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data-title="പി.എൽ. ദേശ്പാണ്ഡെ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81.%E0%A4%B2._%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87" title="पु.ल. देशपांडे – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="पु.ल. देशपांडे" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF" title="پوروشوتام لاكسمان ديشپاند – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="پوروشوتام لاكسمان ديشپاند" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" 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L. Deshpande<br />Pu. La.<br /> Bhai</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Writer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Sunita_Deshpande" title="Sunita Deshpande">Sunita Deshpande</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1946)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vaman_Mangesh_Dubhashi" title="Vaman Mangesh Dubhashi">Vaman Mangesh Dubhashi</a> (maternal grandfather)<br /><a href="/wiki/Satish_Dubhashi" title="Satish Dubhashi">Satish Dubhashi</a> (cousin brother)<br /><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Thakur_(mathematician)" title="Dinesh Thakur (mathematician)">Dinesh Thakur</a> (nephew)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://puladeshpande.net/">puladeshpande<wbr />.net</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Signature</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="infobox-signature skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PL-D-sign.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/PL-D-sign.png/150px-PL-D-sign.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/PL-D-sign.png/225px-PL-D-sign.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/PL-D-sign.png/300px-PL-D-sign.png 2x" data-file-width="403" data-file-height="219" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Purushottam Laxman Deshpande</b> (alternatively written as <b>Pu La Deshpande</b>; 8 November 1919 – 12 June 2000), popularly known by his initials ("<b>Pu. La.</b>") or as <b>P. L. Deshpande</b>, was a <a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a> writer and humorist from <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>. 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".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Death_Anniversary_of_P.L._Deshpande_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Death_Anniversary_of_P.L._Deshpande-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Deshpande's works have been translated into several languages including English and <a href="/wiki/Kannada_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kannada language">Kannada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purushottam_Laxman_Deshpande&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Purushottam Laxman Deshpande was born in Gamdevi Street, Chowpati, <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Gaud_Saraswat_Brahmin" title="Gaud Saraswat Brahmin">Gaud Saraswat Brahmin</a> (GSB)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> family to Laxman Trimbak Deshpande and Laxmibai Laxman Deshpande.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="Your EXPLANATION here (December 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> His maternal grandfather, <a href="/wiki/Vaman_Mangesh_Dubhashi" title="Vaman Mangesh Dubhashi">Vaman Mangesh Dubhashi</a>, was a Marathi poet and writer. He had translated <a href="/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore" title="Rabindranath Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Gitanjali" title="Gitanjali">Gitanjali</a> into Marathi, with the title, "<i>Abhang Gitanjali</i>".<sup id="cite_ref-biodictbook1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biodictbook1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The family used to stay at Kenway House, Procter Road in the <a href="/wiki/Grant_Road_(South_Mumbai,_India)" title="Grant Road (South Mumbai, India)">Grant Road</a> locality in Mumbai. His family then moved to <a href="/wiki/Jogeshwari" title="Jogeshwari">Jogeshwari</a>. His first 8 years at the newly formed Saraswati Baug Colony are described in the story titled 'Balpanicha Kaal Sukhacha' or <i>Bālpaṇicā Kāḷ Sukhācā</i> (translation: the happy days of childhood) in his book <i>Purchundi</i>. The family then moved to <a href="/wiki/Vile_Parle" title="Vile Parle">Vile Parle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pld-kala-bio_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pld-kala-bio-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purushottam_Laxman_Deshpande&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Deshpande studied at <a href="/wiki/Parle_Tilak_Vidyalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Parle Tilak Vidyalaya">Parle Tilak Vidyalaya</a>. He attended <a href="/wiki/Ismail_Yusuf_College" title="Ismail Yusuf College">Ismail Yusuf College</a> after high school and then <a href="/wiki/Fergusson_College" title="Fergusson College">Fergusson College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a> for BA. Later, he attended <a href="/wiki/Government_Law_College,_Mumbai" title="Government Law College, Mumbai">Government Law College, Mumbai</a> for <a href="/wiki/LLB" class="mw-redirect" title="LLB">LLB</a>. He completed Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1950 and then a Master of Arts (MA) degree from Willingdon College, <a href="/wiki/Sangli" title="Sangli">Sangli</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-biodictbook1_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biodictbook1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also took lessons in playing the harmonium from Dattopant Rajopadhye of <i>Bhaskar <a href="/wiki/Music_school" title="Music school">Sangitalaya</a></i><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purushottam_Laxman_Deshpande&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His first wife, Sundar Divadkar, died soon after their wedding. On 12 June 1946, Deshpande married his colleague, <a href="/wiki/Sunita_Deshpande" title="Sunita Deshpande">Sunita Thakur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-biodictbook1_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biodictbook1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She (Sunita Deshpande) was to go on to become an accomplished writer in her own right.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple did not have any children of their own. They raised Sunitabai's nephew, <a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Thakur_(mathematician)" title="Dinesh Thakur (mathematician)">Dinesh Thakur</a> as their own son. Pu La wrote on Dinesh in his book Gangot. