SCREEN
Kaun Pravin Tambe?
Movie | April 2022
An indian cricketer who shows persistence and hardwork to achieve his ultimate goal of playing a Ranji Trophy. At the penultimate stage of the career at a age when it is believed people's career ends, he starts a new chapter of his life.
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Streaming on Disney Hotstar
SCREEN
Hutatma
Web Series | May 2019
Set against the flaring backdrop of the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement, Hutatma is a story of Vidyut, a young girl who gets on a quest to avenge her father’s untimely death in Samyukta Maharashtra Movement.
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A ZEE5 Original Marathi web series.
BOOKS
Border Post 99: No Man's Land
June, 2015
“March, 2011 – In the pine forest that marks the No Man’s Land along the volatile India-Pakistan border, leopards roam freely across enemy lines, instigating fear into a pair of rival soldiers who are each guarding an illegal post & trying desperately to follow the strict orders
they’ve been given: Don’t shoot.
Lt. Sharma is a 25-year-old Indian rookie, fresh out of military training school & longing to return home; Captain Khan is a war-weary Pakistani veteran whose only desire is to
be left alone with his thoughts. When the men are suddenly forced to acknowledge one another’s presence, their nerves begin to fray and their tempers fly high.
Sharma & Khan launch into a fierce duel of wits and egos that can only end when one of them dies”
A Gripping Plot and a Phenomenal Climax!
Storytelling at
its Finest!
A Compulsive Page Turner!
Enthralling, gripping,
ingenious. Absolute
top drawer!
BOOKS
Border Post 99: No Man's Land
June, 2015
“March, 2011 – In the pine forest that marks the No Man’s Land along the volatile India-Pakistan border, leopards roam freely across enemy lines, instigating fear into a pair of rival soldiers who are each guarding an illegal post & trying desperately to follow the strict orders
they’ve been given: Don’t shoot.
Lt. Sharma is a 25-year-old Indian rookie, fresh out of military training school & longing to return home; Captain Khan is a war-weary Pakistani veteran whose only desire is to
be left alone with his thoughts. When the men are suddenly forced to acknowledge one another’s presence, their nerves begin to fray and their tempers fly high.
Sharma & Khan launch into a fierce duel of wits and egos that can only end when one of them dies”
A Gripping Plot & a Phenomenal Climax!
Storytelling at
its Finest!
Brilliantly written story,
gave me chills!
A Compulsive Page Turner!
Impossible to put down,
brilliantly well written!
Fun, but insightful!
Action packed story disguised in a book
Border Post 99
is delightful!
Can't wait for another thoughtful example of humanity at its best!
Grippping! Paints a vivid picture of battles soldiers have to fight, both physical & emotional!
Can a pawn on a chess board outwit the hand holding it and move at its own sweet will? Unthinkable!
Enthralling, gripping,
ingenious. Absolute
top drawer!
Story telling is an art, and the book's author epitomizes this
Hats off to the author!
A Captivating
Tale!
Excellent book, writer describes minute details very skillfully!
This book is a
terrific read!
Gripping tale of two soldiers
A must read!
Action packed story,
disguised in a book!
Coming Up:
The Last Guard of Honor
Art & Antiquity crime are at number three after drugs & illegal arms, churning up to $4 billion to $6 billion a year.
We have thousands of years of history & the efforts we take to preserve it are zilch! Lack of funds makes it impossible to protect all the archaeological sites. Our laws are confusing. Our bureaucracy is debilitating.
All this has helped illegal trading of ancient artifacts to flourish. Their network runs efficiently through
an artifact-rich country like India.
There are thousands of ancient artifacts scattered all over the country – in the fields, under trees,
and even on the roadside, among weeds & rubble... and no one cares!
Kedar Patankar is a writer of movie scripts, web series, a novella and
short stories
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Every month, he leads a team of enthusiasts (he calls the group ‘The Trash Talk’)
to clean plastic trash from centuries-old forts. He has worked passionately on the cause with volunteers, colleges, and government. His work has been published in newspapers and on radio. Every month, he also visits a remote village to teach ‘spoken English’ to kids to help them gain confidence & enhance their future prospects.
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He has spent twenty years in the USA, obtained two Masters Degrees from a top US university, worked in high-tech world of semiconductors and chips in Minneapolis and Silicon Valley and now lives with his family in Pune, India
Kedar Patankar
writer, history buff, environmentalist