Amruta Khanvilkar participates in Pune Festival

The 21st edition of the Pune Festival will be dedicated to late veteran Marathi actor Nilu Phule. To be held from August 23 to September 3, the festival will be inaugurated by playback singer Asha Bhosale on August 28 at Ganesh Kala Krida Rangmanch at 4.30 pm.

"Union minister Farooq Abdullah will grace the occasion as chief guest on August 28. The annual Pune Festival awards will be presented the same evening to veteran flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, singer Mubarak Begum, scientist Jayant Narlikar and industrialist Kiran Mazumdar Shaw," said MP Suresh Kalmadi, also the chairman of the Pune Festival Committee, at a press conference on Saturday.

The journey of lavani' in the last 50 years of Marathi cinema will be highlighted in Lavani Bavankhani,' a programme by actors like Usgaonkar, Amruta Khanvilkar, Deepali Sayyed, Shruti Marathe, Aniket Vishwasrao and Mayuresh Pen. Not to forget a recital by vocalist Shrinivas Joshi, a powada' programme by Subodh Bhave along with Shahir Hemant Mavale.