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Paresh Mokashi’s next film ‘Chi Va Chi Sau Ka’ to release on 19th May

Paresh Mokashi, Lalit Prabhakar, Mrunmayee Godbole, Marathi Film 'Chi va Chi Sau Ka'
Paresh Mokashi, Lalit Prabhakar, Mrunmayee Godbole, Marathi Film ‘Chi va Chi Sau Ka’

After offering National award winning film ‘Elizabeth Ekadashi’, renowned director Paresh Mokashi is back with the support of Zee Studios to offer his next Marathi film ‘Chi Va Chi Sau Ka’, which is all set to release on 19th May 2017.  Recently, trailer of this film was launched in presence of artistes and makers of this film along with singers and lyricist Swanand Kirkire.

Written by Paresh Mokashi and Madhugandha Kulkarni , the story of this film revolves around a young couple Satyaprakash and Savitri played by Lalit Prabhakar and Mrunmayee Godbole respectively. While Satyaprakash is an electrical engineer, Savitri is a Veterinary doctor. Both are busy with their profession and firm on their decisions. And, it’s an arrange marriage for them. The post marriage  happenings in their life have been presented in humorous way in this film. Other artistes of this film are, Supriya Pathare, Pradeep Joshi, Purnima Talwalkar, Sunil Abhyankar, Sharmishtha Raut, Pushkar Lonarkar, Bharat Ganeshpure, Jyoti Subhash & Satish Alekar. Music of this film is composed by Narendra Bhide.

Screenplay writers Ganesh-Ambar return with ‘Andya Cha Fanda’

Ambar Hadap Ganesh Pandit
Marathi movie ‘Andya Cha Fanda’

After offering successful films like ‘Yellow‘ & ‘Balak Palak‘, screenplay and dialogue writer pair of Ambar Hadap and Ganesh Pandit are now returning together with their new film ‘Andya Cha Fanda‘, which will be released all over Maharashtra on 30th June 2017. This time, the hit pair has been joined by another partner in the form of Shripad Joshi.

Speaking about ‘Andya Cha Fanda‘ film, both Ambar Hadap and Ganesh Pandit said that they were always in search of new subjects, which would inspire them to write suitable screenplay and dialogues; and this film’s story offered them what they were looking for.

Produced by Vijay Shetty along with Prashant Shetty and Indira Vishwanath Shetty, ‘Andya Cha Fanda‘ film’s story revolves around two little children, who are best friends. Directed by Santosh Shetty, the makers of this film promise entertainment for all.

‘Karaar’ finds month of May suitable for its release

Subodh Bhave, Urmila Kanitkar Kothare and Kranti Redkar
Subodh Bhave, Urmila Kanitkar Kothare and Kranti Redkar Marathi Film ‘Karaar

The ongoing IPL Cricket has forced many Marathi film makers to postpone their film’s releases. And, one of them is director Manoj Kotian, who has found the month of May as most suitable time for the release of his film ‘Karaar‘. It may be recalled that music of this film was released end of last year, when it was announced that  ‘Karaar‘ film would be released early 2017. But, for some reason or the other, the film’s release was postponed.

Now, producers Bipin Shah and Gautam Munot have announced the release of ‘Karaarfilm as 26th May, 2017, which is the summer vacation time. The film stars Subodh BhaveUrmila Kanitkar Kothare and Kranti Redkar in lead roles. The film’s music is by Vijay Gavande and Paresh Shah, with lyrics by Guru Thakur and Mangesh Kangane. Reputed singers like Avadhoot Gupte, Shreya Ghoshal, Bela Shende, Sonu Kakkar, Jasraj Joshi, Neha Rajpal and Vaishali Samant have rendered their voices for the songs in ‘Karaar‘ film.

‘Oli Ki Suki’ to release on 26th May

Actress Tejashree Pradhan in Marathi movie 'Oli Ki Suki'
Actress Tejashree Pradhan in Marathi movie ‘Oli Ki Suki’

Whenever the poster of a film is released, it indicates that the film would be released within a month or two. Today, the best way to release the poster is with the help of social networking sites. Recently, Producer Vaibhav Uttamrao Joshi released the poster of his film ‘Oli Ki Suki’ in the same manner on social media.

