LAVANI...in Marathi the song Abhilasha sang

Whilst origins of Lavani could be retraced back to 1560s, it descended into importance during the by and by days of the Peshwa rule. A lot of famous Marathi Shahir folk singers, that include Ram Joshi (1762'1812), Anant Fandi (1744-1819), Honaji Bala (1754-1844) , Prabhakar (1769-1843) and Lok Shahir Annabhau Sathe (1 August 1920 - 18 July 1969) bestowed importantly for the evolution of this genre of Marathi music. Honaji Bala brought in tabla in place of the conventional dholki. He in addition to formulated the baithakichi Lavani, a sub musical style that is exhibited by the vocalist in the sitting posture.

Shringar Lavani is by and large sung & danced on the stage by a female and composed by male person. Lavani could also be termed as a loving song voiced by lady who is expecting for her lover to have her, who yearns for his love.

Lavani's latest advocates appear undiscouraged by the stain endured by their predecessors. The gifted Darshana Shetge who now chairs the company of Sola Hazaarat Dekhani, alleges: ''Art is never vulgar. The stare of the audiences might be indecent. That's another of the grounds she doesn't execute outside Mumbai. So far, Lavani has a quality audience.

The countryfied appealingness of lavani was adopted by Marathi films in the sixties. Hit cinemas like Sangtye Aika founded on the biography of tamasha legend Hansa Wadkar and redid by Shyam Benegal in Hindi as Bhumika, set a vogue of tamasha based movies that survived till the nineties. During this time period, the Marathi films popularized a lot of lavani songs voiced by the greats of Asha Bhonsle, thumri proponent Shobha Gurtu and Usha Mangeshkar.

Spurred by the success of lavani-based programs, Marathi theater are at present awash with alike programs with small variants. Amongst them include Laakhat Dekhani, Chauphula, Navrangi Naar, Natrangi Naar and the recently founded Rang Udhalu Chala.

One of the numerous ethnic music particulars was the erotic form of 'shringarik lavani' or the titillating lavani. Although vastly hot among rustic Marathi men, the lavani performing artists were considered as of low position in the community and were sometimes ostracised by reputable Maharashtrian families.