Career
Shirvalkar wrote Social Novels, Detective Stories, Short Stories, One Acting Play, Newspaper Columns, Poems et cetera He authored more than 300 books including his well-known book "Duniyadari". Known for his detective-thrillers, he had also authored "Roopmati", a novel with a historical background, besides short stories, one-act plays.
Duniyadari, a novel tracing the world of college-goers, was regarded a milestone in his writings.
The creator of characters like "Barrister Amar Vishwas, Firoz Irani, Mandar Patwardhan and Dara Buland " in his popular detective thrillers, he also managed to handle topics like medicine and astrology in great detail in his writings. His newspaper columns including "Ityadi-Ityadi, Vartulatim Mansa and Phalashruti" were well received by readers.
He died of cardiac arrest in Mumbai.