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_life">Professional life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purushottam_Laxman_Deshpande&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Professional life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Books">Books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purushottam_Laxman_Deshpande&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>1."Vyakti Ani Valli" (व्यक्ती आणि वल्ली): This book is a collection of character sketches, portraying various eccentric personalities from Deshpande's life. Each character is brought to life with humor and wit, reflecting the diverse and colorful spectrum of human nature. </p><p>2."Batatyachi Chaal" (बटाट्याची चाळ): A humorous depiction of life in a chawl (a type of communal housing) in Mumbai, the book captures the quirky and endearing lives of its inhabitants, illustrating their daily struggles and camaraderie with a comedic touch. </p><p>3."Apoorvai" (अपूर्वाइ): This is a travelogue recounting Deshpande's experiences in Europe. Written with his characteristic humor, the book offers insightful and amusing observations about European culture and lifestyle. </p><p>4."Asa Mi Asami" (असा मी असामी): A satirical autobiography, this novel presents the life of a common man through a series of humorous episodes, highlighting the absurdities and ironies of middle-class existence in India. </p><p>5."Ti Phulrani" (ती फुलराणी): An adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play "Pygmalion," this Marathi play tells the story of a flower girl who is transformed into a refined lady under the guidance of a professor. It retains the original's critique of social class distinctions while adding Deshpande's unique comedic flair. </p><p>6."Jave Tyanchya Desha" (जावे त्यांच्या देशा): Another travelogue, this book describes Deshpande's visit to various countries, filled with humorous anecdotes and reflections on the cultural differences he encounters. </p><p>7."Guna Gaiin Awadi" (गुण गाईन आवडी): A collection of essays that blend humor with philosophical insights, showcasing Deshpande's ability to find comedy in everyday situations while pondering deeper meanings. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Educator">Educator</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purushottam_Laxman_Deshpande&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Educator"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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, <a href="/wiki/Belgaum" title="Belgaum">Belgaum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kirti_M._Doongursee_College" title="Kirti M. Doongursee College">Kirti College</a> in Mumbai. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purushottam_Laxman_Deshpande&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He also worked for <a href="/wiki/Doordarshan" title="Doordarshan">Doordarshan</a>, the state-owned TV channel. He was the first person to interview the then Prime Minister, <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a>, on Indian television. He was seconded to the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> for a year-long training. After this, he spent some time in France and <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a>. It was this specific period and stays in these countries that his later <a href="/wiki/Travel_documentary" title="Travel documentary">travelogue</a> "Apoorvai" was to be based upon. His other travelogues are "Poorvaranga" and "Jave Tyanchya Desha".<sup id="cite_ref-biodictbook1_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biodictbook1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pld-kala-bio_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pld-kala-bio-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film_and_music">Film and music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purushottam_Laxman_Deshpande&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Film and music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Deshpande was a man of many talents. Apart from writing, the talents he used in filmmaking included writing <a href="/wiki/Screenplay" title="Screenplay">screenplays</a>, directing, acting, composing music, and singing. He was instrumental in establishing the iconic <a href="/wiki/Bal_Gandharva_Ranga_Mandir" title="Bal Gandharva Ranga Mandir">Bal Gandharva Ranga Mandir</a> in Pune. He was a proficient in <a href="/wiki/Hindustani_classical_music" title="Hindustani classical music">Hindustani classical music</a>.He composed music for many marathi films of 1940s and '50s including 'Amaldar', 'Gulacha Ganapati', 'Ghardhani', 'Chokhamela', 'Dudhbhat', 'Dev Pavla', 'Devbappa', 'Navrabayako', 'Nave Birhad', 'Manache Paan' and 'Mothi Manase'.<sup id="cite_ref-biodictbook1_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biodictbook1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also the composer for many popular non-film songs in the "bhavegeet" genre sung by singers such as <a href="/wiki/Jyotsna_Bhole" class="mw-redirect" title="Jyotsna Bhole">Jyotsna Bhole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manik_Varma" title="Manik Varma">Manik Varma</a> and <a href="/wiki/Asha_Bhosale" class="mw-redirect" title="Asha Bhosale">Asha Bhosale</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purushottam_Laxman_Deshpande&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Deshpande died in Pune, Maharashtra, on 12 June 2000, due to complications from <a href="/wiki/Parkinson%27s_disease" title="Parkinson's disease">Parkinson's disease</a>. He was aged 80. He died on the couple's 54th wedding anniversary.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-toi1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toi1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Purushottam_Laxman_Deshpande_bibliography" title="Purushottam Laxman Deshpande bibliography">Purushottam Laxman Deshpande bibliography</a></div> <p>Most of Deshpande's literary contributions are in the Marathi language.<sup id="cite_ref-pld-kala-bio_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pld-kala-bio-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 <a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a>. Prominent examples include: </p> <ul><li>The 1952 film अंमलदार (Ammaldar), based on <a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Gogol" title="Nikolai Gogol">Nikolai Gogol</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Government_Inspector" title="The Government Inspector">Inspector General</a></i>,</li> <li>The 1962 book काय वाट्टेल ते होईल (Kay Wattel Te Hoeel), based on the translation of <a href="/wiki/Helen_Papashvily" title="Helen Papashvily">Helen</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Papashvily" title="George Papashvily">George Papashvily</a>'s script of <i><a href="/wiki/Anything_Can_Happen" title="Anything Can Happen">Anything Can Happen</a></i>).