Contribution of Vijay Tendulkar

 Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar, Indian playwright and screenwriter, wrote more than 30 full length Marathi language plays and numerous one act plays, short stories, and movie scripts about controversial social themes including violence, poverty, women's rights and corruption. Some of Tendulkar's most famous plays includes Shantata! Court Chalu Ahe and Sakharam Binder. Ghashiram Kotwal was recognised as one of the longest running plays in the world, with more than 6000 performances staged internationally. Tendulkar begin his career writing for newspapers and had a daily column in the Maharashtra times. It was the play Shrimanth ("Affluent"), however, that made him a household name. In addition to his plays Tendulkar wrote screenplays in both Marathi and Hindi.
His script for 'Manthan' won the National Film Award for best screenplay; for his literary accomplishments, Tendulkar received the Padma Bhushan Award,one of India's highest civilian honours. In 1998 he won the lifetime contribution award from the Sangeet Natak Academy Fellowship. Tendulkar is the subject of the documentary Tendulkar and Violence : Today and Yesterday and short film, Ankahin ("The Untold") released in 2007. Tendulkar has translated nine novels, two biographies, and five plays by  other authors into Marathi. Many of Tendulkar's plays derived inspiration from real life incidents or social upheavals. All in all, Tendulkar writing have contributed to a significant transformation of the modern literary landscape in Marathi and other Indian languages.

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