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Sangeet Natak (Marathi for 'musical drama') is a form of drama which combines prose and poetry in the form of songs to convey the story, similar to musicals.They have played a vital role in the development of Marathi theater and cinema, as well as the Indian film industry. [1]
Geet Ramayan (Marathi: गीत रामायण, English: The Ramayana in Songs) is a collection of 56 Marathi language songs chronologically describing events from the Indian Hindu epic, the Ramayana. It was broadcast by All India Radio, Pune in 1955–1956, four years before television was introduced in India.
Narayan Shripad Rajhans, popularly known as Bal Gandharva, (26 June 1888 – 15 July 1967) pronunciation ⓘ was a famous Marathi singer and stage actor. He was known for his roles as female characters in Marathi plays, since women were not allowed to act on stage during his time. [1] [2] Bal Gandharva got his name after a singing performance ...
Katyar Kaljat Ghusali is a Marathi musical play (Sangeet Natak), originally released in 1967. The play gained such popularity that more than 1,000 shows were staged in a very short period. [1] The play was written by Purushottam Darvhekar. The story depicts clash of two gharanas (schools) of Indian classical music. Pt.
Usha Mangeshkar is an Indian singer who has recorded many Marathi, Manipuri, Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Nepali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Odia and Assamese songs. She is the youngest among four Mangeshkar sisters, after Lata Mangeshkar, Meena Khadikar and Asha Bhosle as well as only elder from brother Hridaynath Mangeshkar.
Honaji Sayaji Shilarkhane (1754–1844 [3]), known professionally as Honaji Bala, was a Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India.Honaji's compositions were sung by his friend Bala Karanjikar, and together the pair was known for their "Honaji Balacha Tamasha".
One of the semi-classical music forms of Maharashtra is " Natya Sangeet" which is a minor version of Musical Opera in the western world. Natya Sangeet or Sangeet Natak has almost a 200-year-old tradition in Maharashtra.
Vasantrao Deshpande was born into a Deshastha Brahmin family [3] in Murtizapur, Akola District, in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra in India. At the age of eight, Vasantrao Deshpande's ability was observed by Bhalji Pendharkar, who cast him in the role of Krishna in the Hindi movie Kaliya Mardan (1935). [4]