Flight to Germany: Pawar recalls how he overcame Bal Thackeray's opposition to iconic Marathi play with help from friend's jet

By the time Shiv Sainiks had assembled to stop the play's cast and crew from leaving Pune, the aircraft had already ferried them to the Mumbai airport to catch a flight for Berlin, he said on Friday at the 18th 'Jagthik Marathi Sammelan' in Pimpri Chinchwad here. Pawar said he was in the Maharashtra government in 1972 when the play was first performed in Pune.

Flight to Germany: Pawar recalls how he overcame Bal Thackeray's opposition to iconic Marathi play with help from friend's jet
By the time Shiv Sainiks had assembled to stop the play's cast and crew from leaving Pune, the aircraft had already ferried them to the Mumbai airport to catch a flight for Berlin, he said on Friday at the 18th 'Jagthik Marathi Sammelan' in Pimpri Chinchwad here. Pawar said he was in the Maharashtra government in 1972 when the play was first performed in Pune.