Ghashiram Kotwal by Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar
Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar was born on January 6, 1928 in a
Bhalavalikar Saraswat brahmin family in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Vijay Tendulkar
was a leading Indian playwright, movie and television writer, literary
essayist, political journalist, and social commentator primarily in Marāthi.
Ghashiram Kotwal is a landmark in the history of Indian
Drama in English Translation. It is a work in which there is a fine blending of
both theme and style, thoughts and language. In this play, the playwright has
taken the help of Indian history to expose the reality of the contemporary
time. It deals with power politics, ambition, sexual hunger and revenge. It
exposes the latent savagery of human being e.g., treachery, violence, sexuality
and power-politics between Nana Phadnavis and Ghashiram Kotwal- the former is
hungry for sex and the latter, for power. Ghashiram progresses from a common
man to more than a beast in order to grab the power of state. Through these two
characters, Tendulkar has shown the moral degradation, social degeneration and
spiritual regression. The present book is specially meant for students who want
to be fully familiar with the various aspects of the play.
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