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Press
Release dated 27 April 2002
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Indiantelevision.com
marks another milestone as Sahyadri Navratna Puraskar
2002 a grand success
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Nine
eminent personalities who have helped shape Maharashtra
in fields as diverse as sport and social work were feted
at the first ever Godrej No 1 Sahyadri Navratna Puraskar
2002 held in Mumbai on Saturday.
The venue of the honours was the Poolside, Juhu Centaur
Hotel, Mumbai.
Organised by Mumbai-based television information and services
company Indian Television Dot Com Pvt. Ltd., the Sahyadri
Navratna Puraskar 2002 are the first of their kind instituted
to recognise nine outstanding Marathi achievers from different
walks of life such as film, music, theatre, television,
sports, social work, business and media. DD Sahyadri supports
these awards.
Those felicitated were -
Swar Ratna (for excellence in music) - Shri Sudhir
Phadke
Chitra Ratna (for excellence in films) - Smt Sulochana
Seva Ratna (recognition of work rendered to the
cause of people) - Shri Baba Amte
Ratna Darpan (for excellence in media) - Shri
D B Karnik
Natya Darpan (for excellence in theatre) - Shri
Vijay Tendulkar
Ratna Saurabh (for excellence in sport) - Shri
Nandu Natekar
Ratna Vahini Yogadaan (recognition of outstanding
Marathi television channel) - DD Sahyadri
Ratna Sharada - (recognition of achievement by a woman
in any field) - Smt Prema Purao
Vaibhav Ratna - (recognition of outstanding achievement
in industry/ business - Shri Rahul Bajaj
Baba Amte's award was accepted by Shri Ramesh Kacholia,
who handles Anandvan operations in Mumbai and Rahul Bajaj's
nephew Anand Bajaj accepted the Vaibhav Ratna on his behalf.
The three-hour ceremony was interspersed with entertainment
programmes that highlighted the cultural and folk traditions
of the state. The shows included typically Maharashtrian
dance shows, mimicry items, and excerpts from the hugely
popular music show on DD Sahyadri, Tak Dhina Dhin.
The comperes included TV and theatre personalities Pradeep
Bhide, Mrinal Kulkarni and others.
The highlights of the show were a lavani show by Pune based
Shefali Lahoti and her group, typically Marathi shows like
the Powada, Waghya Murali, Vasudev and Bharud and a farmers'
group dance as well as a scene enacted from the Dashavtar.
An esteemed jury panel of industry professionals and experts
helped in short-listing the nominations for the various
categories. The jury included -
Former India cricket captain Shri Ajit Wadekar
Maharashtra Times editor Shri BharatKumar Raut
Maharashtra Government Cultural Secretary Shri Govind
Swarup
Theatre personality Shri Kamlakar Sontakke
Sabe TV Vice Chairman Shri Markand Adhikari
IMPPA President and Mukti Foundation President Smt Smita
Thackeray
Film and TV personality Shri Sachin Pilgaonkar.
The award ceremony will be aired on May 1, 2002 from 3 p.m.
to 6 p.m. on DD-Mumbai terrestrial Marathi.
Click
here for profiles of the Awardees
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