Pune, Sept. 17 -- Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan will inaugurate the 38th Pune Festival at Shri Ganesh Kala-Krida Rangmanch, Swargate, here on Friday.
Maharashtra Governor Jishnu Dev Varma, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar, Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil, Pune Festival patron Hema Malini, union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol, Cultural Affairs Minister Ashish Shelar, Tourism Minister Shambhuraj Desai and former union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde will attend the inaugural ceremony.
The festival has been dedicated to the memory of its founder-president and former Pune MP Suresh Kalmadi. A nine-minute film highlighting his contribution to the festival...