Uttam Bandu Tupe
Uttam Tupe was a writer and poet from Pune, India. He wrote several hundred short stories and 16 novels. One of his books was made into a successful play, and another into a feature film. Tupe also wrote about the social ills of the caste system and issues with Devadasi.
Early life
Tupe wrote a series of novels with a Devadasi theme that were released into the Marathi literary scene in the 1980s. Tupe began writing in the rustic dialect of his native Satara district. He crafted a short story on the evils of the dowry system. It was immediately published, and a few months later, Tupe got Rs 501 as a cash prize from the Marathi Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad.Works
- Katyavaraci pota – Mehata Pablisinga Hausa; 3. avrtti edition
- Jhulava
- Katyavaraci pota – 2001
- Kalasi – 1988
- Andana – 1986
- Jhavala – Publisher: Mehata Pablisinga Hausa; Prathamavrtti edition
- Zulwa – 1986, 2005
- Zulwa – The book Zulwa was adapted into a play by Chetan Datar for Marathi theatre. The play was an adaptation of the novel by Uttam Bandu Tupe who spent two years in a colony of jogtis to research the novel.