Vijay Tendulkar
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Vijay Tendulkar (7 January 1928 - 19 May 2008) was a leading India
n playwright
, movie and television writer, literary essayist, political journalist, and social commentator primarily in Marāthi. He is best known for his plays, Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe
(1967), Ghāshirām Kotwāl
(1972), and Sakhārām Binder
(1972).Many of Tendulkar's plays derived inspiration from real-life incidents or social upheavals, which provides clear light on harsh realities. He provided his guidance to students studying “Playwright writing” in US universities. For over five decades, Tendulkar had been a highly influential dramatist and theater personality in Mahārāshtra
.
He grew up watching western plays, and felt inspired to write plays himself. At age eleven, he wrote, directed, and acted in his first play.
At age 14, he participated in the 1942 Indian freedom movement, leaving his studies. The latter alienated him from his family and friends. Writing then became his outlet, though most of his early writings were of a personal nature, and not intended for publication.
Tendulkar's early struggle for survival and living for some time in tenements ("chāwls") in Mumbai
provided him first-hand experience about the life of urban lower middle class. He thus brought new authenticity to their depiction in Marathi theater. Tendulkar's writings rapidly changed the storyline of modern Marathi theater in the 1950s and the 60s, with experimental presentations by theater groups like "Rangāyan". Actors in these theater groups like Shreerām Lāgoo, Mohan Agāshe, and Sulabhā Deshpānde brought new authenticity and power to Tendulkar's stories while introducing new sensibilities in Marathi theater.
Tendulkar wrote the play, "Gidhāde" (The Vultures) in 1961, but it was not produced until 1970. The play was set in a morally collapsed family structure and explored the theme of violence. In his following creations, Tendulkar explored violence in its various forms: domestic, sexual, communal, and political. Thus, "Gidhāde" proved to be a turning point in Tendulkar's writings with regard to establishment of his own unique writing style.
Based on a 1956 short story, "Die Panne" ("Traps") by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
, Tendulkar wrote the play, "Shāntatā! Court Chālu Aahe" ("Silence! The Court Is In Session"). It was presented on the stage for the first time in 1967, and proved as one of his finest works. Satyadev Dubey
presented it in movie form in 1971 with Tendulkar's collaboration as the screenplay writer.
(Sakhārām, the Binder), Tendulkar dealt with the topic of domination of the male gender over the female gender. The main character, Sakhārām, is a man devoid of ethics and morality, and professes not to believe in "outdated" social codes and conventional marriage. He accordingly uses the society for his own pleasure. He regularly gives "shelter" to abandoned wives, and uses them for his sexual gratification while remaining oblivious to the emotional and moral implications of his exploits. He justifies all his acts through claims of modern, unconventional thinking, and comes up with hollow arguments meant in fact to enslave women. Paradoxically, some of the women which Sakhārām had enslaved buy into his arguments and simultaneously also badly want freedom from their enslavement.
In 1972, Tendulkar wrote another, even much more acclaimed play, Ghāshirām Kotwāl
("Officer Ghāshirām"), which dealt with political violence. The play is a political satire created as a musical drama set in 18th century Pune
. It combined traditional Marathi folk music and drama with contemporary theater techniques, creating a new paradigm for Marathi theater. The play demonstrates Tendulkar's deep study of group psychology, and it brought him a "Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship" (1974–75) for a project titled, "An Enquiry Into the Pattern of Growing Violence in Society and Its Relevance to Contemporary Theatre". With over six thousand performances thus far in its original and translated versions, "Ghāshirām Kotwāl" remains one of the longest-running plays in the history of Indian theater.
Tendulkar wrote screenplays for the movies Nishānt
(1974), Ākrosh (The Cry) (1980), and Ardh Satya
(The Half-Truth) (1984), established him as an important "Chronicler of Violence" of the present times. He has written eleven movies in Hindi and eight movies in Marathi. The latter include Sāmanā ("Confrontation") (1975), Simhāasan ("Throne") (1979), and Umbartha
("The Threshold") (1981). The last one is a groundbreaking feature film on women's activism in India. It was directed by Jabbar Patel
, and stars Smitā Pātil
and Girish Karnād
.
