Nagpurians roll with laughter under masks

Nagpur: The audience rocked with laughter as famous Maharashtrian actors such as Sameer Chougale, Arun Kadam, Visakha Subhedar performed during the comic show ‘Maharashtrachi Hasya Yatra’ during the Khasdar Sanskrutik Mahotsav on Friday.

A huge crowd had turned out to see the performers. The hosts, Prajakta Mali, Sai Tamhankar and Prasad Oak, kept the audience engaged throughout the event, making humorous comments and involving the audience too. The hosts greeted Nagpurians as ‘Tarri Pohya’ and ‘Orange Barfi’ in special varhadi style saying 'Gardi Nai, Nagpurkar's Love Hi', said Sai.

A melodious concert was presented by Nagpur singers Kaivalya Kejkar, Jagdish Chavan and Bhagyashree Tikle, who are currently performing in a reality show. They presented solo as well as songs in chorus. Kaivalya began the programme by singing ‘Deva Shri Ganesha’. After that, Jagdish performed ‘Gondhal Mandila’, and Bhagnyashree performed ‘Atach Baya Ka Bawarlam’.

The audience loved the comic act that had Sameer Chougale, Visakha Subhedar, Arun Kadam, Prasad Khandekar, Namrata Awate, Gaurav More, Omkar Bhojne, Vanita Kharat, as villagers gathered at the village meeting point. Sameer Chougale tries to enlighten them about investments, which kept getting funnier as the actors had their own takes on all advice.

Union minister Nitin Gadkari was the chief guest. Homeopath Dr Vilas Dangre, prant sanghchalak Ram Harkare, mahanagar sanghchalak Rajesh Loya, Kanchan Gadkari, Dipen Agarwal and many others graced the event.

(Reporting by Hatim Hussain)