Mangala Bansode

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

Mangala Bansode
Born (1954-01-26) 26 January 1954
Karawadi
NationalityIndian
Known forTamasha artist
Spouse(s)Ramachandra Bansode
AwardsVithabai Narayangaonkar Lifetime Achievement Award,
Anna Bhau Sathe Puraskar
Websitemangalabansode.com

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 payement advances amongst all at Narayangaon's tamasha fair.[7] 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.[8][3]

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