Baburao Mistry – Wrote his own screenplays; first Indian filmmaker to adopt the method of "Stenographic", the method Satyajit Ray adopted for Pather Panchali[citation needed]
Dadasaheb Phalke – directed the first Indian feature film, the "father of Indian cinema"; directed 95 movies and 26 short films in a span of 19 years[3][4][5]
Dadasaheb Torne- made first Indian film named Shree Pundlik in the year 1912
Deepak Kadam – Director of various Video Albums, Ad films, TV serials & Marathi Feature Films. His upcoming movie WAAKYA has been chosen from 280 films from 35 country for navi
Mumbai international film festival-2014[6][7]
Dinkar D patil – had an illustrious career as a filmmaker for almost five decades; introduced Marathi
Lavani folk dance in his films
Atul Kulkarni – Bollywood actor; theatre artist; acted in several Marathi, Hindi, and Kannada films; nominated for Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Actor for Marathi film Natarang
Bhanu Athaiya – costume designer, recipient of Oscar for her work on the movie Gandhi
Lata Mangeshkar – one of the most prominent female playback artists of Indian cinema; music composer; first Indian singer to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for having made most recordings in the world (1974–1991)
Pralhad Anant Dhond – later a teacher; in 1958 became the Dean of Sir. J. J. School of Art
Ram V. Sutar – sculptor; his first work of note was the 45 feet Chambal monument at the Gandhi Sagar Dam, in Madhya Pradesh; received
Padmashri in 1999
Sambhaji Kadam – painter; also studied musicology, especially the "Shruti" intervals or the micro-tonic intervals in Indian music
Datto Vaman Potdar – due to vast knowledge he was called as Dr. Johnson of
Maharashtra or a living encyclopaedia; the Government of India honoured Potdar with the title Mahamahopadhyaya (महामहोपाध्याय) in 1946, and Padma bhushan in 1967
Shridhar Venkatesh Ketkar – His doctoral thesis was later published as The History of Caste in India (volume 1), which determines the date of Manusmriti
Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi – For his vital contribution to the Indian history he was honoured with the title Mahamahopadhyaya (महामहोपाध्याय) by the British Indian Government in 1941. He was also awarded Padmabhushan in 1975 by the President of India.
Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade – He was considered to be the first in real sense to undertake an immense research of Maratha history
Vishwas Patil – "Panipatkar", recipient of Bhartiya Parishad Award, Gadkari Award & several other prestigious awards
Vithal Krishnaji Khedkar – Was one of the founders of
Prarthana Samaj in Bombay & original author of a book later published The Divine Heritage of the Yadavas
Baburao Mistry – Wrote his own screenplays; first Indian filmmaker to adopt the method of "Stenographic", the method Satyajit Ray adopted for Pather Panchali[citation needed]
Dadasaheb Phalke – directed the first Indian feature film, the "father of Indian cinema"; directed 95 movies and 26 short films in a span of 19 years[3][4][5]
Dadasaheb Torne- made first Indian film named Shree Pundlik in the year 1912
Deepak Kadam – Director of various Video Albums, Ad films, TV serials & Marathi Feature Films. His upcoming movie WAAKYA has been chosen from 280 films from 35 country for navi
Mumbai international film festival-2014[6][7]
Dinkar D patil – had an illustrious career as a filmmaker for almost five decades; introduced Marathi
Lavani folk dance in his films
Atul Kulkarni – Bollywood actor; theatre artist; acted in several Marathi, Hindi, and Kannada films; nominated for Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Actor for Marathi film Natarang
Bhanu Athaiya – costume designer, recipient of Oscar for her work on the movie Gandhi
Lata Mangeshkar – one of the most prominent female playback artists of Indian cinema; music composer; first Indian singer to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for having made most recordings in the world (1974–1991)
Pralhad Anant Dhond – later a teacher; in 1958 became the Dean of Sir. J. J. School of Art
Ram V. Sutar – sculptor; his first work of note was the 45 feet Chambal monument at the Gandhi Sagar Dam, in Madhya Pradesh; received
Padmashri in 1999
Sambhaji Kadam – painter; also studied musicology, especially the "Shruti" intervals or the micro-tonic intervals in Indian music
Datto Vaman Potdar – due to vast knowledge he was called as Dr. Johnson of
Maharashtra or a living encyclopaedia; the Government of India honoured Potdar with the title Mahamahopadhyaya (महामहोपाध्याय) in 1946, and Padma bhushan in 1967
Shridhar Venkatesh Ketkar – His doctoral thesis was later published as The History of Caste in India (volume 1), which determines the date of Manusmriti
Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi – For his vital contribution to the Indian history he was honoured with the title Mahamahopadhyaya (महामहोपाध्याय) by the British Indian Government in 1941. He was also awarded Padmabhushan in 1975 by the President of India.
Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade – He was considered to be the first in real sense to undertake an immense research of Maratha history
Vishwas Patil – "Panipatkar", recipient of Bhartiya Parishad Award, Gadkari Award & several other prestigious awards
Vithal Krishnaji Khedkar – Was one of the founders of
Prarthana Samaj in Bombay & original author of a book later published The Divine Heritage of the Yadavas