Mahesh Manjrekar to direct Marathi film ‘Shivaji Park Mumbai 28′
‘Shivaji Park Mumbai 28‘ is the biggest landmark of Mumbai, known for the world famous cricket ground which has nurtured World famous cricketers and also the most popular meeting place for politicians to hold their election rally. Many renowned personalities live in and around this landmark in Dadar, Mumbai. So, when you hear that a Marathi film is being made with the title ‘Shivaji Park Mumbai 28‘ obviously, there is a lot of curiosity about this film.
Produced by Gouri Pictures and presented by Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar, the film is directed by Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar. Highlight of this film is that many renowned artistes from Marathi film industry have come together to work in ‘Shivaji Park Mumbai 28‘ film. Recently, muhurat of this film took place in Pune, with beginning of first schedule of shooting. So, get ready to watch Vikram Gokhale, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Ashok Saraf, Satish Alekar & Shivaji Satam together in this film. But, apart from these five big names, the other popular artistes of this film are, Sharad Ponkshe, Uday Tikekar, Savita Malpekar, Suhas Joshi, Bharti Achrekar, Santosh Juvekar, Sushant Shelar, Dipti Lele & Manjiri Phadnis.
‘Shentimental’ – Entertainment… Police style
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Movie: Shentimental
Rating: ★★★ Genres: Comedy, Drama Censor: U/A Duration: 130 min. Studio / Presenter: RRP Corp, Bunny Dalmia Producer(s): Abhay Jahirabadkar, Sameer Patil, Santosh Bodke, Manjusha Bodke Director: Samir Patil Writer: Samir Patil Cinematography (DOP): Mahesh Limye Cast: Ashok Saraf, Upendra Limaye, Vikas Patil, Pallavi Patil, Suyog Gorhe, Devyani Raghuveer Yadav, Ramesh Wani, Madhav Abhyankar, Uma Sardeshmukh, Pushkar Shrotri, Rajan Bhise, Vidyadhar Joshi Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke |
In the past there were few Marathi films highlighting the pathetic conditions in which our Maharashtra Police live and the extended duty hours affecting their health and mental condition. However, latest released Marathi film ‘Shentimental’ written and directed by ‘Poster Boyz’ and ‘Poshter Girl’ fame Samir Patil presents the same situation in a humorous way. The film revolves around Three Police inspectors Pralhad Ghodke (Ashok Saraf) , Dilip Thaur (Upendra Limaye) & Subhash Jadhav (Vikas Patil) attached to a Police Station in Mumbai, who while investigating a case are required to visit a village in Bihar along with a well educated arrested Thief Manoj Pande (Sujog Gorhe) to get back the ornaments stolen by him and hidden in his house in that village.
The film does take time to take off with its humor filled plot and hence it is only little before the interval the audience really enjoy the humor filled incidences, especially during the journey of the Police team along with the thief and later after arriving at his house in Bihar. As a writer director Samir Patil has cleverly developed some of the scenes, to tickle the funny bone of the audience. Ashok Saraf in particular suits very well in his role, well supported by Upendra Limaye, Suyog Gorhe, Ramesh Wani and Vikas Patil to match well with their perfect timing for comedy. When they are joined by veteran Bollywood actor Raghuvir Yadav, the screenplay turns more hilarious for some time. Even the entry of Pushkar Shrotri in special appearance is well timed, to show how the trains come to halt using muscle power in between stations in Bihar.
Throughout the film the writer director has used his skills to generate humor, except for the first 45 minutes of the film, which are wasted in unwanted happenings. ‘Classmate’ fame Pallavi Patil has however been wasted in a limited role of a young lady Police Inspector, just to indicate the love story between her and her colleague Subhash Jadhav. In other supporting roles, Madhav Abhyankar, Vidyadhar Joshi, Rajan Bhise, Uma Sardeshmukh have also done well. Music by Milind Joshi is good for the two songs in this film and so is the brilliant cinematography by Mahesh Limaye .
All in all, ‘Shentimental’ offers Police style entertainment to offer some humor with a message to people to understand the problems faced by Police.
