Yogesh Pawar

Mumbai

Bureau Chief at DNA India

Print, web, TV journo for 29 yrs. All views personal. Radical pundamentalist. Twin passions: khaana & gaana. ENFP.

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Articles

Silent storytellers: Walk through a songline that connects India and Oz | Mumbai news - Hindustan Times

Apr 20, 2024 | hindustantimes.com | Yogesh Pawar

The Australian Consulate-General and Unbox Cultural Futures collaborate to bring the ‘Walking Through a Songline’ (WTAS) art exhibition to India | Mumbai news
Jeetendra: ‘Our Punjabi Family Had An Improvised Gudi Installed’

Apr 6, 2024 | freepressjournal.in | Yogesh Pawar

On the occasion of Gudi Padwa, octogenarian actor Jeetendra, who turns 82 today, takes a walk down memory lane. He speaks evocatively of heralding the New Year in Girgaon where he was raised, his foray into cinema and the lasting impact of Maharashtrian values on his life. Excerpts from the interview:Gudi Padwa is around the corner…Though it starts getting really hot after Holi, I’d wait for Gudi Padwa since early childhood… Why?
‘Much of our syncretic world has gone asunder. But there is still something for everyone’

Mar 23, 2024 | hindustantimes.com | Yogesh Pawar

Mumbai Murmurings: 213 Tiny Tales of Theatre, a book about the connection between Mumbai and theatre and what lurks beneath is launching on World Theatre Day on 27th March. HT caught up with the author Ramu Ramanathan for a tete-a-tete about the book, theatre’s Mumbai connection and more. Excerpts: Mumbai’s theatre movement has been around since pre-Independence. Why did you feel like bringing out Mumbai Murmurings: 213 Tiny Tales of Theatre now?
Ode to the creative genius of Josef Wirsching to unveil in Mumbai

Feb 25, 2024 | htsyndication.com | Yogesh Pawar

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Ode to the creative genius of Josef Wirsching to unveil in Mumbai

Feb 25, 2024 | hindustantimes.com | Yogesh Pawar

Josef Wirsching, cinematographer of some of the most iconic Hindi films till the 1970s such as Achhut Kanya (1936), Mahal (1950), Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai (1960) and Pakeezah (1972), is largely a forgotten figure today. A German national, Wirsching left Munich for Bombay in 1925 to apprentice as a cinematographer on Franz Osten’s Light of Asia (1925) and stayed on here to become the main cameraperson (1935-55) for the first professionally run Indian film studio, Bombay Talkies.
Tribute to the creative genius of Josef Wirsching to be unveiled in city

Feb 25, 2024 | htsyndication.com | Yogesh Pawar

Posted On: 2024-02-26 Posted By: Yogesh Pawar Education HT Mumbai Newspapers Mumbai, Feb. 26 -- Josef Wirsching, cinematographer of some of the most iconic Hindi films till the 1970s such as Achhut Kanya (1936), Mahal (1950), Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai (1960) and Pakeezah (1972), is largely a forgotten figure today.
How a play grew along with the changing face of Parel

Feb 3, 2024 | hindustantimes.com | Yogesh Pawar

A once-upon-a-time mill enclave, also known as Girangaon (village of mills) in central Mumbai, is now defined by shiny glass towers that house corporate offices, expensive residences and upscale commercial hubs. Around 65 textile mills thrived on the 600-acre space along with mill workers’ homes – the skyline punctuated by mill chimneys was as indelible a Mumbai image as Marine Drive.
Life after TB shouldn’t be about only surviving but thriving, says theatre actor

Feb 1, 2024 | hindustantimes.com | Yogesh Pawar

MUMBAI When you realise that you are infected with a deadly pathogenic bacteria -- one that infects over nine in a lakh Indians – you go through the predictable stages of shock, anger, rejection, grief and hopefully acceptance. When theatre actor Akshata Acharya was diagnosed with multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) she decided not to blame it on destiny, but catch the bull by the horns. She not only doggedly pursued treatment to cure herself but worked on her psychosocial scars as well.
A garden of memories about a santoor legend

Jan 13, 2024 | htsyndication.com | Yogesh Pawar

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A garden of memories about a santoor legend

Jan 13, 2024 | hindustantimes.com | Yogesh Pawar

Mumbai: “Shivji was a mountain of man… He brought what was a relatively unknown instrument from the mountains and made it an essential part of mainstream classical music. Frankly, I feel anxious and unsure about speaking of such a tall legend. My words further dry up since I’m sharing the stage with Hariji,” said poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar, smiling, as he spoke with legendary flautist and music composer Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia.