Datta Raghunath Kavthekar

Dattatreya Raghunath Kavthekar (1901 – 1979) was a Marathi novelist from Maharashtra, India.

Biography

He was born in 1901 in Wai,[1] Bombay Presidency. He lost both of his parents at an early age. After his high school education, he joined the Indian Army then under the British Raj. He was a World War I veteran.

For some time, Nagpur University had included study of Kavthekar's fictions in its Master of Arts curriculum.

He became closely associated with the Marathi film industry.[2]

Works

  • Ūmaḍalelyā Bhāvanā (1937)
  • Ujeḍāntīla Andhār (1937)
  • Nādanīnāda (1939)
  • Gulābācyā Pākaḷayā (1940)
  • Cāndaṇyāntīla Sāvalyā (1940)
  • Apurā Ḍāva (1941)
  • Reśamācyā Gāṭhī (1942)
  • Śālan (1943)
  • Mandā (1943)
  • Āpulakīcī Jhaḷ (1962)
  • Vāṭa Pāhatã Locana (1965)
  • Ābhāḷācī Sā̃valī (1967)
  • Ruperī Kaḍā (1968)
  • Malā Sobat Havīya -Phakta Sobat! (1973)
  • Svapna Vegī Sare (1974)
  • Mandā Mhaṇajeca Andha Andhārī Baisale (1978)
  • Vikhuralele Prem

Movies based on Kavthekar's novels

  • Shubhamangal (1954)
  • Kunkwacha Karanda (1971)
  • Apura Dav
  • Reshmachya Gathi

References

  1. ^ Menon, Rekha (1963). Cultural Profiles: Banaras. Allahabad. Lucknow. Bangalore. Mysore. Bombay. Poona. Inter-National Cultural Centre.
  2. ^ Gokulsing, K.; Dissanayake, Wimal (17 April 2013). Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-77291-7.
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