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Maha celebrates as eminent author Babasaheb Purandare turns 100

He penned and directed a historical play 'Jaanta Raja' (1985) a theatrical magnum opus performed by over 200 artistes, translated and enacted in five languages and has clocked over 1,250 stage shows in Maharashtra, Goa, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and the USA.

Of history and the many tales in its labyrinth

"It is still in its initial stages. I am essentially a storyteller, a dastango like Mirza Kallan, a character in my book, who spins tales till the boundaries of reality and fiction blur."