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The world premiere of Marathi film Bal Gandharva,based on the life and times of Narayan Shripad Rajhans one of the greatest showmen of Marathi theatre better known as Bal Gandharva,will take place at the Cannes International Film Festival this year.
Acclaimed art director Nitin Desai,who has forayed into film production with this movie,expressed confidence that Bal Gandharva will make the country proud at the international level. The grandeur and scale of the movie will take Indian cinema to the next level, said Desai who has worked on over 100 Bollywood movies. The movie will release in India on May 6.
Desai said representatives of International film festivals who have seen the rushes of the film are extremely impressed with the production quality and the scale. Apart from Cannes,the film is likely to be screened at Venice,Berlin,Toronto, Desai said adding that he will release Bal Gandharva in India in Marathi with English sub-titles. Bal Gandharva was not just an actor and singer but a showman with a divine voice who dedicated his life to his art.
When Bal Gandharvas play Manapmaan opened in Pune on March 12,1911,his daughter had passed away the same morning. But,still the legend went ahead with the show,enthralled the audience before going back home to grieve behind closed doors. Our film is a tribute to the master, he added.
