Satish Alekar

Satish Alekar is a Marathi playwright, actor and theatre director. A founder member of the Theatre Academy of Pune, and best known for his plays Mahanirvan (1974), Mahapoor (1975), Atirekee (1990), Pidhijat (2003), Mickey ani Memsahib (1973), and Begum Barve (1979), all of which he also directed for the Academy. Today, along with Mahesh Elkunchwar and Vijay Tendulkar he is one of the most influential and progressive playwrights in modern Indian theatre.