Ayi Tendulkar

Ayi Tendulkar
Born Ayi Ganpat Tendulkar
(1904-01-01)1 January 1904
Belgundi, India
Died 1 January 1975(1975-01-01) (aged 71)
India
Occupation Filmmaker, actor, author
Years active 1933–1954
Spouse(s) Sasha Alexandra Passini (1924–??)
Eva Schubring (??–??)
Thea Gabriele von Harbou (c. 1933–??)

Ayi Ganpat Tendulkar (1904–1975) was an Indian screenwriter, journalist and actor. He is especially known as the husband of the writer of the science fiction film classic Metropolis by the name of Thea von Harbou.

Early life, family, and education

Ayi's first wife was Sasha Alexandra Passini who was a Russian who he met in Paris in 1924. They were separated after Alexandra married an Italian man.[1]

He then married one of his professors daughter's who was German actress Eva Schubring. Their marriage ended once Ayi began a romantic relationship with married filmmaker Thea von Harbou. Their relationship was part of the motivation for Thea's divorce of Fritz Lang.[2]

Ayi received the Toppiwala scholarship which allowed him to gain admission into a British university however he was not quite ready to study. As a result, decided to study French at Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris.[3]

References

  1. ↑ BHANDARI, PRAKASH. "In The Shadow of Freedom". The Free Press Journal. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Tendulkar Dhaul, Laxmi (2014). In the Shadow of Freedom: Three Lives in Hitler's Berlin and Gandhi's India (1st ed.). Zubaan. ISBN 9383074272.
  3. ↑ Padgaonkar, Dileep. "The singular destiny of Ayi Tendulkar". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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