</li> <li>Teen paishyacha tamasha based on <a href="/wiki/The_Threepenny_Opera" title="The Threepenny Opera">The Threepenny Opera</a> (Die Dreigroschenoper) by <a href="/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht" title="Bertolt Brecht">Bertolt Brecht</a></li></ul> <p>The Marathi book eka koliyane ( एका कोळीयानें ) is a translation ( भावानुवाद ) of earnest Hemingway's book old man and the sea.<sup id="cite_ref-BökerDetmers2006_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BökerDetmers2006-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He referred to his adaptations as भावानुवाद (<i>Bhawanuwad</i> or paraphrasing) instead of as conventional "translation"s or "adaptation"s <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purushottam_Laxman_Deshpande&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%9F_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0" class="extiw" title="mr:चित्रपट कुबेर">कुबेर</a> (Kuber) – 1947: actor and playback singer</li> <li><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%9F_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="mr:चित्रपट भाग्यरेखा">भाग्यरेखा</a> (Bhagyarekha) – 1948: actor and playback singer</li> <li><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%9F_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D" class="extiw" title="mr:चित्रपट वंदेमातरम्">वंदेमातरम्</a> (Wandemataram) – 1948: actor and playback singer</li> <li><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%9F_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%87" class="extiw" title="mr:चित्रपट जागा भाड्याने देणे आहे">जागा भाड्याने देणे आहे</a> (Jaga Bhadyane Dene ahe) – 1949: screenplay and dialogues</li> <li><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%9F_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8" class="extiw" title="mr:चित्रपट मानाचे पान">मानाचे पान</a> (Manache Pan) – 1949:  – story, screenplay, and dialogues; co-music director in collaboration with <a href="/wiki/Ga_Di_Madgulkar" class="mw-redirect" title="Ga Di Madgulkar">Ga Di Madgulkar</a></li> <li><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%9F_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87" class="extiw" title="mr:चित्रपट मोठी माणसे">मोठी माणसे</a> (Mothi Manase) – 1949: music director</li> <li>गोकुळचा राजा (Gokulacha Raja) – 1950: Writer of Story, Screenplay, and Dialogues</li> <li>जरा जपून (Jara Japoon) – 1950: Writer of Screenplay and Dialogues</li> <li>जोहार मायबाप (Johar Maybap) – 1950: Actor</li> <li>नवरा बायको (Nawara Bayako) – 1950: Music Director and Writer of Story, Screenplay, and Dialogues</li> <li>ही वाट पंढरीची (Hi Wat Pandharichi) – 1950: Actor</li> <li>पुढचे पाऊल (Pudhache Paool) – 1950: Actor and Writer of Screenplay and Dialogues in collaboration with <a href="/wiki/Ga_Di_Madgulkar" class="mw-redirect" title="Ga Di Madgulkar">Ga Di Madgulkar</a></li> <li>वर पाहिजे (Var Pahije) – 1950: Actor and Writer of Screenplay and Dialogues in collaboration with Achyut Ranade</li> <li>देव पावला (Dewa Pawala) – 1950: Music Director</li> <li>दूध भात (Doodh Bhat) – 1952: Music Director and Writer of Story, Screenplay, Dialogues, and Lyrics</li> <li>घरधनी (Ghardhani) – 1952: Music Director and Writer of Screenplay, Dialogues, and Lyrics</li> <li>नवे बिर्हाड (Nawe Birhad) – 1952: Writer of Story and Screenplay</li> <li>माईसाहेब (Maisaheb) – 1952: Music Director and Writer of Screenplay and Dialogues</li> <li>संदेश (Sandesh) [in Hindi] – 1952: Writer of Story, Screenplay, and Dialogues (translated by Mir Asgar Ali)</li> <li>देवबाप्पा (Dewabappa) – 1952: Music Director and Writer of Story, Screenplay, Dialogues, and Lyrics</li> <li>गुळाचा गणपती (Gulacha Ganapati) – 1953: Director, Music Director, actor, and Writer of Story, Screenplay, Dialogues, and Lyrics<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>फूल और कलियाँ (Phool Aur Kaliyan) [in Hindi] – 1960: Story writer –</li> <li>सुंदर मी होणार (This novel was adopted to make Hindi movie <span title="Hindi-language text"><i lang="hi-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Aaj_Aur_Kal_(1963_film)" title="Aaj Aur Kal (1963 film)">Aaj aur Kal</a></i></span>) [in Hindi] – 1966: Story writer –</li> <li>चिमणराव गुंड्याभाऊ (Chimanarao Gundyabhau) – : Narrator</li> <li>एक होता विदूषक (<a href="/wiki/Ek_Hota_Vidushak" title="Ek Hota Vidushak">Ek Hota Vidushak</a>) – 1993: Screenplay and Dialogues</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_recognition">Awards and recognition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purushottam_Laxman_Deshpande&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Awards and recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Purushottam_Laxman_Deshpande_2002_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Purushottam_Laxman_Deshpande_2002_stamp_of_India.jpg/220px-Purushottam_Laxman_Deshpande_2002_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Purushottam_Laxman_Deshpande_2002_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="271" data-file-height="234" /></a><figcaption>Deshpande on a 2002 stamp of India</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Punyabhushan" title="Punyabhushan">Punyabhushan</a> – 1993</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a> – 1990<sup id="cite_ref-Padma_Awards_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Padma_Awards-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Maharashtra Gaurav (Bahurupi) Award </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> – 1966<sup id="cite_ref-Padma_Awards_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Padma_Awards-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Award" title="Sahitya Akademi Award">Sahitya Akademi Award</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_winners_for_Marathi" title="List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Marathi">Marathi for <i>Vyakti Ani Valli</i></a>) – 1965</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Award" title="Sangeet Natak Akademi Award">Sangeet Natak Akademi Award</a> – 1967</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_fellows" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows">Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship</a> – 1979</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_Bhushan_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Maharashtra Bhushan Award">Maharashtra Bhushan Award</a> – 1996</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalidas_Samman" title="Kalidas Samman">Kalidas Samman</a> – 1987</li> <li>Honorary <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Letters" title="Doctor of Letters">Doctor of Literature</a> Degrees from <a href="/wiki/Rabindra_Bharati_University" title="Rabindra Bharati University">Rabindra Bharati University</a> (1979), <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pune" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Pune">University of Pune</a> (1980) and <a href="/wiki/Tilak_Maharashtra_University" title="Tilak Maharashtra University">Tilak Maharashtra University</a> (1993)</li> <li>First