In the 1990s, Tendulkar wrote an acclaimed TV series, "SwayamSiddha", in which his daughter, Priyā Tendulkar
, performed in the lead role. * His last screenplay was for Eashwar Mime Co. (2005), an adaptation of Dibyendu Palit
's story, Mukhabhinoy, and directed by theatre director, Shyamanand Jalan
and with Ashish Vidyarthi
and Pawan Malhotra as leads.
on 19 May 2008, battling the effects of myasthenia gravis
.
Tendulkar's son Raja and wife Nirmala had died earlier in 2001, his daughter Priya having died the next year (2002) of a heart attack following a long battle with breast cancer.
Later, when he was asked if it was not strange that he, who was known as a strong voice against death penalty, had a death wish for Modi, Tendulkar had said that "it was spontaneous anger, which I never see as a solution for anything. Anger doesn't solve problems."
By providing insight into major social events and political upheavals during his adult life, Tendulkar became one of the strongest radical political voices in Maharashtra
in recent times. While contemporary writers were cautiously exploring the limits of social realism, he jumped into the cauldron of political radicalism, and courageously exposed political hegemony of the powerful and the hypocrisies in the Indian social mindset. His powerful expression of human angst has resulted in his simultaneously receiving both wide public acclaim, and high censure from the orthodox and the political bigwigs.
Many of Tendulkar's plays derived inspiration from real-life incidents or social upheavals. Thus, the rise of Shiv Sena
in Maharashtra in the 1970s was reflected in Tendulkar's "Ghāshirām Kotwāl". The true story of a journalist who purchased of a woman from the rural sex industry in order to reveal police and political involvement in this trade, only to abandon the woman once he had no further need for her, is detailed in Tendulkar's "Kamalā". The real-life story of an actress whose acting career got ruined after her same-sex affair became public knowledge inspired Tendulkar to write "Mitrāchi Goshta".
Tendulkar has translated nine novels, two biographies, and five plays by other authors into Marathi.
Besides the foregoing, Tendulkar's oeuvre includes a biography; two novels; five anthologies of short stories; 16 plays for children, including "Bāle Miltāt" (1960) and "Pātlāchyā Poriche Lagin" (1965); and five volumes of literary essays and social criticism, including "Ratrani" (1971), "Kowali Unhe" (1971), and "Phuge Sobānche" (1974). All in all, Tendulkar's writings have contributed to a significant transformation of the modern literary landscape in both Marathi and other Indian languages.
In 2005, a documentary titled "Tendulkar Āni Himsā: Kāl Āni Āj' ("Tendulkar and Violence: Then and Now") with English subtitles (produced by California Arts Association - CalAA - directed by Atul Pethe) was released. In 2007, a short film about Tendulkar, "Ankahin" (Director Santosh Ayachit), was released.
in 1970, and again in 1998 with the Academy's highest award for "lifetime contribution", the Sangeet Nātak Akademi Fellowship
("Ratna Sadasya"). In 1984, he received the Padma Bhushan
award from the Government of India for his literary accomplishments.
In 1977, Tendulkar won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay
for his screenplay of Shyām Benegal
's movie, Manthan
(1976). He has written screenplays for many significant art movies, such as Nishānt
, Ākrosh, and Ardh Satya
.
A comprehensive list of awards is given below:
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
, movie and television writer, literary essayist, political journalist, and social commentator primarily in Marāthi. He is best known for his plays, Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe
Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe
Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe is a Marathi play written by playwright Vijay Tendulkar and first performed in 1967...
(1967), Ghāshirām Kotwāl
Ghashiram Kotwal
Ghashiram Kotwal is a Marathi play written by playwright Vijay Tendulkar in 1972 , as his response to the rise of a local political party, Shiv Sena, in Maharashta . The play is a political satire, written as historical drama. Based on the life of Nana Phadnavis , one of the prominent minister in...
(1972), and Sakhārām Binder
Sakharam Binder
Sakharam Binder is a play by Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar and was first performed in 1972. It was banned in India in 1974. It was produced and directed by Kamlakar Sarang.-Synopsis:...
