Manohar Gajanan Joshi was an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra, who served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999, and Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2002 to 2004. He was one of the prominent leaders of the Shiv Sena, and also one of the Indians to be elected to all of the four legislatures.
Shirish Pai was a social worker and a writer from Maharashtra, India. She had written in Marathi and English, primarily the former.
Pudhari is a popular Marathi daily, printed in three centres and distributed in Maharashtra, Goa and North Karnataka. It is the leader in Kolhapur and Western Maharashtra and the third-largest Marathi newspaper daily in the entire state of Maharashtra. Alongside Satyawadi, it is one of the two oldest surviving newspapers in the state.
Shaikh Shamim Ahmed was an Indian politician and social worker. In 1980, he was elected as an MLA from the Mumbai Chinchpokli Constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate.
Girija Keer was an Indian Marathi language writer from Maharashtra state. She started her career as a school teacher in a village. Keer had written around 115 books in Marathi Language in the fields of novels, short stories, travelogues, and literature for children.
Sulochana Mahadev Kadam, better known as Sulochana Chavan, was an Indian singer who was known for her lavanis in Marathi.
Sulabha Deshpande was an Indian actress and theatre director. Apart from Marathi theatre and Hindi theatre in Mumbai, she acted in over 73 mainstream Bollywood films. She also performed in art house cinema such as Bhumika (1977), Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan (1978), and Gaman (1978) as a character actor, along with numerous TV series and plays. A leading figure in the experimental theatre movement of the 1960s, she was associated with Rangayan, and personalities like Vijay Tendulkar, Vijaya Mehta, and Satyadev Dubey. In 1971, she co-founded the theatre group Awishkar with her husband Arvind Deshpande, and also started its children's wing, Chandrashala, which continues to perform professional children's theatre. In later years, she acted in serials such as Jee Ley Zara, Ek Packet Umeed, Asmita and in films such as English Vinglish (2012).
Nikhil Wagle is an Indian journalist, columnist and author from Maharashtra.
Bhalchandra Pendharkar was a Marathi stage actor, singer and drama producer.
Shubhangi Joshi was an Indian theatre and television actress.
Suwalal Chhaganmal Bafna was an Indian politician, industrialist and social worker. He was President of Dhule District's Indian National Congress committee for 10 years. He was presented with Padma Shri, India's 4th highest civilian award for his social work in 2006. He had retired from active politics for about 15 years before his death from natural causes in 2018.
Muzaffer Hussain was an Indian writer, journalist and columnist. He was born in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh and later moved to Mumbai in his youth for earning livelihood. He wrote columns in various newspapers and magazines in Hindi and Urdu. For over 12 years he published under the column Padsaad in the Marathi newspaper Saamana along with few articles in Hindi version as well. He was noted to be nationalist and pro-Hindutva and wrote critical about various Islamic traditions like triple talaak. In 2002, he was presented with Padma Shri, India's 4th highest civilian honour. In 2014, the Government of Maharashtra honoured his lifelong contributions with Lokamanya Tilak Jeevan Gaurav Award.
Bashir Kamruddin Momin, popularly known by his pen name, Momin Kavathekar, also known as 'Lokshahir B. K. Momin Kavathekar', was a popular Marathi language poet and writer who promoted sanitation, literacy, and social reforms through his literatures. His work involved raising public awareness to tackle issues like dowry system, female foeticide, alcohol addiction and blind following of superstitions.Many of his devotional songs adore the Hindu God & Goddess. He was closely associated with Maharashtra's traditional form of theatre Tamasha for almost 50 years; supporting the various Tamasha troupes by providing them with folk songs like 'Lavani', 'Gan Gavalan', 'Bhedic' and short plays called 'Vaga-Natya'.For his contribution to the field of folk art, literature and culture, he was awarded the 'Vithabai Narayangavkar Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar' by the Government of Maharashtra in 2018.
Ramkrishna Jagannath Patil, popularly known as Ramkrishna Baba was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Indian National Congress political party from Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
Ilahi Jamadar was an Indian Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India. He was known for blending Urdu and Marathi verses in his ghazals.
Majhi Tujhi Reshimgath is an Indian Marathi language television series which aired on Zee Marathi. It premiered from 23 August 2021 by replacing Aggabai Sunbai. It is directed by Ajay Mayekar and written by Sankarshan Karhade under the banner of Creative Minds Production. It starred Prarthana Behere, Myra Vaikul and Shreyas Talpade in lead roles.
Prema Kiran was an Indian film actress and producer who mainly works in Marathi cinema. Prema Kiran was known for role Ambakka in 1985 Marathi language film Dhoom Dhadaka, She also works in De Danadan (1987), Utavala Navra (1989), Madness (2001), Arjun Deva (2001), Kunku Jhale Vairi (2005). In the last few years Prema appeared on Zee Marathi Channel's program He Tar Kahich Nay.
Suryakant Lavande was an Indian cinematographer who worked primarily in Marathi cinema, occasionally in Hindi and Gujarati cinema. He received the V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award from Government of Maharashtra for his work in cinematography.