interviewer to interview <a href="/wiki/Pandit_Jawaharlal_Nehru" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru">Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru</a>, the first Prime Minister of India, for the then newly founded <a href="/wiki/Doordarshan" title="Doordarshan">Doordarshan</a></li> <li>The "P. L. Deshpande Maharashtra Kala Academy" was established by the Government of Maharashtra in <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a> to honour his contributions to Marathi literature<span class="nowrap"> </span>– 2002<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A garden, <i><a href="/wiki/Pu_La_Deshpande_Garden" class="mw-redirect" title="Pu La Deshpande Garden">Pu. La. Deshpande Udyan</a></i> (also known as "Pune-Okayama Friendship Garden"), in <a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a> was named after him in <a href="/wiki/Memorialization" title="Memorialization">commemoration</a></li> <li>On 8 November 2020 (his 101st birth anniversary), Google honoured him with a <a href="/wiki/Google_Doodle" title="Google Doodle">Google Doodle</a><sup id="cite_ref-The_Indian_Express_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Indian_Express-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/Computer_font" title="Computer font">computer font</a> titled <i>PuLa 100</i>, which mimicked his handwriting, was made available in 2020<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Social_work">Social work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purushottam_Laxman_Deshpande&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Social work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pu La Deshpande donated and participated in several social and philanthropic causes. </p> <ul><li>Seed donation to Muktangan Deaddiction and Rehabilitation Center<sup id="cite_ref-MuktanganDeaddiction_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MuktanganDeaddiction-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Donation to IUCAA Muktangan Vidnyan Shodhika<sup id="cite_ref-iucaa_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucaa-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Donation to <i>Neehar</i>, a hostel for the children of sex workers<sup id="cite_ref-indiainternational_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indiainternational-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Donation for closed-door <a href="/wiki/Auditorium" title="Auditorium">auditorium</a> and an open theatre for the blind students at <a href="/wiki/Baba_Amte" title="Baba Amte">Baba Amte</a>'s Anandvan<sup id="cite_ref-indiainternational_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indiainternational-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Supporter of <i>Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti</i> (Committee for Eradication of blind Superstitions), promoting cultivation of scientific temperament</li></ul> <p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag needs to be fact-checked with the cited source(s). (August 2021)">verification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purushottam_Laxman_Deshpande&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Films_and_television">Films and television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purushottam_Laxman_Deshpande&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Films and television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Gola Berij</i>, a 2012 Indian Marathi-language film directed by Kshitij Zarapkar, presents a fictionaized account of his life.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bhai:_Vyakti_Ki_Valli" title="Bhai: Vyakti Ki Valli">Bhai: Vyakti Ki Valli</a></i> is the film released on 4 January 2019 on P L Deshpande directed by <a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Manjrekar" title="Mahesh Manjrekar">Mahesh Manjrekar</a>. The film was criticized by many for taking cinematic liberty.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A sequel <i><a href="/wiki/Bhai_-_Vyakti_Ki_Valli_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhai - Vyakti Ki Valli 2">Bhai - Vyakti Ki Valli 2</a></i> was released a month later.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Namune" class="mw-redirect" title="Namune">Namune</a></i>, a television serial on <a href="/wiki/Sony_SAB" title="Sony SAB">Sony SAB</a> based on Deshpande's literature, has the actor <a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Mone" title="Sanjay Mone">Sanjay Mone</a> play the role of Deshpande. Along with Sanjay Mone, there are various actors from the Hindi and Marathi film industry.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Documentaries">Documentaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purushottam_Laxman_Deshpande&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Documentaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Documentary on Pu. La. Deshpande:<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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: </p> <ul><li>One by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mukta_Rajadhyakshya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mukta Rajadhyakshya (page does not exist)">Mukta Rajadhyakshya</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sudhir_Moghe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sudhir Moghe (page does not exist)">Sudhir Moghe</a> called Ya Sama Haa on his 75th birthday and</li> <li>Pu La Vruttant, made by <a href="/wiki/Jabbar_Patel" title="Jabbar Patel">Jabbar Patel</a>, in which Pu La himself talks about his life.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purushottam_Laxman_Deshpande&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_writers" title="List of Indian writers">List of Indian writers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pralhad_Keshav_Atre" title="Pralhad Keshav Atre">Pralhad Keshav Atre</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books_Written_By_Pu_La_Deshpande">Books Written By Pu La Deshpande</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purushottam_Laxman_Deshpande&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Books Written By Pu La Deshpande"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://akshardhara.com/products/9788174868985-vyakti-aani-valli">Vyakti Aani Valli (व्यक्ती आणि वल्ली)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purushottam_Laxman_Deshpande&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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K. Doraiswamy">L. K. Doraiswamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikhil_Ghosh" title="Nikhil Ghosh">Nikhil Ghosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._K._Goyal" title="B. K. Goyal">B. K. Goyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasraj" title="Jasraj">Jasraj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._N._Malhotra" title="R. N. Malhotra">R. N. Malhotra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bimal_Krishna_Matilal" title="Bimal