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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| honorific_prefix  = '''[[Āchārya]]'''
| name              = Prahlad Keshav Atre
| name              = Pralhad Keshav Atre
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| image              = PralhadKeshavAtreImg.jpg
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| birth_date        = 13 August 1898
| birth_date        = 13 August 1898
| birth_place        = [[Kodit Khurd]], [[Pune district]], Maharashtra
| birth_place        = [[Kodit Khurd]], [[Pune district]], [[Maharashtra]]
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| death_date        = {{death date and age|df=y|1969|6|13|1898|8|13}}
| death_place        = [[Mumbai]], Maharashtra, India
| death_place        = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
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| occupation        = Writer, editor, politician, social activist, Director
| other_names        = [[Honorary titles of Indian leaders|Acharya]] Atre
| other_names        = ''Āchārya Atre''
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| education          = Bachelor of Arts
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| alma_mater        = [[University of Pune]]<br/>[[University of London]]
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| constituency1 = [[Dadar Assembly constituency|Dadar]]
| predecessor1  = ''position established''
| successor1    = Vaman Matkar
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'''Prahlad Keshav Atre''' ({{audio|Ma-PK Atre.ogg|pronunciation}}) (13 August 1898 – 13 June 1969), popularly known as '''Āchārya Atre''', was a prominent [[Marathi language|Marathi]] writer, poet, educationist, founder–editor of ''Maratha'' (a Marathi language newspaper), and above all, a noted orator.
'''Pralhad Keshav Atre''' ({{audio|Ma-PK Atre.ogg|pronunciation}}) (13 August 1898 – 13 June 1969), popularly known as '''Āchārya Atre''', was a prominent [[Marathi language|Marathi]] writer, poet, educationist, founder–editor of ''Maratha'' (a Marathi language newspaper), and above all a noted orator.


==Biography==
==Biography==
===Early life===
===Early life===
Acharya Atre was born on 13 August 1898 in a [[Deshastha Brahmin]]<ref name="iwi74">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AsU7R69gqDIC|title=The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press|page=31|year=1974|quote=Marathi literature is strewn with Deshastha writers. Some of the luminaries are B. S. Murdhekar, the neo classical poet and critic; the popular dramatists Acharya P. K. Atre, V.V.Shirwadkar; the poet and story writer G.D.Madgulkar popularly known as the "Modern Walmiki" of Maharashtra, Sahitya Akademi Award winners G. T. Deshpande, Laxmanshastri Joshi, S. N. Banhatti, V. K. Gokak and Mugali all belong to this community.}}</ref> family of Kodit Khurd, a village near Saswad in [[Pune district]]. His father was a [[clerk]] and also a secretary of Saswad Municipality for a brief period and his uncle was teacher at MES Waghire High School Saswad. He completed his primary and High School education from MES Waghire High School, Saswad. He matriculated from [[Fergusson college]] in 1919. He completed Bachelor of Arts from [[University of Pune]]. After graduation Atre took up a career as a school teacher. Atre did his T. D. (teacher's diploma) from the [[University of London]] in 1928.<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedic dictionary of Marathi literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nrR9D_ydGwoC|editor=Sunita Deshpande|author=Jaquir Iqbal|publisher=Global Vision Publishing House|access-date=1 October 2009|pages=37–38|isbn = 9788182202214|date = October 2009}}</ref> Before returning to [[India]] he studied [[Experimental Psychology]] under [[Cyril Burt]] and taught at [[Harrow, London|Harrow]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA47|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|publisher=Routledge|access-date=10 July 2014|page=47|isbn=9781135943189|date=10 July 2014}}</ref>
Atre was born on 13 August 1898 in a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] [[Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin]]<ref name="iwi74">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AsU7R69gqDIC|title=The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press|page=31|year=1974|quote=Marathi literature is strewn with Deshastha writers. Some of the luminaries are B. S. Murdhekar, the neo classical poet and critic; the popular dramatists P. K. Atre, V.V.Shirwadkar; the poet and story writer G.D.Madgulkar popularly known as the "Modern Walmiki" of Maharashtra, Sahitya Akademi Award winners G. T. Deshpande, Laxmanshastri Joshi, S. N. Banhatti, V. K. Gokak and Mugali all belong to this community.}}</ref> family of Kodit Khurd, a village near Saswad in [[Pune district]]. His father was a [[clerk]] and also a secretary of Saswad Municipality for a brief period and his uncle was teacher at MES Waghire High School Saswad. He completed his primary and High School education from MES Waghire High School, Saswad. He matriculated from [[Fergusson college]] in 1919. He completed Bachelor of Arts from [[University of Pune]]. After graduation Atre took up a career as a school teacher. Atre did his T. D. (teacher's diploma) from the [[University of London]] in 1928.<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedic dictionary of Marathi literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nrR9D_ydGwoC|editor=Sunita Deshpande|author=Jaquir Iqbal|publisher=Global Vision Publishing House|access-date=1 October 2009|pages=37–38|isbn = 9788182202214|date = October 2009}}</ref> Before returning to [[India]] he studied [[Experimental Psychology]] under [[Cyril Burt]] and taught at [[Harrow, London|Harrow]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA47|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|publisher=Routledge|access-date=10 July 2014|page=47|isbn=9781135943189|date=10 July 2014}}</ref>


