Sad that you have not heard of anyone called Sant Dnyaneshwar, Tukaram, Sant Ramdas, Kusumagraj, P L Deshpande, and several others. Talking of culture, some other names also seem to have been otside the purview of your cultured and learned mind, such as Dadasaheb Phalke, Lata Mangeshkar, V Shantaram, C Ramchandra, etc. You also seem to have forgotten that a lot of the intellectual drive behind the political thought process of the nation - of varied dimensions and facets - was provided by people like Tilak, Agarkar, Gokhale, Ranade, Phule, Ambedkar, Savarkar, etc.
And talking of Dada Kondke and his double meaning dialogues, it is sad that a pervert like you saw only that in his movies - go see them again and you will notice some other values enshrined in those movies.