Bal Kudtarkar

Bal Kudtarkar is a radio personality from All India Radio, Mumbai. He was the Marathi voice that was most recognised on Mumbai Radio and was the voice enjoyed by millions from the 1940s through 1980s. His most famous radio creation was a show called "Punha Prapanch", a 15-minute radio show with three characters (Pant, Meena and Tekade) that covered local events and the toils of daily life, in a humorous way. The three characters were Pant (Bal Kudtarkar), Meena (late Neelam Prabhu) and Tekadde (late Prabhakar Joshi).

His granddaughter Aneesha Kudtarkar is currently a director in New York City. She is following in his footsteps and is getting her Master a in Fine Arts at Yale.