Books by V S Khandekar

A LOT HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN MARATHI ABOUT V. S. KHANDEKAR AND HIS WORKS. YET THE HISTORY OF HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE FILM INDUSTRY HAS REMAINED IN THE DARK. ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR THIS IS THE DIFFICULTY IN FINDING HIS SCRIPTS. NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME, A COLLECTION, ‘ANTARICHA DIVA’ IS COMING THE WAY OF THE MARATHI READER. THIS LITERARY LAMP IS BEING LIT AT A TIME WHEN THE MARATHI FILM INDUSTRY IS AWAKENING FROM ITS LASSITUDE. LIGHTING THE LAMP OF AMBITIOUS FILMS, IT WILL ONCE AGAIN COMPLETELY TRANSFORM THE MARATHI FILM INDUSTRY! IF YOU WISH TO UNDERSTAND AS TO WHY V. S. KHANDEKAR IS CALLED THE MAXIM GORKY OR PREMCHAND OR SHARATCHANDRA OF MARATHI, THIS ‘ANTARICHA DIVA’ OUGHT TO SPREAD ITS GENTLE, WARM GLOW IN YOUR HEART.

'SANGEET RANKACHE RAJYA' IS A MUSICAL DRAMA WRITTEN BY V.S.KHANDEKAR. IT PORTRAITS THE POLITICS AT MUNICIPAL LEVEL & LOCAL POLITICAL BODIES. IT DESCRIBES THE CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL CONDITIONS TOO. EVERY CHARACTER IN THE DRAMA APTLY COMMENT ON CORRUPTNESS OF THE SYSTEM.

THE CONFLICT BETWEEN IDEALISTIC AND ZEROIDEALISTIC HAD ALWAYS BEEN A MUCH FAVOURED TOPIC SINCE AGES. ONLY THE IDEALS HAVE CHANGED, THE CONFLICT HAS REMAINED FOREVER. THE CONFLICT IN THE IDEALS PRESENTED IN ‘ULKA` REPRESENT THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY. TARA IS THE DAUGHTER OF BHAUSAHEB, HE HAS REMARRIED. HE IS IDEALISTIC. TARA IS REBELLIOUS, RIGHT FROM HER BIRTH. TARA IS BHAUSAHEB`S METEOR ULKA. HE IS A POOR TEACHER AND SOCIETY HAS BOYCOTTED HIM. WHILE GROWING, TARA WITNESSES THE GOOD AND BAD THINGS AROUND HER. SHE SEES THE STAUNCH IDEALISM OF BHAUSAHEB AND CHANDRAKANT. SHE ALSO NOTICES THE FRAUDULENT NATURE OF PEOPLE AROUND HER. HER AUNT, MANIKRAO, INDU, BABURAO, MOST OF THOSE AROUND HER COMPROMISE WITH MANY THINGS FOR A SMOOTH LIVING. THEY PULL EACH OTHERS LEGS. THEY DO NOT WISH ANY THING GOOD FOR OTHERS...

KHANDEKAR WAS A LITTERATEUR WITH MASTER OVER MANY STYLES. HE WAS ALSO FAMOUS FOR HIS PROFOUND WRITING SKILLS. HE DID NOT WRITE WITH THE SHEER PURPOSE OF ENTERTAINMENT. FOR HIM, A THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION WITH A CONCERN FOR THE SOCIETY WAS MORE IMPORTANT. HE STROVE FOR A MODERN SOCIETY. HIS ARTICLES BASED ON HIS OBSERVATIONS OF THE SOCIETY HELD A DEEP KNOWLEDGE WHICH STANDS TO BE TRUE TODAY AS WELL. IT WAS HIS DREAM TO BUILD A COUNTRY BASED ON GANDHISM WHICH WOULD FURTHER ALLOW ALL TO LIVE ON EQUAL GROUNDS. HE WISHED TO ACHIEVE A STRONG FOUNDATION BASED ON SCIENCE, EQUALITY, DIGNITY TO LABOUR, LOVE FOR OUR COUNTRY AND PURITY OF HEART. HE BELIEVED THAT THE MODERN WOMAN WAS EDUCATED AND PRUDENT. HE IMAGINED THE COMMON MAN TO BE FULL OF VIRTUE AND JUSTICE. HE BELIEVED THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE WILLING TO WORK TO THE FULLEST OF THEIR CONTENT. HE WAS INSISTENT UPON IGNITING MINDS IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE NEW INDIA. IT IS IMPERATIVE TO READ AND UNDERSTAND HIS ARTICLES IN ORDER TO GRASP THE DEPTH OF HIS ASPIRATION. ELSE, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CREATE THE NEW INDIA THAT HE SO WISHED TO ESTABLISH.

V.S.KHANDEKAR IS KNOWN FOR HIS PROSE WRITING , BUT HE WROTE SOME BEAUTIFUL POEMS TOO. THESE POEMS ARE COLLECTED & EDITED BY AVINASH AAWALGAOKAR. THIS COLLECTION INTRODUCES KHANDEKAR AS A POET. HIS UNIQUE WRITING STYLE, COMMAND ON WORDS & UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE MAKES HIS POEM EXTRA-ORDINARY. THESE POEMS MESMERIZES READERS.

THIS IS A SET OF TWENTY SHORT ESSAYS FROM THE VAST COLLECTION OF ESSAYS BY THE EMINENT AUTHOR. THE TOPICS ARE A COMBINATION OF POETRY, HUMOUR AND PHILOSOPHY. KHANDEKAR HAD HIS OWN ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE OF SHORT ESSAYS. HE BELIEVED IN JUST A TOUCH OF HUMOUR WITH LITTLE BIT OF POETIC LANGUAGE AND TRACE OF PHILOSOPHY. HE WAS A MAN OF FEW WORDS LOADED WITH DEEP MEANING. HIS ESSAYS ARE GENERALLY A MIXTURE OF IMAGINATION, FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS. IN HIS MIND'S EYE, HE ALLOWS HIS IMAGINATION TO RUN FAR AND WIDE. READING HIS ESSAYS WILL BE A TREAT TO MIND AND EYES.

WHEN ONE RUNS BEHIND FAME, WEALTH AND CULTURE WHILE SEEKING HAPPINESS THEN THE PROCESS BECOMES NEEDLESSLY LENGTHY. IT HAMPERS OUR INTELLECT BUT FAILS TO TOUCH THE HEART. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE LITTLE INCIDENCES OF HAPPINESS IN OUR LIFE PLEASE US A LOT. THEY HELP TO MAKE OUR LIFE BETTER IN MANY ASPECTS. AT LEAST, THAT IS WHAT I THINK. JUST IMAGINE THAT ONE OF YOUR BEST FRIENDS IS VERY ILL AND YOU ARE UNABLE TO SEEK A FAMOUS DOCTOR FROM A BIG METROPOLITAN CITY. BUT THEN THE SINGLE ROSE YOU CARRY WITH YOU WHEN YOU VISIT YOUR FRIEND GIVES HIM IMMENSE HAPPINESS. HE MIGHT NOT BE A POET, MIGHT NOT BE A READER, YET, THE FLOWER WILL SURELY BRING A SMILE ON HIS PAINED FACE. THE FLOWER WOULD SURELY REVEAL THE MESSAGE THAT THE ONLY TRUTH LIES IN 'THIS VERY MOMENT'.