'Sant
Dyaneshwar'
was
directed
by
Vishnupant
Govind
Damle
and
Sheikh
Fattelal.
The
script
was
written
by
Shivram
Washikar.
It
was
produced
at
the
Prabhat
Film
Company
at
Pune
owned
by
V.
Shantaram,
a
notable
and
internationally
acclaimed
film
maker
of
India.
Sant
Dyaneshwar
was
the
film
that
received
international
recognition.
Sant
Dnyaneshwar
is
a
1940
film
about
the
life
of
Sant
Dnyaneshwar,
a
13th-century
Maharashtrian
Hindu
saint
(Sant
-
a
title
by
which
he
is
often
referred),
poet,
philosopher
and
yogi
of
the
Nath
tradition.
The
film
starring
Shahu
Modak,
Datta
Dharmadhikari,
Pandit
Tamhankar,
Shanta
Majumdar
and
Sumati
Gupte
was
one
of
most
revered
saints
of
Maharashtra.
He
wrote
religious
poetry
in
Marathi,
the
vernacular
language
of
Maharashtra,
which
had
mass
appeal.
It
touched
the
heart
strings
of
the
common
people,
particularly
those
who
were
downtrodden.
'Sant
Dyaneshwar'
still
remains
a
cult
film
in
the
history
of
Marathi
cinema
and
is
still
fondly
remembered
and
evoked
by
the
audiences.
Source:
Marathidhamaal