painter in fact to be honest when i first saw his works i thought he was tackling some psychological problems through them a link between artistic genius on the one hand and schizophrenia and manic depression on the other is widely discussed and another link between savant syndrome and autism is well defined in the films such as the rainmaker 1997 one of the conditions that many affected people have is restrictive and repetitive behaviours and interests rrbi but a child who could for hours watch his own hands happily spinning coins or watch drops of water fall from his fingers could just as easily be a connoisseur spotting the minute differences between events that others regard as pure repetitions researchers suggest that secret of becoming savant is hypersystematising and hyper attention to detail sanjeev khandekar is a visual artist poet and writerdilip chitre wellknown poet writer and critic is showing his works on paper at pundole art gallery mumbai the show opened up on may 25 a special book containing his paintings and selected poems also was published on the same day