(1972).Many of Tendulkar's plays derived inspiration from real-life incidents or social upheavals, which provides clear light on harsh realities. He provided his guidance to students studying “Playwright writing” in US universities. For over five decades, Tendulkar had been a highly influential dramatist and theater personality in Mahārāshtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
.
Early life
Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar was born on 7 January 1928 in a Bhalavalikar Saraswat Brahmin family in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, where his father held a clerical job and ran a small publishing business. The literary environment at home prompted young Vijay to take up writing. He wrote his first story at age six.He grew up watching western plays, and felt inspired to write plays himself. At age eleven, he wrote, directed, and acted in his first play.
At age 14, he participated in the 1942 Indian freedom movement, leaving his studies. The latter alienated him from his family and friends. Writing then became his outlet, though most of his early writings were of a personal nature, and not intended for publication.
Early career
Tendulkar began his career writing for newspapers. He had already written a play, "Āmchyāvar Kon Prem Karnār" (Who will Love us?), and he wrote the play, "Gruhastha" (The Householder), in his early 20s. The latter did not receive much recognition from the audience, and he vowed never to write again. Breaking the vow, in 1956 he wrote "'Shrimant", which established him as a good writer. "Shrimant" jolted the conservative audience of the times with its radical storyline, wherein an unmarried young woman decides to keep her unborn child while her rich father tries to "buy" her a husband in an attempt to save his social prestige.Tendulkar's early struggle for survival and living for some time in tenements ("chāwls") in Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
provided him first-hand experience about the life of urban lower middle class. He thus brought new authenticity to their depiction in Marathi theater. Tendulkar's writings rapidly changed the storyline of modern Marathi theater in the 1950s and the 60s, with experimental presentations by theater groups like "Rangāyan". Actors in these theater groups like Shreerām Lāgoo, Mohan Agāshe, and Sulabhā Deshpānde brought new authenticity and power to Tendulkar's stories while introducing new sensibilities in Marathi theater.
Tendulkar wrote the play, "Gidhāde" (The Vultures) in 1961, but it was not produced until 1970. The play was set in a morally collapsed family structure and explored the theme of violence. In his following creations, Tendulkar explored violence in its various forms: domestic, sexual, communal, and political. Thus, "Gidhāde" proved to be a turning point in Tendulkar's writings with regard to establishment of his own unique writing style.
Based on a 1956 short story, "Die Panne" ("Traps") by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Friedrich Dürrenmatt was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophically deep crime novels, and often macabre satire...
, Tendulkar wrote the play, "Shāntatā! Court Chālu Aahe" ("Silence! The Court Is In Session"). It was presented on the stage for the first time in 1967, and proved as one of his finest works. Satyadev Dubey
Satyadev Dubey
Satyadev Dubey is an Indian theatre director, actor, playwright, screenwriter, and film actor and director. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1971....
presented it in movie form in 1971 with Tendulkar's collaboration as the screenplay writer.
1970s and '80s
In his 1972 play, Sakhārām BinderSakharam Binder
Sakharam Binder is a play by Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar and was first performed in 1972. It was banned in India in 1974. It was produced and directed by Kamlakar Sarang.-Synopsis:...
(Sakhārām, the Binder), Tendulkar dealt with the topic of domination of the male gender over the female gender. The main character, Sakhārām, is a man devoid of ethics and morality, and professes not to believe in "outdated" social codes and conventional marriage. He accordingly uses the society for his own pleasure. He regularly gives "shelter" to abandoned wives, and uses them for his sexual gratification while remaining oblivious to the emotional and moral implications of his exploits. He justifies all his acts through claims of modern, unconventional thinking, and comes up with hollow arguments meant in fact to enslave women. Paradoxically, some of the women which Sakhārām had enslaved buy into his arguments and simultaneously also badly want freedom from their enslavement.
In 1972, Tendulkar wrote another, even much more acclaimed play, Ghāshirām Kotwāl
Ghashiram Kotwal
Ghashiram Kotwal is a Marathi play written by playwright Vijay Tendulkar in 1972 , as his response to the rise of a local political party, Shiv Sena, in Maharashta . The play is a political satire, written as historical drama. Based on the life of Nana Phadnavis , one of the prominent minister in...
