Lekure Udanda Jahali
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Lekure Udanda Jahali (Marathi: लेकुरे उदंड जाहली), (English: Bumper Crop of Kids), is a 1966[1][2] Marathi play by Vasant Shankar Kanetkar. The name refers to a stanza from Dasbodh by Samarth Ramdas.
Lekure Udand Jhaali is a Vasant Kanetkar play which has been revived twice. The first revival was in the 70's by The Goa Hindu Association. The first show of the revived version was conducted on 25 May 1973[3] at Sahitya Sangh Mandir at Girgaon. It completed over 1000 shows. The play was redesigned by Premanand Polle for Kala Academy - Goa's Repertory company (Rang Mell) in 2004. Dr. Saish Deshpande composed all the songs in modern fusion genre and were performed live on recorded tracks.[citation needed]
Cast
The first version of the play had Shrikant Moghe playing 'Rajaram' while Kalpana Mujumdar (born Kalpana Deshpande) playing the role of 'Madhurani'. The miscellaneous cast of the play was Bholaram Athavale (Dhatingan Guruji), Baba Mahadik (Doctor Astaputre), Prakash Inamdar (Gora), Pravin Patil (Marutrao), Vitthal Pandurkar / Mohandas Sukhtankar (Dasopant), Mandakini Bhadbhade / Kumud Damle (Sonutai), Shripad Joshi (Vyankatrao)
The second version or first revival had the lead roles played by Shrikant Moghe & Daya Dongre. Another version or revival was undertaken in the 1990s[4] by Prashant Damle.
The third version or second revival of the play in 2014[5] is produced by Bhagyashree Desai and directed by Vijay Kenkre. It has unusual music with Western tunes[6] by the late Jitendra Abhisheki[7] and Ashok Patki. Sumeet Raghavan[8] returning to the theatre after a gap of 15 years[5] plays Rajaram while his real life wife Chinmayee Raghavan[9] portrays Madhurani. Uday Sabnis and Ajit Kelkar play supporting roles.[10] The other members of the cast are Mrunal Chemburkar, Sunil Godbole, Shivani Karhadkar, Sudesh Mhashilkar.[11]