Star Pravah to offer a big surprise to home viewers in the form of ‘Jeevlaga’
Over the years Star Pravah Marathi TV channel has offered many successful serials which had become favourite of home viewers. Now, with Satish Rajwade joining Star Pravah as Content & Programming Head, we notice a change in the content from this month onward. There are some big forthcoming projects lined up for the telecast. But, the biggest surprise will be in the form of a new serial ‘Jeevlaga‘ starring Swwapnil Joshi, Amruta Khanvilkar, Siddharth Chandekar, and Madhura Deshpande. The serial will be aired from 8th April 2019 at 8.30 PM between Monday and Saturday.
An official announcement to this effect was made by Mr. Satish Rajwade himself during a media briefing on Tuesday evening. All the four artistes were personally present on this occasion and they were systematically introduced by Mr. Rajwade. The theme of ‘Jeevlaga‘ serial presented by Mr. Satish Rajwade is inspired by Dr. Chandrashekhar Phansalkar’s story. The highlight of this serial is the comeback of Swwapnil Joshi, Siddharth Chandekar and also Madhura Deshpande to the small screen. But, above all popular Marathi and Hindi film actress Amruta Khanvilkar will be making her acting debut on Marathi small screen.
On this occasion, the first look of this serial was presented which was appreciated by one and all, with ‘Once more’ demand. Answering some of the doubts raised by media persons, Mr. Satish Rajwade assured that there will not be any changes in the story of this serial, as the start and end of the story has already been decided and the artistes and the director Mr. Namjoshi have been clearly told about the same. All the four artistes who also spoke on this occasion were all praise for the script of this serial, which they felt was a different kind of love story. They avoided giving more details about their characters but assured that the story will be appreciated by one and all. The serial is produced by Mr. Vidyadhar Pathare.
Ranangan Movie Trailer
Movie: Ranangan
Director: Rakesh Sarang
Cast: Sachin Pilgaonkar, Swwapnil Joshi, Siddharth Chandekar, Pranali Ghogare, Suchetra Bandekar, Anand Ingale
Gulabjaam Movie Trailer
Movie: Gulabjaam
Director: Sachin Kundalkar
Cast: Sonali Kulkarni, Siddarth Chandekar, Mahesh Ghag, Madhura Deshpande, Chinmay Udgirkar, Mohanabai
‘Gulabjaam’ gets ready for release on 16th February
After beginning the new year in a grand way with the release of ‘Ye Re Ye Re Paisa’ , Zee talkies is now all set to release their next film ‘Gulabjaam’ on 16th February 2018. Directed by Sachin Kundalkar this new film stars Sonalee Kulkarni and Siddharth Chandekar in lead roles. Their pair will be seen together for the first time in Marathi films. Recently, the trailer of this film was launched in a big way in a five star hotel in Mumbai in presence of artistes of this film and other dignitaries.
The film is produced by Vinod Malgewar under the banner of Golden gate Motion Pictures, with presentation by Zee Talkies. Besides Sonalee and Siddharth, the film also stars Mahesh Ghag, Madhura Deshpande, Chinmay Udgirkar & Mohanabai. The music of this film is composed by Avadhoot Gupte & Thaikuddam, while cinematography is captured by Milind Jog. Poorva Pandit is the art director of this film, while the food styling is by Saili Rajadhyaksha and Shweta Bapat.
Bus Stop ( बस स्टॉप )
Genres: Drama
Rating: ★★
Censor: U
Duration: 130 min.
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Producers: Shreyash Jadhav, Gajendra Patil, Asoo Nihalani, Poonam Shende
Executive Producer: Sanjay Dawra
Director: Sameer Hemant Joshi
Writer: Sameer Hemant Joshi
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Executive Producer: Sanjay Dawra
Director: Sameer Hemant Joshi
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Writer: Sameer Hemant Joshi
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Lyrics: Vaibhav Joshi, Kshitij Patwardhan, Yogesh Damle
Music: Hrishikesh, Saurabh, Jasraj
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Cinematographer (DOP): Abhijit D. Abde
Editor: Apurwa Motiwale Sahai, Ashish Mhatre
Starcast: Aniket Vishwasrao, Pooja Sawant, Amruta Khanvilkar, Siddharth Chandekar, Hemant Dhome, Rasika Sunil, Suyog Gorhe, Akshay Waghmare, Madhura Deshpande, Sanjay Mone, Avinash Narkar, Sharad Ponkshe, Vidyadhar Joshi, Uday Tikekar, Seema Chandekar, Manjusha Godse, Adhashree Atre
Costumes: Sonniya Sahasrabuddhe
Makeup: Mahesh Barate
Sound : Manoj Mochemadkar
Background Score: Aditya Bedekar
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Publicity Designs: Mantra
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Multi Starrer ‘Bus Stop’ to release on 21st July 2017
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Music of Multi starrer ‘Bus Stop’ lunched in style
Multi starrer Marathi films have always invited the attention of film lovers, if they are well presented, besides being promoted well. Best examples are films like ‘Duniyadari‘ and ‘Classmates‘. Forthcoming Marathi film ‘Bus Stop‘ has already created a buzz through social networking sites, before its release. Recently, the music of this film was launched in style, in presence of all the artistes of this film, along with singers. And, the songs particularly ‘Move on…‘, ‘Aapla Romance…‘, ‘Dhoka Nahi Tar Hoil Dhoka…‘, & ‘Tujhya Savlila.. ‘ played on the occasion seemed to catch the attention of young audience.
