1. Ratnakar Matkari died on 17 May 2020 in Mumbai, having tested positive for COVID-19 the week before during the COVID-19 pandemic in India.
13 Facts About Ratnakar Matkari
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Ratnakar Matkari worked as a columnist for newspapers and magazines in the 1970s.
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Ratnakar Matkari wrote the column Soneri Savalya in Apale Mahanagar for four years.
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Ratnakar Matkari wrote a few plays in Indian languages other than Marathi.
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Ratnakar Matkari's book named "Darkness" was translated from Marathi to English.
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Many of Ratnakar Matkari's novels have been adapted for the stage.
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Ratnakar Matkari acted in his own plays like Prem Kahani", Vinashakadun Vinashakade", "Lokakatha 78", and Sate Lote.
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Ratnakar Matkari presented popular one man shows like Adbhutachya Rajyat.
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Besides producing and directing plays for adults, Ratnakar Matkari notably established in 1962 Bal Natya Sanstha, which has thus far produced 22 plays for children, most of them being one-act plays.
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Ratnakar Matkari performed as an actor in many of these plays, including Sangati, "Sharvari, "Chitratale Ghar", and "Tumachi Goshta.
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Ratnakar Matkari presented a number of stage shows involving presentations of stories in front of Marathi audiences in India, Maskat, and, in 1986, the US.
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Ratnakar Matkari presented on TV channel Mumbai Doordarshan 13 episodes of Sharadache Chandane, which comprised interviews of some prominent Marathi writers.
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Ratnakar Matkari presided over Nirbhay Bano movement in 1995, Konkan Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, Mumbai branch in 2001, and Balkumar Sahitya Sammelan in Pune, in 2001.