Rau (novel)

Rau

Front cover of the novel
Author	Nagnath S. Inamdar
Translator	Vikrant Pande, Bharatiya Jnanpith
Genre	Historical fiction Romance
Publisher	Continental Prakashan
Publication date	1972
Publication place	India
Pages	418

Rau (also referred to as Rauu) is a 1972 Marathi historical fiction novel by N S Inamdar. The story revolves around the fictionalized romance between real-life historical characters of the Maratha General Peshwa Baji Rao I and his second wife Mastani (born of a Hindu father and Muslim mother). The novel revolves around the outrage caused by the relationship among Baji Rao's family members and the orthodox priests. ^[1]

Rau was adapted into a feature film in 2015 as Bajirao Mastani , it was directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and starred Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra in lead roles. ^[2] The novel has also been used as a basis for several other films and TV series in both Hindi and Marathi since its publication.

Translations

• 2008 - The book was translated to Hindi in 2008 and published under the title Rau Swami by Bharatiya Jnanpith ^[3]
• 2016 - The book was translated to English by Vikrant Pande in 2016 and published under the title Rau: The great love story of Bajirao Mastani by Pan Macmillan. ^[4]

References

1. Chari, Mridula. "How Bajirao and Mastani became a byword for doomed romance". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
2. Ghosh, Shingita (6 December 2016). "6 Epic Films That Took Forever To Make". Film Companion. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
3. "Bharatiya Jnanpith". www.jnanpith.net. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
4. "Found in translation". The Hindu. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2017.

External links

• Rau - The Great Love Story of Bajirao Mastani (English translation by Vikrant Pande) at Google Books