- Anant Kanekar
Anant Kanekar (1905-1980) was a Marathi writer.
He first made name for himself through his association with film industry by writing songs and script for films. A collection of his poems was published under the name :'Chaand-Raat'.
He was very light-hearted, friendly, talkative, social, and a permanent fixture as MC at cultural functions. He was a professor who was very popular among his students.
He travelled through Russia in the early years of Stalin's regime and wrote a book about it : "Dhukyaatun Laal Taaryaakade" (From the fog towards the Red Star).
Anant Kanekar was an alumnus of
Chikitsak Samuha Shirolkar High School ,Girgaon ,Mumbai .Mumbai University holds a series of lectures in his memory. (http://www.mu.ac.in/Department/marathi.html)References
* [http://imdb.com/name/nm0437501/ Kanekar's filmography]
* [http://www.punecitymag.com/deshmukh&co/bklist.html Some of Kanekar's books]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&pg=PA1006&lpg=PA1006&dq=Anant+Kanekar+Russia&source=web&ots=OAYY0-Tm-U&sig=WlgCMzmc4HdKhPEEsnrKEPtu2dA&hl=en A note about Kanekar's book on Soviet Union]
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