Gashmeer Mahajani is fortunate to shoot at maximum foreign locations
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.
Antaricha Song
Movie: Rubik’s Cube
Director: Mahesh Manjrekar
Music: Vishal Mishra
Singer: Vishal Mishra, Neeti Mohan
Lyrics: Spruha Joshi
Starcast: Gashmeer Mahajani, Mrunmayee Deshpande, Surabhi Bhosale, Pooja Muley, Sidhaant
First look and music of Rubik’s Cube unveiled in presence of Salman Khan
Presence of Bollywood personalities during the music or first look launch of Marathi films, has set a new trend. Recently, Producer director Mahesh Manjrekar unveiled the music and first look of his forthcoming Marathi film ‘Rubik’s Cube‘ in presence of his friend Salman Khan in Mumbai. On this occasion, Salman’s friend Yulia Vantoor presented a dance performance, which received good response from the invitees.
‘Rubik’s Cube‘ has been shot at picturesque locations of Europe covering places like Italy, Switzerland & Slovenia. The film stars Mrunmayee Deshpande, Gashmeer Mahajani, Surabhi Bhosale, Siddhant Mulye, Kiran Yadnyopavit, Sandeep Pathak, Mahesh Manjrekar and Medha Manjrekar. Music director Vishal Mishra is making his debut as music director through this film, which is Produced by Avinash Ahale .
Will Gashmeer Mahajani and Spruha Joshi make a unique couple on screen ?
We have just seen the celebration of Valentine’s day on television screen and also at various events connected with Marathi entertainment. Many Marathi celebrities have expressed their love while promoting their films. Even otherwise, in Marathi films, we have seen few successful couples on screen, when it comes to expressing love. And, the most popular pair is Swwapnil Joshi and Mukta Barve. They not only made the home viewers happy but also succeeded in entertaining the Marathi film lovers with their fine chemistry.
In the recent past, the pair of Ankush Choudhary and Pooja Sawant and the young pairs of films like Time Pass and Sairaat also managed to entertain the audience, besides their tragic tales. But, now it remains to be seen, whether their next film will also click ? In the meanwhile, Marathi film makers are always trying to introduce new pairs . And, one such new pair is being tried by upcoming Marathi movie produced under the banner Filmy Keeda productions. And this unique couple is Gashmeer Mahajani and Spruha Joshi. Produced by P. S. Chhatwal and directed by Sameer Vidwans.
Recently, the muhurat of this film was held in presence of the makers and the artistes. Saurabh, Rishikesh & Jasraj Joshi will compose music of this family drama & Prasad Bhende is the DOP for this film. So, all eyes will be on this couple, as the shooting progresses.
‘One Way Ticket’ journey begins well but disappoints at the end
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Rating: ★★½
Genres: Drama Censor: U Duration: 130 min. Studio/presenter: Mekbrand, Video Palace Producer(s): Komal Unawane Director: Kamal Nathani, Amol Shetge Music: Gaurav Dagaonkar Writer: Amol Shetge Cinematographer (DOP): Roopang Acharya Cast: Amruta Khanvilkar, Neha Mahajan, Sachit Patil, Gashmeer Mahajani, Shashank Ketkar, Roger D’Costa, Asha Shelar Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke |
We have heard about the progress of Marathi films going global, with their unique subjects, through international film festivals. Now days, even some of the Marathi film award functions are held abroad. So, there isn’t big surprise, if any Marathi film is shot on a big cruise, offering something new to the audience. In the recent past, we have seen some Marathi films shot in Mauritius, Bangkok and so on. Latest released Marathi film ‘One Way Ticket‘ produced by Komal Unawane, presented by Video Palace and directed by Kamal Nathani & Amol Shetge has exactly tried this experiment, covering some parts of Europe on a cruise.
