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What were the 70s like for Vijay Tendulkar?
Vijay Tendulkar dealt with the topic of domination of the male gender over the female in Sakhārām Binder.
What was the play Sakharam Binder's plot?
Sakharam gives shelter to abandoned wives and uses them for his sexual gratification, remaining oblivious to the emotional and moral implications. He justifies all his acts with hollow arguments.
How did the public react to the play Sakharam Binder?
Sakharam Binder was first performed in 1972 and banned in India in 1974.
What was Vijay Tendulkar's next work after Sakharam Binder?
In 1972, Vijay Tendulkar wrote another, even much more acclaimed play, Ghāshirām Kotwāl (Officer Ghāshirām), which dealt with political violence.
Did Vijay Tendulkar's works win any awards?
Ghāshirām Kotwāl brought Vijay Tendulkar a Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship for a project titled, An Enquiry into the Pattern of Growing Violence in Society and Its Relevance to Contemporary Theatre.
Did Vijay Tendulkar's films receive any recognition?
With over 6,000 performances thus far in its original and translated versions, Ghāshirām Kotwāl remains one of the longest-running plays in the history of Indian theatre.
What was Vijay Tendulkar's best work?
Umbartha is a groundbreaking feature film on women's activism in India.

Question: What was the plot of Umbartha?
Self-contained rewrite: What was the plot of the film Umbartha?