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Makers of ‘Shentimental’ felicitate nine personalities for their contribution to society
Every film maker wants to promote his or her film in a different way. Abhay Jahiratbadkar, Sameer Patil , Santosh Bodke and Manjusha Bodke tried a different way, to present the first look of their film to the special invitees and media persons recently. A set of a typical Police station was designed for this purpose at the venue and even the important artistes of this film were dressed up in Police uniforms. But, the highlight of this function was the felicitation of nine personalities from different fields, for their contribution to the society. They were, Dr. Archana Sarda, Dr. Rajesh Sinha, Dr.Rajgopal kalani, Rony George, Jaywant Wadkar, Medha Manjrekar, Sugandha Lonikar, Nitin Vaidya and Dr. Uday Nirgudkar.
They were all felicitated with ‘Shentimental’ awards at the hands of prominent personalities like Maharashtra’s D.G.-SRPF Hon. Sandeep Bishnoi, Ms. Kirantai Diliprao Valse Patil and legendary Marathi actor and lead hero of this film Ashok Saraf. The story of this film revolves around an interesting Inter State Operation by Mumbai Police, with a touch of humor. Besides Ashok Saraf leading the film’s cast, the film also stars National award winning actor Upendra Limaye, ‘Lek Majhi Ladki’ TV serial fame Vikas Patil , ‘Classmate‘ film fame Pallavi Patil, Suyog Gorhe, Raghuveer Yadav, Ramesh Wani, Madhav Abhyankar, Uma Sardeshmukh, Rajan Bhise, Pushkar Shrotri and Vidyadhar Joshi in other important roles.
There are three songs in this film rendered by popular singers like Avadhoot Gupte, Bela Shende, Shaan, Nihira Joshi, Deshpande & Pavni Pande, on the music of Milind Joshi. Directed by Sameer Patil, the film is set to release on 28th July 2017.
Shentimental ( शेंटिमेंटल )
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Rating: ★★★
Censor: U/A
Duration: 130 min.
Studio/presenter: RRP Corp, Bunny Dalmia
Producers: Abhay Jahirabadkar, Sameer Patil, Santosh Bodke, Manjusha Bodke
Executive Producer: Shankar Dhuri
Director: Sameer Patil
Writer: Sameer Patil
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Executive Producer: Shankar Dhuri
Director: Sameer Patil
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Writer: Sameer Patil
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Dialogues: na
Lyrics: Milind Joshi, Dasu Vaidya, Guru Thakur
Music: Milind Joshi
Playback Singer: Avadhoot Gupte, Bela Shende, Shaan, Nihira Joshi Deshpande, Pavani Pandey
Cinematographer (DOP): Mahesh Limaye
Editor: Jayant Jathar
Starcast: Ashok Saraf, Upendra Limaye, Vikas Patil, Pallavi Patil, Suyog Gorhe, Devyani Raghuveer Yadav, Ramesh Wani, Madhav Abhyankar, Uma Sardeshmukh, Pushkar Shrotri, Rajan Bhise, Vidyadhar Joshi
Costumes: Sachin Kamble
Makeup: Vijay Patil
Sound : Vijay Bhope
Background Score: Mangesh Dhakde
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DI, VFX: Javvadi Studios
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Sameer Patil announces his next film on the occasion of Ashok Saraf’s birthday
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Sameer Patil announces his next film on the occasion of Ashok Saraf’s birthday
After making successful films like ‘Poshter Boyz‘ and ‘Poshter Girl‘, director Sameer Patil has now disclosed his next film ‘Shentimental‘ in a sentimental manner, on the occasion of his lead actor Ashok Saraf‘s birthday on 4th June 2017. Through the first poster of his forthcoming film which shows Ashok Saraf in the uniform of a Police Hawaldar, he took the opportunity to wish his lead actor a very happy birthday, in a unique way.
The uniform of a Police Hawaldar is very special for versatile actor Ashok Saraf, as he had begun his film career in the role of a hawaldar through Dada Kondke‘s film ‘Pandu Hawaldar‘ way back in 1975. Now, after 42 years Ashok Saraf is playing Asst Police Sub Inspector, with promotion for that character. Known for his perfect timing for comedy, for the past four decades, it will be interesting to find him in this role through this film, which will be released on 28th July 2017.
Fakta Marathi channel to present Ashok Saraf Film Festival
Known for his perfect timing for comedy, actor Ashok Saraf has entertained Marathi and Hindi film lovers for almost more than four decades. Apart from comedy, he has also performed negative and variety of character roles till date. Fakta Marathi channel, which has been offering variety to home viewers, will be presenting Film festival of Ashok Saraf films next week.
