Hunts and events coming up from the Alpha block this
year include Ekankika Spardha (intercollegiate one act play competition),
Ganesh pendol contest and Marathi dandiya. The cycle will be completed
with the Alpha Gaurav puraskar in February 2005. The channel launched
the Alpha Marathi family awards Apla Alpha in August this year.
The intercollegiate one act play competition Alpha Ekankika Spardha,
which has entered its third year, is currently underway. The six month
long activities which will be held in nine cities across Maharashtra
was kicked off with the Mumbai city round on16 August.
Winners from each city will compete in the mega final to be held
in Mumbai on 18 December and three best teams will be honoured during
the Alpha Gaurav Puraskar ceremony. According to Alpha Marathi business
head Nitin Vaidya, the channel has been providing opportunities
to the finds of this talent hunt by casting them in shows and serials.
He says the hunt is also meant to expose the talents in rural areas.
"The theatre is very strong in Maharashtra. But the exposure
is restricted to artists living in Mumbai and Thane. So we launched
this initiative to tap talents in the fields of acting, direction
and writing across the state of Maharashtra," says Vaidya.
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