All roads led to Shiv Samartha Ground, Thane on 3oth and 31st January 2010, as popular Marathi movie and TV serial stars showed their physical presence at the ‘Mahakhadhyay Jatra’ organized by Mee Marathi channel’s popular Kitchen recipe programme ‘Lajjatdar’. When MMW representative paid a visit to this event on 31st evening, he witnessed a variety of recipes offered by over 60 food stalls at the venue. The presence of popular marathi stars only added special flavour to this biggest ever food fair in this growing township of Maharashtra.

There were exhibits of variety of farm fresh fruits and vegetables but the mouth watering recipes offered in veg and non-veg invited the attention of food loving people. There were entertainment programmes and sports events on the spot, to entertain the visitors. What surprised everyone when popular stage/TV and film actor Vinay Apte was spotted selling the coupons at the cash counter with keen interest. It was really a fine gesture on his part to promote such an event. Atul Parchure was busy interviewing the special guests selected by the hosts. He too was comfortable. But, the star attraction of the event was Sai Ranade, popular TV artiste, who also plays celebrity host for the popular ‘Lajjatdar’ kitchen recipe show on Mee Marathi channel. Sai , was in-charge of presenting the variety entertainment programme and she did her job very well.

The event was a big success, especially with the presence of many other popular stars from Marathi entertainment industry. The event concluded with announcement of prizes to the best recipes.