21 Facts About Satish Alekar

Satish Vasant Alekar was born on 30 January 1949 and is a Marathi playwright, actor, and theatre director.

Satish Alekar has remained the head of Centre for Performing Arts, University of Pune, which he founded, after forgoing the Directorship of NSD and previously remained an adjunct professor at various universities in US, at the Duke University, Durhum, NC, Performance Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University as a Fulbright Scholar, and Dept.

Satish Alekar was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Playwriting in 1994, by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama.

Satish Alekar received the Padma Shri award in January 2012.

Satish Alekar is still on the visiting faculty of the SPPune University and the National School of Drama in Delhi.

Satish Alekar is seen in the character roles of films like Ventilator.

Satish Alekar but grew up in Pune, Maharashtra in a Marathi Brahmin family.

Satish Alekar attended the Marathi medium school New English School, Ramanbag which was established by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

Satish Alekar received his master's degree in biochemistry from University of Pune in 1972.

Satish Alekar wrote and directed his first one-act play Jhulta Pool in 1969.

Satish Alekar became a part of a young circle that Jabbar Patel had started within the Progressive Dramatic Association.

Satish Alekar assisted Patel in the direction of Ghashiram Kotwal, and the group has since mounted over 35 plays by him and manage to establish its foothold in experimental Marathi theatre.

Satish Alekar conceived of and implemented Playwrights Development Scheme and Regional Theater Group Development.

Satish Alekar started writing at the age of 19 as a chemistry graduation, though most of his early works were short plays.

Satish Alekar's other plays are Bhajan, Bhinta, Walan, Shanivar-Ravivar, Dusra Samna, and Atireki.

In 2022, all of Satish Alekar's plays, including short plays in Marathi, were published as a new edition by the Popular Prakashan, Mumbai.

Satish Alekar scripted the National Film Award, winning Marathi feature film Jait Re Jait in 1977, directed by Jabbar Patel.

Satish Alekar wrote a fortnightly column in Marathi for the Sunday edition of Loksatta Gaganika from January toDecember 2015.

Some of Satish Alekar's plays have been translated and produced in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Dogri, Gujarati, Rajasthani, Punjabi, and Konkani.

Satish Alekar is the recipient of several national and state awards for his contribution to the field of Theater and Literature.

Satish Alekar has one younger brother Sudhir and one sister Bharati.