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| birth_place = Paratwada, [[Amravati]], [[India]]

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'''Arun Sadhu''' ([[Devanagari]]: अरुण साधु) (17 June 1941 – 25 September 2017) was a writer and a freelance journalist from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. He has written in [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Hindi]], and [[English language|English]]. He is better known for his novel "''Simhasan''" and "''Mumbai Dinank"''.

==Early life==
He was born and brought up in Achalpur (twin town of Paratwada) in Amravati District of Vidarbha region in Maharashtra.

==Career==
In his earlier career, Sadhu worked in different capacities on the staff of a few national English newspapers and then served for six years as a professor and the head of the Department of Communication and Journalism at [[Pune University]]. As a political reporter, he started his journalistic career at Marathi daily ‘Kesri’ in [[Pune]] in the 1960s. In his three-decade- long journalistic career, he worked for the ''[[The Statesman (India)|Statesman]]'', ''[[The Times of India]]'', ''[[The Indian Express]]'' and the ''Free Press Journal'' in [[Mumbai]] and was a stronger for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/veteran-marathi-journalist-writer-arun-sadhu-passes-away/story-X2V4MK4W2de3zEeRWtIY7K.html Arun Sadhu]</ref>

Sadhu has won several awards for his literary work. He presided over [[Marathi Sahitya Sammelan]] at [[Nagpur]] in 2007. He depicted through his writings on China, Russia to a story on a small boot polish boy in city. His writings give insight on international, national affairs.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/mumbai/noted-jurnalist-and-script-writer-arun-sadhu-passes-away/articleshow/60820973.cms Noted journalist and script writer Arun Sadhu passes away]</ref>

He has also worked as a script writer in some films. He was a co-script writer of the movie ''Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar'' (2000) along with Sooni Taraporevala and Daya Pawar.<ref>[http://www.livemint.com/Politics/4XxN0guDhPny9m9u1wMLnN/Arun-Sadhu-political-novelist-and-journalist-dies-in-Mumba.html Arun Sadhu]</ref>

===2008 Sammelan===
Sadhu, the outgoing president of 2008 Marathi Sahitya Sammelan held in [[Sangli]] left its inaugural function, protesting that Marathi writers who were sitting on the Sammelan platform along with some politicians were being "overshadowed" by the politicians by way of curtailment of time slots in the inaugural schedule for the writers on the platform through presidential protocol.

==Authorship==
Sadhu has written several novels,<ref name=twsJanF24b>{{cite news
|author= Swatee Kher
|title= Now, MNS to open library in name of Sena chief's father
|newspaper= Indian Express
|quote= Raj ... bought several books of authors like ... Arun Sadhu ... for the library.
|date= Sep 25, 2010
|url= http://www.indianexpress.com/news/now-mns-to-open-library-in-name-of-sena-chiefs-father/687646/
|access-date= 2010-01-06
}}</ref> collections of his short stories, and a few books on contemporary history as well as written editorials opposing [[violence]].<ref name=twsJanF24a>{{cite news
|author= Arun Sadhu
|title= Support Marathi, not violence
|work= Daily News & Analysis
|quote= I am surprised that the intelligent, cosmopolitan lot in metropolitan Mumbai is shy of having signboards in a script which is understood almost all over India.
|date= August 30, 2008
|url= http://www.dnaindia.com/opinion/comment_support-marathi-not-violence_1186883
|access-date= 2010-01-06
}}</ref> The following is a partial list of his books.

* ''Maharashtra''
* ''Kakasaheb Gadgil'' (In English and Hindi)
* ''Fidel, Che Ani Kranti''
* ''Dragon Jaga Jhalyawar''
* ''Mukhawata''
* ''Simhasan''
* ''Mumbai Dinank'' (1973) (and also its Hindi version ''Bambai Dinank'')
* ''Padgam'' (a play) (1988)
* ''Shodhyatra''
* ''Sphot''
* ''Bahishkrut''
* ''Trishanku''
* ''Glanirbhavati Bharat'' (short stories)
* ''Tisari Kranti''
The script of the movie ''Simhasan'', which was made in the 1970s, was adapted from Sadhu's novels ''Mumbai Dinank'' and ''Simhasan''.

Along with Sooni Taraporevala and Daya Pawar, Sadhu was a co-script writer of the movie ''Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar'' (2000).

==Awards==
# Sahitya Akademi award
# Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad award
# N C Kelkaraward
# Acharya Atre awards
# Janasthan awards
# Rachna award

==Death==
Arun Sadhu died on Monday at 4 am in Mumbai on 25th September 2017. He was admitted to Sion Hospital, where he was suffering from cardiomyopathy. On his death, Maharashtra Chief Minister [[Devendra Fadnavis]] said, “Arun Sadhu’s novel Sinhasan and Mumbai Dinank are landmark in Marathi literature. He wrote on contemporary issues, problems of metropolitan life very effectively. He guided generations of journalists. His demise is sad. I offer my deep condolences and share the sorrow of his family and friends,” <ref>[http://indianexpress.com/article/india/veteran-journalist-writer-arun-sadhu-passes-away-at-76-in-mumbai-4859869/ Renowned Marathi writer, journalist Arun Sadhu passes away at 76 in Mumbai]</ref>

==References==
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Arun Sadhu : vyakti ani wangmayadarshan, Ph.D. Thesis by Dr. Rahul Hande, Sangmner

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