Mangala Bansode

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Mangala Bansode
Born (1951-09-12) 12 September 1951 (age 72)
Narayangaon, Puna district, Bombay State, (Present-day Pune district, Maharashtra) India
NationalityIndian
Known forTamasha artist
SpouseRamachandra Bansode
Parents
Awards
Websitemangalabansode.com

Mangala Bansode is an Indian Tamasha folk artist popularly known as ‘Sangeetachi Rani’,[1] from the Maharashtra & She is daughter of the Vithabai Bhau Mang Narayangaonkar,[2] she has won the Vithabai Narayangaonkar Lifetime Achievement Award awarded by government of Maharashtra.[3] She works along with her son NItin, who is fifth generation of her family in the line.[4] It has been said that she is the only woman owner of a tamasha troupe named Loknatya Tamasha Mandal[1] in Maharashtra.[2] She is from the Village of Karawadi near Karad. Her troupe has 150 persons in employment.[5]

Anecdotes[edit]

In January 2016 just before her performance in the Goa Lokotsav,[6] a rumour spread about her death that she had to scotch by going to press.[7] In the 2013 season her troupe received the biggest payment advances amongst all at Narayangaon's tamasha fair.[8] It is said that Bansode's granddaughter a doctor had to disassociate herself with her grandmother's profession in order to improve her matrimonial situation, however she wishes her granddaughter Sayali - her son Nitin's daughter to be the sixth generation performing.[9][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Bansode, Mangala. "'We are ready to keep Tamasha alive, provided we get help' says Sangeetachi Rani". Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b Faleiro, Sonia. "The Other India: Mangalaji's Tamasha Party". India Ink. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
  3. ^ "Lata Mangeshkar Award for LifetimonAchievement announced for Krishna Kalle". India.com. 2014-08-29. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
  4. ^ a b Abp Majha (2016-09-08), माझा कट्टा: लावणी सम्राज्ञी मंगला बनसोडे, retrieved 2016-12-18
  5. ^ "Pune: Tamasha groups feel the heat of drought as bookings dip by 40%". The Indian Express. 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
  6. ^ "Goa's Lokotsav becoming India's biggest Folk and Craft Fest". Goa News. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
  7. ^ "मी ठणठणीत आहे, हितशत्रुंनी माझ्या मृत्यूची अफवा पसरवली - मंगला बनसोडे". Eenadu English Portal. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
  8. ^ "तमाशा पंढरीत झाली २ कोटींची उलाढाल -Maharashtra Times". Maharashtra Times. 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
  9. ^ "The last act". Retrieved 2016-12-18.