Anant Mane

Anant Mane
Born
Anant Govind Mane

September 22, 1915
Died1995[1]
OccupationFilm Director

Anant Mane (1915-1995) was a film director from Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India who directed approximately 60 movies during the golden era of Marathi cinema.[2] He was known for making films based on the folk art form Tamasha, and also directed a number of family melodramas.[3] He teamed up with the music director Vasant Pawar and directed several hit movies in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Mane's 1961 film Manini won the President's Silver Medal for best regional film of the year.[4]

In 2006, the Lokmanch Charitable Trust, Kolhapur, instituted an annual Anant Mane award for outstanding contribution to the Marathi film industry.[5]

  1. ^ "Anant Mane". muvyz. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  2. ^ Sanjit Narwekar; Raghuvir Kul; D. B. Samant; Maharashtra Film, Stage & Cultural Development Corporation (1995). Marathi Cinema: in retrospect. Maharashtra Film, Stage & Cultural Development Corp. p. 92.
  3. ^ Hansa Wadkar (8 July 2014). You Ask, I Tell: An Autobiography. Zubaan Books. pp. 89–. ISBN 978-93-83074-68-6.
  4. ^ "AABHIJATYAM 1971". The Hindu
  5. ^ "Actress Lila Gandhi selected for Anant Mane Award". One India News. February 2, 2007