Filmmaker Pahlaj Nihlani to inaugurate NCPSL prog

Raipur, March 07, 2012

Renowned film producer and director of Bollywood Pahlaj Nihlani will inaugurate Sindhi litterateurs’ felicitation ceremony to be organised by the National Council for Promotion of Sindhi Language (NCPSL) litterateurs at Pt JNM Medical College in the state capital on March 11. The programme will also be attended by chairman of Global Sindhi Council Ram Jawaharani. The duo will reach Raipur at morning on March 11 through regular flight from Mumbai.

The vice chairman of the council Ramesh Warlyani informed that another chief guest of the programme will be CLP leader Ravindra Choubey. The special guests of the function will be Cultural Minister Brijmohan Agrawal, Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Government of India Nandlal Jotwani, RMC Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak and president of Chhattisgarh Sindhi Sahitya Sansthan Murlidhar Makhija.

The programme will be presided over by Raipur-based Shadani Darbar’s Sant Yudhishthirlal. The felicitation ceremony will be followed by Sindhi musical night. Warlyani informed that renowned Sindhi singers Pankaj Jaswani from New Delhi and Kajal Chandiramani from Mumbai will present their programmes.

Warlyani said the felicitation ceremony would be prideful moment for the entire Sindhi community as it would be the first national event of NCPSL in the state. By far, the council has organised such events in metropolitan cities of the country like Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata and Ahmedabad.

He informed that the three teams of organising members had been sent to invite intellectuals of the Sindhi community across the state.

Warlyani has himself led a team comprising Mohan Khatuja, Ashok Gurnani and Murli Ajwani and has invited community members in Rajim, Dhamtari, Charama and Kanker.

While a team lead by Kanhaiyyalal Chhugani and comprising Ishwar Bajaj, Mohanlal Prithyani, Jhamandas Athwani, and Ratan Makhija will invite community members in Khursipar, Bhilai, Durg and Rajnandgaon.

Another team led by Suresh Shadani and comprising Ravi Keswani, Bhishm Kingrani, Harish Vaswani and Kamal Laheja will invite community members in Tilda, Bhatapara, Bilha, Chakarbhatha and Bilaspur.

Notably, the council will felicitate twelve prominent Sindhi litterateurs during the felicitation ceremony.

Warlyani informed that the council had printed 12-page invitation cards for the programme. “We have briefly given introduction of all the 12 Sindhi litterateurs who will receive award in the cards besides informing about their contribution to the Sindhi community and achievements,” Warlyani said.