Singer Mahesh Kale receives the Bal Gandharva Gungaurav Award 2024

Pune: Renowned singer Mahesh Kale will be awarded the prestigious Bal Gandharva Gungaurav Award by the Bal Gandharva Sangeet Rasik Mandal this year. The award includes a cash prize of Rs 1,111,111 and a commemorative plaque.

This year’s Kohinoor Gandharva Award goes to Sukrut Tamhankar, a software developer from Bangalore and a singer and actor on the musical stage. He will receive a cash prize of Rs 51,000 and a plaque.

The awards ceremony is scheduled for Monday, July 15, 2024, Bal Gandharva Sangeet Rasik Mandal President Suresh Sakhavalkar and Executive President Nana Kulkarni announced in a press release.

The event will take place at 5:00 pm at Bal Gandharva Rangmandir. The awards will be presented by retired Supreme Court Justice Uday Lalit. Guests of honour will include former Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, Krishnakumar Goyal of Kohinoor Group, industrialist Shridhar Prabhu and renowned chartered accountant Vijaykant Kulkarni.

At the same event, Mahadev Harmalkar of Goa will be presented with the Annasaheb Kirloskar Award, which comes with a cash prize of Rs 15,000 and a plaque. Other awards include the Bhaskarbuva Bakhale Award to Sivanand Dabholkar of Goa, the GB Deval Award to Deepti Bhogale of Pune, the Kaka Khadilkar Award to Ninad Jadhav of Pune, the Dr Savalo Keni Award to Kedar Kulkarni of Talegaon Dabhade and the Khaowale Patankar Award to Sudhir Thakur of Thane. Each of these awards comes with a cash prize of Rs 10,000 and a plaque.

In addition, Dhanashree Phadke from Sangli and Rajabhau Shembekar from Chiplun will be honoured with the Rangseva Award, while Abhay Jadhav and Madhuri Ambekar from Pune will receive the DK Lele Award. Tanvi Gore from Mumbai will be awarded the Laxmibai Pandit Award. Each of these awards includes a cash prize of ₹5,000 and a plaque.

The award ceremony will be followed by a musical theatre performance titled ‘Gandharva Rang’ featuring artistes like Pandit Mahesh Kale, Bakul Pandit, Manjiri Karve Alegaonkar, Ninad Jadhav, Rajabhau Shembekar, Tanvi Gore, Sukrut Tamhankar, Dhanashree Phadke, Ravindra Kulkarni and Suresh Sakhavalkar.

They will be accompanied by Sanjay Gogte and Sivanand Dabholkar on organ, Kedar Kulkarni and Vidyanand Deshpande on tabla and Pragya Shevde on violin. The event is free and open to the public.

On Tuesday, July 16, the Bal Gandharva Sangeet Rasik Mandal will present the play ‘Kanhopatra’ at the Yashwantrao Chavan Natyagruha and on the occasion of Ashadhi Ekadashi, the play will be performed at the Bharat Natya Mandir on Wednesday, July 17. These performances are also free for the public.