("Officer Ghāshirām"), which dealt with political violence. The play is a political satire created as a musical drama set in 18th century Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
. It combined traditional Marathi folk music and drama with contemporary theater techniques, creating a new paradigm for Marathi theater. The play demonstrates Tendulkar's deep study of group psychology, and it brought him a "Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship" (1974–75) for a project titled, "An Enquiry Into the Pattern of Growing Violence in Society and Its Relevance to Contemporary Theatre". With over six thousand performances thus far in its original and translated versions, "Ghāshirām Kotwāl" remains one of the longest-running plays in the history of Indian theater.
Tendulkar wrote screenplays for the movies Nishānt
Nishant (film)
Nishant is a 1975 Hindi crime drama film directed by Shyam Benegal, and written by noted playwright Vijay Tendulkar. The film stars Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Smita Patil...
(1974), Ākrosh (The Cry) (1980), and Ardh Satya
Ardh Satya
Ardh Satya is a 1983 film directed by Govind Nihalani, his second offering after another angst-ridden movie Aakrosh . The screenplay of both movies was by Vijay Tendulkar, the noted Marathi playwright; this one was based on the short story, 'Surya', by D.A...
(The Half-Truth) (1984), established him as an important "Chronicler of Violence" of the present times. He has written eleven movies in Hindi and eight movies in Marathi. The latter include Sāmanā ("Confrontation") (1975), Simhāasan ("Throne") (1979), and Umbartha
Umbartha (film)
Umbartha , is a Marathi film made in 1982. The film is directed and coproduced by Jabbar Patel. Smita Patil for her performance in it won Marathi Rajya Chitrapat Puraskar for Best Actress...
("The Threshold") (1981). The last one is a groundbreaking feature film on women's activism in India. It was directed by Jabbar Patel
Jabbar Patel
Dr. Jabbar Patel is a theatre and film director of India. His production of the play Vijay Tendulkar's play Ghashiram Kotwal, in 1973 is considered a classic in Modern Indian Theatre....
, and stars Smitā Pātil
Smita Patil
Smita Patil was an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. Regarded among the finest stage and film actresses of her times, Patil appeared in over 75 Hindi and Marathi films in a career that spanned just over a decade. During her career, she received two National Film Awards and a...
and Girish Karnād
Girish Karnad
Girish Raghunath Karnad is a contemporary writer, playwright, screenwriter, actor and movie director in Kannada language...
.
1990s and beyond
In 1991, Tendulkar wrote a metaphorical play, "Safar", and in 2001 he wrote the play, "The Masseur". He wrote, next, two novels, "Kādambari: Ek" and "Kādambari: Don", about sexual fantasies of an aging man. In 2004, he wrote a single-act play, "'His Fifth Woman" --his first play in the English language—as a sequel to his earlier exploration of the plight of women in "Sakhārām Binder". This play was first performed at the "Vijay Tendulkar Festival" in New York in October 2004.In the 1990s, Tendulkar wrote an acclaimed TV series, "SwayamSiddha", in which his daughter, Priyā Tendulkar
Priya Tendulkar
Priya Tendulkar was an actress, social activist and a writer of Marathi origin, who is most known for her eponymous role in the television series Rajani.-Life:...
, performed in the lead role. * His last screenplay was for Eashwar Mime Co. (2005), an adaptation of Dibyendu Palit
Dibyendu Palit
Dibyendu Palit is a Bengali writer of poems, novels, and short stories. His first story Chandapatan was published in 1955 in the Sunday edition of Anandabazar Patrika....
's story, Mukhabhinoy, and directed by theatre director, Shyamanand Jalan
Shyamanand Jalan
Shyamanand Jalan was an influential Kolkata-based Indian thespian, theatre director, and actor. He is credited for the renaissance period of modern Indian theatre and especially the Hindi theatre in Kolkata from the 1960s to 1980s...
and with Ashish Vidyarthi
Ashish Vidyarthi
Ashish Vidyarthi is an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Hindi films and lately in South Indian films. He has won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for film Drohkaal in 1995....
and Pawan Malhotra as leads.
