omkar ghadi

As dawn breaks over the horizon on Diwali day, the charm of the festival will be enhanced for music lovers who attend the annual Diwali Pahat concert that begins around 6.30am. Topmost artistes such as Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Shridhar Phadke, Dr Ram Deshpande and Ustad Rashid Khan have performances lined up this year.

The melody of old Marathi songs and abhangs continue to hold sway over music lovers as was witnessed at a programme titled ‘Gandh Marathi Maticha’, organized by Swartarang Sangeet Academy at Scientific Society Hall, Laxmi Nagar, on Monday.

Films like 'Karkhanisanchi Waari’, ‘Awakash’, ‘Kadugod’, ‘Sthalpuran’, ‘Vrutti,’ etc, have been selected for the Australian premiere at the IFFM