Nagpur, Nov26
Actress, teacher, director and writer Radhika Deshpande has composed a book of children''s plays by making the best and artistic use of lockdown time. The book of these three one-act plays, written in three languages, Marathi, Hindi and English, was recently published in Pune.
Sanjay Pendse, Director, Balaranjan Kala Mandir, Cover page designer Satish Pendse, and Secretary, Mahavir Jain College, Pune and former journalist and writer Yuvraj Shah, were present on the occasion.
Radhika Deshpande is the daughter of Sanjay Pendse and Sarika Pendse, who are directors of popular Balaranjan Kala Mandir, Nagpur. Radhika has continued the legacy of drama inherited from her parents and decided to pursue a career in it. Radhika is currently settled in Pune. She has acted in many dramas like Durga Jhali Gauri, Achat Gaavchi Afat Mavshi, Janhvi, Choice is Yours and Tee Doghe. She was also seen in TV serials Honar sun mi Hya Gharchi, Swarajya Rakshak Sambhaji, Lakshya, Aaie kuthe kaay karte.
During the Corona period, all kinds of cultural events, dramas, series saw severe setback. It also caused a lot of artistic and financial loss to the artists. Radhika has written one-act plays for children using this lockdown time in a by utilizing lockdown period in a very positive way.
Radhika says that combining the best words, thoughts and feelings to achieve the best equation of writing and make it your own by the children is a difficult thing to do anfd love doing that. My father Sanjay Pendse, mother Sarika, uncle Satish Pendse, husband Neeraj Deshpande and many others helped me a lot while writing this book. I want to thank all of them for this opportunity. ''