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Ajay-Atul to lend their magic to city's dhol tradition
Updated On: 10 August, 2012 08:51 AM IST | | Vivek Sabnis
Well-known music composer duo set to launch dream project Ajay-Atul Dhol Generation; brothers say they aim to enliven festivals all through year and give city yet another thing to be known by
The famous Ganapati festival of the city would not be the same without the energetic playing of drums during the celebrations, and now the tradition is set to get a touch of the Ajay-Atul magic.u00a0The well-known film music composer duo, who are brothers from the city now settled in Mumbai, are coming back to kick-start their ambitious dream project called Ajay-Atul Dhol Generation (AADG) by this weekend.u00a0“We want to make dhol-playing a brand that Pune will be known by, the way Dandiya dance has become an identity of Gujarat,” Atul Gogawale, one-half of the famous duo, said.
650 players chosen
The brothers, whose music for Bollywood films Singham and Agnipath was much appreciated, have involved 650 dhol players from the city and nearby towns like Saswad, Jejuri and Shivapur for the AADG project.
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