Manaswini Lata Ravindra

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Manaswini Lata Ravindra is a Marathi playwright, screenwriter and director, known for writing the play Amar Photo Studio and also being one of the writers of the Marathi sitcom Dil Dosti Duniyadari . [1] In 2016, she is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar for her short story collection, Blogchya Aarshyapallyad.

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Early life

She started writing poetry at the age of 3. [2] She joined Lalit Kala Kendra of Pune University after her 12th and got a Bachelor of Arts degree. [3] [4] She graduated from Lalit Kala Kendra in 2003. [5] Manaswini and some of her friends and alumni of Lalit Kala Kendra have started a theatre group called Lalit Mumbai. [6]

Career

Ravindra wrote her first play Cigarettes when she was 20. [5] In 2006, she won the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar in Playwriting, given by Sangeet Natak Akademi. [7] [8] In the same year, she attended the Royal Court Theatre workshop at Vasind. [9] In 2007, she wrote the play Alvida. [10] In 2010, she was also part of Pratibimb, the first ever contemporary Marathi theatre festival, organised by NCPA at Mumbai. She is also credited to have directed the play, Ekmekaat in 2009. [11] [12] In 2014, her play Lakh Lakh Chanderi was staged at Pratibimb Marathi Theatre Festival., [13] she won the Sahitya Akademi Award in the youth category, for Blogchya Arshapalyad (a collection of short stories). [14]

In 2017, she also spoke at Jawab Do, an event organised by Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti. [15] She also won the first position for best writing in the Maharashtra State Marathi Professional Drama Competition, in 2017, for her play Amar Photo Studio. [16] She is also an executive committee member of Screenwriters Association, Mumbai. [17] She was nominated for Filmfare Awards (Marathi) for best screenplay, for the movie Ti Saddhya Kay Karte in 2018. [18]

Works

Plays

YearPlayNotes
2006Cigarettes
2007Alvida
2009EkmekaatWriter/Director
2014Lakh Lakh ChanderiWriter/Director [19]
2019Daavikadun Chouthi BuildingWriter [20]
Majhya Vatnicha Kharakhur [21]
Amar Photo Studio [22]

TV shows

Movies

Personal life

She is married to director Satish Manwar. [6] Her parents were social activists. Her mother, Lata Pratibha Madhukar, is an activist with Narmada Bachao Andolan [24] whereas her father, Ravindra, is a campaigner against female foeticide. [3] [25] She uses her parents' name instead of her surname. [21] She and her mother were jointly awarded the Prerna Puraskar in 2014 by DD Sahyadri on their Mother's Day special. [24]

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