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==Early career==
Tendulkar began his career writing for newspapers. He had already written a play, ''ĀmchyāvarĀmcyāvar KonKoṇ PremPreṃ KarnārKarṇār'' (Who will Love us?), and he wrote the play, ''GruhasthaGṛhastha'' (The Householder), in his early 20s. The latter did not receive much recognition from the audience, and he vowed never to write again.<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/lr/2003/02/02/stories/2003020200130200.htm ''The Hindu''], 2 February 2003</ref>
Breaking the vow, in 1956 he wrote ''ShrimantŚrīmant'', which established him as a good writer. ''ShrimantŚrīmant'' jolted the conservative audience of the times with its radical storyline, wherein an unmarried young woman decides to keep her unborn child while her rich father tries to "buy" her a husband in an attempt to save his social prestige.
Tendulkar's early struggle for survival and living for some time in tenements ("chāwls''cāḷ''"/"chawls") in [[Mumbai]] provided him first-hand experience about the life of urban lower middle class. He thus brought new authenticity to their depiction in Marathi theatre.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041003/spectrum/main3.htm ''The Tribune''], 3 October 2004</ref> Tendulkar's writings rapidly changed the storyline of modern Marathi theatre in the 1950s and the 60s, with experimental presentations by theatre groups like Rangāyan. Actors in these theatre groups like [[Shriram Lagoo]], [[Mohan Agashe]], and [[Sulabha Deshpande]] brought new authenticity and power to Tendulkar's stories while introducing new sensibilities in Marathi theatre.<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=4810&pageid=2 Shanta Gokhale, Theatre critic and writer]</ref>
Tendulkar wrote the play ''GidhādeGidhāḍe'' (The Vultures) in 1961, but it was not produced until 1970. The play was set in a morally collapsed family structure and explored the theme of violence. In his following creations, Tendulkar explored violence in its various forms: domestic, sexual, communal, and political. Thus, ''GidhādeGidhāḍe'' proved to be a turning point in Tendulkar's writings with regard to establishment of his own unique writing style.<ref>[http://in.news.yahoo.com/070113/48/6b42w.html Violence 'Gidhade' and beyond]</ref>
Based on a 1956 short story, ''Die Panne'' ("Traps") by [[Friedrich Dürrenmatt]], Tendulkar wrote the play, ''ShāntatāŚāntatā! Court ChāluCālū AaheĀhe'' ("Silence! The Court Is in Session"). It was presented on the stage for the first time in 1967 and proved as one of his finest works. [[Satyadev Dubey]] presented it in movie form in 1971 with Tendulkar's collaboration as the screenplay writer.<ref>{{IMDb title|0295599|title=Shāntatā! Court Chālu Aahe}}</ref>
==1970s and 1980s==
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