madhav vaze

It was nostalgic moment for actor Chinmay Udgirkar who plays role of Shyam in film Shyamche Vadil to meet actor madhav vaze who played role of Shyam in classic Marathi film Shyamchi Aai.

If a situation is given on the spot, how would young minds work out a play within the limited resources at their disposal?

Back on stage after a span of 10 years, veteran theatre actor-director madhav vaze will recreate the Bard's Hamlet in Marathi

The Indian International Film Festival (IFFI) 2023 has commenced in Goa, with the opening ceremony taking place at the Shyamaprasad Mukherji stadium in Panjim. This year, the festival features screenings of several restored classics, including the 1953 film "Shyamchi Aai." Lead actor madhav vaze will attend the premiere of the restored version. Directed by Acharya Atre, the film is based on the novel by Sane Guruji and explores the emotional bond between a young boy and his mother. "Shyamchi Aai" won the Golden Lotus at the first National Film Awards in India in 1954.

PUNE: Although the mainstream Indian cinema mostly metes out step-motherly treatment to children's films, the little ones never fail to provide a hearty response to children's film festivals in the city.

PUNE: When amateur theatre group Jaagar decided to revive Badal Sircar's acclaimed play Juloos in Marathi under noted actor-director Amol Palekar's baton, little did they know that Sircar had recently met with an accident.

It’s an address, a landmark, an acoustic marvel and an iconic auditorium that is the picture of art, music, dance and culture. Balgandharva Rangmandir, which is celebrating its golden jubilee this year, is the stage where everything from drama to tamasha rocks.

PUNE: The phone has not stopped ringing at the one-room residence of the Chitales in Shukrawar Peth. Eight-year-old Ashwin Chitale took every call with the same touching sincerity and transparency that has won him the best child actor's award for his role in Shwaas (Breath), the best film this year.

The Bharatiya Vidyapeeth University (BVU) will start two new courses from this academic year a one year certificate course in acting and script writing for theatre and TV serials and a part-time appreciation course in music, dance and drama.

Vocalists reined supreme on Saturday, the third day of the 57th Sawai Gandharva music festival, even as Biswajit Roy Chowdhury the only instrumentalist who played sarod demonstrated rare ability with the strings, holding the audience spell-bound for over an hour.

A mock trial and people’s court has been organised on April 23, World Shakespeare Day, by ‘Shakespeare for All’ and Jagar to bring home to the audience the universality and timelessness of Shakespeare’s contribution to the world of literature and the magnitude of his influence on the common man’s day-today life.

The IFFI 2023 is set to take place from November 20 to November 28 in Goa this year. The opening ceremony will be star-studded as actors like Shahid Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Sara Ali Khan are set to perform...

PUNE: When city-based theatre group, Samanvay, recently invited Mumbai’s mercurial theatre guru Satyadev Dubey to conduct a series of workshops for actors in the city, nobody saw it as the beginning of a new theatre movement.

Filmmaker Sujay Dahake who has made films like ‘Shala’, ‘Phuntroo’, ‘Aajoba’ and ‘Kesari’ will now be making an adaptation of Sane Guruji’s book ‘Shyamchi Aai’

The Pune Municipal Corporation's school board has set up a corporate social responsibility (CSR) wing to coordinate with the CSR cells of IT and automobile industries to involve them in civic schools.

The newly formed Shyamchi Aai Foundation launched its website www.shyamchiaai.org on Tuesday, to kick-start its initiative to mentor students and children from the weaker sections of society.

The Keshari pedha tasted the same as it did many years ago. The gathering of who’s who was exactly like the impromptu darbar that used to happen every year on this day. There were the strings of marigold and bursts of laughter and applause punctuated the conversations. Only one thing was missing. P L Deshpande, Pu La for his fans, whose birthday on November 8 used to be a joyous occasion, was not there.

MUMBAI: The only expression evident on 18-yearold Zubin Kuvadia's face on Wednesday was a deep red blush. That isn't surprising. The timorous student of Chembur's Swami Vivekanand Junior College topped the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exam in the Mumbai division with 96.17 per cent, scoring 577 marks out of a possible 600.

Rashmi Thackeray has been out of breath answering congratulatory calls since husband Uddhav's election as leader of the Sena-NCP-Congress Aghadi. "She has always been a quiet, but determined girl. She doesn't talk much, and keeps herself busy with work," said her maternal uncle Dilip Shringarpure, a businessman.

Milind Madhav Nagnur (40) is a Thanekar and a role model for youngsters from the city

PUNE: The theatre community in the city has decided to strongly oppose the proposed five-time hike in performance licence and ticket selling licence fees proposed by the state government.

The chance of a third list is highly unlikely as most of the students got their betterment options in this list and many students would take up the seats," said Indu Shahani, principal, HR College.

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