Vijay Tendulkar's ‘Chup! Adalat Cholche’ : A Reliable Document of Patriarchy/ বিজয় তেন্ডুলকরের ‘চুউপ! আদালত চলছে’ : পুরুষতন্ত্রের এক বিশ্বস্ত দলিল

Abstract

The renowned Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar has presented the inner voice of women¹ in the report of Bengali drama with great skill. A popular play by Vijay Tendulkar, written on the life story of a woman, is ‘Chup! Adalat Cholche’. The play in question establishes the issue of how women have been victims of patriarchy² for thousands of years, deprivation, disregard and gender discrimination.³ Leela Benare is a shining example of how difficult it is for a highly educated woman to maintain her selfhood, that is, her own identity, in a patriarchal society. Through Leela Benare, the playwright wants to say that patriarchy is pervasive in all levels of society, such as religion, culture, and morality, which has oppressed⁴ women. Along with this, playwright Vijay Tendulkar has also raised several questions about love, sexuality, marriage and moral values⁵ prevalent in society.