Mangesh Vitthal Rajadhyaksha (7 June 1913 – 19 April 2010) was a Marathi writer and critic.
He studied at Elphinstone College in Mumbai, where he won the prestigious Wordsworth Prize for the best student in English literature.
He was closely involved with Abhiruchi, a Marathi literary journal that was the launching pad for some of the greatest writers in the post-independence era.
Panch Kavi, (पाच कवी) a selection of the works of five poets who represented the new and modern in poetry at the turn of the 19th century, became a literary classic.
His preface to the volume remains one of the most lucidly argued pieces of literary criticism.