Datta Walvekar

Dr. Datta Walvekar (Marathi: दत्ता वाळवेकर) (30 March 1928 in Belgaum, India – 16 March 2010 in Pune) was an Indian Marathi singer and music director. Popularly known as 'Master Datta' in the decade of the 1950s. These programs used to be staged in the big gatherings named "Melas". Walvekar came to Karad at the age of 6, in 1944. There he started acting in Marathi Plays, also started singing at the age of 14, in gatherings of social, cultural platforms of Melas. Walvekar started his career as a singer, by imitating his idol, Gajanan Watve, in the year 1948.