Purushottam Laxman Deshpande (8 November 1919 – 12 June 2000) was a distinguished Marathi writer from the state of Maharashtra, India. He was popularly known by just his initials as "Pu. La. and was also given the affectionate title of Maharashtraache laadake vyaktimattva (Maharashtra's most beloved personality).
Apart from his writing, P. L. Deshpande was well-known for his all-round achievements as an accomplished film and stage actor, music composer, harmonium player, singer and orator.

Born in Mumbai (Bombay) to Laxman and Lakshmibai Deshpande, P. L. Deshpande received his college education at Fergusson College in Pune and Willingdon College in Sangli. For some years, he worked as a college professor and a school teacher before embarking on his career in writing and in the multiple fields of acting, directing, and composing music in the world of movies. In 1946, he married Sunita Thakur, who is an accomplished author herself and has acted in some plays in the past. Wit was a hallmark of the writings of Deshpande. He wrote plays, essays, life sketches, short stories, novels, travelogues, screenplays for films, and movie lyrics. Deshpande took lessons in playing harmonium from Dattopant Rajopadhye of Bhaskar Sangitalaya. He was proficient in Hindustani classical music and deep interest in Marathi musical theater. He was an accomplished music director and a singer.
He was also an admirer of Rabindranath Tagore, and learnt Bengali just so that he could read Tagore's Gitanjali in its original form.

Deshpande was a prolific writer and produced numerous original works as well as adaptations of works from other languages into Marathi. He preferred to identify his Marathi adaptations of plays and novels in other languages as bhaavaanuvaad, meaning "adaptation of the essence".

Purushottam Laxman Deshpande (8 November 1919 – 12 June 2000) was a distinguished Marathi writer from the state of Maharashtra, India. He was popularly known by just his initials as "Pu. La. and was also given the affectionate title of Maharashtraache laadake vyaktimattva (Maharashtra's most beloved personality).
Apart from his writing, P. L. Deshpande was well-known for his all-round achievements as an accomplished film and stage actor, music composer, harmonium player, singer and orator.

Born in Mumbai (Bombay) to Laxman and Lakshmibai Deshpande, P. L. Deshpande received his college education at Fergusson College in Pune and Willingdon College in Sangli. For some years, he worked as a college professor and a school teacher before embarking on his career in writing and in the multiple fields of acting, directing, and composing music in the world of movies. In 1946, he married Sunita Thakur, who is an accomplished author herself and has acted in some plays in the past. Wit was a hallmark of the writings of Deshpande. He wrote plays, essays, life sketches, short stories, novels, travelogues, screenplays for films, and movie lyrics. Deshpande took lessons in playing harmonium from Dattopant Rajopadhye of Bhaskar Sangitalaya. He was proficient in Hindustani classical music and deep interest in Marathi musical theater. He was an accomplished music director and a singer.
He was also an admirer of Rabindranath Tagore, and learnt Bengali just so that he could read Tagore's Gitanjali in its original form.

Purushottam Laxman Deshpande (8 November 1919 – 12 June 2000) was a distinguished Marathi writer from the state of Maharashtra, India. He was popularly known by just his initials as "Pu. La. and was also given the affectionate title of Maharashtraache laadake vyaktimattva (Maharashtra's most beloved personality).
Apart from his writing, P. L. Deshpande was well-known for his all-round achievements as an accomplished film and stage actor, music composer, harmonium player, singer and orator.

Born in Mumbai (Bombay) to Laxman and Lakshmibai Deshpande, P. L. Deshpande received his college education at Fergusson College in Pune and Willingdon College in Sangli. For some years, he worked as a college professor and a school teacher before embarking on his career in writing and in the multiple fields of acting, directing, and composing music in the world of movies. In 1946, he married Sunita Thakur, who is an accomplished author herself and has acted in some plays in the past. Wit was a hallmark of the writings of Deshpande. He wrote plays, essays, life sketches, short stories, novels, travelogues, screenplays for films, and movie lyrics. Deshpande took lessons in playing harmonium from Dattopant Rajopadhye of Bhaskar Sangitalaya. He was proficient in Hindustani classical music and deep interest in Marathi musical theater. He was an accomplished music director and a singer.
He was also an admirer of Rabindranath Tagore, and learnt Bengali just so that he could read Tagore's Gitanjali in its original form.

महाराष्ट्राची लोकधारा’ या कार्यकमाने त्यांच्या जीवनात एक मोठे यश आले. महाराष्ट्राच्या विविध भागांतील लोकांच्या कलांना एकत्र आणून त्यांचे सादरीकरण करण्याची कल्पना यामागे होती. कार्यकमाचे मूळ नाव ‘महाराष्ट्र (स्व) भावदर्शन’ असे होते. ‘महाराष्ट्राची लोकधारा’ हे नाव नंतर देण्यात आले. देवदत्त, वसुं धरा, यशोधरा आणि चारुशीला ह्या शाहिरांच्या चार मुलांनी ह्या कार्यकमासाठी अपार कष्ट घेतले. देवदत्ताने कार्यकमाचे संगीतदिग्दर्शन केले. चारुशीला साबळे हिने प्रत्येक कलाप्रकारामागच्या परंपरेचा मागोवा घेऊन ह्या कार्यकमात विविधता आणली. कलाविष्कारातील लयबद्घता, नृत्याविष्कार, वेशभूषा, कलावंतांची योजना यांचे नेमके भान ठेवून सादरीकरणात तोचतोपणा येणार नाही ह्याची काळजी घेतली. यशोधरा हिनेही ह्या कार्यकमाच्या निर्मितीत पडद्यामागच्या व्यवस्थापनाचा महत्त्वाचा वाटा उचलला होता.

