 Manilal's approach to biography was influenced by Thomas Carlyle's concept of hero-worship.The critic hailed "Sudarshan Gadyavali" as a "great treasure of essays in Gujarati literature", and cited Manilal as one of the best essayists of modern Gujarati literature.Another commentator, Mansukhlal Jhaveri, wrote that "Manilal emerges from the pages of the "Sudarshan Gadyavali" as a master of Gujarati prose".