Vijay Tendulkar

Vijay Tendulkar
Tendulkar in 2007
Born	Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar (1928-01-06)6 January 1928 Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died	19 May 2008(2008-05-19) (aged 80) Pune, Maharashtra, India
Spouse	Nirmala Tendulkar (d. 2001)
Children	3, including Priya Tendulkar
Family	Mangesh Tendulkar (Brother)
Awards	Padma Bhushan: 1984 Sangeet Nātak Akademi Fellowship: 1998 National Film Award for Best Screenplay: Manthan, 1977

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