Popular Lavani songs in Marathi films

Lavani is a form of traditional folk theatre tamasha in Maharashtra. Lavani has different themes and also have different variants. It’s mainly performed by the female dancers. Marathi film industry has given us some of the extremely wonderful Lavanis which will definitely make you tap your foot on. Let's have a look on some of the popular Lavani songs of Marathi films.

'Apsara Aali' song from the movie 'Natarang' is sung by Bela Shende, and fit perfectly for a nautanki song. This dance number from the movie became a hit as it had an excellent combination of music and gracious dance. Sonalee Kulkarni has elegantly carried off this Lavani with her Adakari.

'Wajle Ki Bara' is another masterpiece from 'Natarang', directed by Ravi Jadhav and starring Atul Kulkarni and Sonalee Kulkarni. Veteran music composer duo Ajay-Atul composed the original score for the film. Amruta Khanvilkar's graceful moves took this song to another level. The song garnered lots of praise. This hit track was sung by Bela Shende and lyrics by Guru Thakur. This Lavani is a hit combo of Amruta's dance moves and the perfect tamasha music by the composer duo.

This Lavani from 'Balgandharva' directed by Ravi Jadhav is a typical traditional Lavani. The film won critical acclaims and is based on Sangeet Natak so this song number had to be in the film. This is sung by Asha Khadilkar, Bai Sundarabai, and music by Kaushal Inamdar. This musical period drama was a hit at the box-office.

'De Dhakka', directed by Atul Kale and Sudesh Manjrekar, had a song number titled, ‘Ugavali Shukrachi Chandani’. This song is sung by Arati Ankalikar and the lyrics are penned by Shrirang Godbole. The song has music composed by Ajit-Atul-Sameer. This Lavani will definitely delight you with its music.

It is hard to speak about tamasha without mentioning the film ‘Pinjara’ and its iconic songs ‘Chabidar Chabi’. Sung by Usha Mangeshkar and composed by Ram Kadam, this is an evergreen Lavani song of all the time in the Marathi industry.