was released. Awards Tendulkar won Maharashtra State government awards in 1969 and 1972; and Mahārāshtra Gaurav Puraskār in 1999. He was honoured with the Sangeet Nātak Akademi Award in 1970, and again in 1998 with the Academy's highest award for "lifetime contribution", the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship ("Ratna Sadasya"). In 1984, he received the Padma Bhushan award from the Government of India for his literary accomplishments. In 1977, Tendulkar won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay for his screenplay of Shyām Benegal'''s movie, Manthan (1976). He has written screenplays for many significant art movies, such as Nishānt, Ākrosh, Ardh Satya and Aghaat. A comprehensive list of awards is given below: 1970 Sangeet Nātak Akademi Award 1970 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Award 1977 National Film Award for Best Screenplay: Manthan 1981 Filmfare Best Screenplay Award: Aakrosh 1981 Filmfare Best Story Award: Aakrosh 1983 Filmfare Best Screenplay Award: Ardh Satya 1984 Padma Bhushan 1993 Saraswati Samman 1998 Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship 1999 Kalidas Samman 2001 Katha Chudamani Award 2006 The Little Magazine SALAM Award Bibliography NovelsKādambari: Ek (Novel: One) (1996)Kādambari: Don (Novel: Two) (2005) Short story anthologies Dwandwa (Duel) (1961) Phulāpākhare (Butterflies) (1970) Plays Gruhastha (Householder) (1947) Shrimant (The Rich) (1956) Mānoos Nāwāche Bet (An Island Named 'Man') (1958) Thief! Police! Bāle Miltāt (1960) Gidhāde (The Vultures) (1961) Pātlāchyā Poriche Lagin (Marriage of a Village Mayor's Daughter) (1965) Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe(Hindi: Khāmosh! Adālat Jāri Hai) (Silence! The Court is in Session) (1967) Ajgar Ani Gandharwa (A Boa Constrictor and "Gandharwa") Sakharam Binder (Sakhārām, the Book-Binder) (1972) Kamalā ("Kamala") (1981) Mādi [in Hindi] Kanyādān (Giving Away of a Daughter in Marriage) (1983) Anji Dāmbadwichā Mukābalā (Encounter in Umbugland) Ashi Pākhare Yeti (Hindi: Panchi Aise Aate Hain) (Thus Arrive the Birds) Kutte Safar/Cyclewallah (The Cyclist) (1991) The Masseur (2001) Pāhije Jātiche (It Has to Be in One's Blood) Jāt Hi Poochho Sādhu Ki (Ask a Fakir's Lineage) Mājhi Bahin (My Sister) Jhālā Ananta Hanumanta ("Infinite" Turned "Hanumanta") Footpāyrichā Samrāt (Sidewalk Emperor) Mitrāchi Goshta (A Friend's Story) (2001) Anand Owari [A play based on a novel by D. B. Mokashi] Bhāu MurārRāo Bhalyākākā Mee Jinkalo Mee Haralo (I won, I Lost) His Fifth Woman [in English] (2004) Bebi Mita ki kahani "(Mita's Story) Papa kho gaye Musicals Ghashiram Kotwal (Ghashiram, the Constable) (1972) Translations Mohan Rakesh's Adhe Adhure (originally in Hindi) Girish Karnad's Tughlaq (originally in Kannada) Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd. . Tennessee Williams' A