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Wa Guru! (Marathi) 2010
Playwright : Dr Chandrashekhar Phansalkar
Director : Vijay Kenkre
Co-actors : Atul Parchure, Girija Katdare, Purnima Talwalkar
Role : Professor Sapre
Adapted from Mitch Album's best-selling novel 'Tuesdays with Morrie', 'Wa Guru!' is the story of courage and optimism of a retired college professor, Sapre who is diagnosed with the terminal illness of the Motor Neuron Disease (MND), a debilitating condition which results in patient's loss of muscular control while the patient's mental faculties remain intact. Afflicted by such a deadly malady, however, Professor Sapre decides to set aside self-pity and desperation and lead his last days happily. One of his past students, Vidyadhar Pai, now an ad agency chief happens to catch the professor's interview on television by chance. He longs to meet his old professor after 16 long years and he tracks him down to Sripur, a town 250 kilometres away from Mumbai. Embroiled in personal and professional complications, Pai finds succour in the wise words of his teacher.