Datta Raghunath Kavthekar

He was born in 1901^{[citation needed]} 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]

• 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

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