Savaniee Ravindrra ‘Vande Ganapatim’ song receives overwhelming response
Popular Marathi singer Savaniee Ravindrra who has rendered songs in other six languages besides Marathi, recently presented her ‘Vande Ganapatim’ song in Sanskrit, has received overwhelming response from music lovers. Savanee who has graduated with Sanskrit specialisation, was already looking for an opportunity to sing in Sanskrit language and her wish has been fulfilled through this song.
According to Savanee, this bandish which has Hindustani classical music touch was originally rendered by my mother’s Guru Veena Sahasrabudhe. “Since my childhood days, I have been attracted towards this composition of Pt. Kashinath Bodas. Now, my friend R.Sanjay has given this bandish a touch of Karnataki classical touch to present this lovely devotional song. I am glad that the music lovers have liked it.” says Savanee.
This song produced by Dr. Ashish Dhande and presented by Times Music Spirituals has been captured on camera by Shreyas Shinde, with Aditi Dravid adding flavour with her Bharat Natyam dance.
New Ganesh Aarti receives good responses
We are all aware that this year’s Ganeshotsav is different but at the same time a special one for many reasons. Moreover, this year’s Ganeshotsav is also being celebrated as a health festival. At the same time, we find that the Ganesha devotees have also given preference to the new form of Aarti, ‘Sukhakarta Dukhaharta’ produced by Pooja Entertainment and Presented on Sagarika Music. This New Ganesh Aarti has succeeded in capturing the attention of the audience.
This new form aarti is directed by Aditya Barve. Aditya and he’s gappa tappa band members Rishi and kedar have composed this aarti as a new experiment. This new form of Ganesh Aarti includes Medical staff, Police, Fire brigade, Cleaners as well as Journalists who performed their duties during the Pandemic. Famous artists like Kishori Shahane, Deepali Sayyed, Vijay Patkar, Gaurav Ghatnekar, Chirag Patil, Veena Jagtap, Dnyanada Ramtirthkar, Mugdha Paranjape, Angad Mhaskar, Vighnesh Joshi, Sandeep Juvatkar and Uday Nene have also participated in this new form Aarti.
‘Acappella Aradhana’ offering for Bappa from Swaroop and Vaishali
Though the celebrations during this Ganapati festival are a low key affair, the music and enthusiasm of devotees is the same from their respective homes. To double their happiness, Singers Swaroop Bhalwankar and Vaishali Samant have offered their music video ‘Acappella Aradhana’ in honour of Ganapati Bappa.
With the wordings ‘Kiti Kiti Anand Re… Jhala Bappa’ , this song has 85 different beats. The highlight of this music video is the beat of Dholak played orally. Singer Bhalwankar feels that with this offering through the song, he hopes the danger of Corona will be kept away. The video is presented by Swarshine Studio and Anera Entertainment productions . Written by Smita Kabra and Manvel Gaikwad the song has been composed on the music of Swaroop Bhalwankar and Umesh Raorane, while the other singers in this video along with Swaroop and Vaishali are, Smita Kabra, Sarisha Kabra and Vaishnavi Borulkar. The editing and direction is by Ajinkya Pathirkar & Gautam Ingale. The song can be viewed on youtube.com.
Now, Marathi film on ‘Khavale Maha Ganapati’
Limca Book of Records have already taken note of Khavale Maha Ganapati, as the oldest Ganapati idol in our country, having history of 314 years. Situated in Taramumbari village in Devgad Taluka, the village is known for natural beauty with a beautiful seashore.
Now, a Marathi film has been made on this Ganapati idol, suitably titled ‘Vighnaharta Maha Ganapati’. Produced by Suryakant Khavle and directed by Rajesh Chavan. The film stars Sameer Dharmadhikari, Priya Marathe, Alka Kubal Athalye, Tej Rane, Vijay Chavan, Sharad Ponkshe, Bharat Ganeshpure & Ashalata Wabgaonkar. Music by Chaitanya Adkar & cinematography by Sameer Athalye are other credits.