‘महाराष्ट्राची लोकधारा’ या कार्यकमातून लावणी, कोकेवाला (गामीण भागात सारंगीसारखे वाद्य वाजवून देवादिकांची आख्याने गाणारा ), बाल्यानृत्य (मुंबईत उपाहारगृहांत, धनिकांकडे, तसेच चाळींतील लोकांकडे कामाला असलेल्या कोकणी गड्यांचे–बाल्यांचे–नृत्य), कोळीनृत्य, गोंधळीनृत्य, मंगळागौर, वाघ्यामुरळी, वासुदेव, धनगर इत्यादींचे जिवंत दर्शन घडविण्यात आले.

प्रेक्षकांच्या सोयीसाठी आणि प्रयोगकर्त्यांना आत्मनिर्भर करण्यासाठी शाहिरांनी फिरत्या नाट्यगृहाची (मोबाइल थिएटर) संकल्पना साकार केली. प्रसिद्घ नेपथ्यकार रघुवीर तळाशीलकर ह्यांनी तांत्रिकदृष्ट्या लागणारे आवश्यक ते सर्व सहकार्य त्यांना दिले. फिरता रंगमंच वाहून नेणारे वाहन कोल्हापूरचे यंत्रमहर्षी म्हादबा मेस्त्री यांनी बांधून दिले. विस्तृत रंगमंच १,५०० ते २,५०० खुर्च्या टाकण्याची सोय रंगमंचाच्या भोवती कनाती लावून तयार होणारे प्रेक्षागृह इ. ह्या फिरत्या नाट्यगृहात होते. ही सर्व व्यवस्था घडीची (फोल्डिंग) होती. हा उपकम उत्तम असला, तरी अनेक कारणांमुळे तो पुढे बंद करावा लागला.

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(तालुका वाई) येथे एका शेतकरी कुटुंबात त्यांचा जन्म झाला. त्यांचे वडील माळकरी होते. वारकरी पंथाचे भजन-कीर्तन ते करीत असत. त्यांची आई निरक्षर पण जात्यावर दळताना ओव्या रचणारी व गाणारी होती. त्यामुळे गायकीचा वारसा शाहिरांना आई वडिलांकडून मिळाला. गावच्या भजनी मंडळात ते गात असत. बालवयात त्यांना बासरीवादनाचाही छंद जडला. सुरुवातीचे शिक्षण जन्मगावी घेऊन पुढे ते त्यांच्या मामांकडे अमळनेरला गेले. तेथे सातवीपर्यंतचे शिक्षण झाल्यानंतर त्यांनी शाळा सोडली. मात्र अमळनेरला त्यांना ⇨साने गुरुजीं चा सहवास लाभला. गुरुजींकडून प्रखर राष्ट्रवाद आणि निर्व्याज देशभक्तीचे बाळकडू त्यांनी आत्मसात केले. देशाच्या स्वातंत्र्यचळवळीत जनजागृती करण्यासाठी गुरुजींबरोबर ते दौरे करू लागले. तसेच राजकीय -सामाजिक अपप्रवृत्तींवर प्रहार करण्यासाठी शाहिरी माध्यमाचा उपयोग करुन घेण्याचा निर्णय त्यांनी घेतला. पुढे ‘जागृती शाहीर मंडळ’ त्यांनी काढले. धुळ्याचे शाहीर सिद्राम बसाप्पा मुचाटे ह्यांचा आदर्श त्यांनी स्वतःसमोर ठेवला होता. पुढे १९४२ साली शाहीर शंकरराव निकम ह्यांच्या प्रभावाखाली ते आले. निकमांकडूनच त्यांनी शाहिरी कलेचे प्रत्यक्ष धडे घेतले. हैदराबाद मुक्तिसंग्रामातही त्यांनी प्रचाराचे रान उठवले. स्वातंत्र्यप्राप्तीनंतर त्यांनी ‘जातीयवाद की समाजवाद’ (१९४७) हा पहिला पोवाडा लिहिला. स्वतंत्र भारतात नव्याने सुरु झालेल्या राजऐकारणाचा संदर्भ ह्या पोवाडयला होता. त्यांचा विशेष उल्लेखनीय पोवाडा म्हणजे आधुनिक मानवाची कहाणी (१९५२ पुस्तकरुपाने प्रसिद्घ, १९७७). त्यात त्यांनी साम्यवादाचा विचार मांडला आहे. १९४८ मध्ये भानुमती बारसोडे या सुविद्य युवतीशी त्यांचा आंतरजातीय प्रेमविवाह झाला. त्या चांगल्या कवयित्री असल्यामुळे त्यांची शाहिरांना उत्तम साथ मिळाली मात्र हा विवाह टिकला नाही.