Name: Purshottam Laksman Deshpande. (पुरुषोत्तम लक्ष्मण देशपांडे)
Born: 8 November 1919 - Mumbai, Maharashtra
Died: 12 June 2000 (aged 80) - Pune, Maharashtra
Occupation: Writer, actor, music composer, film and television producer, film director, music director
Pu La Deshpande was most well known for his writings as a humorist. However he was a prolific writer in all genres and produced numerous original works as well as adaptations of works from other languages into Marathi.
His Work,
One-act plays
Born: 8 November 1919 - Mumbai, Maharashtra
Died: 12 June 2000 (aged 80) - Pune, Maharashtra
Occupation: Writer, actor, music composer, film and television producer, film director, music director
Pu La Deshpande was most well known for his writings as a humorist. However he was a prolific writer in all genres and produced numerous original works as well as adaptations of works from other languages into Marathi.
His Work,
One-act plays
- मोठे मासे आणि छोटे मासे (Mothe Mase Aani Chhote Mase) – 1957
- विठ्ठल तो आला आला (Vitthal To Aala Aala) – 1961
- आम्ही लटिके ना बोलू (Aamhi Latike Na Bolu) – 1975
- तुका म्हणे आता (Tuka Mhane Ata) – 1948
- पुढारी पाहिजॆ (Pudhari Pahije) – 1951
- अंमलदार (Ammaldar) – 1952...based on Nikolai Gogol's Inspector General
- भाग्यवान (Bhagyawan) – 1953
- तुझें आहे तुजपाशीं (Tujhe Ahe Tujapashi) – 1957
- सुंदर मी होणार (Sundar Mi Honar) – 1958
- पहिला राजा/आधे अधूरे (Pahila Raja/adhe Adhure) – 1976...based on Jagadish Chandra Mathur's Adhe Adhure
- तीन पैशांचा तमाशा (Teen Paishancha Tamasha) – 1978...based on Bertolt Brecht's The Three Penny Opera'
- ती फुलराणी (Ti Fulrani) – based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion
- वाऱ्यावरची वरात (Varyavarchi Varaat)
- एक झुंज वार्याशी (Eka Jhunja Waryashi)
- वयं मोठं खोटं (Wayam Motham Khotam) – 1956
- नवे गोकुळ (Nawe Gokul) – 1958
- खोगीरभरती (Khogir Bharati) – 1949
- खिल्ली (Khilli)
- कोट्याधीश पु. ल. (Kotyadhish Pu La.)
- टेलिफोनचा जन्म (Teliphonacha Janma)
- पोरवय (Porawaya)
- नस्ती उठाठेव (Nasti Uthathev) – 1952
- बटाट्याची चाळ (Batatayachi Chal) – 1958
- गोळाबेरीज (Golaberij) – 1960
- असा मी असामी (Asa Mi Asami) – 1964
- ह(फ)सवणूक (Ha(pha)sawanuk) – 1968
- उरलं सुरलं (Urala surala)
- पुरचुंडी (Purchundi)
- वटवट वटवट (Vatvat Vatvat)
- मराठी वाङ्मयाचा (गाळीव) इतिहास (Marathi Wangmayacha Galeev Itihas)
- अघळपघळ (Aghalpaghal) – 1998
- वंगचित्रे (Vangachitre) – 1974
- अपूर्वाई (Apoorvai) – 1960
- पूर्वरंग (Poorvarang) -1963
- जावे त्यांच्या देशा (Jaave Tyanchya Desha) – 1974
- काय वाट्टेल ते होईल (Kay Wattel Te Hoeel) – 1962...based on Helen and George Papashvily's Anything Can Happen
- एका कोळीयाने (Eka Koliyane) – 1965...based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea
- कान्होजी आंग्रे (Kanhoji Angre)(Translation of English novel "Maratha Admiral Kanhoji Angre" by Manohar Malgoankar)
- गांधीजी (Gandhiji) – 1970
- मुक्काम शांतिनिकेतन
- गणगोत (Ganagot) – 1966
- व्यक्ती आणि वल्ली (Wyakti Ani Walli) – 1966
- गुण गाईन आवडी (Guna Gaeena Awadi) – 1975
- रवीन्द्रनाथ : तीन व्याख्याने (Ravindranath : Teen Wyakhyane)
- आपुलकी (Apulaki)
- मैत्र (Maitra)
- एक शून्य मी (Ek Shunya Mee)
- चित्रमय स्वगत (Chitramay Swagat)
- पु. ल : एक साठवण (Pu. La. : Ek Sathawan)
- दाद (Daad)
- द्विदल (Dwidal)
- चार शब्द (Char Shabd)
- पुढारी पाहिजे (Pudhari Pahije)
- बटाट्याची चाळ (Batatyachi Chaal)
- असा मी असामी (Asa Mi Asami)
- हसविण्याचा माझा धंदा (Hasawinyacha Majha Dhanda)
- वा-यावरची वरात (Waryawarachi Warat) – A large part of this play is one man show.
- रसिकहो!
- सुजनहो!
- मित्र हो!
- श्रोते हो!
- रेडियोवरील भाषणे व श्रुतिका (भाग एक व दोन)
- पुण्य भूषण (Punyabhushan) – 1993
- पद्मभूषण (Padma Bhushan) – 1990
- महाराष्ट्र गौरव (बहुरूपी) (Maharashtra Gaurawa (Bahurupi) Award)
- पद्मश्री (Padma Shri) – 1966
- Sahitya Akademi Award (Marathi) – Vyakti Ani Valli (1965)
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship – 1979
- महाराष्ट्र भूषण (Maharashtra Bhushan)-1996
- P. L. Deshpande was the first interviewer to interview Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, for the then newly founded Doordarshan.