New Delhi: Hindi Litterateur Mannu Bhandari, who wrote popular short stories and novels without sacrificing literary services and those who built new modern women and consciously in their work, died at Gurgaon Hospital on Monday.
He was 90.
“He suffered a series of strokes over the past few years.
He was weak but never lying in bed.
This time he was hospitalized for a fatal infection” his daughter Rachana Yadav, a dancer Kathak, told Tii.
The famous Hindi film director of Basu Chatterjee, with whom he shared a pleasant and durable relationship, changed the short story of Bhandari, Yehi Sach Hai, into features, Rajnigandha (1974).
This film is a critical and commercial success.
Basu Da’s Jeena Yahan (1979) was also based on his work, Ekhane Aakash Neyee.
Bhandari also wrote a dialogue for Swami (1977), the winners of other offices.
His novel, AAP Ka Bunty was made as Samay Ki Dhara (1986), who moved away from his original story and experienced legal issues.
Mahabhoj, a hard political novel, is widely staged as a game.
Born in Bhanpur, Madhya Pradesh, Bhandari received his master at the University of Banaras Hindu.
He also taught at Delhi University and married Editor-Editor Editor of Rajendra Yadav who died in 2013.
Both are pillars of the Nayee Kahani movement (new story).
Mridula Garg’s famous Writer said that together with Krishna Sobti and Usha Priyamvada, Bhandari was considered the three of the best and most talked about the 1960s and 70s of Hindi women.
“He wrote with spontaneity and great empathy for his character.
His style is easy to walk and directly.
People identify with his character,” Garg said a character like that was Bunty, a tormented son of a divorced couple, from the novel, AAP Bunty.
The author Pushya partner wrote on Facebook how his mother read the novel during pregnancy and gave him the name of his pet, Bunty.
Others share similar experiences on social media.
When Garg added, “He gives the best example of literary writing that can be popular with ordinary people.” Satyanand Nirupam, Director of Editorial, Rajkamal Prakashan, remembering how he was very disturbed by the short story of Bhandari, Sazaa, the story of a man who struggled for justice.
“Another story, do Kalakaar, has taken new meaning in this intolerant period.
And after reading the story, Yehi Sach Hai, I began to see Rajnigandha (tuberose) with different light,” he said.
Real Bhandari women, picked from life.
They are characters with agents like Deepa, played by Vidya Sinha in Rajnigandha.
This story runs the reader through the corridor of his mind when he struggles to choose between two men.
But the final decision is his own.
There is a difficult side for Bhandari too.
Garg tells anecdote.
“At all seminars, a member of the audience asked for a vulgar question about my novel, Chitkobra.
Mannu-ji, who was on stage, turned to the man and said,” Please apologize to him.
If you don’t understand the book, please keep silent, don’t ask questions like that …
the author often doesn’t stand each other in such a situation.
But he did it.
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