abb ali y u ▁Ne en ade ▁Mag ane , ▁Mat ad ana ▁and ▁N ay i ▁N eral u ▁were ▁made ▁into ▁films ▁that ▁received ▁critical ▁acc laim . ▁ ▁V am sh av ru k sha ▁has ▁received ▁the ▁K ann ada ▁Sah ity a ▁Academy ▁Award ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁and ▁Da atu ▁( C ross ing ▁Over ) ▁received ▁both ▁the ▁K ann ada ▁and ▁the ▁K endra ▁Sah ity a ▁Academy ▁awards ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 . ▁Par va , ▁the ▁most ▁crit ically ▁acc laimed ▁of ▁all ▁his ▁nov els ▁narr ates ▁the ▁social ▁structure , ▁values ▁and ▁mort ality ▁in ▁the ▁ep ic ▁of ▁Mah ab har ata ▁very ▁effectively . ▁B hy ra ppa ▁re construct s ▁the ▁Mah ab har ath a ▁from ▁soci ological ▁and ▁anth rop ological ▁angle , ▁through ▁met aph ors ▁in ▁this ▁novel . ▁ ▁Popular ity ▁ ▁Many ▁of ▁B hy ra ppa ' s ▁nov els ▁have ▁been ▁translated ▁into ▁other ▁Indian ▁languages ▁and ▁English . ▁B hy ra ppa ▁has ▁been ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁best - s elling ▁authors ▁in ▁K ann ada ▁for ▁the ▁past ▁twenty - five ▁years , ▁and ▁transl ations ▁of ▁his ▁books ▁have ▁been ▁best ▁sell ers ▁for ▁the ▁past ▁eight ▁years ▁in ▁Mar ath i ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁past ▁five ▁years ▁in ▁H indi . ▁ ▁Most ▁of ▁his ▁nov els ▁have ▁been ▁repr int ed ▁several ▁times . ▁His ▁recently ▁printed ▁novel ▁A av ar