Sakharam Binder

One of Vijay Tendulkar's most controversial plays, Sakharam binder was first staged in 1974. It tells the story of the book binder Sakharam who takes home a series of women after they have been thrown out of their homes by their respective husbands. In return for providing shelter , Sakharam exploits the women by getting them to perform household tasks and occasionally, for sexual favors. How these different women affected Sakharam as a person and how with these characters writer is showing the dark side of the society is the core of the play. What follows is a succession of unexpected events which culminate into a dramatic end.