pune the city is all decked for pune smart week 2019 with various art design installations and colourful pillars and gates for a plethora of events from saturday up to february 24 students and creative professionals witnessed an inspiring powerpacked hand lettering workshop by chandan mahimkar on art heals on friday the evening belonged to a soulstirring performance of billimaaraan by piyush mishra it paid homage to the crpf jawans killed in the terror attack on thursday through its strong lyrics melodious tunes and soulpiercing music the multitalented mishra said that his work was inspired by mirza ghalib both events started with two minutes of silence pune smart week in its true essence and aligned with its motto is celebrating art for all its a confluence of art across various mediums and technology for creating a unique visually enhanced experience an array of programmes exhibitions workshops demonstrations competitions talks childrens activities and installations in the field of visual arts and design dance and music films and theatre literature and talks have been planned all the events are free and would be hosted at jangli maharaj road balgandharva rangmandir sambhaji park ferguson college road raja ravi varma gallery ghole road and police parade ground saturday will begin with a tribute to raja ravi varma through an exhibition of his rare lithographs and prints at balgandharva kaladalan curated by ajit gadgil photography enthusiasts have a mustattend workshop on photography framing by rajesh joshi his portfolio includes celebrity shoots product ads and travel for newspapers and magazines a drawing competition will be held on february 1617 for school children at raja ravi varma art gallery selected drawings and innovative ideas would be exhibited from february 20 to 24 as a public art installation representing a futuristic pune punekars can take a stroll in the flower festival at sambhaji park and witness a range of eyecatching art installations along fergusson college road promenade a mustvisit experience is to the smart technology interactive musical wall that would be installed for citizens to create music on their own another impressive experience is through the the tunnel of reflections with multimirrored surfaces theatre lovers can look forward to actor prashant damles eka lagnachi pudhchi goshta which is a sequel to his earlier eka lagnachi goshta on february 17 at balgandharva rangmandir three mega events at the police parade ground have been planned a folk fusion manganiyaar will be held on february 22 the ever popular bhadipa bharatiya digital party which has a huge following among the youth will have a special programme on february 23 renowned sitarist niladri kumar will regal music lovers with a sitar funk on february 24 there will also be a special edition of happy streets on j m road too