From Monday 22nd May 2017, they will be presenting one film of this comedy King Ashok Saraf daily at prime time 7 pm. The films which will be shown between 22nd and 27th May , daily at 7 pm. The names of these films are, ‘ Aamchyasarkhe Aamhich’,’Aabaa Zindabad’,’Gammat Jammat’,’ Galli Te Delhi’,’Bhannat Bhanu’,’ & ‘Most Wanted’.
Ashok Saraf conferred with Kala Gaurav at SKD Awards
The 16th Sankruti Kaladarpan Annual awards for Marathi Films, television and Dramas were presented on Sunday evening, in presence of all prize winners, special invitees and media persons. There were some entertaining skits presented by the team of ‘Comedy Chi Bullet Train‘ a laughter show on TV. Some good dance performances were also presented by Pushkar Jog and Gashmir Mahajani.
Veteran actor Ashok Saraf was conferred with this year’s Kalagaurav Award, while Nana Patekar and sachin Pilgaonkar received special honour awards for their respective performances in films ‘Katyar Kaljat Ghusali‘ and ‘Natsamrat‘. Though ‘Natsamrat‘ bagged the popular film’s award, ‘Katyar Kaljat Ghusali‘ bagged maximum awards. While ‘Deool Band‘ bagged best social film award, the award for the most impressive film of the year went to ‘Koti‘. The best actress award went to Medha Manjrekar, while the best actor’s award was shared by Sumeet Raghavan and Ankush Chaudhari.
In the drama section, the play ‘Don’t Worry be Happy’ was declared the best popular play of the year, while Girija Oak and Umesh Kamat were declared the best actress and best actor respectively. In the TV serial section Colors Marathi serial ‘Asa Sasar Surekh Bai‘ won the best serial of the year award, with the lead stars of this serial, Santosh Juvekar and Mrunal Dusanis winning the best actor and best actress awards.
On this occasion the organisers of SKD Chandrashekhar Sandve and Archana Nevrekar, donated Rs. 1 Lakh 61 thousand rupees cheque to NAAM Foundation, which was accepted by Makarand Anaspure.
‘Vrundavan’ is influenced by Bollywood & South romantic action films
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Rating: ★★★
Genres: Drama, Romantic Censor: UA Duration: 130 Min. Studio/presenter: Realistic Film Company Producer(s): Rajpremi, Sunil Khandpurkar, Sandip Sharma, Jigar Kadakia Director: T.L.V. Prasad Writer: Abhiram Bhadkamkar Music: Amitraaj Cinematographer (DOP): Vasudeva Rao Cast: Raqesh Bapat, Pooja Sawant , Vaidehi Parshurami, Ashok Saraf, Mohan Joshi, Mahesh Manjrekar, Bharat Ganeshpure, Aarti Solanki Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke |
Over the years, we have been watching formula type of Commercial films in Bollywood and especially in South Indian film industry, which are combination of action, romance, comedy and emotion all packed together. Now, with the passage of time, we notice more stunts of the film’s hero, backed by special effects. Also, with the advancement of technology, we find better sound design, excellent art work and stimulating music, to offer a complete entertainment package to the audience. Latest released film ‘Vrundavan’ falls in this category.
So, if you are willing to keep the logical thinking aside, ‘Vrundavan’ is just an ideal film for you. The film which begins with a love story of Krish( Raqesh Bapat) and Pooja( Pooja Sawant) , later turns into an action packed film, with Krish taking up the difficult task of playing the dummy boyfriend of Pooja’s close friend Bhoomi ( Vaidehi Parshurami), only at the request of his beloved Pooja. This plot itself is not convincing, as no young girl, who is intensely in love with her boyfriend, would let him go with another beautiful girl. But, Pooja trusts Krish and that’s how, we see the predictable drama taking place, in the story of this film, which follows.
But, the new Superman of Marathi films, Krish handles this most difficult situation confidently. He becomes friendly with Bhoomi’s family members, comprising of almost a cricket team, on the style of Shahrukh Khan doing it in films like ‘Pardes’ or ‘Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge .’ He also wins the heart of tough looking father of Bhoomi( Mahesh Manjrekar) and her uncle (Sharad Ponkshe). All seems to be going well,; but Bhoomi’s father decides to get his daughter married to Krish, when we see the predictable drama, with villain opposing the marriage, except for a twist in the screenplay. Needless to say, that all goes well in the end; but the solution sounds funny, almost going on the lines of a typical south Indian action based love story.
