Dnyanesh Maharao

Dnyanesh Maharao is a writer and editor of renowned Marathi weekly magazine Chitralekha. He is in active journalist since 1 June 1989. Earlier he was Assistant Editor of Marathi weekly magazine Vivek, from 1 April 1985 to 31 May 1989. He has written more than 20 books in Marathi as well as in English. He has written a famous book: Thackeray : life & style.

He has also written two plays in Marathi: Jinku ya Dahi Disha and Sangeet Ghanlin Lotangan.

On the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Bal Gandharva and 130th anniversary of Sangeet Saubhadra, as a tribute to Annasaheb Kirloskar and Bal Gandharva, he has recreated Sangeet Saubhadra under the banner of Om Natyagandha Mumbai and presented it to the current generation to have a test of the old musical drama. He himself has played the role of Narad in this play.

He was a Festival Director for the 4th Annual "Maharashtra State Level Egalitarian Literature Festival" (समतावादी साहित्य संमेलन) which was held from 26 to 28 November 2011 at Latur Maharashtra.

Personal life

Dnyanesh Maharao was born on 11 June 1960 in Mumbai.

Awards

Sr.No. Year Name of the Award Award by Organisation 1 2003 Krushiwalkar Prabhakar Patil Award – 2003 Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Patrakar Parishad 2 2005 Madhavrao Bagal Award – 2005 Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahu Memorial Trust & Bhai Madhavrao Bagal University Kolhapur 3 2008 Shivnerkar Vishwanathrao Wable Journalism Award – 2008 Dainik Shivner 4 2009 V. V. Shirwadkar Best Marathi Literature – Drama – Jinku Ya Dahi Disha Government of Maharashtra. 5 2009 Aacharya Aatre Smruti Puraskar 2009 Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh (मुंबई मराठी पत्रकार संघ) 6 2010 Nanasaheb Vairale Smruti Puraskar Maharashtra Editor Council 7 2011 Chintamanrao Deshmukh Journalism Award – 2011 (चिंतामणराव देशमुख पत्रकारिता पुरस्कार २०११) Roha Patrakar Sangh (रोहा पत्रकार संघ) 8 2012 Aatre Pratishthan Award for Journalism Aacharya Aatre Vikas Pratishthan Saswad 9 2012 Vidyadhar Gokhale Lalitlekhan Puraskar – 2012 Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh 10 2013 Dinmitra Mukundrao Patil Patrakarita Puraskar 2013 Dinmitra

Plays, dramas, theater

Sr.No. Year Name of Play Language Role Remarks 1 Aug 2006 Jinku Ya Dahi Disha Marathi Shahir, Chitrawala Musical 2 Dec 2009 Sangeet Ghalin Lotangan Marathi Chilte Maharaj Musical 3 Aug 2012 Sangeet Saubhadra Marathi Narad Musical