![]() "Advanced bookings for the auditoriums is not viable for the producers. ![]() The actors demanded that the Pune Municipal Corporation's initiative to allow online bookings of auditorium should be scrapped. Meanwhile, a delegation of actors and producers of Marathi theatre met Pawar over the issue of online booking of auditoriums. The state government and local governments should take all efforts to preserve musical drama, he said. If efforts are not taken to save musical plays, then the drama world will lose a historical facet. Pawar said, now a days commercial plays have taken over the space of musical plays in the entertainment industry. "Their acting enthralled the audience and created a milestone in the world of drama." The Balgandharva Sangeet Rasik Mandal honoured veteran musicians and young artistes associated with Marathi musical theatre, while Pawar chaired the function. In an era when women were not allowed to work in dramas, men performed the roles of the women characters. Speaking at an award presentation function organized by the Balgandharwa Sangeet Rasik Mandal, an organization working for conserving musical theatre, Pawar said, "musical plays have given a golden touch to the culture of Maharashtra. ![]() PUNE: The revival of Marathi musical plays is possible if young artistes in Marathi drama and film industry come forward and give it a new lease of life, union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said here on Sunday.
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