==Film and theatre career==
==Film and theatre career==
His Marathi film, ''[[Shyamchi Aai (film)|Shyamchi Aai]]'' won the 1954 [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0040899/awards Awards] [[IMDb]]</ref> 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 (actor)|Govinda]] and [[Raveena Tandon]].
His Marathi film, ''[[Shyamchi Aai (film)|Shyamchi Aai]]'' won the 1954 [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0040899/awards Awards] [[IMDb]]</ref> 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 (actor)|Govinda]] and [[Raveena Tandon]].
His movie ''Mahatma Phule'' (1955) received the ''President's Silver Medal''.
His movie [[Mahatma Phule (film)|Mahatma Phule (1955)]] received the ''President's Silver Medal''.


==Writing and Publishing==
==Writing and Publishing==
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 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.
Below are some of his works.
Poetry collections:
1.Akrava Avtar (अकरावा अवतार) (1920)
2.Zenduchi Fule (झेंडूची फुले) (1925)
3.Geetganga (गीतगंगा) (1935)
4.Panchagavya (पंचगव्य) (1958)


== Political career ==
Novels:
* Member of [[Sanyukta Maharashtra Samiti]] during 1956–60. He was arrested in 1956 under the Preventive Detention Act for his agitation.
1.Maharashtra Mohra (महाराष्ट्र मोहरा) (1914)
* Member of [[Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha]] from Dadar constituency (18) 1962–1967<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Maharastra_1962.pdf |title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON – GENERAL ELECTION, 1962 – TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MAHARASHTR |access-date=7 June 2012}}</ref>
2.Mohityancha Shaap (मोहित्यांचा शाप) (1921)
3.Changuna (चांगुणा) (1954)


However his ambition of becoming a member of the Indian Parliament could not be fulfilled as he lost these elections.
Autobiographical works:
1.Mi Kasa Jhalo (मी कसा झालो)
2.Karheche Pani (कर्हेचे पाणी)


== Important works ==
== Career ==
===Political===
* Member of [[Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti]] during 1956–60. He was arrested in 1956 under the Preventive Detention Act for his agitation.
* Member of [[Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha]] from Dadar constituency (18) 1962


