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Filmmaker · India

P. K. Atre

Died in 1969

Pralhad Keshav Atre was born on 13 August 1898 near Saswad, in the district of Pune. A graduate, a schoolteacher and then a headmaster, with a diploma in education from the University of London in 1928, he wrote Marathi textbooks that remained in use for a long time. A humorist, playwright, poet and orator, he founded several newspapers, including the daily Maratha, was one of the leaders of the movement for a united Maharashtra, sat in the State assembly from 1962, produced and directed films, and died in Bombay on 13 June 1969.

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