Love thrives on the myth of neverendingness. Never-ending companionship­—till death do us part. Or the never-ending wait for the Beloved. For lavani singers and dancers however, love is fleeting. “We ...

On most Saturday evenings, the rock-strewn mud lot known as Jambori Maidan in South Mumbai teems with kids playing cricket. But one night last February, a crew of workmen shooed away the players so ...

For years, the art form of Lavani has been looked down upon, often unfairly. For a folk-art form that traces its roots to the 18th Century, it still has a niche audience. Shakuntalabai Nagarkar has ...

Neha Patil emerged as the winner of the lavani dance competition, Dholkichya Talavar, showcasing her exceptional talent and command over the traditional Maharashtrian dance form. Shubham Borade and ...

Bollywood actress Shraddha Kapoor is tapping into her Maharashtrian roots for her upcoming film Eetha, a biopic on legendary Tamasha artiste Vithabai Bhau Mang Narayangaonkar, by learning the ...

In the middle-class Marathi household of Bhushan Korgaonkar, Lavani as a dance form was often looked down upon, considered bawdy and obscene. Korgaonkar felt ashamed that the state of Maharashtra, ...

Dance and music, they say, have no language; they speak from the heart to the heart. And that is exactly what happened when three different dance forms from two different continents came together to ...

As we all know, Deepali, apart from being involved in politics, is also a known actress and a dancer. In fact, she was one of the judges on a dance reality show titled 'Dholkhichya Talavar.' The theme ...