Mangesh Keshav Padgaonkar. Pic courtesy/Shubhankar Karande 

Last Âu00c2u0080Âu00c2u0088Year fans of Marathi literature mourned the passing away of poet Mangesh Keshav Padgaonkar. Having set on a poetic journey at the age of 14, Padgaonkar went on to bring out 40-odd publications; of mainly romantic verse, but also other themes like children's poetry and poems on the corrupt societal power structure. On his first death anniversary, a thematic presentation will showcase the gems of Padgaonkar's poetry set to music by stalwarts like Sudhir Phadke, Shriniwas Khale, Yashwant Deo and Hridaynath Mangeshkar, and immortalised by some of the celebrated vocalists of our times like Lata Mangeshkar, Sudhir Phadke, Arun Date, Asha Bhosle and Suresh Wadkar.