Noted playwright Vijay Tendulkar, whose experimentation with socially controversial themes jolted the orthodox Marathi theatre, died in Pune on Monday after a protracted illness.
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Born in 1928, Tendulkar had a long and chequered career - in a printing press, in journalism, as a public relation officer in a company. As a prolific writer he had to his credit twenty eight full-length plays, seven collections of one-act plays, six collections of children's plays, four collections of short stories, three of essays besides seventeen film scripts and a novel, all in a span of fifty years. Critics bring our notice to the prismatic quality of his writings and it is this that can be spotted in his writings, specially in the plays - Ghasiram Kotwal, Gidhade, Shantata! Court Chalu Ahe, Sakaram Binder, Kamala, Kanyadaan to name a few, and his movie - Nishant, Aakrosh, Manthan, Ardha Satya. He was celebrated as the 'Playwriter of the Millennium". His plays which have been perceived by critics as being ahead of their times, are also timeless, because of his accurate and sensitive portrayal of the social issues of the time.
Tendulkar was felicitated with many awards and honors including the Maharashtra State government reward (1956,1969 and 1972), Sangeet Natak academy award (1971), the Filmfare Award (1980 and 1983), Padmabhushan (1984), Saraswati Samman (1993), the Kalidas Samman (1999), the Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar (1999), the Jansthan Award (1999). The latest recognition, for lifetime literary achievement, was the Katha Chudamani Award in 2001.
Yes a true and sad loss to the marathi literary circle.
Aakrosh, Nishant and Ardha Satya are some of my most favorite movies of all times.
Sad news indeed
He has joined other stalwarts in making their exits from life's stage this year...
Aren't artists immortal though.. they live on through their works long after they have gone.
RIP Professor
(i don't know why, but i have always thought of him that way..)
तेडुंलकरांची
शांतता कोर्ट चालु आहे.
घाशीराम कोतवाल
आणि सखाराम बांईडर
हि १९६० ते १९७० मध्ये आलेली नाटके मराठी नाट्यभुमीवरची अहेड ऑफ टाईम म्हणता एतील अशी जबरदस्त आणि रांगडी कला़कॄती होती. माझ्या मते अशि नाटक पुन्हा बसु शकत नाहित. घाशिरामच्या भाषेत सांगयच म्हणजे, "कुणाच्या कुडित ईतका दम न्हाहि हाय".