Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ192664

Portrayal of Urban Middle Class in the Selected Plays of Mahesh Elkunchwar

Authors(1) :-Abhay Nath Thakur

Mahesh Elkunchwar is an Indian Playwright. He is also a screen play writer. He has written and produced some of the most influential and progressive plays of Post Independent India. He has got more than twenty plays in his name. He was born on 9th October 1939. In 2014 he was awarded the “Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship”. His plays have gained national and international critical attention. His growing body of work has become part of India’s post-colonial theatrical concern. This research paper aims to present in a humble manner how Mahesh Elkunchwar’s plays portrays the urban middle class of contemporary Indian society in a realistic manner. His wide ranging themes-the passage of time and mortality, identity and sexuality, religious tensions and gender issues, human bonding and alienation-focus on human relationships and personal and moral choices which are the classic concerns of all great works of literature. He is a socially committed artist.

Authors and Affiliations

Abhay Nath Thakur
Guest Assistant Professor, B.S.R.S. College, Pachadhi, Darbhanga, Bihar, India

Consumerism, Alienation, Morality, Urbanization, Degradation

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  2. Collected Plays of Mahesh Elkunchwar 1 (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2009).
  3. Collected Plays of Mahesh Elkunchwar 2 (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2009)
  4. Fringe takes centre stage. The importance of being Mahesh Elkunchwar and Satish Alekar in Marathi theatre Mint. 6 February 2009. Retrieved March 2012.
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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 1 | Issue 4 | November-December 2018
Date of Publication : 2018-11-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 130-133
Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ192664
Publisher : Shauryam Research Institute

ISSN : 2581-6306

Cite This Article :

Abhay Nath Thakur, "Portrayal of Urban Middle Class in the Selected Plays of Mahesh Elkunchwar ", Shodhshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (SHISRRJ), ISSN : 2581-6306, Volume 1, Issue 4, pp.130-133, November-December.2018
URL : https://shisrrj.com/SHISRRJ192664

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