UPYOJIT SAMIKSHA : LAKSHANE ANI PADTALANI IS A COLLECTION OF CRITICAL ARTICLES WRITTEN BY A. V. KULKARNI. IN THE PREFACE OF THIS BOOK HE HAS DISCUSSED PLANNED CRITICISM WITH ITS DEFINITION AND EXAMPLES. THE SUMMARY OF CRITISISM ABOUT GANGADHAR GADGIL’S LITERATURE INCLUDED IN THIS COLLECTION. CRITISISING FAMOUS PLAYS, HE TOUCH THE ENDS LIKE GADKARI AND TENDULKAR. IN THE NOVEL SEGMENT, HE ANALYSE THE NOVELS OF DIFFERENT FORMS. FOR EXAMPLE, `ZOMBI` (DR. ANAND YADAV), `SHAPIT` (ARUN SADHU) ETC. IN THE SECTION OF STORY HE HAS INTERPRETED THE STORY ‘SATARAVE VARSH’ WRITTEN BY P.B. BHAVE. DISCUSSING ABOUT ARTISTIC ESSAYS, HE TAKES A DETAIL REVIEW OF ‘SAY’ WHICH IS WRITTEN BY V. S. PARGAONKAR. HE ALSO CRITISISE DEEPLY THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SUNITA DESHPANDE ‘AHE MANOHAR TARI.’ IN THE ARTICLE ‘VINDA KARANDIKARANCHI GAZALRACHANA’ HE HIGHLIGHTS THE GAZAL ACCORDING TO PRESENTATION. HE MENTION THE CHARACTERISTICKS OF KESHAVKUMAR’S POETS IN ARTICLE ‘KESHAVKUMARANCHE KAWYLEKHAN.’ IN ALL, THIS COLLECTION IS USEFUL FOR STUDENTS OF LITERATURE AND ALSO READABLE FOR GENERAL READERS.