Kersy Katrak (1936–2008) was an Indian

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advertising personality and

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of the 1970s. He revolutionized Indian advertising, great leeway to creatives, and managed to attract an enormous talent pool including

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, Sudarshan Dheer, Veeru Hiremath, Ravi Gupta, Panna Jain, Arun Kale, Anil Kapoor, Mohammed Khan,

Arun Kolatkar Arun Balkrishna Kolatkar (Marathi: अरुण बालकृष्ण कोलटकर) (1 November 1932 – 25 September 2004) was an Indian poet who wrote in both Marathi and English. His poems found humour in everyday matters. Kolatkar i ...

, Arun Nanda, Sunder Kaula and

Kiran Nagarkar Kiran Nagarkar (2 April 1942 – 5 September 2019) was an Indian novelist, playwright and screenwriter. A noted drama and film critic, he was one of the most significant writers of post-colonial India. Sanga, p. 177 Amongst his notable works a ...

. He wrote two collections of verse, ''A Journal of the Way'' and ''Diversions by the Wayside'', in 1969, and was anthologized in several collections.

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