Vijay Tendulkar

Trivia

• Vijay Tendulkar has translated nine novels, two biographies, and five plays by other authors into Marathi.
• Vijay Tendulkar's plays have been translated and performed in many Indian languages.
• Several of his plays have proven to be Marathi theater classics.
• In his writing career spanning more than five decades, Tendulkar has written 27 full-length plays and 25 one-act plays.
• At age 14, he participated in the 1942 Indian freedom movement, leaving his studies. The latter alienated him from his family and friends. Writing then became his outlet, though most of his early writings were of a personal nature, and not intended for publication.
• He grew up watching western plays, and felt inspired to write plays himself. At age eleven, he wrote, directed, and acted in his first play.
• Vijay Tendulkar began his career writing for newspapers. He had already written a play, "Amchyavar Kon Prem Karnar" (Who will Love us?), and he wrote the play, "Gruhastha" (The Householder), in his early 20s.
• For over five decades, Vijay Tendulkar had been a highly influential dramatist and theater personality in Maharashtra.
• He provided his guidance to students studying “Playwright writing” in US universities.
• Many of his plays derived inspiration from real-life incidents or social upheavals, which provides clear light on harsh realities.

Quotes

• "If I had a pistol, I would shoot [Gujarat Chief Minister] Narendra Modi" (for encouraging the carnage by Hindus against Muslims)."