Gender, Power, and Identity in Vijay Tendulkar’s Kamala: A Feminist Analysis

Author(s): Dr. Pranav Ratnaparkhi and Kishor Maruti Shitole

Abstract:

Vijay Tendulkar is one of the famous Marathi dramatists and his works are translated into English language. Kamala is a realistic play and this play highlights the actual life of incident. The dramatist explains how society to the reject of women as human being and to deny those mainly of human rights by the male counterparts. His play indicates that the realities of life in modern era social milieu. This dramatist had written thirty plays in Marathi language and ten plays are translated into English language. This dramatist shows that in their plays the status of modern women at modern times through the very realistic and naturalistic portrayal of both women and men. In 21st century high society woman is presented in contrast to a poor uneducated slave women. The dramatist sketched a few female characters that have been almost no voice at all throughout the play. His female characters are delicate, treated as insignificant and above all victims of patriarchal socio-political oppression and suppression. Through the play is set in a particular socio-political background of colonized India to develop the idea of authority or power. The role of women is discredit or under estimated in all walks of life in the male controlled society. The playwright focuses on the expectation of female characters. Vijay Tendulkar has indicated women self-identity in this play. In this play, there are three main characters Kamala, Sarita and Jaisingh stand meant for persons who lose their status in the male dominates society. The dramatist highlights of male dominated society, conditions of women and how men have used women as an object of gain and pleasure. The present research paper will focus on Kamala, to present the position of women in the society and to explain the issue of oppression on the basis of gender.

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