‘Dheyadhund’ Best play in Ravikiran Children’s Play competition
Vimal Mhatre, Dr Madhuri Vinayak Gavande, Dhananjay Sirdeshpande, Santosh Rokade
36th Children’s play competition by Ravikiran group, was recently at Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi. This competition received overwhelming response from different groups. It was inaugurated by Mr. Santosh Rokade, Director of P.L. Deshpande Academy . On the second day,renowned Production designer Pradeep Mulye was the chief guest and gave away the prizes to the winners. Actress Vimal Mhatre, Dr. Madhuri Vinayak Gavande and Dhananjay Sardeshpande were the Judges for this competition. ‘Dheyadhund’ play was adjudged the best play in this competition. 
bal Rangbhumi, Natak ‘Dheyadhund’
This competition was held in memory of Late Jyotiram Kadam Sir formerly from Dr.K.M.S, Shirodkar High School. Mentioning about this the Programme Presenter Mr. Nagesh Vandre said ,”it was the wish of Kadam Sir that Ravikiran Group should organize Children’s play competitions and he had mentioned this way back in 1984.” On this occasion a book with the collection of plays written by Kadam Sir were distributed to the representatives of the schools present on this occasion.
Marathi Play ‘Zund’ will present Kiran Mane in a challenging role
‘Zund’ Marathi play, Actor Kiran Mane
Kiran Mane has always kept a low profile. Having started his acting career through experimental theatre, Kiran came to Mumbai from Satara via Pune , when he broke the journey to join the theatre of workshop of Pt. Satyadev Dubey . Thereafter, he began his journey on stage with ‘Gandhi Virrudh Gandhi’, ‘Manomilan’, ‘Wada Chirebandi’. Later, with sensational Marathi play ‘Govind Ghya Kuni Gopal Ghya’, ‘Maayleki’, ‘Tee Geli Tevha’, ‘Shree Tashi Sou’ and ‘Perfect Mismatch’ , he established himself as a versatile actor, having won several awards for his performance. Kiran was also seen in television serials, but theatre has always been his first love.
Kiran will now be seen in forthcoming Marathi play ‘Zund’, the inaugural show of which will be held on 14th December 2019 at Prabodhankar Thackeray Auditorium , Borivali. This will be Kiran’s 10th commercial play and he seems to be very excited with the kind of challenging role he is playing in this play. ” This is a Mind boggling subject. And my character in this play will take me to greater heights.” Written by Samar Khadas, produced by Santosh Kanekar and directed by Pradeep Mulye, this play also stars Akshar Kothari, Shriram Gadgil, Sagar Athlekar, Pradeep Patwardhan, Sagar Pawar and Pooja Raibagi. This play is presented by Zee Marathi.