▁December ▁ 1 9 6 3 , ▁R iga ). ▁ ▁Other ▁literature ▁I sh war ▁Ch andra ▁Vid y as agar ▁created ▁a ▁novel ▁in ▁Sad hu ▁B hash a , ▁Beng ali . ▁It ▁was ▁among ▁the ▁first ▁transl ations ▁from ▁Beng ali . ▁Ab an ind ra ▁N ath ▁Tag ore ▁later ▁wrote ▁in ▁the ▁Chal it ▁B has a ▁( which ▁is ▁a ▁simpler ▁literary ▁variation ▁of ▁Beng ali ) ▁mainly ▁for ▁children ▁and ▁pre te ens . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century , ▁Western ▁po ets ▁were ▁beginning ▁to ▁get ▁acquaint ed ▁with ▁works ▁of ▁Indian ▁literature ▁and ▁philosophy . ▁The ▁German ▁poet ▁Go ethe ▁read ▁Kal idas a ' s ▁play ▁and ▁has ▁expressed ▁his ▁adm iration ▁for ▁the ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁vers es : ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 0 8 ▁Karl ▁Wilhelm ▁Friedrich ▁Sch leg el ▁published ▁a ▁German ▁translation ▁of ▁the ▁Sh ak unt ala ▁story ▁from ▁the ▁Mah ab har ata . ▁ ▁Film ▁and ▁TV ▁The ▁earliest ▁adaptation ▁into ▁a ▁film ▁was ▁the ▁T amil ▁movie ▁Sh ak unt al ai ▁featuring ▁M . S . Sub bul ak sh mi ▁in ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁Sh ak unt ala . ▁Bh up en ▁Haz ar ika ▁made ▁the ▁Ass am ese ▁film ▁Sh ak unt ala ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 1 . ▁It ▁won ▁the ▁President ' s ▁Silver ▁Medal ▁and ▁was ▁crit ically ▁acc laimed . ▁Sh ak unt ala ▁was ▁also ▁made ▁into ▁a ▁Mal