Awards
Tendulkar won Maharashtra State government awards in 1956, 1969 and 1972; and "Mahārāshtra Gauruw Puraskār" in 1999. He was honored with the Sangeet Nātak Akademi Award in 1970, and again in 1998 with the Academy's highest award for "lifetime contribution", the Sangeet Nātak Akademi Fellowship ("Ratna Sadasya"). In 1984, he received the Padma Bhushan award from the Government of India for his literary accomplishments.
In 1977, Tendulkar won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay for his screenplay of Shyām Benegal's movie, Manthan (1976). He has written screenplays for many significant art movies, such as Nishānt, Ākrosh, and Ardh Satya.
A comprehensive list of awards is given below:
- 1970 Sangeet Nātak Akademi Award
- 1970 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Award
- 1977 National Film Award for Best Screenplay: Manthan
- 1981 Filmfare Best Screenplay Award: Aakrosh
- 1981 Filmfare Best Story Award: Aakrosh
- 1983 Filmfare Best Screenplay Award: Ardh Satya
- 1984 Padma Bhushan
- 1993 Saraswati Samman
- 1998 Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship
- 1999 Kalidas Samman
- 2001 Katha Chudamani Award
- 2006 The Little Magazine SALAM Award
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