Sharvari Jemenis and Milind Gunaji, the anchor-duo of Bhatkanti

Novel episode for Bhatkanti travel show
Anvay Communications’ popular travel show Bhatkanti which is being telecast on Zee’s Alpha-Marathi channel every Sunday at 12 noon for more than a year now, with actor Milind Gunaji and actress Sharvari Jemenis as anchors, will have an unusual special episode which will be aired on Sunday August 19. The contents of this episode will consist of an exhibition of 50 selected photographs taken by Milind Gunaji, who is an expert lensman too, at the various known and little known places of public interest covered by the serial so far. Also the Chalo Harishchandragad campaign launched by the producers of the serial appealing members of the public to join the serial’s team of technicians along with the anchor-duo in the trek to the Harishchandragad fort summit planned on August 5.

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Announcing the details of this novel special episode at a Press conference in Mumbai on July 19, the director of the travel show Santosh Kolhe, said that the 2-day exhibition of photographs taken by Milind Gunaji would first be held in Mumbai (July 21-22), Pune (July 24-25) and Nashik (July 26-27). In addition to the formal inauguration programme, also on the anvil was an item in which well-known interviewer-cum-journalist Sudhir Gadgil would chat with the Bhatkanti team members including the anchors about their experiences in the making of the several episodes which had been already telecast. As for the Chalo Harishchandragad part of the contemplated episode, the members of the public desiring to take part would be asked to reach Harishchandragad, at their own cost, on the morning of August 5 at the foot of the fort and then climb it along with the serial team.

On reaching the destination, a function would be held in which the Milind Gunaji-written book Bhatkanti would be formally released. All these activities at the exhibition venues and the Harishchandragad fort would be taped for use in the preparation of the special episode.

Later, during an informal chat, the director said that this special episode to be telecast on August 19 would be one short of the 75-episode mark which would go on air on August 26. He could not say as to what the contents of episode 75 would be, but indicated that a decision would be taken within a week.

Milind Gunaji was present at the Press meet but Sharvari Jemenis could not make it.

— Pandit Shimpi