Aamir Khan & Nagraj Manjule to attend 700th show of Marathi play
Marathi play ‘Shivaji Underground in Bhimnagar Mohalla‘ which was first staged in 2018 has won many popular awards besides audience appreciation, will be staging its 700th show on 21st May 2018 at Yashwant Natya Mandir, Matunga, Mumbai. Highlight of this show is that two big names from film industry, namely Aamir Khan and Nagraj Manjule will guests of honour for this show.
This play is written by Rajkumar Tangade and is directed by Nandu Madhav . The play voices against those who use the name of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj for their political gains. This special show has been arranged by Saraa Entertainment, Rangmalaa & Vidrohi Shahiri Jalsa together. The theme of this play, lyrics and music has been arranged by Shahir Sambhaji Bhagat and the artistes of this play are, Kailash Waghmare, Meenakshi Rathod, Sambhaji Tangade, Pravin Dalimbkar, Ashwni Bhalekar, Madhukar Bidve,Raju Sawant & Shravani Tangade.
New TV show ‘Toofan Aalaya’ to fight drought situation
Fighting draught situation has always been a big challenge before the Government & administration, especially at some villages in Maharashtra. But, today more and more experts are coming forward through the efforts of NGO’s to fight this grave situation. PAANI Foundation is one of them, founded by actor Aamir Khan and his wife Kiran along with Satyajit Bhatkal & Dr. Avinash Pol to tackle this situation with their Water Cup project. Maharashtra Government also came forward with their support, when last year a competition was organized in three Talukas of Maharashtra,covering 116 villages.
Now, from 8 April every Saturday at 9.30 pm, Zee Marathi will present a show to cover this competition , involving many Marathi celebrities in pairs , who will lead some of the regions. Prominent among them are, Girish Kulkarni & Pratiksha Lonkar, Sunil Barve & Sai Tamhankar,Bharat Ganeshpure & Anita Date. The show will be anchored by Jitendra Joshi and will run for eight weeks, offering prizes of Rs.50 Lakhs, 30 Lakhs & 20 Lakhs respectively.