Vasant Sabnis

Vasant Sabnis (6 December 1923 – 15 October 2002) was an Indian Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.He wrote Marathi plays and screen scripts and dialogues for Marathi movies.

Vasant Sabnis
Born	6 December 1923 Pandharpur, British India
Died	15 October 2002 (aged 78
Nationality	British Indian (1923-1947) Indian (1947-2002)
Occupation	Writer
Works	Songadya Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi Ekta Jeev Sadashiv Gadhvacha Lagna
Children	Supriya Pilgaonkar
Relatives	Sachin Pilgaonkar (son-in-law) Shriya Pilgaonkar (granddaughter)

Early life

Sabnis was born on 6 December 1923. He received his high school education in Pandharpur and college education in Pune. After graduation, he joined Maharashtra state government's information and public relations department.^[1]

Selected filmography

Humor was the forte of Sabnis's writings.

He wrote plays, including Vichcha Majhi Puri Kara (विच्छा माझी पुरी करा), and screen scripts and dialogues for movies and dramas including the following:

• Songadya (सोंगाड्या)
• Bin Kamacha Navra (बिन कामाचा नवरा )
• Ekata Jeev Sadashiv (एकटा जीव सदाशीव)
• Gela Madhav Kunikade (गेला माधव कुणीकडे)
• Harya Narya Zindabad (हर्या नार्या झिंदाबाद)
• Banyabapu (बन्याबापू)
• Choricha Mamla (चोरीचा मामला)
• Gammat Jammat (गम्मतजम्मत)
• Gadhvacha Lagna (गाढवाचं लग्न)
• Vajva re Vajva (वाजवा रे वाजवा)
• Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi (अशी ही बनवाबनवी)^[2]