Krishna Matilal">Bimal Krishna Matilal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumant_Moolgaokar" title="Sumant Moolgaokar">Sumant Moolgaokar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hirendranath_Mukherjee" title="Hirendranath Mukherjee">Hirendranath Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._D._Narasimhaiah" title="C. D. Narasimhaiah">C. D. Narasimhaiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Narasimhan" title="M. S. Narasimhan">M. S. Narasimhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunwar_Singh_Negi" title="Kunwar Singh Negi">Kunwar Singh Negi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trilochan_Pradhan" title="Trilochan Pradhan">Trilochan Pradhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Ram" title="N. Ram">N. Ram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukumar_Sen_(linguist)" title="Sukumar Sen (linguist)">Sukumar Sen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Shourie" title="Arun Shourie">Arun Shourie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Silverman" title="Julius Silverman">Julius Silverman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._R._Srinivasan" title="M. R. Srinivasan">M. R. Srinivasan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Valiathan" title="M. S. Valiathan">M. S. Valiathan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1991</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ebrahim_Alkazi" title="Ebrahim Alkazi">Ebrahim Alkazi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lala_Amarnath" title="Lala Amarnath">Lala Amarnath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._S._Bendre" title="N. S. Bendre">N. S. Bendre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyam_Benegal" title="Shyam Benegal">Shyam Benegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._B._Deodhar" title="D. B. Deodhar">D. B. Deodhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amjad_Ali_Khan" title="Amjad Ali Khan">Amjad Ali Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Kumar" title="Dilip Kumar">Dilip Kumar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narayan_Singh_Manaklao" title="Narayan Singh Manaklao">Narayan Singh Manaklao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muthu_Krishna_Mani" title="Muthu Krishna Mani">Muthu Krishna Mani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Narayan" title="Ram Narayan">Ram Narayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fali_Sam_Nariman" title="Fali Sam Nariman">Fali Sam Nariman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapil_Dev" title="Kapil Dev">Kapil Dev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manubhai_Pancholi" title="Manubhai Pancholi">Manubhai Pancholi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shakuntala_Paranjpye" title="Shakuntala Paranjpye">Shakuntala Paranjpye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bindeshwar_Pathak" title="Bindeshwar Pathak">Bindeshwar Pathak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samta_Prasad" title="Samta Prasad">Samta Prasad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basavaraj_Rajguru" title="Basavaraj Rajguru">Basavaraj Rajguru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prathap_C._Reddy" title="Prathap C. 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Reddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amala_Shankar" title="Amala Shankar">Amala Shankar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kusumagraj" title="Kusumagraj"> Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar (Kusumagraj)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuthur_Ramakrishnan_Srinivasan" title="Kuthur Ramakrishnan Srinivasan">Kuthur Ramakrishnan Srinivasan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ale_Ahmad_Suroor" title="Ale Ahmad Suroor">Ale Ahmad Suroor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Swindale" title="Leslie Swindale">Leslie Swindale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiwan_Singh_Umranangal" title="Jiwan Singh Umranangal">Jiwan Singh Umranangal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1992</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bijoy_Chandra_Bhagavati" title="Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati">Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debu_Chaudhuri" title="Debu Chaudhuri">Debu Chaudhuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hariprasad_Chaurasia" title="Hariprasad Chaurasia">Hariprasad Chaurasia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thayil_John_Cherian" class="mw-redirect" title="Thayil John Cherian">Thayil John Cherian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranjan_Roy_Daniel" title="Ranjan Roy Daniel">Ranjan Roy Daniel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virendra_Dayal" title="Virendra Dayal">Virendra Dayal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Saroja_Devi" title="B. 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Krishnan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramachandra_Datatraya_Lele" title="Ramachandra Datatraya Lele">Ramachandra Datatraya Lele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talat_Mahmood" title="Talat Mahmood">Talat Mahmood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Abdul_Malik" title="Syed Abdul Malik">Syed Abdul Malik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalsukh_Dahyabhai_Malvania" title="Dalsukh Dahyabhai Malvania">Dalsukh Dahyabhai Malvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonal_Mansingh" title="Sonal Mansingh">Sonal Mansingh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Sarada_Menon" title="M. Sarada Menon">M. Sarada Menon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naushad" title="Naushad">Naushad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Setumadhavarao_Pagadi" title="Setumadhavarao Pagadi">Setumadhavarao Pagadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasmukhbhai_Parekh" title="Hasmukhbhai Parekh">Hasmukhbhai Parekh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Narayana_Reddy" title="C. Narayana Reddy">C. Narayana Reddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrinalini_Sarabhai" title="Mrinalini Sarabhai">Mrinalini Sarabhai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gursaran_Talwar" title="Gursaran Talwar">Gursaran Talwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brihaspati_Dev_Triguna" title="Brihaspati Dev Triguna">Brihaspati Dev Triguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Venkatalakshamma" title="K. Venkatalakshamma">K. Venkatalakshamma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._R._Vyas" title="C. R. Vyas">C. R. Vyas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1998</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/U._R._Ananthamurthy" title="U. R. Ananthamurthy">U. R. Ananthamurthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivaramakrishna_Chandrasekhar" title="Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar">Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debiprasad_Chattopadhyaya" title="Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya">Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyapal_Dang" title="Satyapal Dang">Satyapal Dang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurbaksh_Singh_Dhillon" title="Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon">Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._K._Dua" title="H. K. Dua">H. K. Dua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemlata_Gupta" title="Hemlata Gupta">Hemlata Gupta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._M._Mathew" title="K. M. Mathew">K. M. Mathew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Madhavan_Nair" title="G. Madhavan Nair">G. Madhavan Nair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Singh_Paroda" title="Rajendra Singh Paroda">Rajendra Singh Paroda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._B._Parulkar" title="G. B. Parulkar">G. B. Parulkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaidyeswaran_Rajaraman" title="Vaidyeswaran Rajaraman">Vaidyeswaran Rajaraman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhisham_Sahni" title="Bhisham Sahni">Bhisham Sahni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vempati_Chinna_Satyam" title="Vempati Chinna Satyam">Vempati Chinna Satyam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laxmi_Mall_Singhvi" title="Laxmi Mall Singhvi">Laxmi Mall Singhvi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._M._Tarkunde" title="V. M. Tarkunde">V. M. Tarkunde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panangipalli_Venugopal" title="Panangipalli Venugopal">Panangipalli Venugopal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S._S._Badrinath" title="S. S. Badrinath">S. S. Badrinath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Cherian" title="Jacob Cherian">Jacob Cherian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pushpalata_Das" title="Pushpalata Das">Pushpalata Das</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sohrab_Pirojsha_Godrej" title="Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej">Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Joseph_(scientist)" title="George Joseph (scientist)">George Joseph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Kakodkar" title="Anil Kakodkar">Anil Kakodkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._C._Kizhakemuri" title="D. C. Kizhakemuri">D. C. Kizhakemuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Kumar" title="Ashok Kumar">Ashok Kumar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vidya_Niwas_Mishra" title="Vidya Niwas Mishra">Vidya Niwas Mishra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._D._Shourie" title="H. D. Shourie">H. D. Shourie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivmangal_Singh_Suman" title="Shivmangal Singh Suman">Shivmangal Singh Suman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Kinkar_Upadhyay" title="Ram Kinkar Upadhyay">Ram Kinkar Upadhyay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div># Posthumous conferral <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1954%E2%80%931959)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1954–1959)">1954–1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1960%E2%80%931969)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1960–1969)">1960–1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1970%E2%80%931979)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1970–1979)">1970–1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1980%E2%80%931989)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1980–1989)">1980–1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1990%E2%80%931999)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1990–1999)">1990–1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2000%E2%80%932009)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2000–2009)">2000–2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2010%E2%80%932019)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2010–2019)">2010–2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2020%E2%80%932029)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2020–2029)">2020–2029</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Fellowship" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Fellowship" title="Template:Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Fellowship" title="Template talk:Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Fellowship" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Fellowship" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Fellowship" title="Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship">Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1954–1960</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allauddin_Khan" title="Allauddin Khan">Allauddin Khan</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hafiz_Ali_Khan" title="Hafiz Ali Khan">Hafiz Ali Khan</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariyakudi_Ramanuja_Iyengar" title="Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar">Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karaikudi_Sambasiva_Iyer" title="Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer">Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prithviraj_Kapoor" title="Prithviraj Kapoor">Prithviraj Kapoor</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anjanibai_Malpekar" title="Anjanibai Malpekar">Anjanibai Malpekar</a> (1958)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1961–1980</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gopeshwar_Banerjee" title="Gopeshwar Banerjee">Gopeshwar Banerjee</a> (1962)</li> <li>D. Annaswami Bhagavathar (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uday_Shankar" title="Uday Shankar">Uday Shankar</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papanasam_Sivan" title="Papanasam Sivan">Papanasam Sivan</a> (1962)</li> <li>Swami Prajnanananda (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrikrishna_Narayan_Ratanjankar" title="Shrikrishna Narayan Ratanjankar">Shrikrishna Narayan Ratanjankar</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pichu_Sambamoorthi" title="Pichu Sambamoorthi">Pichu Sambamoorthi</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhargavaram_Viththal_Varerkar" title="Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar">Mama Warerkar</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._L._Venkatarama_Iyer" title="T. L. Venkatarama Iyer">T. L. Venkatarama Aiyar</a> (1964)</li> <li>C. Saraswathi Bai (1964)</li> <li>Birendra Kishore Roy Choudhury (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._R._Deodhar" title="B. R. Deodhar">B. R. Deodhar</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Raghavan" title="V. Raghavan">V. Raghavan</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._V._Rajamannar" title="P. V. Rajamannar">P. V. Rajamannar</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinayakrao_Patwardhan" title="Vinayakrao Patwardhan">Vinayakrao Patwardhan</a> (1965)</li> <li>Ganesh Hari Ranade (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilipkumar_Roy" title="Dilipkumar Roy">Dilipkumar Roy</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaideva_Singh" title="Jaideva Singh">Jaideva Singh</a> (1965)</li> <li>D. G. Vyas (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashutosh_Bhattacharya" title="Ashutosh Bhattacharya">Ashutosh Bhattacharya</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._Krishna_Iyer" title="E. Krishna Iyer">E. Krishna Iyer</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sombhu_Mitra" title="Sombhu Mitra">Sombhu Mitra</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayachamarajendra_Wadiyar" title="Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar">Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebrahim_Alkazi" title="Ebrahim Alkazi">Ebrahim Alkazi</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rukmini_Devi_Arundale" title="Rukmini Devi Arundale">Rukmini Devi Arundale</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musiri_Subramania_Iyer" title="Musiri Subramania Iyer">Musiri Subramania Iyer</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bade_Ghulam_Ali_Khan" title="Bade Ghulam Ali Khan">Bade Ghulam Ali Khan</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guru_Kunchu_Kurup" title="Guru Kunchu Kurup">P. K. Kunju Kurup</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shambhu_Maharaj" title="Shambhu Maharaj">Shambhu Maharaj</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Satyanarayana_Sarma" title="V. Satyanarayana Sarma">V. Satyanarayana Sarma</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adya_Rangacharya" title="Adya Rangacharya">Adya Rangacharya</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalicharan_Pattnaik" title="Kalicharan Pattnaik">Kali Charan Patnaik</a> (1968)</li> <li>K. C. D. Brahaspati (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapila_Vatsyayan" title="Kapila Vatsyayan">Kapila Vatsyayan</a> (1970)</li> <li>Dilip Chandra Vedi (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarapada_Chakraborty" title="Tarapada Chakraborty">Tarapada Chakraborty</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnarao_Phulambrikar" title="Krishnarao Phulambrikar">Krishnarao Phulambrikar</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rallapalli_Ananta_Krishna_Sharma" title="Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma">Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivaram_Karanth" title="Shivaram Karanth">Shivaram Karanth</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamaladevi_Chattopadhyay" title="Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay">Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jnan_Prakash_Ghosh" title="Jnan Prakash Ghosh">Jnan Prakash Ghosh</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Subbulakshmi" title="M. S. Subbulakshmi">M. S. Subbulakshmi</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balasaraswati" title="Balasaraswati">T. Balasaraswati</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zubin_Mehta" title="Zubin Mehta">Zubin Mehta</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rasiklal_Parikh" title="Rasiklal Parikh">Rasiklal Parikh</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar" title="Ravi Shankar">Ravi Shankar</a> (1975)</li> <li>Embar S. Vijayaraghavachariar (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santidev_Ghosh" title="Santidev Ghosh">Santidev Ghosh</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semmangudi_Srinivasa_Iyer" title="Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer">Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer</a> (1976)</li> <li>Hirjibhai Rustomji Doctor (1977)</li> <li>Tinuvengadu Subramania Pillai (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Puttaswamayya" title="B. Puttaswamayya">B. Puttaswamayya</a> (1978)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Purushottam Laxman Deshpande</a> (1979)</li> <li>D. T. Joshi (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumati_Mutatkar" title="Sumati Mutatkar">Sumati Mutatkar</a> (1979)</li> <li>T. P. Kuppiah Pillai (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._K._Narayana_Menon" title="V. K. Narayana Menon">V. K. Narayana Menon</a> (1980)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1981–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mani_Madhava_Chakyar" title="Mani Madhava Chakyar">Mani Madhava Chakyar</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallikarjun_Mansur" title="Mallikarjun Mansur">Mallikarjun Mansur</a> (1982)</li> <li>M. Kirupanandawari (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandravadan_Mehta" title="Chandravadan Mehta">Chandravadan Mehta</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siyaram_Tiwari_(musician)" title="Siyaram Tiwari (musician)">Siyaram Tiwari</a> (1984)</li> <li>V. V. Swarna Venkatesa Deekshithar (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komal_Kothari" title="Komal Kothari">Komal Kothari</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Ramanathan_(musician)" title="S. Ramanathan (musician)">S. Ramanathan</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumar_Gandharva" title="Kumar Gandharva">Shivaputra Siddaramayya Komkali ‘Kumar Gandharva’</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lata_Mangeshkar" title="Lata Mangeshkar">Lata Mangeshkar</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utpal_Dutt" title="Utpal Dutt">Utpal Dutt</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Gopal_(dancer)" title="Ram Gopal (dancer)">Ram Gopal</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alain_Dani%C3%A9lou" title="Alain Daniélou">Alain Daniélou</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelucharan_Mohapatra" title="Kelucharan Mohapatra">Kelucharan Mohapatra</a> (1991)</li> <li>T. S. Parthasarathy (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Khan" title="Ali Akbar Khan">Ali Akbar Khan</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._K._Pattammal" title="D. K. Pattammal">D. K. Pattammal</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prem_Lata_Sharma" title="Prem Lata Sharma">Prem Lata Sharma</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girish_Karnad" title="Girish Karnad">Girish Karnad</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrinalini_Sarabhai" title="Mrinalini Sarabhai">Mrinalini Sarabhai</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bismillah_Khan" title="Bismillah