Noted writer, journalist Arun Sadhu dies at 76

Noted writer and journalist Arun Sadhu passed away here at the Sion hospital in the early hours of Monday.

MUMBAI: Noted writer and journalist Arun Sadhu passed away here at the Sion hospital in the early hours of Monday. He was 76.

Sadhu was admitted to hospital on Sunday morning in a critical condition. He was kept on ventilator support in the intensive care unit. He suffered from an old heart condition of cardiomyopathy. His heart was not responding, said doctors at the government hospital.

Sadhu breathed his last at around 4.30 am.

His mortal remains would be taken to his residence at Bandra and his body would be kept there for some time before it would be transferred back to the hospital.

According to his last wishes, no rites would be performed and his body will be donated to the hospital for research, his family members said.

Sadhu ventured into the fields of journalism and literature with equal ease. He had excellent command over Marathi as well as English. Starting with ‘Kesri’, he moved on to ‘Manoos’ (both Marathi publications from Pune) and then to Indian Express, Times Of India, Statesman and Free Press journal in his 30 years in of journalism. He headed the journalism department of Pune university for six years.

He also wrote extensively on the Comunist revolutions in Russia, China and Cuba. He ventured into almost all forms of Marathi literature.

He wrote political novels in Marathi, creating a new trend in Marathi literature. His novels ‘Simhasan’ and ‘Mumbai Dinank’ are considered as masterpiece even today.

Director-producer Jabbar Patel made his movie  Simhasan based on Sadhu’s novel that remains one of the greatest hits of all time.

Arun Sadhu was conferred with several awards including the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad, N C Kelkar award, Acharya Atre award, Janasthan Award of the Kusumagraj Pratishthan of Nashik and lifetime achievement award from the Maharashtra Foundation in the US. He was also the president of 80th Annual Marathi Literary meet.

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