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CONGRATULATIONS TO BMM AND SEATTLE MARATHI MANDAL FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION
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Official Opening of BMM Convention 2007 |
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 Mr. Jagdish Vasudev welcomes Mr.Vilasrao Deshmukh, Chief Minister of Maharashtra INDIA |
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 From left to right: Mr Narendra Jadhav, Mr.Vilasrao Deshmukh, Mr. Jabbar Patel |
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 Chief Minister Mr.Vilasrao Deshmukh announced a donation of Rs.50 lakhs for BMM and shared some of the initiatvies that are being taken by the Maharashtra government to promote business and culture. He also voiced his support for Ms. Pratibha Patil for the upcoming Presidential elections in India. |
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 Mr. Jagdish Vasudev (now former president of BMM) formally welcomed all the dignitaries and guests to the 2007 Convention and expressed gratitude for all the support he received during his tenure as President. |
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 Mr.Ashok Chavan, Cultural affairs minister for Maharashtra expressed his views and gave information about the initiatives that his department has undertaken to promote Marathi entertainment. |
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Mr.Jayant Bhopatkar - Convenor for 2007 BMM Convention |
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 Dr. Jabbar Patel presented a very powerful and thought provoking speach. |
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 BMM Executive Committee member Mr.Ashish Chaughule presented flowers to Mr. Jabbar Patel and thanked him for being part of this years convention. |
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Cultural Program for the opening ceremony. Performances by teams from Seattle, San Jose, Chicago |
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 Seattle Group |
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 Chicago Group |
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 San Jose Group |
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In The Audience |
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 Mr.Deshmukh and his wife to his right |
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 Mr.Madhur Bhandarkar |
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"Manomilan" - Ekankika by Theatrics USA |
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 Directed by Vidula Mungekar, Manomilan one act play was a superhit at this years convention. All the actors had a very strong performance. This play also received the 1st prize for Best Ekankika during the BMM Ekankika spardha. |
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Interview of Madhur Bhandarkar by Sudhir Gadgil |
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 Mr.Madhur Bhandarkar was interviewed by .Mr. Sudhir Gadgil. This was Madhur's first ever live interview on stage. Madhur has a very shy on stage personality. But Mr.Sudhir Gadgil made this interview more of a conversation and slowly Madhur opened up to the public. Talked about his days when he struggled to get any work. Told us how he used to deliver video cassets to all the big Bollywood stars and gave a special comment about Mithun-Da. He said that Mithun-Da was the only star who use to pay him on time. He also recollected the days when worked as an apprentice with Ram Gopal Verma ans slowly made a progression to becoming his associate director for the movie "Rangeela". Not having gone thru any formal training for being a film maker, he still encouraged young and upcoming talent to try and get training. But he also reminded that "experience is the best teacher". I had an opportunity to meet this film maker who has made two National award winning movies and I was pleasantly surprised to have a very casual conversation with him. Madhur has some upcoming projects lined up but would not talk much about it. He has always experimented with new subjects and said he would like to surprise his fans and audiences worldwide with his new ventures.  
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Ma'ma Atma Ga'ma'la |
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Additional pictures from Day 1 |
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