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It is based on the life of (1741–1800), one of the prominent ministers in the court of the of Pune and Ghashiram Kotwal, the police chief of the city. Its theme is how men in power give rise to ideologies to serve their purposes, and later destroy them when they become useless. It was first performed on 16 December 1972, by the Progressive Dramatic Association in. 's production of the play in 1973 is considered a classic in Modern Indian Theatre. Contents • • • • • • • • • • History [ ] The first show of this play was done on 16 December 1972 at Bharat Natya Mandir in. The play saw a huge controversy and success in the following years.

It made the trip to in the year 1980. Later in the year 1986, the group also done plays in US and Canada. They also travelled to Russia, East Germany, Hungary etc. Synopsis [ ] The play begins with an invocation to lord. Then the of introduce themselves and we can see the morally corrupt state of affairs in Pune.

Who is the Diwan (Chief Secretary) of is also corrupt and visits the dancer. Ghashiram is working with the lavani dancer. Ghashiram being a Brahmin goes to collect alms at the 's festival the next day. However he is ill-treated there and is charged with pick-pocketing and imprisoned for the offence. He then decides to take revenge. So the play continues on to reach the next part of this play.

Ghashiram barters his own daughter to get the post of Kotwal (police chief) of Pune from Nana. Having got the post he begins to enforce strict rules in the city.

He starts asking for permits for everything and starts throwing people in jail for the smallest offences. In the mean time, Ghashiram's daughter is impregnated by Nana, and dies during childbirth. The situation goes out of hand when a few people in the jail die from suffocation. The Brahmins then complain to the Peshwa.

The Peshwa summons Nana who orders Ghashiram to be killed in the most inhumane way possible. Style [ ] The play is notable for the use of the ' form in Marathi folk theatre. Singing and dancing are used here to good effect.

'Abhangas' (devotional songs) are mixed with 'Lavnis' (love songs). Original cast and crew [ ] • Ghashiram Savaldas: •: • Sutradhar (Narrator): • Singers:,, • Music: • Dance: • Director: Musicians [ ] • Music: • - manjiri/tal • - Chipali • Ashok Gaikwad - Dholaki/Tabla • Prabhashankar Gaikwad - sundri • Shrikant Rajpathak - Mrudung • Shyam Bhende - Harmonium Controversy [ ] Like many of Tendulkar's plays, this play created a lot of controversy because it offended the community and that it showed the statesman in a bad light.