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Press Release 1
st
August 2009
Pune Festival 2009 to be inaugurated by Smt. Asha Bhosale
The 21st edition of Pune Festival 2009 will be inaugurated by renowned singer Smt.
Asha Bhosale
&
Dr. Farooq Abdullah will the Chief Guest.
The event consisting of Music, Dance, Drama, Sports and different arts will beinaugurated on Friday, 28th of August 2009 at 4:30 pm at Shri Ganesh Kala KridaRangmanch. This year, the Pune Festival is dedicated in the memory of the greatMarathi actor late Shri.
Nilu Phule
.The main attraction for this year’s Pune Festival includes performances byShaimak Davar, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pandita Kishori Amonkar, HemaMailini, Esha, Ahana, Varsha Usgaonkar and Subodh Bhave. The festival willalso comprise of Marathi Dramas, Marathi Kavi Sammelan, Lavani, KeralaMahotsav, Panting competition and exhibition, Mahila Mahotsav, Ugavate Tare,Indradhanu, Vintage Car Rally, Roller Skating competition, Roll Ball competition,Cycling race, Golf tourney and Body building competition.The events will be held at the following venues: Shri Ganesh Kala KridaRangmanch, Balagandharva Rang Mandir & Kala Dalan, Tilak Smarak Mandir,Yashwantrao Chavan Natyagriha, Nehru Memorial Hall, Lokmanya Sabhagriha(Kesriwada), and G. L Apte Sabagriha. Punekars can get to witness theseevents free of cost.The inaugural ceremony will be attended by many honorable personalities fromBollywood as well as Ambassadors of different countries in India. The inauguralceremony of the Pune Festival will be telecast live on Doordarshan's SahyadriChannel. Pune festival is jointly being organised by the Pune Festival Committeeand citizens of Pune.
 
This year’s festival is being presented by Idea Cellular Limited inassociation with Dodsal Ltd.
The Shree Ganesh Sthapana will be held on Sunday 23rd August at 10.30 am inHotel Saras, Nehru Stadium.As per the tradition, this year the Pune Festival Awards will be presented to,renowned flautist Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, renowned singer Mubarak Begum,noted scientist Dr. Jayant Narlikar and eminent industrialist Ms. Kiran ShawMujumdar. These awards will be presented at the inauguration ceremony.The inaugural ceremony will be a grand one and will start with Shenai byTukaram Daithankar and his team, followed by Ganesh Aarti. Renowned actor and danseuse Smt. Hema Malini, M.P will present the Ganesh Vandana followedby Esha and Ahana Deol’s colorful dance performance. Shivshahir BabasahebPurandare and his team of 100 artists will present “Shivkalyan Raja” programme.“Lavani Bavankhani” – The Pride of Maharastrian Folk will be presented byVarsha Usgaonkar, Amrita Khanwilkar, Dipali Sayyed, Shruti Marathe, AniketVishwasrao and Mayuresh Pen & Pune Festival Artistes choreographed byTejashree Adige. This programme is based on the journey of Lavani in Marathifilms in the last 50 years. Shrinivas Joshi son of Bharat Ratna Pt. Bhimsen Joshiwill perform the ‘Hari Vithal’. A short video clip will showcase the journey of Lateactor Nilu Phule and his film career. On account of the Golden Jubilee year of Maharashtra state, a Powada performance in the presence of Shahir Sable, willbe presented by cine artist Subodh Bhave and many other artists along withShahir Hemat Mavale. These will be the main attractions of the inauguralceremony of Pune Festival.Renowned dancer and singer Shaimak Davar will present the “The ShaimakExperience” packed with stunning dance performances. Performances byinternationally renowned flautist Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia and renownedclassical singer Pt. Kishori Amonkar will enthrall music lovers in Pune.In this golden jubilee year of Maharashtra state a special Mahaotsav of Marathiprogrammes has been organized comprising of Marathi dramas like
Olakha naPalak. Swabhava la Aushad Nahi – A special drama for Sr. citizens, Pyar Kiya toDarna Kya, Jaago Mohan Pyare, Avgha Rang Ekachi Zala and Kuriyat SadaTingalam.
State level Marathi Kavi Sammelan will see great poets like – RamdasPhutane, F.M. Shinde, Vithal Wagh, Prakash Ghodke, Prakash Pathare,Anuradha Nerurkar and Sambhaji Bagat. Addition to the above programmes,Marathi Bhavsangeet, Marathi Natya sangeet, Marathi Lavani are also highlightsof the festival. A programme called Hasastyotsav will comprise of Makarand Tillu,Sadanand Chandekar, Banda Joshi, Dilip Hallyal.
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