Conservative sections of Maharashtrian Society were stunned by the open display of illicit sexual relations and scenes of violence that constituted the plot. The play depicts the inborn violence, selfishness, sensuality and wickedness of human. The play The Vultures stands distinct from the other plays of Tendulkar because it ruthlessly dissects the human nature. After the first production of this play.US27. The play The Vultures (1971), originally written in Marathi as Gidhade, is intensely gloomy in the portrayal of its characters and action. There ensued a long war with the censors who condemned the play as obscene and in bad taste. It shocked the conservative sections of Marathi people with its naturalistic displays of cupidity, sex and violence. It was with the production and publication of Gidhade that Tendulkar's name became associated with sensationalism, sex and violence. After the first production of this play, Girish karnad wrote that the staging of Gidhade could be compared to the blasting of a bomb in an otherwise complacent market place. It shocked the conservative sections of Marathi people with its naturalistic displays of cupidity, sex and violence. The play is as special of Tendulkars plays as it fully presents so many contrasting evils work. The Vultures (Gidhade) was actually written 14 years before it was produced (1970) and published (1971). The Vultures depicts several evil traits in human nature.
