In 1980's, I watched Ghashiram Kotwal घाशीराम कोतवाल thrice. Once at NCPA, Mumbai and twice at Kalidas Kalamandir, Nashik.
I was addicted to Kotwal's music.
I bought its music album (a double cassette) that I still have it. I could recite most of its songs. I can manage a couple of them even today.
"श्रीगणराय नर्तन करी, आम्ही पुण्याचे बामण हरी..."
On July 14 2009, I said on this blog:
"I always thought Nilu Phule नीळू फुले would have been a much better नाना फडणवीस (Nana Fadnavis)- a historical character tormented by his often losing struggle with sexuality- than मोहन आगाशे (Mohan Agashe) in विजय तेंडुलकर Vijay Tendulkar's Ghashiram Kotwal).
It might have given an opportunity to 'Kotwal' to become a dark comedy instead of just great entertainment."
Well, it was a great entertainment largely because of its music director Bhaskar Chandavarkar and choreographer Krishnadeo Mulgund. Both are now dead.
Kotwal belongs to them. Thank you, Sir.
Launched on Nov 29 2006, now 2,100+ posts...This bilingual blog - 'आन्याची फाटकी पासोडी' in Marathi- is largely a celebration of visual and/or comic ...तुकाराम: "ढेकणासी बाज गड,उतरचढ केवढी"...George Santayana: " Everything in nature is lyrical in its ideal essence, tragic in its fate, and comic in its existence"...William Hazlitt: "Pictures are scattered like stray gifts through the world; and while they remain, earth has yet a little gilding."
Monday, July 27, 2009
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Dear Aniruddha,
ReplyDeleteYour tribute to late Bhaskar Chandavarkar is most appropriately worded. We lost a great musician.
Mangesh Nabar
Thanks Mangesh for your appreciation.
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