biography awards and honours SK as playwright SK as director SK as actor SK and films SK on radio SK on television SK and the print media stage shows workshops video films photogallery contact	SK and Television   natyavalokan   teleplays   gajara   interviews   मराठी Natyavalokan on Doordarshan by SK SK as an anchor of ‘Natyavalokan’, a programme for the discussion and critical appreciation of Marathi plays, created his own identity. SK left a lasting impression on ‘Natyavalokan’ by his inimitable style as an anchor. Natyavalokan became synonymous with SK. His probing questions and style of presentation made ‘Natyavalokan’ very interesting and lively. Renowned Artists and Authors were interviewed by him in this programme. Gajara SK’s Plays telecast on Television A few of SK’s popular plays were produced and telecast for the electronic media. They include: Mantarleli Chaitravel, Aarop, Kalat Nakalat.
natyavalokan SK as an anchor of 'Natyavalokan', a programme for the discussion and critical appreciation of Marathi plays, created his own identity. SK left a lasting impression on ‘Natyavalokan’ by his inimitable style as an anchor. Natyavalokan became synonymous with SK. His probing questions and style of presentation made ‘Natyavalokan’ very interesting and lively. Renowned Artists and Authors were interviewed by him in this programme. Play Participants Rathachakra Kamlakar Sarang, Lalan Sarang, Shree. Na. Pendse Hava Andhara Kavadasa S.N. Navre, Dr. Mohan Agashe, Sadashiv Amrapurkar Zhunja Prof. Madhukar Toradmal, Mohan Wagh Premachya Gava Jave Vasant Kanetkar, Mohan Wagh, Arvind Deshpande Khol Khol Panee Kamlakar Sarang, Lalan Sarang, Ratnakar Matkari Turtur Purushottam Berde Sparsha Jaywant Dalvi, Damu Kenkre Sakkhe Shejari Saee Paranjpe, Madhukar Naik Gaganbhedi Madhukar Toradmal, Vasant Kanetkar, Mohan Wagh Mulgi Zhali Ho Jyoti Mhapsekar, Sharada Sathe Othello Vijay Kenkre, Rajeev Naik Ath Manus Jagana Ha Kumar Sohoni, P.L. Mayekar Pankhana Odh Pavlanchi Vasant Kanetkar, Vijaya Mehta, Mohan Wagh Natee Gotee Jaywant Dalvi, Mohan Tondwalkar Mukhavte Amol Palekar Paryay Jaywant Dalvi, Purushottam Berde teleplays A few of SK’s popular plays were produced and telecast for the electronic media. They include: Mantarleli Chaitravel Produced by Mumbai Doordarshan with the following cast: Meena Gokhle, Daya Dongray, Ashok Sathe, Medha Kulkarni, Anil Dikshit and Shashikant Shirsekar. Directed by: Vinayak Chaskar Aarop Produced by Mumbai Doordarshan with the following cast: Lalan Sarang and Prabhakar Patankar. Directed by: Vinayak Chaskar Kalat Nakalat Produced by Mumbai Doordarshan with the following cast: Savita Prabhune, Ramesh Bhatkar and Avinash Masurekar. Directed by: Vinayak Chaskar Tee Velach Tashee Hotee Produced by Mumbai Doordarshan with the following cast: Pratibha Goregaonkar and others. Sanket Meelanacha Produced for and telecast by : ETV Marathi with the following cast: Vikram Gokhale and Swati Technical Director: Mangesh Kadam gajara 'Gajra' was a variety entertainment serial on Doordarshan and the many episodes penned by SK became immensely popular. ‘Gajra’ was presented on Doordarshan by Producer Vinayak Chaskar. Talented stage artists who participated in 'Gajra' contributed to the success of this serial. 1) Daya Dongray 2) Dilip Prabhavalkar 3) Bal Karve 4) Ramakant Deshpande 5) Manorama Wagle 6) Vinayak Pai 7) Ila Bhate 8) Kamlakar Sarang 9) Lalan Sarang 10) Bhakti Barve 11) Arun Joglekar 12) Sumati Gupte 13) Vihang Nayak 14) Lakshmikant Berde 15) Vijay Kadam 16) Shashikant Shirsekar 17) Jayant Sawarkar 18) Pradip Dalvi 19) Kumud Chaskar 20) Atmaram Bhende 21) Asha Bhende 22) Rajani Velankar 23) Harish Pathare 24) Kanchan Gharpure 25) Suneel Shende 26) Neena Kulkarni 27) Dilip Kulkarni 28) Shashikant Rajadhyaksha 29) Shubhalakshmi Khare 30) Amruta Dongray 31) Shailesh Laul 32) Vaishali Laul 33) Swati Chitnis 34) Dhananjay Gore 35) Dr. Arvind Pednekar 36) Kalika Pednekar 37) Pallavi Joshi 38) Ramesh Pawar 39) Vaijayanti Chitnis 40) Sumant Mastakar 41) Dr. Vishwas Mehendale 42) Vibhakar Biwalkar 43) Mangala Parvate 44) Sulabha Koranne 45) Mohandas Sukhtankar 46) Sanjay Mone 47) Atul Parchure 48) Kishore Pradhan 49) Shobha Pradhan 50) Smita Talwalkar interviews Conducting live stage interviews requires an altogether different technique. SK interviewed many well-known and versatile personalities on stage. SK’s studied and probing questions, tinged with gentle humor made such interviews interesting and a performance in itself.   1) Vijay Tendulkar 2) Vasant Kanetkar 3) Shreeram Lagu 4) Madhukar Toradmal 5) Atmaram Bhende 6) Asha Bhende 7) Kamlakar Sarang 8) Lalan Sarang 9) Bhakti Barve 10) Prabhakar Panshikar 11) Shanna Navre 12) Vikram Gokhale 13) Prasad Sawkar 14) Smita Talwalkar 15) Sanjay Surkar 16) Santosh Pawar 17) Devendra Pem 18) Kedar Shinde 19) Dilip Prabhavalkar 20) Bal Karve 21) Damu Kenkre 22) Ashalata 23) Ramesh Deo 24) Seema Deo 25) Sharad Talwalkar 26) Suryakant 27) Chandrakant 28) Meena Nerurkar 29) Prashant Damle 30) Machhindra Kambli 31) Dajee Bhatavdekar 32) Shankar Vaidya 33) Sudhir Bhat 34) Atul Kulkarni 35) Sanjay Mone 36) Sukanya Kulkarni 37) Sudhir Joshi 38) Bhalchandra Pendharkar 39) Suhasini Mulgaokar 40) Ratnakar Matkari 41) Karuna Deo 42) Sadashiv Nimbalkar 43) Shree. Na. Pendse
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