About Datta Raghunath Kavthekar
Lived 1901 – 1979 (aged 77–78). Datta Raghunath Kavthekar was an Indian writer.
Dattatreya Raghunath Kavthekar (1901 – 1979) was a Marathi novelist from Maharashtra, India.
Biography He was born in 1901 in Wai, 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.
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
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