===Plays===
===Novels, Biographies, and Essays===
* Sāshtāng Namaskār (1935)
* Gharābāher (1934)
* Gharābāher (1934)
* Bhramāchā Bhopalā (1935)
* Bhramāchā Bhopalā (1935)
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* [[Moruchi Mavshi|Moruchi Māwashi]] (1947) a Marathi comedy play
* [[Moruchi Mavshi|Moruchi Māwashi]] (1947) a Marathi comedy play
* [[To Mi Navhech]] (1962)
* [[To Mi Navhech]] (1962)
===Novels, Biographies, and Essays===
* Chāngunā (1954)
* Chāngunā (1954)
* Battāshi Wa Itar Kathā (1954)
* Battāshi Wa Itar Kathā (1954)
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* Samādhiwaril Ashru (1956)
* Samādhiwaril Ashru (1956)
* Kelyāne Deshātan (1961)
* Kelyāne Deshātan (1961)
* Krantikarkanche kulpurush Savarkar (1983)
* Atre Uwāch (1937)
* Atre Uwāch (1937)
* Lalit Wāngmaya (1944)
* Lalit Wāngmaya (1944)
* Hashā Āni Tālyā (1958)
* Hashā Āni Tālyā (1958)
*
* Dalitanche Baba (Remembering Dr. Ambedkar)
*
*Mi Kasā Jhālo (1953)
* Mi Kasā Jhālo (1953)


===Movies===
===Movies===
* [[Brahmachari (1938 film)|Brahmachari]] (1938)
* [[Brahmachari (1938 film)|Brahmachari]] (1938)
* Vasantsena (Marathi and Hindi 1942)
*[[Shyamchi Aai (film)|Shyāmchi Aai]] (1953)
*[[Shyamchi Aai (film)|Shyāmchi Aai]] (1953)
* Premveer (Script writer)
* Premveer (Script writer)
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* Brandichi Bātali (Script writer)
* Brandichi Bātali (Script writer)
* Paayaachi Daasi (Hindi: Charanon Ki Daasi). Producer.
* Paayaachi Daasi (Hindi: Charanon Ki Daasi). Producer.
* Mahātmā Phule
* [[Mahatma Phule (film)|Mahātmā Phule]] (1954) 
* Parinde (Hindi, Director under name of Principal Atre) (1945)
* Parinde (Hindi, Director under name of Principal Atre) (1945)


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;[[National Film Awards]] (India)
;[[National Film Awards]] (India)
* [[1st National Film Awards]] (1953) – [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film]] – [[Shyamchi Aai (film)|Shyamchi Aai]]<ref name="1stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/1st_nff_1954.pdf|title=1st National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=21 August 2011}}</ref>
* [[1st National Film Awards]] (1953) – [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|President's gold medal for the All India Best Feature Film]] – [[Shyamchi Aai (film)|Shyamchi Aai]]<ref name="1stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/1st_nff_1954.pdf|title=1st National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=21 August 2011}}</ref>
* [[2nd National Film Awards]] (1954) – [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Marathi]] – [[Mahatma Phule (film)|Mahatma Phule]]<ref name="2ndawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/2nd_nff_1955.pdf|title=2nd National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=10 March 2012}}</ref>
* [[2nd National Film Awards]] (1954) – [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi|President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Marathi]] – [[Mahatma Phule (film)|Mahatma Phule]]<ref name="2ndawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/2nd_nff_1955.pdf|title=2nd National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=10 March 2012}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:1898 births]]
[[Category:1898 births]]
[[Category:1969 deaths]]
[[Category:1969 deaths]]
[[Category:Marathi-language writers]]
[[Category:Marathi-language poets]]
[[Category:Marathi-language poets]]
[[Category:Marathi film directors]]
[[Category:Marathi film directors]]

Latest revision as of 11:43, 9 February 2026


Āchārya

Pralhad Keshav Atre
Born13 August 1898
Kodit Khurd, Pune district, Maharashtra
Died13 June 1969(1969-06-13) (aged 70)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Other namesĀchārya Atre
EducationBachelor of Arts
Alma materUniversity of Pune
University of London
OccupationWriter, editor, politician, social activist, Director
MovementIndian Independence Movement
Samyukta Maharashtra Movement
ChildrenShirish Atre-Pai, Meena Deshpande
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
1962 - 1967
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byVaman Matkar
ConstituencyDadar
Member of Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti
In office
1959 -1960
Succeeded byposition abolished
Signature

Pralhad Keshav Atre (About this soundpronunciation (help·info)) (13 August 1898 – 13 June 1969), popularly known as Āchārya Atre, was a prominent Marathi writer, poet, educationist, founder–editor of Maratha (a Marathi language newspaper), and above all a noted orator.

