Shankar Babaji Patil

Shankar Babaji Patil (1926 - July 30, 1994) was an Indian Screenwriter, author who worked in Marathi film industry.

Shankar Babaji Patil
Born	(1926-08-08)8 August 1926 Pattan kodoli, Bombay presidency (Now Kolhapur district, Hatkangale taluka, Maharashtra)
Died	18 October 1996(1996-10-18) (aged 70) Nanded
Occupation	Screenplay writer
Known for	Pinjara (1972)
Notable work	Pinjara (1972), Ek gaon bara bhangadi (1968)

He was alumni of colleges of Gadhinglaj and Kolhapur from where he did B.A and B.T. respectively.

He served for some time as a member of Maharashtra state government's committee on high school textbooks and curricula research.

Patil presided over Marathi Sahitya Sammelan at Nanded in 1985.

Literary works

Collections of short stories

• Valiv (1958)
• Bhetigati (1960)
• Abhal (1961)
• Dhind (1962)
• Uen (1963)
• Vavri sheng (1963)
• Kulyanchi chavdi (1964)
• Kandoba (1974)
• Meeting
• Khush Kharedi (1984)
• Paijj
• Pavulvata
• Patalachi chinch

Novel

• Tarfula

Movie scripts

• Vadal vat
• Yuge yuge mi vat pahili
• Gangolan
• Bholi Bhabadi
• Pahuni
• Pinjra (1972)
• Bhujang
• Ek gaon bara bhangadi
• Ashich ek Ratra hoti

Adaption

Shankar Patil's short story Meeting was adapted by Dr. Priyadarshan Manohar as a short play named Meeting. On May 2, 2015, Kansas-based The Big Bang Theater performed the play at Regnier Hall Auditorium at KU Edwards Campus. The play was directed by Dr. Udayan Apte.