Death
Tendulkar died in PunePune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
on 19 May 2008, battling the effects of myasthenia gravis
Myasthenia gravis
Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune neuromuscular disease leading to fluctuating muscle weakness and fatiguability...
.
Tendulkar's son Raja and wife Nirmala had died earlier in 2001, his daughter Priya having died the next year (2002) of a heart attack following a long battle with breast cancer.
An anecdote
Following the post-Godhra communal carnage in Gujarat in 2002, Tendulkar had reacted by saying that "If I had a pistol, I would shoot [Gujarat Chief Minister] Narendra Modi" (for encouraging the carnage by Hindus against Muslims). This reaction of Tendulkar had evoked mixed reactions, local Modi supporters burning his effigies while others lauding his remark.Later, when he was asked if it was not strange that he, who was known as a strong voice against death penalty, had a death wish for Modi, Tendulkar had said that "it was spontaneous anger, which I never see as a solution for anything. Anger doesn't solve problems."
Legacy
In his writing career spanning more than five decades, Tendulkar has written 27 full-length plays and 25 one-act plays. Several of his plays have proven to be Marathi theater classics. His plays have been translated and performed in many Indian languages.By providing insight into major social events and political upheavals during his adult life, Tendulkar became one of the strongest radical political voices in Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
in recent times. While contemporary writers were cautiously exploring the limits of social realism, he jumped into the cauldron of political radicalism, and courageously exposed political hegemony of the powerful and the hypocrisies in the Indian social mindset. His powerful expression of human angst has resulted in his simultaneously receiving both wide public acclaim, and high censure from the orthodox and the political bigwigs.
Many of Tendulkar's plays derived inspiration from real-life incidents or social upheavals. Thus, the rise of Shiv Sena
Shiv Sena
Shiv Sena , is a political party in India founded on 19 June 1966 by Balasaheb Thackeray. It is currently headed by Thackeray's son, Uddhav Thackeray...
in Maharashtra in the 1970s was reflected in Tendulkar's "Ghāshirām Kotwāl". The true story of a journalist who purchased of a woman from the rural sex industry in order to reveal police and political involvement in this trade, only to abandon the woman once he had no further need for her, is detailed in Tendulkar's "Kamalā". The real-life story of an actress whose acting career got ruined after her same-sex affair became public knowledge inspired Tendulkar to write "Mitrāchi Goshta".
Tendulkar has translated nine novels, two biographies, and five plays by other authors into Marathi.
Besides the foregoing, Tendulkar's oeuvre includes a biography; two novels; five anthologies of short stories; 16 plays for children, including "Bāle Miltāt" (1960) and "Pātlāchyā Poriche Lagin" (1965); and five volumes of literary essays and social criticism, including "Ratrani" (1971), "Kowali Unhe" (1971), and "Phuge Sobānche" (1974). All in all, Tendulkar's writings have contributed to a significant transformation of the modern literary landscape in both Marathi and other Indian languages.
In 2005, a documentary titled "Tendulkar Āni Himsā: Kāl Āni Āj' ("Tendulkar and Violence: Then and Now") with English subtitles (produced by California Arts Association - CalAA - directed by Atul Pethe) was released. In 2007, a short film about Tendulkar, "Ankahin" (Director Santosh Ayachit), was released.
Awards
Tendulkar won Maharashtra State government awards in 1956, 1969 and 1972; and "Mahārāshtra Gauruw Puraskār" in 1999. He was honored with the Sangeet Nātak Akademi AwardSangeet Natak Akademi Award
Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. It is the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists. The award consists since 2003 of Rs. 50,000, a citation, an angavastram , and a tamrapatra...
in 1970, and again in 1998 with the Academy's highest award for "lifetime contribution", the Sangeet Nātak Akademi Fellowship
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship
The Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, also, Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna Sadasya is an honour for the performing arts in India...
("Ratna Sadasya"). In 1984, he received the Padma Bhushan
Padma Bhushan
The Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but comes before the Padma Shri. It is awarded by the Government of India.-History:...
award from the Government of India for his literary accomplishments.
