Ratnakar Matkari
| Ratnakar Matkari | |
|---|---|
| Born |
17 November 1938 Mumbai, India |
| Occupation | Producer, writer, director |
Ratnakar Ramkrushna Matkari (born 1938) is a Marathi writer, a movie and play producer/director, and a self-taught artist from Maharashtra, India.
Matkari was born on 17 November 1938 in Mumbai. After earning a degree in economics from Mumbai University in 1958, he worked at the Bank of India for the next twenty years. Since 1978, he has devoted his time exclusively to writing and production/direction of movies and plays. He is married to artist Pratibha Matkari.
Matkari's first work, the one-act play Wedi Manase (वेडी माणसे), was presented in 1955 on All India Radio in Mumbai. His play Pahuni (पाहुणी) was presented the next year at another venue.
Matkari worked as a columnist for newspapers and magazines in the 1970s. He wrote the column Soneri Savalya (सोनेरी सावल्या) in Apale Mahanagar (आपले महानगर) for four years.
Matkari's 98 works thus far include 33 plays, 8 collections of his one-act plays, 18 books of his short stories, 3 novels, a book of poems for children, and 14 plays and three collections of plays for children. His works include Gudha Katha (गूढकथा) --mysteries—for adults which maintain realism. Matkari wrote a few plays in Indian languages other than Marathi.
Many of Matkari's novellas have been adapted for the stage.
His plays include:
Matkari's plays for children include:
The musical play Char Diwas Premache (चार दिवस प्रेमाचे) has been presented to the public more than 850 times, and its translated versions in Hindi and Gujarati have also been presented. His play "Lokakatha 78" (लोककथा ७८) was presented in Marathi and Hindi.
Matkari has acted in his own plays like Prem Kahani", Vinashakadun Vinashakade", "Lokakatha 78", and Sate Lote. He has also presented popular one man shows like "Adbhutachya Rajyat (अद्भुताच्या राज्यात).
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