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'''''Ashroonchi Zhali Phule''''', also known as '''''Ashrunchi Jhali Phule''''' ([[English language|English]]: '''Tears Turned Into Flowers'''), is a [[Marathi cinema|Marathi]] play by [[Vasant Shankar Kanetkar]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9GgaAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Ashroonchi+Zhali+Phule%22&dq=%22Ashroonchi+Zhali+Phule%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAmoVChMIxLrwouH_xwIVS6eUCh3_Cw9_ | title=Playwright at the Centre: Marathi Drama from 1843 to the Present | publisher=Seagull Books | author=Shanta Gokhale | author-link=Shanta Gokhale | year=2000 | pages=138 |accessdate=18 September 2015 | isbn=9788170461579}}</ref> In 1966, Kanetkar received a [[Filmfare Award for Best Story]] for the Hindi movie ''[[Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool]]'', which was an adaptation of ''Ashroonchi Zhali Phule''. The 1984 movie ''[[Mashaal]]'' is also based on this play.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
The play depicts the turns in fortunes in the lives of the two main protagonists, Vidyanand, a professor of [[mathematics]], and his young protégé Lalya.<br />
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Professor Vidyanand is a morally upright, brilliant professor of mathematics in a college in a town in [[Maharashtra]]. He comes across an intransigent student, Lalyaa, and succeeds in reforming him. Lalya graduates from college and enters the [[Indian Police Service]] as a cadet. Meanwhile, his college is taken over by a local [[Politics in India|politician]], Dharmappa, who also has strong criminal links. Dharmappa wants to exploit the college for commercial gain. When Vidyanand resists, Dharmappa subverts Vidyanand's own colleagues to implicate him falsely under [[embezzlement]] charges.<br />
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Vidyanand is removed from his position and is thrown in jail. In jail, he undergoes a transformation, and comes out as a hardened criminal, bent on enacting revenge against those who falsely implicated him. He teams up with his childhood friend turned con-man, Shambhu Mahadev, and puts in motion a plan to [[defraud]] the politician who has ruined his life.<br />
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In the meantime, Lalya, who is now a senior police officer, is assigned to apprehend Vidyanand. Lalya, oblivious to Vidyanand's transformation, embarks on this mission. Eventually, Vidyanand achieves his revenge, but in the process finds he has lost his [[Morality|moral center]] and compromised the very values he has stood for. In the end, Vidyanand is apprehended by his protégé, but finds redemption in the fact that his life as a teacher caused his protégé Lalya to reform himself.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
The original cast of the play included [[Chittaranjan Kolhatkar]], [[Prabhakar Panshikar]] and [[Kashinath Ghanekar]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-veteran-marathi-actor-kolhatkar-dies-at-86-1303128 | title=Veteran Marathi actor Kolhatkar dies at 86 |newspaper=[[Daily News and Analysis]] | date=26 October 2009 | accessdate=18 September 2015 | author=Shailendra Paranjpe}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Lakhoba-Lokhande-makes-an-exit/articleshow/16092554.cms | title=Lakhoba Lokhande makes an exit |newspaper=[[Mumbai Mirror]] | date=14 January 2011 | accessdate=18 September 2015 | author=Sumedha Raikar-Mhatre}}</ref> Panshikar also produced the play.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/obituary/condolence_shri_prabhakar_vishnu_panshikar.htm |title=Condolence Resolution: Shri Prabhakar Vishnu Panshikar |website=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] |place=New Delhi |accessdate=18 September 2015 |date=2011 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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== Reception ==<br />
The play is termed as "family play" by critics.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b4QtAAAAIAAJ&q=Ashrunchi+Zali+Phule&dq=Ashrunchi+Zali+Phule&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBmoVChMIg-7X_-H_xwIVQS6mCh0r1gFL | title=New Quest, Issues 43-48 | publisher=Indian Association for Cultural Freedom | year=1984 | pages=170 |access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref><br />
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On 23 October 2011, the 1125th show of the play was performed in Pune by the production house of Rigved Productions, which has revived old Marathi plays.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.punemirror.in/entertainment/unwind/Play-back-in-time/articleshow/31994628.cms | title=Play back in time |newspaper=[[Pune Mirror]] | date=22 October 2011 | access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref> In 2014, the Marathi play ''Naandi'', which showcased 150-year-old history of [[Marathi theatre]], used scenes from this play.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Marathi-play-to-be-staged-in-Nagpur-today/articleshow/33675296.cms | title=Marathi play to be staged in Nagpur today |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] | date=13 April 2014 |place=Nagpur | access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Indian plays]]<br />
[[Category:Marathi-language plays]]</div>>Discospinster