Aami Goenkar celebrated their 8th birthday today with a tribute to Great freedom Fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar through a musical programme ‘Shodh ha Nava – Shatjanma Shodhitana’ presented by Swatantryaveer Savarkar Rashtriya Smarak Mumbai and Maharshtra Military School, Murbad; at the Savarkar Auditorium, Shivaji Park.

The three hour long programme comprised of clippings from Savarkar’s film and a musical programme comprising of songs and dances on his writings in the form of Lavani, Powada, folk art and drama skits. The presentation of the programme and the sequencing was the best to give a glimpse of the life of the freedom fighter, his sacrifice for the country and his literature.

The programme was anchored by Manjiri Marathe and Shriram Kelkar. While some of the performers were, Amruta Satbhai, Varsha Bhave, Rupali Desai, Nandesh Umap, Chaitanya Kulkarni, Sayali Joshi, Ketki Bhave and Deepak Velankar. Nandesh Umap for his folk song and Varsha Bhave for the title song received big applause from the wholehearted audience. Superb Production design by Ranjit Savarkar and wonderful stage lighting by Sheetal Talpade are other credits. Amog many dignitories present were Dr. Premanand Ramani (World renowned Spinal surgeon) with his wife and Dr. Girish Pai. Mr. Sanjay Hegde and his wife Dr. Asmita Hegde worked hard to make this programme a grand success.