Subhash Awchat

[1] Awchat wrote the novel Madam in memory of Smita Patil,[2] a collection of short stories, and a book of essays.

His book Studio was collated from diaries that Awchat wrote over a period of 20 years.

I have tried to explore the need for an artist to step out of the immediate urban microcosm, and into the rural India."

Awchat started off as a graphic designer but left the world of advertising to take up painting.

Subhash Awachat acted in the award winning Marathi film 22 June 1897 (1979).