Satish Alekar is a Marathi playwright, actor, and theatre director. A founding member of the Theatre Academy of Pune, he is best known for his plays Mahanirvan, Mahapoor, Atirekee, Pidhijat, Mickey ani Memsahib, and Begum Barve, all of which he also directed for the Academy. Shanta Gokhale is an Indian writer, translator, journalist, and theater critic. She is best known for her works Rita Welinkar and Tya Varshi.