Premiere of Balgandharva Movie

USA / Canada

Bal Gandharva is a richly mounted, musical, period film on the amazing actor-singer-female impersonator Bal Gandharva's life (1888-1967), set in the early years of Indian theatre.He led a tumultuous life that saw India's struggle for independence from the British , his affair with a Muslim singer (he was Hindu) and fluctuating patronage from the maharajas. Inevitably, as cinema became popular, women who played women's roles edged him out of business.

Director: Ravindra Harishchandra Jadhav

Producer: Nitin Chandrakant Desai

Starring: Subodh Bhave, Atharva Karve, Anand Abhyankar, Abhijeet Kelkar, Sidharth Chandekar, Vidyadhar Joshi, Kishor Kadam, Sagar Talashikar, Avinash Narkar, Suhas Joshi, Sagar Talashikar, Vibhavari Deshpande, Mukesh Rishi, Amol Kolhe, Manoj Kolhatkar, Prassanna Ketkar, Vikrant Aajgaonkar, Kshitiji Zarapkar, Ajay Purkar

Music Director: Kaushal Inamdar

Playback Singers: Anand Bhate, Anand Bhate, Shankar

Lyrics: Swanand Kirkire

Makeup: Vikram Gaikwad

Art Director: Nitin Chandrakant Desai