Zulwa is a book written by Uttam Bandu Tupe in 1986.
The book Zulwa was adapted into a play written by Chetan Datar for Marathi theatre. The play was an adaptation of the novel by Uttam Bandu Tupe, who spent two years in a colony of jogtis to research the novel.
The story is about a young Devadasi girl who does not want to continue the family's tradition of Zulva. Zulva is a ritual whereby a man keeps a jogti as his mistress.