Rahul Deshpande is an Indian classical music singer. He is the recipient of a National Film Award for his work in Me Vasantrao. He is the grandson of Vasantrao Deshpande.
Suresh Ishwar Wadkar is an Indian playback singer. He performs in both Hindi and Marathi films. He has sung songs in some Bhojpuri films, Odia albums and bhajans and in Konkani films.
Sa Re Ga Ma or Saregama are the initial four notes of the standard octave in Indian classical music, see swara.
Shriram Iyer is an Indian singer who has provided the music for the Bollywood film, Iqbal and also sung the opening theme song for the Zee TV show, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007. He is lead singer of the fusion band "OM The Fusion Band".
Javed Ali is an Indian playback singer who predominantly sings in Hindi. He has also sung in various Indian languages including Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
The Dagadusheth Halwai Ganapati temple is a Hindu Temple located in Pune and is dedicated to the Hindu god Ganesh. The temple is visited by over hundred thousand pilgrims every year. Devotees of the temple include celebrities and chief ministers of Maharashtra who visit during the annual ten-day Ganeshotsav festival. The main Ganesh idol is insured for sum of ₹10 million (US$130,000). It celebrated 130 years of its Ganapati in 2022.
Aarya Ambekar is a Marathi playback singer and actor from Pune, Maharashtra. She has recorded numerous songs for films and albums in Marathi and Hindi. She has also performed at various prestigious concerts across India and overseas including UAE, USA amongst others. Aarya has won numerous accolades including a Filmfare Award.
Vaishali Mhade is an Indian singer and winner of Zee TV's reality series, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009. She sings primarily in Marathi language.
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi Li'l Champs is an Indian Marathi language singing reality show which is a part of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi which aired on Zee Marathi. Li'l Champs first season premiered in 2008 and currently it aired its 4th season.
Bela Shende is an Indian playback singer. She performed several songs in Bollywood and other film Indian industries. "Mann Mohana" from the film Jodhaa Akbar, "Su Che" from the film What's Your Raashee?, "Wajle Ki Baara" and "Apsara Aali" from Natarang are some of her famous songs. In 2014 she was awarded the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Khurkhura" from the Marathi film Tuhya Dharma Koncha.
Shamika Bhide was a participant of the first season of the reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi L'il Champs aired on Zee Marathi channel. She is from Ratnagiri, a district in Maharashtra. She was one of the twelve finalists of this show. During this show, she was most appreciated for 'lavanis', a type of Maharashtrian folk music. She has also recorded recently for an Album named Aathva Swar.
Mahesh Kale is an Indian Classical vocalist renowned for his specialization in Indian Classical (Hindustani), Semi-Classical, Devotional music including Natya Sangeet. Mahesh Kale won the 63rd National Film Award as the Best Playback Singer, for the song Aruni Kirani in the film Katyar Kaljat Ghusli. He is a disciple of Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki. He was ranked nineteenth in The Times of India's Top 20 Most Desirable Men of Maharashtra in 2017.
Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai is a 2010 Indian Marathi-language romance film directed and co-written by Satish Rajwade. The film was released in Maharashtra on 11 June 2010 and stars Swapnil Joshi and Mukta Barve as the only two unnamed characters from different cities of Pune and Mumbai, respectively, and the film is about how their competitive spirits bring them together. The film was critically and commercially successful at the box office and is the first installment of the Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai film series before its two sequels titled Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 2 (2015) and Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 3 (2018). The was remade in Hindi in 2014 as Mumbai Delhi Mumbai, in Kannada as Pyarge Aagbittaite, in Telugu as Made in Vizag and in Punjabi as Chandigarh Amritsar Chandigarh. In Gujarati, it is remade as "Taari Saathe".
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, is a sub-series of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, it is a singing competition television series, which airs on Zee TV. Young children participate in this show and are judged on the basis of their voice quality, singing talent and versatility in their performance.
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2017 is an Indian singing competition television series which premiered on 25 February 2017 on Zee TV. In a back-to-school format that lends itself to a spirited atmosphere of camaraderie and fun, the L’il Champs represent their schools.
Swapnil Bandodkar is a Marathi playback singer from India, popular for playback singing Marathi film and television world. He learnt music from Kunda Vaishampayan, Vasantrao Kulkarni and Suresh Wadkar
Prathamesh Laghate is an Indian singer in Marathi film industry. He was finalist in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi L'il Champs in the year 2008–09. He was among the finalist with Aarya Ambekar, Kartiki Gaikwad, Mugdha Vaishampayan, Rohit Raut. Prathamesh made his way into the Marathi film industry with the movie Duniyadari where he crooned for superstar Swapnil Joshi in the foot-tapping number 'Yaara Yaara'. That's how he got his first break in Marathi movies
Manaswini Lata Ravindra is a Marathi playwright, screenwriter and director, known for writing the play Amar Photo Studio and also being one of the writers of the Marathi sitcom Dil Dosti Duniyadari. In 2016, she is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar for her short story collection, Blogchya Aarshyapallyad.
Anjali Gaikwad is an Indian classical singer from Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. She sings songs in the Marathi and Hindi languages. In 2017, she appeared in the singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2017, where she was the winner along with Shreyan Bhattacharya.
