Editing Purushottam Laxman Deshpande (section)

==Bibliography==
{{Main|Purushottam Laxman Deshpande bibliography}}
Most of Deshpande's literary contributions are in the Marathi language.<ref name="pld-kala-bio" /> Although he wrote across several genres, he was particularly well known for his works of humor. He also adapted prominent works from other languages into screenplays - scripts - for films in the [[Marathi language|Marathi]]. Prominent examples include:
* The 1952 film अंमलदार (Ammaldar), based on [[Nikolai Gogol]]'s ''[[The Government Inspector|Inspector General]]'',
* The 1962 book काय वाट्टेल ते होईल (Kay Wattel Te Hoeel), based on the translation of [[Helen Papashvily|Helen]] and [[George Papashvily]]'s script of ''[[Anything Can Happen]]'').
* Teen paishyacha tamasha based on [[The Threepenny Opera]] (Die Dreigroschenoper) by [[Bertolt Brecht]]
The Marathi book eka koliyane ( एका कोळीयानें ) is a translation ( भावानुवाद ) of earnest Hemingway's book old man and the sea.<ref name="BökerDetmers2006">{{cite book|author1=Uwe Böker|author2=Ines Detmers|author3=Anna-Christina Giovanopoulos|title=John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, 1728-2004: adaptations and re-writings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WAqR9D1WfysC&pg=PA7|year=2006|publisher=Rodopi|isbn=90-420-2113-6|pages=7, 26–27}}</ref>

He referred to his adaptations as भावानुवाद (''Bhawanuwad'' or paraphrasing) instead of as conventional "translation"s or "adaptation"s {{Citation needed|date=September 2017}}.