Tag Archives: Ajit Dandekar

Shri Sai Baba returns to Marathi television after 20 years

Marathi Serial Saibaba. Actor Abhijeet Pawar
Marathi Serial Saibaba. Actor Abhijeet Pawar

Renowned Saint from Maharashtra Sant Shri Sai baba has large number of followers across the world. Some call him Baba , some call him Sai while for others he is Sainath. We had seen a serial on Saibaba on Marathi television 20 years ago. Now, a new Marathi serial on Saibaba returns to Marathi television on Fakta Marathi channel and will go on air from 15th March 2021 from 8 pm onwards. The serial is titled ‘Saibaba – Shraddha Aani Saburi’. Making this announcement Fakt Marathi Channel Business Head Shyam Malekar said that their channel has always paid attention on quality subjects and therefore felt that for 20 long years there has been no serial on Saibaba and therefore their serial will be something special.

Actor Abhijeet Pawar as Saibaba in Marathi Serial 'Sai Baba - Shraddha ani Saburi'
Actor Abhijeet Pawar as Saibaba in Marathi Serial ‘Sai Baba – Shraddha ani Saburi’

This serial will present some unknown facts in the life of Shri Saibaba especially during the period 1856 to 1918. The highlight of this serial is recreating Shirdi during this period, by well Known art director Ajit Dandekar, who is also producer of this serial. The research and direction of this serial is by Prasad Shrikant Thosar, while the most important title role is played by Abhijit Pawar.  Along with him are other important artistes like Deepti Bhagwat, Omkar Karve, Anjali Dilip, Ved Ambre, Dnyanesh Wadekar, Nandini Vaidya, Dinesh Kanade, Sandeep Redkar, Baban Joshi, Nilesh Mane, Pratik Angane, Prasad Raorane and Astad Kale