The tasha gives me energy and it lasts for a year: Saurabh Gokhale

Did you know that actor Saurabh Gokhale, known for various roles in Marathi movies and a negative role in the recently released

Simba

, also plays the tasha? The actor says, "I only play during Ganesh festival. It’s very energetic and it gives me satisfaction. Hours of performance during the fest give me energy, which lasts for a year."

Saurabh wanted to be part of a

dhol

pathak since childhood, but couldn’t make it. "But after becoming an actor I was invited to various Ganesh mandals and used to play there. But later,

Astad Kale

and Amit Ranade called me and we decided to form a dhol pathak of actors and technicians from the Marathi industry. That's how we started the Kalawant Dhol Pathak, where I the play tasha. Money collected from performance is utilised for social causes," he adds.