Category: Non-fiction
Rights: All rights available
Tatyasaheb: The Story of a Bombay Entrepreneur presents the life and times of Vaman Shridhar Apte, also known as Tatyasaheb (1875-1952). Hailing from an orthodox Maharashtrian Koknastha Brahmin family, his was an unlikely success story in the world of business. This biography charts his life from his origins in Girgaon, Mumbai, where he lived in the cramped quarters of Khatryachi Chawl, to his rising fortunes in the Gujarati bastion of MJ Market as the sole selling agent for Kohinoor Mills textiles. He embarked on an unexpected career as a silent film producer during which he produced over a hundred feature films, and emerged as a leading industrialist with the founding of the Phaltan Sugar Works. This is also the story of Tatyasaheb’s family, and a journey through the social customs and daily rituals of a way of life that has passed into history.
The author: Tejaswini Apte-Rahm