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BJP leader Gopinath Munde declared open by the event in the presence of many political and cultural figures. The cultural programme commenced with a performance by Hema Malini, a sincere patron of the festival.
The 24th edition of Pune Festival kicked off in style at the Ganesh Kala Krida Rangmanch on Friday evening. BJP leader Gopinath Munde declared open by the event in the presence of many political and cultural figures. The cultural programme commenced with a performance by Hema Malini, a sincere patron of the festival.
The programme also featured ‘Jai Ganesh’, a choreographed dance routine performed by Jitendra Joshi, Subodh Bhave, Mrunmayee Deshpande and Aditi Sarangdhar. It was a compilation of popular Marathi and Hindi film songs on the Elephant God. This was followed by a performance-cum-mini-fashion show performed by various artistes from the North East. The bihu dance and cultural dress parade were part of a gesture that intends to send a message that Pune is safe for the people from the seven sisters’ states.
Perhaps the highlight of the show was the century-old voice clip of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak. The first-ever recording of Tilak’s voice was a hit among the public. The mime that it was played to, however, was an unnecessary farce.
The dignitaries performed the traditional Ganesh aarti and then the annual Pune Festival Awards were given away. This year’s awardees included the three medal-winning Olympians – Sushil Kumar, Gagan Narang and Vijay Kumar; Umesh Zirpe, leader of the team that completed a successful Everest expedition and is the largest civilian group to achieve the feat, and Padma Shri Satish Alekar, playwright and founder member of the Theatre Academy.
Alekar said, “The Pune Festival enters its 25th year, and the city’s very own Film Festival (PIFF) has also completed 11 years. The city, the home of theatre, deserves to have an international theatre festival of its own.”
The event was also attended by Randhir Kapoor, Neha Dhupia, Bindu, Parineeti Chopra, Shekhar Suman and Jabbar Patel. The programme concluded with a fusion dance by Varsha Usgaonkar, Urmila Kanetkar and others which involved muzra and lavni - two dance forms that are central to the Maharashtrian culture.
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