As an Experimental playwright, he delineates the degeneration of values and questions the existing value system. He is realistic in portraying the problems of common man, intricacies of human relationship and discrimination against women in the patriarchal society. Nothing in the world escapes from his watchful eyes. He introduced new trends in the Marathi theatre. He was the Executive editor of ‘Vasudha’ and ‘Deepawali’.
He wrote columns for Manus and Maharashtra Times. Tendulkar worked as a sub-editor in Navbharat in 1948. Vijay Tendulkar, an avant-garde playwright is one of the significant dramatists of Indian theatre. It is not an off spring of any specific tradition and it has laid the foundation of a distinctive tradition in the history of world drama by reinvestigating history, legend, myth, religion and folk lore with context to contemporary socio-political issues. Jaydip Sarkar observes:Ĭontemporary Indian drama, deviating from classical and European models, is experimental and innovative in terms of thematic and technical qualities. History, religion, tradition, myth and folk lore are examined with reference to contemporary socio-political situation along with western influence. Indian dramatists make experiments with innovative themes, new patterns and theatrical techniques. Indian English drama has seen remarkable growth and development with the translations of Hindi, Marathi and Bengali plays into English.Ĭontemporary Indian drama is basically experimental in nature. Srinivasa Iynger comments, “Indian drama was expected to comprehend whole arc of life, ranging from the material to the spiritual, the phenomenon to the transcendent at once relaxation and entertainment, instruction and illumination” (Iynger 1).
Drama, being a closer mirror to the real life, entertains as well as educates and illuminates people. The combination of classical base and western influence provided wider opportunities to the playwrights to come out with innovative themes and stagecraft. Under the influence of the British, Indian theatre began to assume the style of western theatre.
Though drama lost its charm after the arrival of the British in India, yet it paves the way for translation of dramas written in Indian languages into English. Bharata, the father of Drama’s Natyashastra in Sanskrit is the pioneering work on ancient Indian drama. The genre ‘drama’ has a rich tradition in India and it has its inception in the Vedic period. Contemporary Issues in Vijay Tendulkar’s Plays by Dr S Somasundari Latha
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