Biography[edit | edit source]

Early life[edit | edit source]

Atre was born on 13 August 1898 in a Marathi Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin[1] family of Kodit Khurd, a village near Saswad in Pune district. His father was a clerk and also a secretary of Saswad Municipality for a brief period and his uncle was teacher at MES Waghire High School Saswad. He completed his primary and High School education from MES Waghire High School, Saswad. He matriculated from Fergusson college in 1919. He completed Bachelor of Arts from University of Pune. After graduation Atre took up a career as a school teacher. Atre did his T. D. (teacher's diploma) from the University of London in 1928.[2] Before returning to India he studied Experimental Psychology under Cyril Burt and taught at Harrow.[3]

Film and theatre career[edit | edit source]

His Marathi film, Shyamchi Aai won the 1954 National Film Award for Best Feature Film.[4] 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. His movie Mahatma Phule (1955) received the President's Silver Medal.

Writing and Publishing[edit | edit source]

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. Below are some of his works.

Poetry collections: 1.Akrava Avtar (अकरावा अवतार) (1920) 2.Zenduchi Fule (झेंडूची फुले) (1925) 3.Geetganga (गीतगंगा) (1935) 4.Panchagavya (पंचगव्य) (1958)

Novels: 1.Maharashtra Mohra (महाराष्ट्र मोहरा) (1914) 2.Mohityancha Shaap (मोहित्यांचा शाप) (1921) 3.Changuna (चांगुणा) (1954)

Autobiographical works: 1.Mi Kasa Jhalo (मी कसा झालो) 2.Karheche Pani (कर्हेचे पाणी)

Career[edit | edit source]

Political[edit | edit source]

Novels, Biographies, and Essays[edit | edit source]

  • Gharābāher (1934)
  • Bhramāchā Bhopalā (1935)
  • Udyāchā Sansār (1936)
  • Lagnāchi Bedi (1936)
  • Moruchi Māwashi (1947) a Marathi comedy play
  • To Mi Navhech (1962)
  • 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)
  • Krantikarkanche kulpurush Savarkar (1983)
  • Atre Uwāch (1937)
  • Lalit Wāngmaya (1944)
  • Hashā Āni Tālyā (1958)
  • Dalitanche Baba (Remembering Dr. Ambedkar)
  • Mi Kasā Jhālo (1953)

Movies[edit | edit source]

  • Brahmachari (1938)
  • Vasantsena (Marathi and Hindi 1942)
  • Shyāmchi Aai (1953)
  • Premveer (Script writer)
  • Dharmveer (Script writer)
  • Brandichi Bātali (Script writer)
  • Paayaachi Daasi (Hindi: Charanon Ki Daasi). Producer.
  • Mahātmā Phule (1954)
  • Parinde (Hindi, Director under name of Principal Atre) (1945)

Journalism[edit | edit source]

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

Honors[edit | edit source]

  • 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

Awards[edit | edit source]

National Film Awards (India)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95. Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1974. p. 31. Marathi literature is strewn with Deshastha writers. Some of the luminaries are B. S. Murdhekar, the neo classical poet and critic; the popular dramatists P. K. Atre, V.V.Shirwadkar; the poet and story writer G.D.Madgulkar popularly known as the "Modern Walmiki" of Maharashtra, Sahitya Akademi Award winners G. T. Deshpande, Laxmanshastri Joshi, S. N. Banhatti, V. K. Gokak and Mugali all belong to this community.
  2. ↑ Jaquir Iqbal (October 2009). Sunita Deshpande (ed.). Encyclopedic dictionary of Marathi literature. Global Vision Publishing House. pp. 37–38. ISBN 9788182202214. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
  3. ↑ Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. p. 47. ISBN 9781135943189. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Awards IMDb
  5. ↑ "1st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  6. ↑ "2nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  • Prahlad Keshav Atre, by A. N. Pednekar. Sahitya Akademi Publications. ISBN 81-260-1570-5.

External links[edit | edit source]


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