So, the film begins with a smart young man Samar Raj( Sachit Patil) who introduces himself as photographer, narrating the tale of Aniket to the audience, with the help of his charming young assistant Urvashi( Neha Mahajan) . Then, we actually see Aniket ( Shashank Ketkar) from Chinchwad, Pune, pleading before his mother to fulfil his desire of proceeding to Genoa , Italy on a job assignment and asking for Rs. 5 Lakhs, to transfer the same to a recruiting agency. Mother( Asha Shelar) sells her ornaments and land to raise the amount to help accomplish her beloved son’s dream. Aniket does land in Italy, but comes to know that he has been cheated. With no money with him, the writer of this film, shows him the way. Aniket travels back on the passport in the name of Aditya Rane( Gashmeer Mahajani) and also his money presuming that he is dead.
On the cruise, he comes across Shivani ( Amruta Khanvilkar) who is in search of her boyfriend Aditya Rane. On the same cruise, he meets Samar Raj and Urvashi. Soon, the news of Aditya Rane’s identity as a gangster and his death is released on television news and dejected Shivani later finds a good friend in Aniket. At the stroke of interval, one more elderly person identifying himself as D’costa joins the group and the film’s story takes a turn. But, the writer director could not carry the story further, as skilfully as they did in the pre interval session and wind up the plot hurriedly in a predictable manner.
‘One Way Ticket’ thus fails to deliver in the post interval session, what it promised in the first half. And therefore, this less than two hour long film fails to capture the audience in the later half . The film however scores on account of its good cinematography Rupang Acharya, who has captured the limited exposure of Europe skilfully, including the scenes on the deck of the huge ship. Background music of Troy Arif is also appealing, especially in the first half. The music is just fine. There are also some flaws noticed in the film. But, the performances of all the artistes are really good.
Those who haven’t tried a voyage on a big ship, may feel, as if they are also taken for a ride along with the young team of this film. Some of the scenes in few cities of Europe have also been captured well, with limited scope. But, there is something missing in this film, which the shrewd audience notice, as the film comes to an end. Film’s promo was very appealing. But then, All that glitters, is not Gold. The film has turned out to be just a casual pass time for a change.
One Way Ticket Movie Trailer
Movie: One Way Ticket
Director: Kamal Nathani, Amol Shetge
Music: Gaurav Dagaonkar
Cast: Amruta Khanvilkar, Neha Mahajan, Sachit Patil, Gashmeer Mahajani, Shashank Ketkar, Roger D’Costa
‘Kanha’ does another ‘Morya’ with change of guards
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Rating: ★★½
Genres: Drama Censor: U Duration: 130 min. Studio/presenter: Vihang Group, Youngberry Entertainment Producer(s): Pratap Sarnaik Director, Music: Avadhoot Gupte Writer: Sachin Darekar, Avadhoot Gupte Cinematographer (DOP): Rahul Jadhav Cast: Vaibhav Tatwawdi , Gashmeer Mahajani, Gauri Nalawade, Sumedh Wani, Kiran Karmarkar, Prasad Oak Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke |
It seems that film maker Avadhoot Gupte has taken the patent of making Marathi films, with Govinda and Ganapati festival background. Earlier, we saw him doing a film ‘Morya‘, which was set on the backdrop of community festivals like Janmashtami and Ganapati, which are very popular fests in Mumbai and in some parts of Maharashtra.
In ‘Morya‘ we saw the fight for power between two groups led by Chinmay Mandlekar and Santosh Juvekar. But, in Avadhoot’s latest film ‘Kanha‘ produced by Pratap Sarnaik and presented by Zee Studios, he has opted for youngsters like Vaibhav Tatwawdi and Gashmeer Mahajani, representing two rival groups. When it comes to forming human pyramids with maximum heights during Govinda festival, they compete with each other.
Actually, the film has tried to voice the concern of hundreds of such Govinda groups, who have been prevented from crossing the height of pyramids more than 20 feet or and not crossing five layers and not permitting children below 18 years of age to take part, while breaking the dahi handi. The film has also tried to show, how the politicians encourage the Govindas to defy the court orders. So, in this film we see two politicians played by Prasad Oak and Kiran Karmarkar , representing political parties and leaving it to the audience to decide, whom do they represent. It is anybody’s guess.