Khan">Bismillah Khan</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yehudi_Menuhin" title="Yehudi Menuhin">Yehudi Menuhin</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maheswar_Neog" title="Maheswar Neog">Maheswar Neog</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vilayat_Khan" title="Vilayat Khan">Vilayat Khan</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ammannur_Madhava_Chakyar" title="Ammannur Madhava Chakyar">Ammannur Madhava Chakyar</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangubai_Hangal" title="Gangubai Hangal">Gangubai Hangal</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habib_Tanvir" title="Habib Tanvir">Habib Tanvir</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badal_Sarkar" class="mw-redirect" title="Badal Sarkar">Badal Sarkar</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhimsen_Joshi" title="Bhimsen Joshi">Bhimsen Joshi</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birju_Maharaj" title="Birju Maharaj">Birju Maharaj</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._P._Kittappa_Pillai" title="K. P. Kittappa Pillai">K. P. Kittappa Pillai</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Tendulkar" title="Vijay Tendulkar">Vijay Tendulkar</a> (1998)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001–2021</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M._Balamuralikrishna" title="M. Balamuralikrishna">M. Balamuralikrishna</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._V._Karanth" title="B. V. Karanth">B. V. Karanth</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vempati_Chinna_Satyam" title="Vempati Chinna Satyam">Vempati Chinna Satyam</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanno_Khurana" title="Shanno Khurana">Shanno Khurana</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavalam_Narayana_Panicker" title="Kavalam Narayana Panicker">Kavalam Narayana Panicker</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandralekha_(dancer)" title="Chandralekha (dancer)">Chandralekha</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annapurna_Devi" title="Annapurna Devi">Annapurna Devi</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bindhyabasini_Devi" title="Bindhyabasini Devi">Bindhyabasini Devi</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramankutty_Nair" title="Ramankutty Nair">Ramankutty Nair</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zohra_Sehgal" title="Zohra Sehgal">Zohra Sehgal</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapas_Sen" title="Tapas Sen">Tapas Sen</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohini_Bhate" title="Rohini Bhate">Rohini Bhate</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._N._Krishnan" title="T. N. Krishnan">T. N. Krishnan</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishan_Maharaj" title="Kishan Maharaj">Kishan Maharaj</a> (2006)</li> <li>Gursharan Singh (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ningthoukhongjam_Khelchandra" title="Ningthoukhongjam Khelchandra">Ningthoukhongjam Khelchandra</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sushil_Kumar_Saxena" title="Sushil Kumar Saxena">Sushil Kumar Saxena</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khaled_Choudhury" title="Khaled Choudhury">Khaled Choudhury</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitara_Devi" title="Sitara Devi">Sitara Devi</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhupen_Hazarika" title="Bhupen Hazarika">Bhupen Hazarika</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._C._Mehta" title="R. C. Mehta">R. C. Mehta</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishori_Amonkar" title="Kishori Amonkar">Kishori Amonkar</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasraj" title="Jasraj">Jasraj</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalgudi_Jayaraman" title="Lalgudi Jayaraman">Lalgudi Jayaraman</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamini_Krishnamurthy" title="Yamini Krishnamurthy">Yamini Krishnamurthy</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shriram_Lagoo" title="Shriram Lagoo">Shriram Lagoo</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamlesh_Dutt_Tripathi" title="Kamlesh Dutt Tripathi">Kamlesh Dutt Tripathi</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girija_Devi" title="Girija Devi">Girija Devi</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._K._Murthy" title="T. K. Murthy">T. K. Murthy</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nataraja_Ramakrishna" title="Nataraja Ramakrishna">Nataraja Ramakrishna</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahim_Fahimuddin_Dagar" title="Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar">Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Chandrasekaran" title="M. Chandrasekaran">M. Chandrasekaran</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hariprasad_Chaurasia" title="Hariprasad Chaurasia">Hariprasad Chaurasia</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalamandalam_Gopi" title="Kalamandalam Gopi">Kalamandalam Gopi</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrashekhara_Kambara" title="Chandrashekhara Kambara">Chandrashekhara Kambara</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heisnam_Kanhailal" title="Heisnam Kanhailal">Heisnam Kanhailal</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukund_Lath" title="Mukund Lath">Mukund Lath</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivkumar_Sharma" title="Shivkumar Sharma">Shivkumar Sharma</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Singhajit_Singh" title="Rajkumar Singhajit Singh">Rajkumar Singhajit Singh</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umayalpuram_K._Sivaraman" title="Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman">Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padma_Subrahmanyam" title="Padma Subrahmanyam">Padma Subrahmanyam</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amjad_Ali_Khan" title="Amjad Ali Khan">Amjad Ali Khan</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Rajam" title="N. Rajam">N. Rajam</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratan_Thiyam" title="Ratan Thiyam">Ratan Thiyam</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._H._Vinayakram" title="T. H. Vinayakram">T. H. Vinayakram</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Elkunchwar" title="Mahesh Elkunchwar">Mahesh Elkunchwar</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanak_Rele" title="Kanak Rele">Kanak Rele</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Sathyanarayana" title="R. Sathyanarayana">R. Sathyanarayana</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulsidas_Borkar" title="Tulsidas Borkar">Tulsidas Borkar</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._R._Janakiraman" title="S. R. Janakiraman">S. R. 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