In 1977, Tendulkar won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay
National Film Award for Best Screenplay
The National Film Award for Best Screenplay winners:-References:...
for his screenplay of Shyām Benegal
Shyam Benegal
Shyam Benegal is a prolific Indian director and screenwriter. With his first four feature films Ankur , Nishant Manthan and Bhumika he created a new genre, which has now come to be called the "middle cinema" in India although he himself has expressed dislike in the term preferring his work to...
's movie, Manthan
Manthan
Manthan was a 1976 Hindi film made by Shyam Benegal, based on a story written jointly by Verghese Kurien and director Shyam Benegal...
(1976). He has written screenplays for many significant art movies, such as Nishānt
Nishant (film)
Nishant is a 1975 Hindi crime drama film directed by Shyam Benegal, and written by noted playwright Vijay Tendulkar. The film stars Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Smita Patil...
, Ākrosh, and Ardh Satya
Ardh Satya
Ardh Satya is a 1983 film directed by Govind Nihalani, his second offering after another angst-ridden movie Aakrosh . The screenplay of both movies was by Vijay Tendulkar, the noted Marathi playwright; this one was based on the short story, 'Surya', by D.A...
.
A comprehensive list of awards is given below:
- 1970 Sangeet Nātak Akademi AwardSangeet Natak Akademi AwardSangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. It is the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists. The award consists since 2003 of Rs. 50,000, a citation, an angavastram , and a tamrapatra...
- 1970 Kamaladevi ChattopadhyayKamaladevi ChattopadhyayKamaladevi Chattopadhyay was an Indian social reformer, freedom fighter, and most remembered for her contribution to Indian independence movement, for being the driving force behind the renaissance of Indian handicrafts, handlooms, and theatre in post-Independence India, and for upliftment of the...
Award - 1977 National Film Award for Best ScreenplayNational Film Award for Best ScreenplayThe National Film Award for Best Screenplay winners:-References:...
: ManthanManthanManthan was a 1976 Hindi film made by Shyam Benegal, based on a story written jointly by Verghese Kurien and director Shyam Benegal... - 1981 Filmfare Best Screenplay AwardFilmfare Best Screenplay AwardThe Filmfare Best Screenplay Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.-Superlatives:Most AwardsSalim-Javed - 3Basu Chatterjee - 2Mani Ratnam - 2Vijay Tendulkar - 2Rajkumar Hirani - 2...
: AakroshAakrosh (1980 film)Aakrosh is a 1980 Hindi arthouse film directed by auteur Govind Nihalani and written by renowned Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar.The film starred Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri and Amrish Puri in lead roles and went to win 1980 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and several Filmfare... - 1981 Filmfare Best Story AwardFilmfare Best Story AwardThe Filmfare Award for Best Story is an given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a writer who wrote a film's story.-1950s:* 1955 Mukhram Sharma - Aulad...
: AakroshAakrosh (1980 film)Aakrosh is a 1980 Hindi arthouse film directed by auteur Govind Nihalani and written by renowned Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar.The film starred Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri and Amrish Puri in lead roles and went to win 1980 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and several Filmfare... - 1983 Filmfare Best Screenplay AwardFilmfare Best Screenplay AwardThe Filmfare Best Screenplay Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.-Superlatives:Most AwardsSalim-Javed - 3Basu Chatterjee - 2Mani Ratnam - 2Vijay Tendulkar - 2Rajkumar Hirani - 2...
: Ardh SatyaArdh SatyaArdh Satya is a 1983 film directed by Govind Nihalani, his second offering after another angst-ridden movie Aakrosh . The screenplay of both movies was by Vijay Tendulkar, the noted Marathi playwright; this one was based on the short story, 'Surya', by D.A... - 1984 Padma BhushanPadma BhushanThe Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but comes before the Padma Shri. It is awarded by the Government of India.-History:...
- 1993 Saraswati SammanSaraswati SammanThe Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any Indian language listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India. It is named after an Indian goddess of learning and is considered to be among the highest literary awards in India.The award consists...
- 1998 Sangeet Natak Akademi FellowshipSangeet Natak Akademi FellowshipThe Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, also, Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna Sadasya is an honour for the performing arts in India...
