By Our Correspondent:

Mumbai (2nd February, 2010): National Award winning Marathi Music Directors Ajay and Atul Gogawale launched their official website at J.W. Marriott amidst much fanfare.

The website www.ajayatul.com was launched by none other than the legendary Shri. Amitabh Bachchan, who came in to congratulate the talented musicians & to present his best wishes to them.

The event started with a speech from Mahesh Manjrekar, who bestowed his best wishes to the duo, followed by music composer Shri Pyarelal. Amitabh Bachchan wished Ajay-Atul for their achievement before inaugurating the website by cutting a mock ribbon on the screen while the rest cheered him. He also went on to give interesting bytes to the media before making a graceful exit.

The website, (www.ajayatul.com) will have all the information about the music directors – from their wallpapers to all their songs, trivia, etc. The site will also have a blog by the duo an also a forum to promote their music.

The sibling duo Ajay-Atul also celebrated their unprecedented success at the ‘56th National Film Awards’ for winning the ‘National Film Award for Best Music Direction’ for their Marathi film ‘Jogwa’.

MNS leader Raj Thackeray arrived the event after Mr. Bachchan left. He wished the duo for their success at National Awards and their website launch.

A lot of celebrities from the Marathi film industry came to extend their well wishes to the duo.

Marathi actress Amruta Khanvilkar and Sonali Kulkarni were the first ones to arrive.

Photographer Avinash Gowarikar, Subodh Bhave, Priya Berde,Upendra Limaye, Mukta Barve, Ankush Choudhary came to join their celebrations and to give their best wishes to Ajay-Atul. The guest came in from time to time and posed for the shuttebugs.

Sachin Pilgaonkar, Vaishali Samant, Padma Wadkar, Makrand Anaspure, Choreographer Umesh Jadhav, Nagesh Bhosle and Smita Tambe made a late entry.

Ajay-Atul played the perfect guests in interacting and entertaining the guests. There was a gracious flow of drinks and food. The guests were seen interacting with each other and dancing to the tunes of Ajay-Atul.

The composer duo has also been earlier awarded with prestigious awards like Maharashtra Kala Niketan Puraskar, Maharashtra Rajya Vyavsayik Natya Spardha, Mata Sanman, Sanskruti Kala Darpan, Zee Gaurav, Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Chitrapat Mahamandal, V.Shantaram Puraskar and Late. Music Director Shrikant Thakrey Sankrutik Mahotsav Puraskar.

Some of their all-time hit songs include, ‘Morya-Morya’, ‘Man Udhaan Varyache’, ‘Varyavarti Gandh Parsarala’, ‘Chamcham karata hai’, ‘Kombdi Palali’, ‘Apsara Ali’, ‘Vajale Ki Baara’ etc. Each of these songs has touched the hearts of listeners not just in Maharashtra but all over India and even across the globe.