 Subba Rao), Basavaraj Kattimani and Anupama Niranjana wrote novels that belonged to the "Pragatishila" genre.Not known to follow the beaten track, Anakru penned three novels, "Nagna Sathya", "Shani Santaana" and "Sanje Gaththalu", with themes dwelling on the topic of prostitution for which he was criticized for depicting vulgarity in these novels.To defend his theme, Anakru wrote in his work "Sahitya mattu kama prachodane" ("Literature and the propagation of lust")