first=Neha|title=Pune: 19,000 addicts on the road to recovery|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-27/pune/29819836_1_deaddiction-internet-addiction-mukta-puntambekar|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103081658/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-27/pune/29819836_1_deaddiction-internet-addiction-mukta-puntambekar|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|access-date=8 November 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=27 July 2011}}</ref>
* Donation to IUCAA Muktangan Vidnyan Shodhika<ref name="iucaa">{{cite web|title=Pulastya – IUCAA's Children's Science Centre|url=http://www.iucaa.ernet.in/~scipop/Pulastya/index.html|publisher=SciPop IUCAA|access-date=8 November 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112152000/http://www.iucaa.ernet.in/~scipop/Pulastya/index.html|archive-date=12 November 2012}}</ref>
* Donation to ''Neehar'', a hostel for the children of sex workers<ref name=indiainternational>{{cite web|title=P L Deshpande as a philanthropist|url=http://www.indiainternational.com/pulabahurupi80/pula9.html|access-date=8 November 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210223124/http://www.indiainternational.com/pulabahurupi80/pula9.html|archive-date=10 February 2012}}</ref>
* Donation for closed-door [[auditorium]] and an open theatre for the blind students at [[Baba Amte]]'s Anandvan<ref name=indiainternational />
* Supporter of ''Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti'' (Committee for Eradication of blind Superstitions), promoting cultivation of scientific temperament

Pu. La. Deshpande's wife, Sunita Deshpande, donated Rs.25 lakhs to IUCAA towards Muktangan Vidnyan Shodhika, a building aptly named as "PULASTYA" (a name of a star and memory of PULA.)
After the demise of Sunita deshpande, the copyrights of most of Pu. La's books were given to IUCAA and the royalties received from Pu La's works is used to spread Science awareness among young kids by IUCAA. [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/iucaa-has-copyrights-of-pu-las-works-say-his-kin/articleshow/65737037.cms]

==In popular culture==
===Films and television===
*''Gola Berij'', a 2012 Indian Marathi-language film directed by Kshitij Zarapkar, presents a fictionaized account of his life.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gola Berij |url=https://www.zee5.com/movies/details/gola-berij/0-0-golaberij |website=[[ZEE5]]}}</ref>
*''[[Bhai: Vyakti Ki Valli]]'' is the movie released on 4 January 2019 on P L Deshpande directed by [[Mahesh Manjrekar]]. The movie was criticized by many for taking unnecessary cinematic liberty, defaming many well known, well respected, and prominent personalities along with Pu La himself; and distortion of facts from the descriptions in books by Pu La himself and Sunitabai's book Aahe Manohar Tari.<ref>{{cite news |title=Prabha Atre decries guru's portrayal in Pu La biopic |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/prabha-atre-decries-gurus-portrayal-in-pu-la-biopic/articleshow/67746790.cms |access-date=11 February 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=30 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
*''[[Namune]]'', a television serial on [[Sony Sab]] based on Deshpande's literature, has the actor [[Sanjay Mone]] play the role of Deshpande. Along with Sanjay Mone, there are various actors from the Hindi and Marathi film industry.

=== Documentaries ===
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCaZNkJGPAY Documentary on Pu. La. Deshpande]: This is a Govt. of India Films Division documentary, in which Pu La himself reveals his life journey. It was filmed on the occasion of his 60th birthday. There are two other documentaries made on Pu La:
* One by [[Mukta Rajadhyakshya]] and [[Sudhir Moghe]] called Ya Sama Haa on his 75th birthday and
* Pu La Vruttant, made by Dr. [[Jabbar Patel]], in which Pu La himself talks about his life.

==See also==
* [[Pralhad Keshav Atre]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Purushottam Laxman Deshpande}}
* {{iMDb name|1194308}}
* {{Official website|http://puladeshpande.net}}
* [https://chandantripathi.com/dr-a-p-j-abdul-kalam-facts-in-hindi/ Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam facts in Hindi]
* [https://chandantripathi.com/sanjay-dutt-facts-in-hindi/]

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