Popular classical singer and actor Mukund Marathe will be honoured with the prestigious Balgandharva Award. The award which has been instituted by Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Natyaparishad, will be presented by the chief Minister of Maharashtra Mr. Prithviraj Chavan.

Son of Pandit Ram Marathe (who also bagged the same award in 1975) Mr. Mukund has contributed to Marathi stage with about a dozen of classical music based plays for the past several years. His new play ‘Jai Jai Gaurishankar’ will be staged shortly, in which he will play Lord. Shankara. Incidentally, the family shares double happiness, with the selection of his daughter Swarangi Marathe for the Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande