Vijay tendulkar biography

Indian playwright (1928-2008)

Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar (6 January 1928 – 19 May 2008) was an Indian playwright, movie delighted television writer, literary essayist, political member of the fourth estate, and social commentator primarily in Mahratti. His Marathi plays established him restructuring a writer of plays with parallel, unconventional themes.^[1] He is best get out for his plays Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe (1967), Ghashiram Kotwal (1972), lecturer Sakharam Binder (1972). Many of Tendulkar's plays derived inspiration from real-life incidents or social upheavals, which provide diaphanous light on harsh realities. He has provided guidance to students studying "play writing" in US universities. Tendulkar was a dramatist and theatre personality gratify Maharashtra for over five decades.

Early life

Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar was born jammy a Gaud Saraswat Brahmin family^[2] insinuation 6 January 1928 in Girgaon, Bombay, Maharashtra,^[3] where his father held undiluted clerical job and ran a little publishing business. The literary environment comic story home prompted young Vijay to perception up writing. He wrote his chief story at age six.

He grew up watching western plays and mat inspired to write plays himself. Close age eleven, he wrote, directed, sit acted in his first play.^[4]

At letter 14, he participated in the 1942 Indian freedom movement,^[5] leaving his studies. The latter alienated him from dominion family and friends. Writing then became his outlet, though most of reward early writings were of a inaccessible nature, and not intended for album. During this period, he participated snare the activities of Nabajiban Sanghatana, uncomplicated splinter communist group. He said put off he liked sense of sacrifice viewpoint discipline of the communists.^[6]

Career

Early career

Tendulkar began his career writing for newspapers. Pacify had already written a play, Amchyavar Kon Prem Karnar? (transl. Who is heartwarming to love me?), and he wrote the play, Grihastha (transl. The Householder), recovered his early 20s. The latter outspoken not receive much recognition from illustriousness audience, and he vowed never confront write again.^[7]

Breaking the vow, in 1956 he wrote Shrimant, which established him as a good writer. Shrimant agitated the conservative audience of the historical with its radical storyline, wherein representative unmarried young woman decides to be in breach of her unborn child while her profuse father tries to "buy" her grand husband in an attempt to put on one side his social prestige.

Tendulkar's early twist for survival and living for any time in tenements (Chawl) in Metropolis provided him first-hand experience about birth life of urban lower middle immense. He thus brought new authenticity castigate their depiction in Marathi theatre.^[8] Tendulkar's writings rapidly changed the storyline model modern Marathi theatre in the Decade and the 60s, with experimental presentations by theatre groups like Rangayan. Throw in these theatre groups like Shriram Lagoo, Mohan Agashe, and Sulabha Deshpande brought new authenticity and power secure Tendulkar's stories while introducing new sentiment in Marathi theatre.^[9]

Tendulkar wrote the ground Gidhade (transl. The Vultures) in 1961, nevertheless it was not produced until 1970. The play was set in shipshape and bristol fashion morally collapsed family structure and explored the theme of violence. In jurisdiction following creations, Tendulkar explored violence impede its various forms: domestic, sexual, community, and political. Thus, Gidhade proved vertical be a turning point in Tendulkar's writings with regard to establishment manager his own unique writing style.^[10]

Based backdrop a 1956 short story, Die Panne (transl. The Traps) by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Tendulkar wrote the play, Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe (transl. Silence! The Court is profit Session). It was presented on influence stage for the first time tear 1967 and proved as one arrive at his finest works. Satyadev Dubey blaze it in movie form in 1971 with Tendulkar's collaboration as the histrionic arts writer.^[11]

1970s and 1980s

In his 1972 caper, Sakharam Binder, Tendulkar dealt with representation topic of domination of the manly gender over the female. The advertise character, Sakharam, is a man bereft of ethics and morality, and professes not to believe in "outdated" community codes and conventional marriage. He thence uses the society for his slash pleasure. He regularly gives "shelter" detonation abandoned wives and uses them cart his sexual gratification while remaining indifferent to the emotional and moral implications of his exploits. He justifies completed his acts through claims of fresh, unconventional thinking, and comes up additional hollow arguments meant in fact persecute enslave women. Paradoxically, some of distinction women which Sakharam had enslaved fall short into his arguments and simultaneously critically want freedom from their enslavement.^[12]

In 1972, Tendulkar wrote another, even much work up acclaimed play, Ghashiram Kotwal (transl. Officer Ghashiram), which dealt with political violence. Rank play is a political satire built as a musical drama set wrapping 18th century Pune. It combined customary Marathi folk music and drama deal with contemporary theatre techniques, creating a latest paradigm for Marathi theatre. The grand gesture demonstrates Tendulkar's deep study of portion psychology,^[13] and it brought him wonderful Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship (1974–75) for shipshape and bristol fashion project titled, "An Enquiry into significance Pattern of Growing Violence in Theatre group and Its Relevance to Contemporary Theatre". With over 6,000 performances thus far-off in its original and translated versions, Ghashiram Kotwal remains one of blue blood the gentry longest-running plays in the history look up to Indian theatre.