- 1999 Kalidas SammanKalidas sammanThe Kalidas Samman is a prestigious arts award presented annually by the government of Madhya Pradesh in India. The award is named after Kālidāsa, a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer of ancient India, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language.The Kalidas Samman...
- 2001 Katha Chudamani Award
- 2006 The Little Magazine SALAM Award
Plays
- Gruhastha (Householder) (1947)
- Shrimant (The Rich) (1956)
- Mānoos Nāwāche Bet (An Island Named 'Man') (1958)
- Thief! Police!
- Bāle Miltāt (1960)
- Gidhāde (The Vultures) (1961)
- Pātlāchyā Poriche Lagin (Marriage of a Village Mayor's Daughter) (1965)
- Shantata! Court Chalu AaheShantata! Court Chalu AaheShantata! Court Chalu Aahe is a Marathi play written by playwright Vijay Tendulkar and first performed in 1967...
(Hindi: Khāmosh! Adālat Jāri Hai) (Silence! The Court is in Session) (1967) - Ajgar Ani Gandharwa (A Boa Constrictor and "Gandharwa")
- Sakharam BinderSakharam BinderSakharam Binder is a play by Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar and was first performed in 1972. It was banned in India in 1974. It was produced and directed by Kamlakar Sarang.-Synopsis:...
(Sakhārām, the Book-Binder) (1972) - Kamalā ("Kamala") (1981)
- Mādi [in Hindi]
- Kanyādān (Giving Away of a Daughter in Marriage) (1983)
- Anji
- Dāmbadwichā Mukābalā (Encounter in Umbugland)
- Ashi Pākhare Yeti (Hindi: Panchi Aise Aate Hain) (Thus Arrive the Birds)
- Kutte
- Safar/Cyclewallah (The Cyclist) (1991)
- The Masseur (2001)
- Pāhije Jātiche (It Has to Be in One's Blood)
- Jāt Hi Poochho Sādhu Ki (Ask a Fakir's Lineage)
- Mājhi Bahin (My Sister)
- Jhālā Ananta Hanumanta ("Infinite" Turned "Hanumanta")
- Footpāyrichā Samrāt (Sidewalk Emperor)
- Mitrāchi Goshta (A Friend's Story) (2001)
- Anand Owari [A play based on a novel by D. B. Mokashi]
- Bhāu MurārRāo
- Bhalyākākā
- Mee Jinkalo Mee Haralo (I won, I Lost)
- His Fifth Woman [in English] (2004)
- Bebi
Translations
- Mohan RakeshMohan RakeshMohan Rakesh was one of the pioneers of the Nai Kahani literary movement of the Hindi literature in the 1950s. He wrote the first modern Hindi play, Ashadh Ka Ek Din , which won a competition organized by the Sangeet Natak Akademi...
's Adhe Adhure (originally in HindiHindiStandard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
) - Girish KarnadGirish KarnadGirish Raghunath Karnad is a contemporary writer, playwright, screenwriter, actor and movie director in Kannada language...
's Tughlaq (originally in Kannada) Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 8171853706. - Tennessee WilliamsTennessee WilliamsThomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs...
' A Streetcar Named DesireA Streetcar Named Desire (play)A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The play opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947, and closed on December 17, 1949, in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Broadway production was...
(originally in English)
Tendulkar's Works Available in English
- Silence! The Court Is in Session (Three Crowns). Priya Adarkar (Translator), Oxford University Press, 1979.ISBN 0-19-560313-3.
- Ghashiram Kotwal, Sangam Books, 1984 ISBN 81-7046-210-X.
- The Churning, Seagull Books, India, 1985 ISBN 0-85647-120-8.
- The Threshold: (UmbarthaUmbartha (film)Umbartha , is a Marathi film made in 1982. The film is directed and coproduced by Jabbar Patel. Smita Patil for her performance in it won Marathi Rajya Chitrapat Puraskar for Best Actress...
- Screenplay), Shampa Banerjee (Translator), Sangam Books Ltd.,1985 ISBN 0-86132-096-4. - Five Plays (Various Translators), Bombay, Oxford University Press, 1992 ISBN 0-19-563736-4.
