Satish Alekar

Satish Alekar is a Marathi playwright. His full name is Satish Vasant Alekar. Besides a Marathi playwright, he is an actor and theatre director. Satish was born in Delhi, India but he was brought up in Pune. He completed his schooling in a Marathi medium school. Later on, he did his graduation that is Bachelors in Science from Fergusson College. He pursued his master's in Biochemistry from University of Pune. He has made many contributions in the theatre field. He is the founder member of Theatre Academy of Pune.

He is one of the most influential and progressive playwrights not just in modern Marathi theatre but also in new era’s Indian theatre. Satish started his very first stage performance as an actor in a college day. First play written and directed by him is Jhulta Pool in 1969. For the next coming years, he acted, directed and wrote many plays throughout his journey and slowly and steadily, his dramas started to be recognized by reputed and established playwrights which ultimately resulted in his recognition nationally and internationally.

He got invitation from reputable universities outside India for a position of guest professor to teach theatre in their campus. During all these activities he directed many plays and one-act plays in Marathi. Some of Satish’s written have been translated and produced in languages like Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Dogri, Kannada, Gujarati, Rajasthani, Punjabi. In Marathi few of them are Micki Aani Memsaheb, Mahanirvan, Mahapoor, Begum Barve, Atireki, Pidhijat, Ek Zulta Pool, Bus stop.

His translated plays in Hindi are Judge, Yamuche Rahasya, Bhint, Valan, Supari and many more. His dramas have been included in the National Anthologies published in 2000-01 by the National School of Drama and Sahitya Akademi, Delhi. Due to his achievements and hard work, he received many fellowships from recognised and popular foreign universities to study theatre from all over the world.

Satish has won my hearts and as well as many awards and respectful recognitions like Late Ram Ganesh Gadkari Award from the State of Maharashtra for his play Mahanirvan, LifeTime Achievement felicitation by Akhil Bharaiya Marathi Natya Parishad, Mumbai, Balraj Sahni Memorial Award in Pune for his contribution as a playwright, director, and actor over last 40 years, Tanveer Sanman Prestigious National Award for the lifetime contribution to the field of Theatre and last but not least in 2012, he received the award PADMA SHRI conferred by the President of India.