Vijay Tendulkar passes away

Vijay Tendulkar, the leading marathi playwright, scriptwriter and social commentator passed away today morning in Pune. He was 80 and was suffering from a muscular disorder.

Vijay Tendulkar recieved the Padma Bhushan award, the Sangeet Natak Award and the National film award amongst many other awards in his career which spanned over 50 years. Tendulkar's well know plays include "Ghashiram Kotwal" and "Sakharam Binder".

Tendulkar wrote Shyam Benegal's Manthan for which he won the National film award in 1977. He also wrote the screenplays for other films like "Nishant", "Akrosh" and "Ardh Satya" which were critically acclaimed

In his writing career of more than 50 years, Vijay Tendulkar had written 27 full-length plays and 25 one-act plays. Many of his plays went ahead to be Marathi theater classics. His plays have been translated and performed in many Indian languages.

We salute the great man, Vijay Tendulkar for his vast contribution to Indian Arts and Cinema.