- The Last Days of Sardar Patel and The Mime Players: Two Screen Plays New Delhi, Permanent Black, 2001 ISBN 81-7824-018-1.
- Modern Indian Drama: An Anthology Sāhitya Akademi, India, 2001 ISBN 81-260-0924-1.
- Mitrāchi Goshta : A Friend’s Story: A Play in Three Acts Gowri Ramnarayan (Translator). New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2001 ISBN 0-19-565317-3.
- Kanyādān, Oxford University Press, India, New Ed edition, 2002 ISBN 0-19-566380-2.
- Collected Plays in Translation New Delhi, 2003, Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-566209-1.
- The Cyclist and His Fifth Woman: Two Plays by Vijay Tendulkar Balwant Bhaneja (Translator), 2006 Oxford India Paperbacks ISBN 0-19-567640-8.
Screenplays
- Shantata! Court Chalu AaheShantata! Court Chalu AaheShantata! Court Chalu Aahe is a Marathi play written by playwright Vijay Tendulkar and first performed in 1967...
(Silence! The Court Is in Session) (1972) - NishantNishant (film)Nishant is a 1975 Hindi crime drama film directed by Shyam Benegal, and written by noted playwright Vijay Tendulkar. The film stars Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Smita Patil...
(End of Night) (1975) - SamnaSamna (film)Samna is a 1974 Marathi language crime drama directed by Jabbar Patel. It was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Mohan Agashe - Maruti Kamble* Anant Audkar* Shivaji Bhosle* Sanjivani Bidkar - Mrs...
(Confrontation) (1975) - ManthanManthanManthan was a 1976 Hindi film made by Shyam Benegal, based on a story written jointly by Verghese Kurien and director Shyam Benegal...
(Churning) (1976) - Simhasan (Throne) (1979)
- Gehrayee (The Depth) (1980)
- AakroshAakrosh (1980 film)Aakrosh is a 1980 Hindi arthouse film directed by auteur Govind Nihalani and written by renowned Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar.The film starred Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri and Amrish Puri in lead roles and went to win 1980 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and several Filmfare...
(Cry of the Wounded) (1980) - Akriet (Unimaginable) (1981)
- UmbarthaUmbartha (film)Umbartha , is a Marathi film made in 1982. The film is directed and coproduced by Jabbar Patel. Smita Patil for her performance in it won Marathi Rajya Chitrapat Puraskar for Best Actress...
(The Threshold) (1981) - Ardh SatyaArdh SatyaArdh Satya is a 1983 film directed by Govind Nihalani, his second offering after another angst-ridden movie Aakrosh . The screenplay of both movies was by Vijay Tendulkar, the noted Marathi playwright; this one was based on the short story, 'Surya', by D.A...
(Half Truth) (1983) - Kamala (Kamala) (1984)
- SardarSardar (film)Sardar is a 1993 Indian biopic on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, one of India's greatest freedom fighters, directed by Ketan Mehta and written by noted playwright Vijay Tendulkar.-Plot synopsis:...
(1993) - Yeh Hai Chakkad Bakkad Bumbe Bo (2003)
- Eashwar Mime Co. (The Mime Players) (2005)
Further reading
- Vijay Tendulkar. New Delhi, Katha, 2001. ISBN 81-87649-17-8.
- Vijay Tendulkar's Ghashiram Kotwal: a Reader's Companion. M. Sarat Babu, Asia Book Club, 2003. ISBN 81-7851-008-1
- Vijay Tendulkar's Ghashiram Kotwal : Critical Perspectives, Vinod Bala Sharma and M. Sarat Babu. 2005, Prestige Books, New Delhi . ISBN 81-7851-002-2.
- Vijay Tendulkar's Plays: An Anthology of Recent Criticism. V M Madge, 2007, Pencraft International. ISBN 81-85753-79-2.
- An Interview with Vijay Tedulkar, The Indian Express, 20 October 1999
- Vijay Tendulkar chats on death penalty, 2004
- Vijay Tendulkar talks on his plays
- Jabbar Patel talks on Vijay Tendulkar plays