Nagpur : The 99th Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Natya Sammelan, organised by the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Natya Parishad in the city after a gap of 35 years, will be inaugurated at the Kavivarya Suresh Bhat auditorium, Reshimbaug, at 6.30 pm on Friday.
Noted playwright Prof Mahesh Elkunchwar will inaugurate the four-day festival. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Mayor Nanda Jichkar, President of the 98th Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan Kirti Shiledar, and President of the 99th Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan Premchand Gajvi will grace the inaugural ceremony. The programme will be preceded by a ‘Natya Dindi’ that will highlight specialty of Vidarbha. The sammelan will conclude on February 25.
Theatre artists from all over India will be arriving in the city to take part in the sammelan. Famous Marathi one act plays, Symposium related to topics on Marathi Theatre and other interesting packed programmes will mark the four days of hectic activity on the specially prepared Purushottam Darwhekar Memorial stage. Various entry point gates have been named after renowned Marathi theatre artists. The entire premises at Reshimbaug ground have been named after the legendary Playwright Ram Ganesh Gadkari.
The Natya Dindi , that has been organised on the occasion prior to the inauguration, will take place at 3pm under the title “Vidarbhachi Samrudh Parampara”. It will commence from Shivaji Statue and proceed via Badkas square, Kotwali Police station, Kalyanneshwar Temple, Jhenda Chowk road, and reach Suresh Bhat hall. The palanquin in the Dindi, will have the idol of Lord Natraja and synopsis of the theatre . The Palanquin will be housed in the Ramganesh Gadkari premises . Dhol Tasha Troupes will be part of the Dindi that will highlight speciality of Nagpur city.
A replica of the famous Tekdi Ganapati will be a point of attraction. 21 young girls holding pots on their heads will walk along side , along with Varkari groups, Lezin Groups, Folk theatre group from Yavatmal, Guru Teg Bahadur Ghataka Aghadi, various other folk dancers, participation of Tanha Pola, Motha Pola, Shivkalin Daand Patta and a float providing information on various important places of the city. Nagpur’s century old tradition of Marbat will be represented by the Kali-Pili Marbat in the Dindi. City-based theatre artists and organisers are fully geared up to get involved in the gala event.
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