Film ‘Oli Ki Suki’ has already received nomination at the Maharashtra State Film Festival in two categories.Directed by Anand Gokhale , the film is set to release on 26th May 2017.  Popular television actress Tejashree Pradhan is playing lead role in this film, which also has 12 child artistes in important roles. The other artistes of this film are, Bhargavi Chirmule, Suhas Shirsat, Sharvari Lohakare  and Sanjay Khapre.

‘F.U.- Friendship Unlimited’ Teaser Launched

F.U.- Friendship Unlimited
Vaidehi Parshurami, Aakash Thosar,Sanskruti Balgude, Mahesh Manjrekar, Medha Manjrekar & others, Marathi movie ‘F.U.- Friendship Unlimited

Sometimes, before the release of a film, a lot of buzz is created through the clever strategy adopted by the makers of that film. This is happening in the case of forthcoming Marathi film ‘F.U.- Friendship Unlimited‘. Is this because of the unique title of the film or due to presence of ‘Sairat‘ fame hero Aakash Thosar. The exact reason will be known only after the release of this film. But, the launch of teaser of this film has surely created a new record, with more than 10 lakh viewership of this teaser on social networking sites in just one night.

Actually, the live launch of the teaser was held in Mumbai previous evening, in presence of artistes and other unit members of ‘F.U.- Friendship Unlimited’ film. The film is produced by Mahesh Manjrekar along with others and is directed by him and therefore it has special significance. Apart from Aakash Thosar, the film stars a big team of young artistes comprising of Satya Manjrekar, Mayuresh Pem, Shubham Kirodian, Madhav Devchakke, Pawandeep, Vaidehi Parshurami, Sanskruti Balgude, Swamini Wadkar, Riya Burman, Radha Sagar, Madhura Deshpande & Swarda Thigale. The team of senior artistes comprises of Sachin Khedekar, Medha Manjrekar, Sharad Ponkshe, Bharati Achrekar, Mahesh Manjrekar, Late Ashwini Ekbote along with Bollywood artistes Boman Irani and Isha Koppikar .

Now, John Abraham will produce Marathi film ‘Savita Damodar Paranjpe’

Raqesh Bapat, John Abraham, Swapna Waghmare Joshi , Subodh Bhave & others, Marathi Movie Savita Damodar Paranjpe
Raqesh Bapat, John Abraham, Swapna Waghmare Joshi , Subodh Bhave & others, Marathi Movie ‘Savita Damodar Paranjpe

After Akshay Kumar, Ajay Deogan, Priyanka Chopra, now it’s turn of John Abraham to associate with Marathi film industry. John Abraham made announcement recently about his debut Marathi film ‘Savita Damodar Paranjpe‘ as a producer . The film has gone on the floors under the banner of his JA Entertainment and will star Subodh Bhave, Trupti Toradmal and Raqesh Bapat.

Incidentally, John has been a big fan of some of the Marathi films with a good story and his favourite Marathi film was ‘Dombivali Fast‘ as revealed by his mother, when MMW met her last time during the premiere of a Marathi film. Directed by Swapna Waghmare Joshi (‘Mitwa’ & ‘Fugay’ fame), ‘Savita Damodar Paranjpe‘ is an adaptation of the famous Marathi play, ‘Savita Damodar Paranjpe‘. So, it will be interesting to watch how skillfully Swapna Waghmare presents the cinematic version of this famous play.

Editing expert Nikhil Bhosale turns director with new Marathi film ‘Jalu’

Marathi Film  Jalu
Actress Varsha Usgaonkar, Marathi movie ‘Jalu

Marathi films are known for their extraordinary subjects. Many a times, such subjects are called the ‘hero’ of such films. Nikhil Bhosale who has experience of editing popular TV programmes like ‘CID‘, ‘Aahat‘, ‘Madhali Sutti‘ and ‘Comedy Express‘ will now be making his debut as a director through new Marathi film ‘Jalu‘ , shooting of which will begin soon.

Produced by Ajitkumar Dhule under his Sai Nakshatra Productions, the film’s choreography is to be handled by renowned choreographer Phulwa Khamkar. The director will himself be doing the editing work of this film. Versatile artistes like Jyoti Subhash and Kamlesh Sawant will be performing important roles in ‘Jalu‘ film, with other artistes to be finalized soon. According to the makers of this film, the film’s realistic subject would inspire women.

