Vijay Tendulkar
Date of Birth: 06 Jan 1928
Country: India
Biography: Vijay Tendulkar was a leading Indian playwright, movie and television writer, literary essayist, political journalist, and social commentator primarily in Marâthi. He is best known for his plays Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe (1967), Ghâshirâm Kotwâl (1972), and Sakhârâm Binder (1972). Many of his plays derived inspiration from real-life incidents or social upheavals, which provides clear light on harsh realities. He provided his guidance to students studying "playwright writing" in US univers
Total Credits at Criticker: 13 (Writer)
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Touching on the concepts of slavery and domestic dominance. Jaisingh Jadav buys a slave, Kamla (Deepti Nawal), and brings her home to a press conference where he wants to use her to prove the flesh trade still exists. His wife (Shabana Azmi looking very young and peppy!) is horrified by this and wants to take care of Kamla. (imdb User Comments)
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An exploration of the psyche of a honest police officer, who finds himself amidst a corrupt police force, unable to fight or protect his viewpoint that he had entered the police force with. (Wikipedia)
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An energetic and idealistic young lawyer finds himself pitted in his first, independent case against his mentor and family friend, a seasoned prosecutor. Frustrated by his own client's enigmatic silence and unwillingness to provide a motive or proclaim his innocence, nor cooperate in the formulation of his own defense strategy, Baskhar embarks on an independent investigation into the facts surrounding the seemingly clear-cut case. (filmref.com)
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Dr.Rao (Girish Karnad) is a Veterinary doctor who comes to a village with the aim of starting a Milk Co-operative society for the welfare of the villagers. But the wealthy businessman Mishra (Amrish Puri) and Sarpanch (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) are unhappy about this. Does Dr.Rao succeeds in his mission to make the villagers self reliant with the help of Bindu (Smita Patil) and Bhola (Naseeruddin shah)? (imdb)
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Vishwam (Naseeruddin Shah) is the youngest son of the powerful, and influential village Zamindar (Amrish Puri). The Zamindar will not hesitate to do anything for the welfare and protection of his family, which also includes bending the law to his own advantage. (imdb)
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When Chief Minister of Maharashtra gets an anonymous call to warn him against possible rebellion in his party, all is not well. The current government is being questioned by opposition on a lot of issues such as health, education but the most important being the situation of drought. Finance Minister Vishwasrao wants to fall out of current government has an ambition to become CM but he is not the only one. (imdb)
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After the passing of her husband, Mrs. Mahajan takes care of four institutions, and lives a comfortable lifestyle with her two sons - Dr. Mohan and his wife, Maya; and Advocate Subhash Mahajan, his wife, Savitri, and their daughter, Rani. Savitri is unhappy as she wants a career for herself. She finally gets a chance to prove her skills in social services when she gets a job offer as Superintendent of a Women's Reformatory Home in distant Sangamwadi. (rAjOo)
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Wealthy and influential Hindurao Dhonde Patil finds a homeless drunk, brings him home, looks after him, feeds him, finds a room for him, gets him employed, calls him Master, and even finds a woman to look after him. In return, this male steals from Hindurao, is apprehended by the local police, but Hindurao pays for his bail. Hindurao is forced to make a final decision about him after he finds out that Master has been inquiring about a missing army officer named Maruti Kamble (imdb)
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This was the first movie made by this group (see Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan (1978), a collective effort in direction and cinematography. The story tells the tale of Nanasaheb Phadnavis, the prime minister and real power of the Peshwa Maharaja, 1773-1797, and is used to make comment on Indian political history. (imdb)
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The protagonist, Arvind Desai, the son of a businessman, occasionally dates the company's secretary and discusses politics and art with a Marxist colleague. (imdb)
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Madhav Verma (Om Puri) is a dedicated, honest, and diligent union representative. He represents the majority of the employees in an organization, which recognizes his union. However, there is a rival in the shape and form of Rustom Patel (Naseeruddin Shah) who is attempting to break the union so as to establish his majority, through his henchman Krishnan (Gopi), and will not hesitate to stoop to any level to get what he wants. (imdb)
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Shantata. Court Chalu Aahe is political and social satire on middle-class society's hypocrisy. (imdb)
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An account of Vallbhbhai Patel's political life while India was taking first steps as an independent country. (imdb)
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