Tendulkar's early struggle for survival and living for some time in tenements (' cāḷ/chawls') in Mumbai provided him first-hand experience about the life of urban lower middle class. Śrīmant jolted the conservative audience of the times with its radical storyline, wherein an unmarried young woman decides to keep her unborn child while her rich father tries to 'buy' her a husband in an attempt to save his social prestige. īreaking the vow, in 1956 he wrote Śrīmant, which established him as a good writer.

The latter did not receive much recognition from the audience, and he vowed never to write again. He had already written a play, Āmcyāvar Koṇ Preṃ Karṇār? ( Who is going to love me?), and he wrote the play, Gṛhastha (गृहस्थ The Householder), in his early 20s. Tendulkar began his career writing for newspapers. He said that he liked sense of sacrifice and discipline of the communists. During this period, he participated in the activities of Nabajiban Sanghatana, a splinter communist group. Writing then became his outlet, though most of his early writings were of a personal nature, and not intended for publication. The latter alienated him from his family and friends. Īt age 14, he participated in the 1942 Indian freedom movement, leaving his studies. At age eleven, he wrote, directed, and acted in his first play. He grew up watching western plays and felt inspired to write plays himself. The literary environment at home prompted young Vijay to take up writing. Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar was born in a Gaud Saraswat Brahmin family on 6 January 1928 in Girgaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra, where his father held a clerical job and ran a small publishing business.

Tendulkar was a dramatist and theatre personality in Mahārāshtra for over five decades. He has provided guidance to students studying 'play writing' in US universities.

Many of Tendulkar's plays derived inspiration from real-life incidents or social upheavals, which provide clear light on harsh realities. He is best known for his plays Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe (1967), Ghāshirām Kotwāl (1972), and Sakhārām Binder (1972). His Marathi plays established him as a writer of plays with contemporary, unconventional themes. Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar (6 January 1928 – ) was a leading Indian playwright, movie and television writer, literary essayist, political journalist, and social commentator primarily in Marāthi. National Film Award for Best Screenplay: Manthan, 1977

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