- Mahesh Dattani is an Indian playwright, screenwriter, and director who has written and produced several critically acclaimed plays and films. - He was the first playwright in English to receive the Sahitya Akademi Award, India's highest literary honor, which he won in 1998 for his play Final Solutions. - Final Solutions explores religious tensions and communal violence in India through the lens of characters who take refuge in a house during Hindu-Muslim riots following the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992. It examines themes of prejudice, minority struggles, and clashes between traditions and modern values.