Tanaji Malusare

Background

According to the historian David Hardiman, Kolis were the early helpers of Shivaji in a revolt. Tanaji Malusare is one such prominent example whose name is memorizalized due to his act of capturing the fort of Singhad and handing it to Shivaji. Tanaji's father's name was Kaloji Malusare.

In popular culture

• Vinayak Damodar Savarkar had written a ballad on him, which was banned by the colonial British government.
• Gad aala pan sinh gela (Marathi: गड आला पण सिंह गेला) () a Marathi novel by Hari Narayan Apte was written in 1903, based on his life.
• In 1922 Bengali poet Jatindramohan Bagchi wrote a poem named Singhagarh stating the heroic death of Tanaji Malusare while recapturing the fort*.*
• Sinhagad, a 1933 Marathi film was produced by Baburao Painter, based on the 1903 novel.
• Bengali writer Saradindu Bandyopadhyay wrote the Sadashib series where the younger version of Tanaji was mentioned as a close associate of Shivaji.
• In 1971 Amar Chitra Katha released a comic book called Tanaji, written by Meena Talim and illustrated by Vasant B. Halbe.
• Tanaji's character is portrayed by an actor in Raja Shivchatrapati serial of Star Pravah.
• In the 2018 Marathi-language epic Farzand, Tanaji Malusare is portrayed by Ganesh Yadav.
• In the 2019 Marathi-language epic Fatteshikast, Tanaji Malusare is portrayed by Ajay Purkar.
• Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn produced and played the role of Tanaji Malusare in Tanhaji. It was based on the Battle of Kondhana, Tanhaji film theatrically released on 10 January 2020. It was a box-office hit.
• In the 2023 Marathi-language epic Subhedar, Tanaji Malusare is portrayed by Ajay Purkar.

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