Vijay Tendulkar - 1990s and Beyond

1990s and Beyond

In 1991, Tendulkar wrote a metaphorical play, "Safar", and in 2001 he wrote the play, "The Masseur". He wrote, next, two novels, "Kādambari: Ek" and "Kādambari: Don", about sexual fantasies of an aging man. In 2004, he wrote a single-act play, "'His Fifth Woman" --his first play in the English language—as a sequel to his earlier exploration of the plight of women in "Sakhārām Binder". This play was first performed at the "Vijay Tendulkar Festival" in New York in October 2004.

In the 1990s, Tendulkar wrote an acclaimed TV series, "SwayamSiddha", in which his daughter, Priyā Tendulkar, performed in the lead role. * His last screenplay was for Eashwar Mime Co. (2005), an adaptation of Dibyendu Palit's story, Mukhabhinoy, and directed by theatre director, Shyamanand Jalan and with Ashish Vidyarthi and Pawan Malhotra as leads.