Balgandharva

The film tells the life of Narayan Shripad Rajhans. The man performed on the Marathi stage. He became known for his singing. After a performance in Pune he was given the name Balgandharva. The ruler of Kolhapur pointed him toward training. He joined a theatre company. He learned his craft there. He married at his mother’s insistence. On stage he played the women’s parts. A new play was staged in 1911. His infant daughter died the same day. He went on stage all the same. Later he started a company of his own. Fame and money came with it. The rise of cinema put the theatre in difficulty. Debt and troubles in his private life wore him down. Subodh Bhave and Nitin Chandrakant Desai appear in the one hundred twenty four minute film, an Indian production Ravi Jadhav finished in 2011.