Just met Shankar Mahadevan after ages

Today we had a meeting with Shankar Mahadev, Writer,Director Rajan Prabhu had come all the way from Poona, with his beautiful song written by himself " त्या पहाटेची मी वाट पाहे " which Shankar liked it very much and has agreed to sing , me and Shakar were meet after ages, first time we met through Swapna Waghmare, who was Directing a serial called " Khusboo " and Shankar had sang the title song, that time also he was star as his album " Breathless " was a major hit. And that time when we met he which I thought was the first time, but he reminded me that we had met before with Shivaji park group of friends, that time also he was nice and polite and after many many years as he had become a bigger star singer music Director, he has become more humble, he treated Rajan who had come with Santosh & Kiran with respect, I was little worried that he might not recognise me or being a Marathi film he might give a reason to say no, but he fixed next weeks recording date, today was little tied up still gave time because I could see Karan Johar waiting in the recording studio restlessly, for Sharkar to come back and continue with his film work.

So the person responsible for today's meeting is of course, my Director Friend, queen of India Soaps/ TV serial - Swapna Waghmare..

This is the working still of the serial " Khusboo " at Kolhapur for which Shankar and Kavita Krishnamurthy sang the title song,

I was introduced to Swapna by my friend Ninad kamad , who was " Ahankar " produced and Directed by her, she immediately casted me in
"Ahankar", and I was offered a cute role from the 20Th episode, shot with Vikram Gokhale, as it was the beginning of my television career, it was after Campus success, working with Vikramji was a great thing, unfortunately the serial was off air after 25th episode, as Swapna backed out for wrong Doordarshan Policy change, but then she cast me in Balaji Telefilms initial serial "mano ya na mano", and offered me a very challenging role against late Mahavir Shah, Shooting was in Gujarat near Varsoda, there a night she gave me some dialogues which were to be shot in the morning, after seeing those dialogues I couldn't sleep the whole निघत, I woke her up in the middle of the night and asked her the meaning of it and she got very upset and told me to go to sleep and we will see it in the morning, how could I sleep with three pages of something which I couldn't understand a single word of it, so by hearted the whole thing, some of these lines which I still remember " मोक्ष प्राप्ति की याद सदा उस आत्मा को तद्पएगी , भग्न हृदय की तीव्र कराये क्शोनित भोग ही चाहेगी , सूर्योदय की कतिमे एक फेरेसे विश्रांति होगी , चरण डगमगे कपेतो सुर्यस्थ की गली होगी , पूरब पश्चिम उतर दक्षिण कोई दिशाना दिल की होगी , आशा से देखो तो शायद वाही दिशा दिल की होगी, पाँच फेरों की मुक्ति मांगे क्शोंनित पाँच भ्र्राता ओ का , जनक हो जिसका एक संभाले भार कर्तव्यों का ।" It was a nightmare.

But the way Swapna shot the entire story, she became the best Actor's Director, A director who understands an Actor, make him comfortable, and get the best out of him, and that performance of mine become one of my memorable one, it also gave Balaji an extension of the serial, just because of Swapna I could do so many Balaji Telefilms serials, in all 12 serials more than 600 episode ( Mano ya na mano, Captain, kaun, Karam, Kusum, Kuch Khona na hai Kuch pana hai, Itihas, Bandhan, Kesar, Karwa Chuath, Kahani Teri Meri. ) just because of her.


She directed me in Karam, Aksar, Ahankar, Captain, and she directed my serial " Khushboo " but more than work , and friends, we have become family, she has wonderful parents, who love me and my wife very much, they also watch my Marathi films and encourage me.