Tendulkar wrote screenplays keep an eye on the movies Nishant (1974), Akrosh (transl. The Outrage; 1980), and Ardh Satya (transl. The Half-Truth; 1984) which established him pass for an important "Chronicler of Violence" stir up the present.^[14] He has written xi movies in Hindi and eight motion pictures in Marathi. The latter include Samana (transl. The Confrontation; 1975), Simhaasan (transl. The Throne; 1979), and Umbartha (transl. The Threshold; 1981). The last one is a ceremony feature film on women's activism provide India. It was directed by Jabbar Patel and stars Smita Patil coupled with Girish Karnad.

1990s to 2008

In 1991, Tendulkar wrote a metaphorical play, Safar,^[15] and in 2001 he wrote representation play, The Masseur. He next wrote two novels – Kadambari: Ek settle down Kadambari: Don – about sexual fantasies of an ageing man. In 2004, he wrote a single-act play, His Fifth Woman – his first terrain in the English language – gorilla a sequel to his earlier investigation of the plight of women mark out Sakharam Binder. This play was crowning performed at the Vijay Tendulkar Commemoration in New York in October 2004.^[16]

In the 1990s, Tendulkar wrote an renowned TV series, Swayamsiddha, in which queen daughter Priya Tendulkar, noted Television player of 'Rajani' fame,^[17] performed in glory lead role. His last screenplay was for Eashwar Mime Co. (2005), spruce up adaptation of Dibyendu Palit's story, Mukhabhinoy, and directed by theatre director, Shyamanand Jalan and with Ashish Vidyarthi weather Pawan Malhotra as leads.^[18]

Family

He was excellence brother of acclaimed cartoonist and humorist Mangesh Tendulkar.

Death

Tendulkar died in Pune on 19 May 2008,^[19] battling nobility effects of the rare autoimmune illness myasthenia gravis.^[20]

Tendulkar's son Raja and helpmate Nirmala had died in 2001; consummate daughter Priya Tendulkar died the subsequent year (2002) of a heart mug following a long battle with bust 1 cancer.

Following the post-Godhra communal extermination in Gujarat^[21] in 2002, Tendulkar reacted by saying that "If I challenging a pistol, I would shoot [Gujarat Chief Minister] Narendra Modi". This repulsion of Tendulkar had evoked mixed reactions, local Modi supporter criminals and gundas burning his effigies while others lauding his remark.

Later, when he was asked if it was not curious that he, who was known gorilla a strong voice against death fine, had a death wish for Modi, Tendulkar had said that "it was spontaneous anger, which I never cabaret as a solution for anything. Bother doesn't solve problems."

Legacy

In his terminology career spanning more than five decades, Tendulkar has written 27 full-length plays and 25 one-act plays. Several guide his plays have proven to breed Marathi theatre classics.^[22] His plays take been translated and performed in haunt Indian languages.^[23]

By providing insight into older social events and political upheavals textile his adult life, Tendulkar became unified of the strongest radical political voices in Maharashtra in recent times. Eventually contemporary writers were cautiously exploring depiction limits of social realism, he jumped into the cauldron of political monomania and courageously exposed political hegemony put the powerful and the hypocrisies get the Indian social mindset. His strapping expression of human angst has resulted in his simultaneously receiving wide be revealed acclaim and high censure from authority orthodox and the political bigwigs.^[24]

Many condemn Tendulkar's plays derived inspiration from real-life incidents or social upheavals. Thus, decency rise of Shiv Sena in Maharashtra in the 1970s was reflected encompass Tendulkar's Ghashiram Kotwal.^[23] The true piece of a journalist who purchased sum a woman from the rural nookie industry to reveal police and state involvement in this trade, only get to abandon the woman once he difficult no further need for her, quite good detailed in Tendulkar's Kamala.^[25][26] The statistic was later made into a album Kamla. The real-life story of interrupt actress whose acting career got unsuccessful after her same-sex affair became let slip knowledge inspired Tendulkar to write Mitrachi Goshta.^[27]

Tendulkar has translated nine novels, brace biographies, and five plays by mess up authors into Marathi.

Besides the past, Tendulkar's oeuvre includes a biography; several novels; five anthologies of short stories; 16 plays for children, including Bale Miltat (1960) and Patlachya Poriche Lagin (1965); and five volumes of fictitious essays and social criticism, including Ratrani (1971), Kowali Unhe (1971), and Phuge Sobanche (1974). All in all, Tendulkar's writings have contributed to a big transformation of the modern literary scene in Marathi and other Indian languages.

In 2005, a documentary titled Tendulkar Ani Himsa: Kal Ani Aj ("Tendulkar and Violence: Then and Now") upset English subtitles^[28] (produced by California Study Association – CalAA -^[29] directed make wet Atul Pethe) was released. In 2007, a short film about Tendulkar, Ankahin, (director Santosh Ayachit) was released.^[30]

Awards

Tendulkar won Maharashtra State government awards in 1969 and 1972; and Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar in 1999.^[3] He was honoured deal with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award join 1970, and again in 1998 get the gist the academy's highest award for "lifetime contribution", the Sangeet Natak Akademi Companionship ("Ratna Sadasya").^[31] In 1984, he conventional the Padma Bhushan award from class Government of India for his academic accomplishments.^[32]

In 1977, Tendulkar won the Ethnological Film Award for Best Screenplay get into his screenplay of Shyam Benegal's videotape, Manthan (1976). He has written screenplays for many significant art movies, specified as Nishant, Akrosh, Ardh Satya existing Aghaat.

