Datta Raghunath Kavthekar

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)
• UjeḍāntÄ«la Andhār (1937)
• NādanÄ«nāda (1939)
• Gulābācyā Pākaḷayā (1940)
• CāndaṇyāntÄ«la Sāvalyā (1940)
• Apurā Ḍāva (1941)
• Reśamācyā GāṭhÄ« (1942)
• Śālan (1943)
• Mandā (1943)
• ĀpulakÄ«cÄ« Jhaḷ (1962)
• Vāṭa Pāhatã Locana (1965)
• ĀbhāḷācÄ« Sā̃valÄ« (1967)
• RuperÄ« Kaḍā (1968)
• Malā Sobat HavÄ«ya -Phakta Sobat! (1973)
• Svapna VegÄ« Sare (1974)
• Mandā Mhaṇajeca Andha AndhārÄ« Baisale (1978)
• Vikhuralele Prem

Movies based on Kavthekar's novels

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

References