He wrote such plays as Final Solutions,[1] Dance Like a Man, Bravely Fought the Queen, On a Muggy Night in Mumbai, Tara, Thirty Days in September [2][3] and The Big Fat City.
[4] His plays have been directed by eminent directors like Arvind Gaur, Alyque Padamsee and Lillete Dubey.
Dattani makes a bold move when he chooses to address the issues concerning gender discrimination.
He was also influenced by Gujarati playwright Madhu Rye's Kumarni Agashi and developed an interest in play writing.
G Baskaran, ed., Girish Karnad and Mahesh Dattani: Methods and Motives, Yking Books, Jaipur, 2012.