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Raja Paranjape festival kicks off in Pune

Director Rajdutta presented the Tarunai Sanman awards to actors Shreyas Talpade, Mukta Barve, director Satish Rajwade and music director Kaushal Inamdar, on the occasion.

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The second Raja Paranjape Mahotsav was inaugurated by film director Rajdutta at the National Film Archive of India (NFAI) on Friday.

He also presented the Tarunai Sanman awards to actors Shreyas Talpade, Mukta Barve, director Satish Rajwade and music director Kaushal Inamdar, on the occasion.

“We started the festival last year to mark the birth centenary of actor-director Raja Paranjape and decided to continue with our work of paying tribute to the great artiste. The Tarunai Sanman awards were instituted to honour upcoming artistes, who have the potential to take Marathi cinema to greater heights,” said founder of Aashay Film Club, Virendra Chitrav.

The film club and the NFAI are holding the festival from April 16 to 20 during which nine films by Raja Paranjape will be screened at NFAI and New English School, Ramanbaug.

Rajdutta, who worked with Raja Paranjape for many years, said, “Raja Paranjape was never business minded. His movies were milestones in the film industry. He would always say that every film is like a challenge and a new idea. He did many movies on varied subjects which are an inspiration to the youth. It is great that Aashay and NFAI are holding such a film festival in his memory. The Tarunai awards should not be looked at as an event but as a study to find the upcoming talent in the Marathi film industry.”

NFAI director Prashant Pathrabe said, “We began the process of digitalising film prints about a month ago. This year, we would be
digitalising about 11 of Paranjape’s movies.

The function was attended by actor and event convener Smita Talwalkar, members of the Raja Paranjape Pratishthan and the Aashay Film Club among others.

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