शिवम वानखेडे ठरला 2MAD महाराष्ट्राचा अस्सल डान्सर

2MAD Show Colors Marathi
Sanjay Jadhav, Amruta Khanvilkar, Umesh Jadhav and Shivam Wankhede, 2MAD Show

कलर्स मराठीवर सुरु झालेल्या 2MAD – महाराष्ट्राचा अस्सल डान्सर याकार्यक्रमाला प्रेक्षकांचा उदंड प्रतिसाद मिळाला. 2MAD शोमध्ये TOP 6 ची निवड झाली आणि या स्पर्धकांमध्ये विजेतपद मिळवण्याची चढाओढ चांगलीच रंगली. शिवम वानखेडे याने मिळवला 2MAD महाराष्ट्राचा अस्सल डान्सर होण्याचा मान, तर राहुल कुलकर्णी आणि सोनल विचारे यांनी अनुक्रमे पटकावले दुसरे आणि तिसरे स्थान.

2MAD च्या ग्रँड फिनालेमध्ये महाराष्ट्राची लाडकी अभिनेत्री पूजा सांवत आणि वैभव तत्ववादीने मोना मोना, टूकुर टूकुर आणि तू चीझ बडी हे मस्त मस्त या गाण्यावर अफलातून नृत्य सादर करत सगळ्यांची मने जिंकली. कार्यक्रमाचे परीक्षक उमेश जाधव यांनी बायगो बायगो आणि संजय जाधव यांनी ये जवानी है दिवानी या गाण्यावर डान्स केला जो प्रेक्षकांना विशेष आवडला. तसेच 2MAD ची परीक्षक अमृता खानविलकर हिने आपल्या दिलखेचक आणि अप्रतिम नृत्याने ग्रँड फिनालेची रंगत अजूनच वाढवली.

2MAD – महाराष्ट्राचा अस्सल डान्सरच्या ग्रँड फिनालेमध्ये सगळ्याच स्पर्धकांना महाराष्ट्रातून असंख्य वोट्स मिळाले. या कार्यक्रमातील विजेत्याला शिवम वानखेडेला तब्बल दोन लाख आणि गोल्डन ट्रॉफी मिळाली. तर राहुल कुलकर्णी आणि सोनल विचारेला अनुक्रमे सिल्वर आणि ब्रॉंझ ट्रॉफी तसेच एक लाख रुपये मिळाले.

Finest ‘Jugalbandi’ by Asha Bhosale & Sadhana Sargam for Marathi film ‘Hero’

Aasha Bhosale and Sadhana Sargam
Asha Bhosale and Sadhana Sargam

Picturisation of songs based on ‘Jugalbandi‘ presented by two singers is not new to Bollywood; but surely, it is something new to Marathi films. And, that too if it is presented by two finest singers like legendary Asha Bhosale and popular singer Sadhana Sargam, it is certainly a big news. One such ‘Jugalbandi‘ has been presented by these two singers, which has been picturised on classical dance performance by two equally good dancing actresses Deepali Sayyad and Sukhada Khandkekar.

This song is part of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Hero‘ directed by N.N.Siddiqui and the wordings of the song are ‘Dhinak Dhin Aag Laga Doon… Ga bai majha Tora Nakharel..‘ . Music of this Hindi-Marathi fusion song has been composed by Raja Ali, while the dance has been choreographed by Phulwa Khamkar. The other artistes of ‘Hero‘ film are, Ramesh Deo, Vijay Patkar, Uday Tikekar, Bhushan Patil & Vaishnavi Karmarkar.

Gashmeer Mahajani is fortunate to shoot at maximum foreign locations

Actor Gashmeer Mahajani Pictures
Actor Gashmeer Mahajani

Shooting at foreign locations is not new to Bollywood stars. But, when you find a Marathi actor who has shot at maximum foreign locations, it certainly becomes a news. And, the name of this Marathi actor is Gashmeer Mahajani. Gashmeer shot into fame with his debut Marathi film ‘Carry On Maratha‘ and soon grabbed roles in many Marathi films. During the past two years, four of his films were released. Out of these four films, Gashmeer Mahajani had an opportunity to shoot at foreign locations for his film ‘One way Ticket‘.

With ‘One way Ticket‘ Gashmeer Mahajani toured places like Italy Spain & France. And now, while shooting for Mahesh Manjrekar‘s film ‘Rubik’s Cube‘ he had an opportunity to shoot at beautiful location at Piran in Slovenia, Italy and Switzerland. And, at every place he has stayed at least for eight days. Isn’t that a big achievement for a Marathi star like him ? The places he liked the most were the beach of Piran and city of Bard in Italy.