Abhijit Gholap, producer of ‘Deool’ had an occasion to celebrate. His film had won National award on debut. The Software professional turned producer had already committed that he would produce three Marathi films. Now, after winning the national award for ‘Deool’, he is busy finalizing casting for his next film, which is also based on village backdrop. So far, he has decided on two actors, namely Ashok Saraf and Subodh Bhave. The remaining cast will be finalized soon.

But, Friday evening at Hotel Sun N Sand, was for his team of ‘Deool’. Right from leading artistes of the film to the technicians, all were present excluding Nana Patekar. They were all felicitated one by one with a memento at the hands of Maharashtra Cultural Minister Mr. Sanjay Deotale, who was the chief guest on this occasion. Initially, Mr. Abhijit Gholap invited two stalwarts of the film Umesh Kulkarni and Girish Kulkarni. Speaking about his involvement in this film, Girish became emotional and narrated his past experience with theatre. He thanked all his old colleagues, for all that he had achieved today. Mr. Sanjay Deotale appreciated the success of this film at the national level .

Mr. Naseeruddin Shah, in his short but sweet speech praised the entire cast of the film and thanked Mr. Abhijit Gholap for producing such a wonderful film. Many prominent personalities from Marathi film industry were present, including the grand old lady of films- Sulochana Didi. Mr. Gholap personally went towards her seat to felicitate her. Among other celebrities, presence of Ashutosh Gowarikar, Mahesh Manjrekar, Renuka Shahane with hubby- Ashutosh, Neena Kulkarni, Bharati Achrekar, Sonali Kulkarni with Nachiket, Jyoti Subhash, Amruta Subhash, Megha Dhade, Smita Tambe, Usha Nadkarni, Sandeep Kulkarni was something special. They were all felicitated by Mr. Gholap.

In short, it was a grand function and for Abhijit Gholap, it was grand day, as rightly mentioned by the director it was a day to celebrate Sachin Tendulkar’s century of centuries. Spruha Joshi anchored the show.