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Mahesh Elkunchwar

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Mahesh Elkunchwar


Born
in Parwa, India
October 09, 1939

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Mahesh Elkunchwar is an Marathi playwright, screenplay writer with more than 20 plays to his name, in addition to his theoretical writings, critical works, and his active work in India's Parallel Cinema as actor and screenwriter. Today along with Vijay Tendulkar, he is credited as one of the most influential and progressive playwrights not just in Marathi theatre, but also in Indian theatre. In 2014, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour in performing arts in India.

Considered a successor to Vijay Tendulkar, Elkunchwar's plays are written in Marathi. The plays have been subsequently translated into multiple Indian and Western languages (including English, French and German).
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Collected Plays of Mahesh E...

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Old Stone Mansion

4.03 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1989 — 6 editions
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Yugant

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MaunRag

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Wada Trilogy

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Collected Plays of Mahesh E...

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Party

4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions
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City Plays: Party - Avinash...

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Autobiography

3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1989
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Tribandh

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“Friendship grows but love can die. Friendship is lasting, solid, a commitment without being a burden. It is the greatest joy to see a friendship blossoming into maturity.”
Mahesh Elkunchwar, Reflection: And Other Plays

“My top priority was living. And my theater is a by-product of that.”
Mahesh Elkunchwar, Reflection: And Other Plays

“Those who sin in secret are the most eager to punish those who sin openly.”
Mahesh Elkunchwar, Wada Trilogy



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