the sobriquet Paaniwali Bai (water lady) for her effort to bring drinking water supply to Goregaon, a North Mumbai suburb. Bhalachandra Vaidya (1928–2018) – Known as "Bhai" Vaidya (Bhai means Brother in Hindi) was Mayor of Pune city, freedom fighter and reformer who went to jail 28 times fighting for the cause of Dalits, farmers and backward classes. He was known for his honesty and non-corrupt attitude. Bhalchandra Gopal Deshmukh (1929–2011), ex-cabinet secretary of India and author of several books Nutan (1936–1991), she holds the record of five wins of the Best Actress award at Filmfare, which was held only by her for over 30 years until it was matched by her niece Kajol Mukherjee in 2011. Tanuja She established herself as the most popular and commercially successful Indian actress. Tanuja is the mother of famous actresses, Kajol and Tanisha. Shashikumar Madhusudan Chitre (1936–2021) - Indian astrophysicist and mathematician. Best known for his work on solar physics and gravitational lensing. He is awarded by Padma Bhushan in 2012. Shrinivas Khale ( 1926–2011) - Padma Bhushan awardee, music composer in five languages Marathi, Hindi, Sanskrit, Bengali and Gujarati Dilip Purushottam Chitre (1938–2009) - Well known Marathi-English writer and poet, recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award. Vijay Karnik Indian Armed forces Kiran Karnik Indian administration Samir Karnik Indian film director, producer and screenwriter Subodh Karnik American executive and former CEO of the ATA Airlines Gauri Karnik Indian actress Madhu Mangesh Karnik Indian literary activist Ganesh Karnik Indian politician; Member of Legislative Council at Karnataka Legislative Council Sadashiva S. Karnik professor of molecular medicine at Case Western Reserve University Capt. Ramkrishna Gangadhar Karnik MBE, Indian Merchant Navy circa 1942 Mumbai-Singapore. For Valiant Ship Escapade was awarded MBE References Notes Citations Prabhu Communities of Maharashtra Kayastha Social groups of Maharashtra Ethnoreligious groups in Asia Marathi people