Dear Well Wishers,
My dear father was a professor of english and was well known literary person as well. So, due to his profession, our house walls are filled with thousands of books. After his demise, we donated hisentire books to the libraries, colleges and University of Bombay. We did keep some of his published, selected and rare books along with collection of photos, letters and other related items. Eventually, it was inherited to me and I preserved the treasures with pride. Which you will see below…
Proud to mention that, he published his very first book in 1941. The book was based on world famous personalities such as Greta Garbo, Charlie Chaplin, GK Chesterton, Arnold Bennett, Maxim Gorky, Conan Doyle, Philip Snowden and Lord Birkenhead. It had illustrations of each person by famous artist, painter and publisher Dinanath Dalal. Later, he wrote several books and all of them were best seller…
Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American actress and a premier star during Hollywood’s silent and early golden eras. She was known for her beauty, mysterious allure, and magnetic screen presence. She was also considered to be one of Hollywood’s greatest actresses all time and was nominated for four Academy Awards for Best Actress, yet she never won an Oscar. Please see the tribute to her on following link…
Vaktichitre-Characterization, written in Marathi language… 3) Wonderful Illustration by artist
Dinanath Dalal of Hollywood actress Greta Garbo…
writer Maxim Gorky… 2) Australian cricketer Don Bradman… 3) English comic actor, filmmaker
and composer Charlie Chaplin… llustrations by artist Dinanath Dalal.
2-3-4) Sir Charlie Chaplin as a composer playing violin, cello and piano for his films…
silent film. Please listen to ‘This is My Song’ written & directed by Sir Charlie Chaplin from his 1967 film
‘A Countess from Hong Kong.’ Marlon Brando and Sophia Loren starred in the film…
My father also wrote three act super hit comedy play named ‘शोभेचा पंखा’ (Ornamental Fan) based on Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan upon the request from Bombay’s well known drama/theatre/group fund raising program for building project, in 1944. ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ fame Hindi film actress ‘Durga Khote’ and well known actress ‘Vanamala’ acted In that play respectively…
As you may know, The 97th Academy/Oscar Awards ceremony is on Sunday, March 2, 2025, It is our pleasure to share this story with pride…
Please note:
India Home Selected To Enhance Digital Literacy Among Older Adults Through New National Initiative.
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Thanx with regards,
Jayant & Veena Kulkarni.
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To be continued… Hollywood & Oscars.