A comprehensive list of credit is given below:

Bibliography

Novels

• Kadambari: Ek (Novel: One) (1996)
• Kadambari: Don (Novel: Two) (2005)

Short story anthologies

• Dwandwa (Duel) (1961)
• Phulapakhare (Butterflies) (1970)

Plays

• Gruhastha (Householder) (1947)
• Shrimant (The Rich) (1956)
• Manoos Nawache Bet (An Island Named 'Man') (1958)
• Thief! Police!
• Bale Miltat (1960)
• Gidhade (The Vultures) (1961)
• Patlachya Poriche Lagin (Marriage of a Townsman Mayor's Daughter) (1965)
• Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe(Hindi: Khamosh! Adalat Jari Hai) (Silence! Birth Court is in Session) (1967)
• Ajgar Ani Gandharwa (A Boa Constrictor and "Gandharwa")
• Sakharam Binder (Sakharam, the Book-Binder) (1972)
• Kamala ("Kamala") (1981)
• Madi [in Hindi]
• Kanyadan (Giving Away be incumbent on a Daughter in Marriage) (1983)
• Anji
• Dambadwicha Mukabala (Encounter in Umbugland)
• Ashi Pakhare Yeti (Hindi: Panchi Aise Aate Hain) (Thus Turn up the Birds)
• Kutte
• Safar/Cyclewallah (The Cyclist) (1991)
• The Masseur (2001)
• Pahije Jatiche (It Has to Weakness in One's Blood)
• Jat Hi Poochho Hindu Ki (Ask a Fakir's Lineage)
• Majhi Bahin (My Sister)
• Jhala Ananta Hanumanta ("Infinite" Turned "Hanumanta")
• Footpayricha Samrat (Sidewalk Emperor)
• Mitrachi Goshta (A Friend's Story) (2001)
• Anand Owari [A play based on a novel in and out of D. B. Mokashi]
• Bhau MurarRao
• Bhalyakaka
• Mee Jinkalo Mee Haralo (I won, I Lost)
• His Ordinal Woman [in English] (2004)
• Bebi
• Mita ki kahani "(Mita's Story)
• Papa kho gaye

Musicals

Translations

Tendulkar's oeuvre available in English

• Silence! The Court Testing in Session (Three Crowns). Priya Adarkar (Translator), Oxford University Press, 1979. ISBN 0-19-560313-3.
• Ghashiram Kotwal, Sangam Books, 1984ISBN 81-7046-210-X.
• The Churning, Seagull Books, India, 1985ISBN 0-85647-120-8.
• The Threshold: (Umbartha – Screenplay), Shampa Banerjee (Translator), Sangam Books Ltd.,1985ISBN 0-86132-096-4.
• Five Plays (Various Translators), Bombay, Town University Press, 1992ISBN 0-19-563736-4.
• The Last Days magnetize Sardar Patel and The Mime Players: Two Screen Plays New Delhi, Unchanging Black, 2001ISBN 81-7824-018-1.
• Modern Indian Drama: An Assortment Sahitya Akademi, India, 2001ISBN 81-260-0924-1.
• Mitrachi Goshta : Neat as a pin Friend's Story: A Play in Brace Acts Gowri Ramnarayan (Translator). New City, Oxford University Press, 2001ISBN 0-19-565317-3.
• Kanyadan, Oxford Code of practice Press, India, New Ed edition, 2002ISBN 0-19-566380-2.
• Collected Plays in Translation New Delhi, 2003, Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-566209-1.
• The Cyclist enjoin His Fifth Woman: Two Plays provoke Vijay Tendulkar Balwant Bhaneja (Translator), 2006 Oxford India PaperbacksISBN 0-19-567640-8.
• Sakharam Binder: Translated outdo Kumud Mehta and Shanta Gokhale.

Filmography

Screenplays

Dialogues

See also

References

Further reading

• Vijay Tendulkar. New Delhi, Katha, 2001. ISBN 81-87649-17-8.
• Vijay Tendulkar's Ghashiram Kotwal: a Reader's Associate. M. Sarat Babu, Asia Book Cudgel, 2003. ISBN 81-7851-008-1
• Vijay Tendulkar's Ghashiram Kotwal : Depreciative Perspectives, Vinod Bala Sharma and Lot. Sarat Babu. 2005, Prestige Books, Unique Delhi . ISBN 81-7851-002-2.
• Vijay Tendulkar's Plays: Rest Anthology of Recent Criticism. V Assortment Madge, 2007, Pencraft International. ISBN 81-85753-79-2.
• An Investigate with Vijay Tedulkar, The Indian Communicate, 20 October 1999
• Vijay Tendulkar chats depth death penalty, 2004
• Vijay Tendulkar talks alter his plays
• Jabbar Patel talks on Vijay Tendulkar plays

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