ABMNP, Borivali celebrate Jagtik Rangabhoomi Din
On the occasion of World theatre Day(Jagatik Rangabhoomi Din), Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Natyaparishad, Borivali Branch organised a classical singing competition at their premises at Prabodhankar Thackeray Auditorium on Wednesday evening. 33 singers coming from far off places like Vashi, Thane, kalian & Dombivali took part in the preliminary round; which went on throughout the evening. The eight short listed singers, were then given an opportunity to participate in the final round in the Mini auditorium, late in the evening.
Mr. Suhas Kamat organised the show, under the auspices of Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Natya Parishad, Borivali Branch. Mr. Pradeep kabre , president of Borivali Branch of ABMNP, was personally present along with other newly elected office bearers. Mr. Mohan Marathe, Aparna Aparajit and Dnyanesh Pendharkar played the role of Judges, to declare the winners.
The consolation prizes were given to Saurabh Vakhare and Seema Tade, while the first three winners were as follows: 1) Gautami Chiplunkar 2) Suren Pandit and 3) Swapnil Paranjape.
Marathi stars light up ‘Chaitrachahool’ Evening
The presence of well known Marathi stars lighted up the ‘Chaitrachahool’ evening, with their presences and performances. Besides felicitating two women personalities namely Sanjana Kapoor and Mukta Barve with ‘Dhyas Puraskar’, for their contribution to Theatre art, the organizers had also hosted some entertainment programme on the occasion to celebrate this year’s Women’s special event, at Ravindra Ratya mandir, Prabhadevi.
While, actress Sukanya Kulkarni presented a skit from popular Marathi play ‘Tee Phulrani’, Mukta Barve presented her few scenes from her popular play ‘Kabaddi Kabaddi’. Pratiksha Lonkar, Rekha Bade and Chimayee Sumeet read out some extracts from Marathi plays ‘Dhyani Mani’, ‘Purush’ and ‘Baby’ respectively. Madhavi Juvekar, Sampada Joglekar, Spruha Joshi, Madhavi Soman, Purva Pawar, Leena Bhagwat, Neela Sohani, Shruti Bhide and Shruti Nigade were part of other presentations. Ms. Sulbha Deshpande and Dr. Auna Dhere, who presented the awards, spoke on the occasion. Sachin Mote directed the event, that involved many prominent personalities like Sheetal Talpade, Ajit Dandekar, Vinod Pawar, Kishori Kukade, Gopi Kukade and Mahendra Pawar in the successful hosting of this event.