Mahesh Elkunchwar

Sudeshna Kar Barua (Independent Scholar - Asia)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 10.3.1.03: Indian Writing and Culture: Post-colonial, 1947-present.
Vol. editors: Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Pavan Kumar Malreddy (J W Goethe University of Frankfurt), Delphine Munos (Université de Liège)

Dates

Born 9 Oct 1939
Activity 1966-ongoing

Places

Born in India
Active in India

Activities

Primary

Playwright / Dramatist

Resources

Mahesh Elkunchwar (1939- ), an Indian writer with more than twenty plays to his credit, became a dramatist quite by chance. Like many college-goers, young Elkunchwar found films far more interesting than plays till the day when, for the first time in his life, he entered a theatre rather reluctantly on not getting a ticket for the movie he had intended to watch that evening. Interestingly, such was the impact of the renowned Marathi dramatist Vijay Tendulkar’s (1928-2008) Mee Jinkalo, Mee Haralo [I won, I Lost, 1963] that Elkunchwar decided to become a playwright almost on the spot. And, fortunately for Indian regional drama, he stuck to that sudden decision firmly, despite all other opportunities that came his way.</…

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Citation: Kar Barua, Sudeshna. "Mahesh Elkunchwar". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 December 2015 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13492, accessed 24 November 2024.]

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