: वसंत सबनीस) (1923 - 2002) was a Marathi

Marathi people

The Marathi people or Maharashtrians are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, that inhabit the Maharashtra region and state of western India. Their language Marathi is part of the southern group of Indo-Aryan languages...

 writer from Maharastra, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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Sabnis was born on December 6, 1923. He received his high school education in Pandharpur

Pandharpur

Pandharpur is an important pilgrimage city on the Bhimā river in Solāpur district, Maharashtra, India. The Vithoba temple attracts about half a million Hindu pilgrims during the major yātrā in the month of Ashadh ....

 and college education in Pune

Pune

Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...

. After graduation, he joined Maharashtra state government’s information and public relations department.

Humor was the forte of Sabnis's writings.

He wrote plays, including Vichcha Majhi Puri Kara (विच्छा माझी पुरी करा), and screen scripts and dialogues for movies, including the following:

• Songadya (सोंगाड्या)
• Ekata Jeev Sadashiv (एकटा जीव सदाशीव)
• Harya Narya Zindabad (हर्या नार्या झिंदाबाद)
• Banyabapu (बन्याबापू)
• Choricha Mamla (चोरीचा मामला)
• Gammat Jammat (गम्मतजम्मत)
• Ashi Hi Banavabanavi (अशी ही बनवाबनवी)