The film has some best action scenes, which would even leave behind the action or fight scenes performed by Sahrukh Khan, Ajay Deogan , Salman Khan & Akshay Kumar in their previous Bollywood films. So, Raqesh Bapat turns the new angry young man and Super hero of Marathi films. The entire film belongs to him, as he has scenes with almost all artistes in the film and he has done well, displaying his quick reflexes, perfect body language and good dialogue delivery. Good support comes from Pooja Sawant, though she doesn’t find much importance in this film. But, Vaidehi Parshurami steals the show, as she not only looks good, but has also performed well, displaying her dance skills too.
There is a big list supporting artistes in this film, but Ashok Saraf, Mahesh Manjrekar, Sharad Ponskse, Mohan Joshi, Bharat Ganeshpure , Aarti Solanki, Uday Tikekar find suitable roles. The villain played by Kumar Hegde is just namesake and doesn’t find much scope. Music by AmitRaj is the USP of this film. All the songs have been picturised well, with good choreography. Good cinematography by V.Vasudeva Rao is also the plus point of this film, besides special effects used in action scenes.
Regular Marathi film lovers, who love to watch realistic films, may not like this film; but there are film lovers, who enjoy watching films like ‘Chennai Express’, ‘Lai Bhari’ and similar south films, may enjoy watching this film. By the way, this film is a remake of 2010 telugu film ‘Brindavanam’and therefore, we very much miss the Marathi touch in this film, except for the Govinda song.
Vrundavan (वृंदावन)
Genres: Romantic, Drama
Rating: ★★★
Censor: UA
Duration: 152 min.
Studio/presenter: Realistic Film Company, Dr. Tvacha
Producer(s): Raj Premi, Suniel Khandpur, Sandeep Sharma
Co-Producer: Amit Karkhanis, Anagha Karkhanis
Executive Producer: Mangesh Jagtap
Director: T.L.V Prasad
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Dialogues: Abhiram Bhadkamkar
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Co-Producer: Amit Karkhanis, Anagha Karkhanis
Executive Producer: Mangesh Jagtap
Director: T.L.V Prasad
Action Director: Venkata Nageshwara Rao
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Dialogues: Abhiram Bhadkamkar
Lyrics: Mandar Cholkar, Kshitij Patwardhan, Yo
Music: Amitraj
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Cinematographer (DOP): Vasu
Editor: Hardik Singh Reen
Starcast: Raqesh Bapat, Pooja Sawant, Vaidehi Parashurami, Mahesh Manjrekar, Ashok Saraf, Mohan Joshi, Sharad Ponkshe, Bharat Ganeshpure, Arati Solanki, Kumar Hegde, Uday Tikekar
Costumes: Vaishali Deshmukh
Makeup: Guddu
Sound : Anil Nikam
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Choreographer: Sujit Kumar, Bhanu
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‘Double Seat’ turns favourite at Zee-MFK awards
Every year Zee talkies have their separate awards function in the form of ‘Maharashtracha favourite Kon?’ with the voting open for shortlisted Marathi films and their artistes & other technical experts. This year too, there was overwhelming response from the viewers, who casted their votes, for their favourites. And, this year ‘Double Seat’ bagged maximum awards in different sections of this Viewer’s choice awards. The awards were presented to the winners, at an event held in Mumbai, recently.
However, the best film award went to ‘Dr.Prakash Baba Amte’ a sensible film made on a social subject. The best direction award went to Paresh Mokashi for the film ‘Elizabeth Ekadashi’. Needless to add that Ankush Choudhary and Mukta Barve were adjudged the favourite actor and actress respectively . The favourite supporting actor and actress awards went to Vaibhav Mangale and Sai Tamhankar. The main attraction of the event was the presence of Nana Patekar and Makarand Anaspure, who were felicitated by Zee talkies, for their efforts to help the families of poor farmers, in drought hit places in Maharashtra. A cheque amounting to Rs. 5 Lakh was presented to their NAAM Foundation. Some entertaining programmes were also presented by popular Marathi artistes, on this occasion. Siddharth Chandekar and Vaibhav Tatwavdi anchored the show.
Telecast of this event will be shown on 20 the December 2015 at 7 pm on Zee talkies channel.