Mangala Bansode Explained

Mangala Bansode
Birth Place:Narayangaon, Puna district, Bombay State, India
Birth Date:12 September 1951
Nationality:Indian
Known For:Tamasha artist
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Spouse:Ramachandra Bansode
Father:Anna Sawant Merchant

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. She is from the Village of Karawadi near Karad. Her troupe has 150 persons in employment.[4]

Anecdotes

In January 2016 just before her performance in the Goa Lokotsav,[5] a rumour spread about her death that she had to scotch by going to press.[6] In the 2013 season her troupe received the biggest payment advances amongst all at Narayangaon's tamasha fair.[7]

References

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