Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Vishnupant Pagnis

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Jun 28, 2012, 4:09:27 PM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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+'''Vishnupant Pagnis (1892-1943)'''
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+Professional actor on the Marathi Sangeet
+Natak from the age of 10; part of Kolhapur’s
+Swadeshi Hitchantak Natak Mandali where he
+played the female roles of Sharada and
+Shakuntala in command performances for the
+Shahu Maharaj. Appeared in some silent
+Maharashtra Film movies but became known
+for his female roles in Mama Warerkar’s first
+play, Kunjvihari (1908), and in Tembe’s
+Shivraj Natak where he played the heroine in
+the Hindi version of Siddhasansar. His style is
+said to have been strongly influenced by the
+Gujarati actor of female roles, Jaishankar
+Sundari. He became a music teacher in a
+municipal school when his stage career flagged
+and was a last-minute casting decision in the
+lead of Sant Tukaram (1936). Apparently
+remained under the spell of the great saint-poet
+whom he played. Was thereafter in some
+demand as a keertan singer. He did four more
+films, all in the Saint films genre, with Jayant
+Desai and Vjay Bhatt. Functioned as music
+director for Sant Janabai (1938). His
+performance as Tukaram has become a major
+reference-point in debates about Indian
+performance idioms: e.g. Kumar Shahani’s
+essay The Saint Poets of Prabhat, 1981; Geeta
+Kapur’s Mythic Material in Indian Cinema,
+1987.
+
+
+'''FILMOGRAPHY''' (* also music d): 1921:
+Surekha Haran; 1924: Poona Raided;
+1936: Sant Tukaram; 1938: Sant Janabai
+(music d only); 1939: Sant Tulsidas*;
+1940: Narsi Bhagat; 1943: Mahatma
+Vidur; Bhakta Raaj.
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+[[Actor]]