Satish Alekar

Satish Vasant Alekar is an Indian Marathi playwright, actor, theatre director and professor. A founder member of the Theatre Academy, Pune, he is best known for his plays Mickey ani Memsahib (1973), Mahanirvan (1974), Mahapoor (1975), Begum Barve (1979), Atirekee (1990), Pidhijat (2003), Ek Divas Mathakade (2012), and Thakishi Samvad (2024). Along with Mahesh Elkunchwar and Vijay Tendulkar, he is considered among the most influential and progressive playwrights in modern Marathi theatre and Indian theatre.

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