GANDHARVAGATHA

‘GANDHARVAGATHA’ IS THE TALE OF BAL GANDHARVA WHO WAS GIFTED WITH THE LOYALTY, LOVE, DEVOTION TOWARDS ART, A SOULFUL VOICE AND GENUINE BEAUTY! HE BLESSED MAHARASHTRA WITH EXCEPTIONAL MUSIC PLAYS LIKE SWAYAMVAR, MAAN-APAMAN, SHAKUNTAL, SANGEET SAUBHADRA, SAUNSHAY KALLOL, KANHOPATRA, AND EKACH PYALA. BALGANDHARVA WAS ALWAYS A DOWN TO EARTH PERSON. WHEN THE COMPANY WAS IN DEBT, LADSAHEB OF MUMBAI, LAKHMICHAND OF KARACHI AND PHILANTHROPISTS LIKE V. SHANTARAM SAVED THE COMPANY. ALTHOUGH WHEN THE COMPANY’S MANAGEMENT FELL INTO THE HANDS OF GOHARBAI, THE ARTISTIC AND WORLDLY LIFE OF THE BALGANDHARVA STARTED STARTED TO DECLINE. LATER, BALGANDHARVA’S DOWNFALL FROM THE PEAK OF POPULARITY TO HIS DAYS OF POVERTY AND DESTITUTION WERE STOPPED BY DEATH ITSELF. THIS NOVEL IS THE JOURNEY OF BALGANDHARVA’S OPULENT LIFE FROM PLAYING THE MOST BRILLIANT ROLES IN MARATHI THEATRE TO FACING DESTITUTION AND THE FINAL CALL OF DEATH.