Vishwas patil, recipient of the 1992 Sahitya Akadami Award for 'Jhadajhadati' (Digre for Dammed the English translation published by Hachette) , is a prominent novelist and playwright in Marathi. Mr. Patil’s other social novels like ‘Lust for Lalbug’ and his recent famous novel ‘Nagkeshar’ have mesmerized readers in various languages. His historical novels like ‘Sambhaji’ and ‘Panipat’ have a huge mass appeal. 'Panipat' is being published by Westland eka in English by November 2019. Famous novel ‘Mahanayak’ is a political and personal drama that records the the life of Subhash Chandra Bose and his great deeds in Burma campaign in World War II. 'Mahanayak' has been translated in fourteen Indian and foreign languages. Recently ‘Mahanayak’ got published by Westland – eka that is hitting stands everywhere.