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Social awareness with entertainment capturing young minds and overall society for a better future of India is of great importance. Combining these two factors through music( vocal, instrumental and dance) has been the most effective way to achieve this goal. Kirtan styles of Maharashtra and Kathak have been doing the same for decades, but separately. This research is conducted to study the effect of fusion of Maharashtra kirtan and Kathak on the audience with respect to philosophical preaching. Purpose of this research was to find whether this experimental presentation is effective in the form of only entertainment or also to make the audience understand the philosophical approach behind it. For this research quantitative and qualitative analysis is done. Survey showed a 70/30 ratio about the effectiveness of this new experiment among the audience. In qualitative methodology, interviews of Kirtankar Charudatta Aphale who presented this experiment thrice along with Senior Kathak dancer Manisha Sathe, Dr. Manjari Dev who presented Saint Tukaram dance drama in Varkari- kathak fusion format, Dr.Nandkishore Kapote who has done experiments with Bhajan bhav in both Kirtan and Kathak style were conducted and analysis was done of the experimental presentation of naradiya-kathak tradition and varkari-Kathak fusion by the researcher. Results showed that this new form of storytelling has been more effective than traditional Kathak presentation not only in understanding the story but also for understanding the philosophy behind it. A new generation who feels traditional Kirtan as boring, this experiment was effective in capturing the young generation and provided sugar coated capsules of social awareness keeping tradition alive in different ways.