For years, the art form of Lavani has been looked down upon, often unfairly. For a folk-art form that traces its roots to the 18th Century, it still has a niche audience. Shakuntalabai Nagarkar has ...

On most Saturday evenings, the rock-strewn mud lot known as Jambori Maidan in South Mumbai teems with kids playing cricket. But one night last February, a crew of workmen shooed away the players so ...

"Lavani is my mother. It gave birth to the dancer in me, and for that, I am forever grateful," says Megha Ghadge, a popular Lavani dancer and actress who also speaks at large about where this folk ...

Gear up for a vibrant performance that is equal parts sassy, classy and entertaining. It is a world where the peppy beats of dholak are accompanied with the beats of ghungroos and intricate footwork, ...

Dance Deewane Junior judge Nora Fatehi is a dance enthusiast. Recently, the actress took to her Instagram account and shared a video wherein she can be seen doing a Lavani dance with the contestants ...

Madhur Bhandarkar is delighted. Maharashtra Chief Minister, Vilasrao Deshmukh has asked the director to make a film highlighting the lavani, the popular dance form of the region. Apparently, Deshmukh ...

Imagine stepping into a dimly-lit performance hall. The rhythmic jingle of ghungroos (ankle bells) cutting through the air, followed by a voice so powerful, it seems to draw energy from centuries past ...

As we all know, Deepali, apart from being involved in politics, is also a known actress and a dancer. In fact, she was one of the judges on a dance reality show titled 'Dholkhichya Talavar.' The theme ...

The Lavani doyen, Shakuntalabai Nagarkar (picture), then brought the roof down with a 'Sangeet Bari' dance, relying on abhinaya and impromptu conversations with the audience, which got transformed ...

Amruta Khanvilkar is currently in the spotlight for her Lavani reel. She recently created a special dance video for Sai Tamhankar’s upcoming Lavani song ‘Aalech Mi’ to wish her good luck for her movie ...

Police have registered a case against a female Marathi artiste and three others after a video showed her performing dance on a Lavani number in the premises of Lal Mahal here, where Chhatrapati ...