The problem with this film is that it is not as gripping, as ‘Morya‘. Moreover, handling similar type of subject with interference of politicians in exploiting the sentiments of Govinda teams, fails to generate interest. The screenplay could have been more gripping. Even the music is not very appealing, except for one ‘Zagmag..‘ song. The other songs have the flavor of Avadhoot Gupte’s previous film songs. But, the good thing about this film are the performances of the artistes. Vaibhav Tatwawdi suits well in the role of Malhar Bhosale, displaying his emotional side well, while Gashmeer Mahajani has proved that his selection as angry young man Raghubhai was perfect. But, he hasn’t found much scope for acting, except for the climax, as he is shown under the obligation of aspiring politician Madhubhai played by Kiran Karmarkar . By the way, it is Kiran Karmarkar, who steals the show, with his superb performance in this film. Good support comes from Prasad Oak in the role of a local MLA, Gauri Nalawade as Gym Instructor and friend of Vaibhav and Omprakash Shinde ( Khulta Kali Khulena serial fame), who has played Vaibhav’s close friend and Kiran Mane as Police officer..
The makers of this film have cleverly used this film as a platform to send across a message to the administrators and law makers , voicing their point of view. But, at the same time, they have shown how so many Govindas lose their lives in this adventure sport, after being lured with attractive prizes offered by Politicians. The film ‘Kanha‘ may therefore appeal all those, who enjoy this sport. For others, it is just another Avadhoot Gupte film.
Kanha Movie Trailer
Movie: Kanha
Director: Avadhoot Gupte
Music: Avadhoot Gupte
Cast: Vaibhav Tatwawdi, Gashmeer Mahajani, Gauri Nalawade, Sumedh Wani, Kiran Karmarkar, Prasad Oak
Gashmeer Mahajani all set to grab the attention of Marathi film lovers
Having already debuted in Hindi, six years ago through the film ‘Muskurake Dekh Zara‘, it took little more time for Gashmeer Mahajani , to make his grand debut in Marathi as the new action hero through the film ‘Carry On Maratha‘ in 2015. This was followed by his role as a young scientist in the super hit film ‘Deool Band‘.
Now, Gashmeer is all set to grab the attention of Marathi film lovers, with the release of much talked about film ‘Kanha‘, which is releasing on coming Friday, followed by much awaited ‘One Way Ticket‘ .In ‘Kanha‘, he is playing a parallel hero along with Vaibhav Tatwawdi, while in multi starrer ‘One Way Ticket‘ he has equally important role. But, after watching the trailer of both these films, one expects him to invite all the attention. Gashmeer has a good screen presence and he has a rich voice with equally good dialogue delivery .
Being the son of the Famous Marathi film actor Ravindra Mahajani, he invites media attention more. His education includes studies at Abhinava Vidyalaya in his hometown of Pune, followed by studies at BMCC Pune. Gashmeer has also worked at Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai for four years, which shows his attachment to the city of Mumbai. He also runs an academy for contemporary dance training and martial arts and has also directed a few Marathi plays. Isn’t that enough to describe his plus points ?
Grand Music launch of Marathi film ‘One Way Ticket’
With its unique title Marathi film ‘One Way Ticket’ has been inviting attention of film lovers, since its launch last year. Now, the film is all set to release on 23rd September 2016. Recently the Music launch of this film was held in Mumbai in a grand way, by the sponsors of this show Hindustan UniLever & Ponds Dreamflower. Present on this occasion were Producer Komal Unawane, co producer Suresh Pai, directors Kamal Nathani , Amol Shetge , entire star cast of the film and music team.
Music of this film sounds refreshing , with five songs composed by music director Gaurav Dagaonkar. Background music has been provided by Troy Aarif, while singers Rohit Raut, Shrinidhi Ghatate, Anandi Joshi,Gaurav Dagaonkar, Savani Ravindra, Kshitij Wagh, Arunima Bhattacharya & Shifa Haris have rendered their voices for the songs. The film has been shot on a cruise, which is on its journey to European countries. Popular artistes like Sachit Patil, Amruta Khanvilkar, Shashank Ketkar, Gashmeer Mahajani, Neha Mahajan will be seen in lead roles in this film, in the company of Asha Shelar & Roger D’Costa.