Mahesh Elkunchwar

Mahesh Elkunchwar (born 9 October 1939) is an Indian playwright 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 one of the most influential and progressive playwrights not just in modern Marathi theatre, but also larger modern Indian theatre.

Early life and education

Born to a feudal family in Parwa village in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, at the age of four he had to leave his parents and leave a city where he grew up a lonely child and hardly interested in studies, and raised outside of Indian urban centres. As films and theatre were taboo in his family, he saw his first play when he moved to Nagpur for his matriculation. Here he studied at Morris College, and went on to do M.A. in English from Nagpur University. While still college came the turning point in his life, when one day he went to watch a film and unable to get movie ticket, he ended up watching a play. That play was a veteran theatre director Vijaya Mehta's production of Vijay Tendulkar's Mee jinkalo mee Haralo (I Won, I Lost) in 1965. Deeply influenced by the play, he went to watch play again the following day and decided to write plays. He devoted the next year to reading plays of all kind.

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Sagar Deshmukh: It's about time producers moved over Sairat and explored new subjects

The Times of India 30 May 2019

Having been active in the theatre circuit since his college days, actor-writer Sagar Deshmukh is a well-known name in experimental theatre. He is also known for films like Hunterrr, YZ and Bhai ... Excerpts. ... The number is less ... There was a time when Satish Alekar, Vijay Tendulkar, Mahesh Elkunchwar and the likes of them wrote brilliant stories ... ....

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Mumbai Diary: Tuesday Dossier

Mid Day 21 May 2019

But first, the twirl ... Pic/Shadab Khan ... That wasn't all ... The search led him to Harish Hariani, one of his colleagues from that time, who had carefully preserved what he was looking for along with scripts which are a part of theatre history in Mumbai, including those by Milan Kundera, Vijay Tendulkar, Mahesh Elkunchwar, Dharamvir Bharati and Vasant Dev....

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An intrepid exhibition of Hindi theatre

The Hindu 14 May 2019

Chaudhry’s ambitious Viraasat is based on Mahesh Elkunchwar’s epic Wada trilogy. Then there are productions of Vijay Tendulkar plays, like Khamosh Adalat Jaari Hai or Jaati Hi Poocho Sadhu Ki; Mahesh Dattani’s 30 Days in September; and even an adaptation of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men titled Ye Aadmi Ye Chuhe....

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Now, Marathi writers appeal to voters to reject ‘politics of hate’

The Times of India 11 Apr 2019

While making it clear that voters have the right to choose “a candidate or party of their liking,” the writers, among them Sahitya Akademi award winner Jayant Pawar, Jnanpith Award winner Bhalchandra Nemade, veteran playwright Mahesh Elkunchwar and young playwright Manasvini Lata ......

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Over 600 Theatre Artistes appeal to Vote against ‘Bigotry, Hatred, Apathy Out of Power’

The Siasat Daily 06 Apr 2019

The joint statement, released by Artists Unite, includes veterans such as Girish Karnad, Naseeruddin Shah, Amol Palekar, Usha Ganguli, Shanta Gokhale, Mahesh Elkunchwar, Mahesh Dattani, Arundhati Nag, Kirti Jain, Atamjit Singh, Astad Deboo, MK Raina, Moloyashree Hashmi among a ......

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600 theatre artists urge citizens to 'vote against BJP' in 2019 Lok Sabha elections

Deccan Chronicle 05 Apr 2019

Mumbai ... Among those who have signed the letter are Shanta Gokhale, Mahesh Elkunchwar, Mahesh Dattani, Arundhati Nag, Kirti Jain, Abhishek Majumdar, Konkona Sen Sharma, Ratna Pathak Shah, Lillete Dubey, Mita Vashisth, M K Raina, Makarand Deshpande and Anurag Kashyap. "Today, the very idea of India is under threat ... Vote for the freedom to dream....

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Over 600 theatre makers issue appeal to vote against BJP’s 'divisive governance'

The Hindu 04 Apr 2019

The statement has been endorsed by Amol Palekar, Abhishek Majumdar, Choiti Ghosh, Dadi Pudumjee, Dolly Thakore, Danish Husain, Lillete Dubey, Naseeruddin Shah, M K Raina, Mahesh Elkunchwar, Mahesh Dattani, Konkona Sen Sharma, Navtej Johar, Ramu Ramanathan, Ratna Pathak Shah, Sanjna Kapoor, Vrajesh Hirjee amongst others. It was released at 7 p.m ... .......

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War and Pieces

Indian Express 31 Mar 2019

The war is over. Let peace be enforced. Emperor Ashoka, in the play Avyahat, chooses to do this by making Buddhism the state religion ... When the compulsions of these three protagonists collide, the shadow of war threatens to grows longer. Advertising ... I was influenced by how Mahesh Elkunchwar would write dialogues — very short and precise,” he says ... news....

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Rabindra Sangeet recitation marks Deshmukh’s b’day

The Times of India 24 Mar 2019

Rabindra Sangeet has the propensity to cast a spell with ideal balance of poetry and music, said noted playwright Mahesh Elkunchwar, on Saturday ... Speaking about the technicalities of the songs by prolific composer Rabindranath Tagore, Elkunchwar said, “The seamless narrative of the lyrics merges fluidly with music....

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Would it be treason if I said that the Indian Constitution is my holy book, asks playwright Mahesh Elkunchwar

The Times of India 23 Mar 2019

Mahesh Elkunchwar has been an abiding influence on the country’s avant-garde theatre movement for over five decades, next only to Vijay Tendulkar. Holi, Pratibimb, Vasanakand, Atma Katha and the Wada Chirebandi trilogy are among his best-known plays ... Has the dilemma deepened for conscientious citizens?. Yes, it has. We are neck-deep in the quicksands ... ....

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Mahindra theatre awards presented in 14 categories

Yahoo Daily News 13 Mar 2019

Veteran Mahesh Elkunchwar, critically acclaimed and widely known for having experimented with a wide range of drama, was presented the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award ... 'Agarbatti' by Samagam Rangmandal bagged Best Director and Best Light Design for Swati Dubey and Best Original Script for Ashish Pathak ... --IANS. ss/oeb. ....

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Marathi Natya Sammelan ends on a high note

The Times of India 01 Mar 2019

Here’s an update… ... The four-day event presided over by litterateur Premanand Gajvi and inaugurated by Mahesh Elkunchwar was a celebration of creativity and craft, where the audience was spoilt for choice, with several plays and interactions with eminent writers, actors and directors kept everyone engaged ... ....

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Honouring linguistics work, and celebrating friendship

The Times of India 26 Feb 2019

Playwright Mahesh Elkunchwar, a dearest friend of Mohini and an acquaintance of Paranjape, was the chief guest who felicitated the duo at the ceremony held by Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Mahamandal at Vidarbha Sahitya Sangh (VSS) ... Thanking the organizers and Elkunchwar, ......