Music of ‘Bus Stop‘ film has been provided by the young trio comprising of Hrishikesh- Saurabh & Jasraj. The trailer of this film was also shown on this occasion, which clearly highlighted the difference of opinion between the two generations. Presented by Ganraj Associates , produced by popular Marathi rapper Shreyas Jadhav and directed by Sameer Hemant Joshi , the film is all set to release on 21st July 2017. The team of young artistes comprise of Amruta Khanvilkar, Aniket Vishwasrao, Hemant Dhome, Siddharth Chandekar, Pooja Sawant, Rasika Sunil, Akshay Waghmare, Madhura Deshpande and Suyog Gorhe , while the senior opposition team comprise of Avinash Narkar, Sanjay Mone, Sharad Ponkshe, Uday Tikekar & Vidyadhar Joshi.
‘Lost and Found’ has good content but lacks realistic approach
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Rating: ★★★
Genres: Drama Censor: U Duration: 130 min. Studio/presenter: Golden Gate Motion Pictures Producer(s): Vinod Malgewar Director: Ruturaj Dhalgade Writer: Ruturaj Dhalgade Music: Shubhankar Shembekar Cinematographer (DOP): Ramesh Bhosale Cast: Spruha Joshi, Siddharth Chandekar, Vinod Malgewar, Dr.Mohan Agashe, Mangesh Desai, Tejasvi Patil, Gauri Konge Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke |
Known for their ‘out of the box’ subjects, Marathi films have already established their identity as story based films, all over the world. Latest Marathi film ‘Lost and Found‘ produced by Vinod Malgewar and directed by Ruturaj Dhalgade also falls in this category. The film does begin well, with its focus on finding a solution to drive away loneliness from the lives of people from different age groups, living in cities.
‘Lost and Found‘ begins with Manas( Siddharth Chandekar) a youngster running a small provision store in the city of Aurangabad, facing a break up from his girlfriend Mugdha( Gauri Konge) who prefers a well to do partner for her secured future. Dejected Manas does open his mind to a senior citizen Shrirang Kaka ( Dr.Mohan Agashe) living in his colony. Shrirang Kaka who is also living a lonely life, suggests Manas to form a group to voluntarily help people living in loneliness, by sparing some time with them. Another dejected person Maruti( Mangesh Desai) who has lost his family in an unfortunate accident , also joins the group, along with Naina( Spruha Joshi) a young lady, whose husband has left her a month after her marriage, for no reason. Few more youngsters also join the group.
The volunteers do succeed in their mission of counseling all such people; but in the process, Manas understands Naina better and Naina falls in love with him. Maruti who goes for counseling a young lady ( Tejasvi Patil) suffering from a serious ailment, likes her company. Shrirang Kaka encourages them all to spread their network beyond Aurangabad and we find them crossing the city limits to make their ‘Anti Loneliness Programme'(ALP) effective. And, they all succeed in their mission.
‘Lost and Found‘ is a sincere effort by director Ruturaj Dhalgade, but, he could have made it more interesting. At few places, he fails to go into details of the victims of loneliness. A young girl, who has a break up with her boyfriend, over a small issue, speaks her mind to Manas for the entire day till late evening. But, nothing is clear about her family, as she lives in a bungalow. Also, the episode of a Bengalee lady living a lonely life, is left incomplete. There was no need to show the episode of a struggling non Marathi actor from North. Instead, it would have been better to show a youngster from Aurangabad, struggling to become an actor in Mumbai. That would have brought the audience more closer to this character. The film hasn’t shown how the volunteers generate income to do their selfless service to the society. Moreover, it set on the backdrop of Aurangabad city, but you don’t get to see the much of city life, captured by camera.
Music by Shubhankar Shembekar is just fine to go with this kind of film and so are the lyrics of Spruha Joshi. Cinematography by Ramesh Bhosale is good. All the five important artistes in this film have given their best through their respective characters. But, Dr. Mohan Agashe invites all the attention. He has given an energetic performance, bringing lots of humor, through almost all the scenes which have come to his share. The film scores on account of its different subject and good performances.
‘Lost and Found’ all set to release on 29th July
Marathi film makers are keen on presenting new subjects and one such subject is being presented by writer- director Ruturaj Dhalgade, through his forthcoming Marathi film ‘Lost and Found‘. With the depression rate on the rise, all over the world, he has offered a story on how loneliness disturbs a person’s life. Through this film, he has offered a solution on what could be done to find solution to this problem. Actually, the story of this film, which is a love story, begins from loneliness of both the individuals played by Siddharth Chandekar and Spruha Joshi, the lead pair.
The other artistes of ‘Lost and Found‘ film comprise of Mangesh Desai, Tejasvi Patil, Dr.Mohan Agashe and others. Actress Spruha Joshi has herself written the lyrics of the songs in this film, along with Dr.Rahul Deshpande, with the music provided by Shubhankar. Ramesh Bhosale is the cinematographer of this film, while editing work is done by Jitendra Dongre.
Lost And Found Movie Trailer
Movie: Lost And Found
Director: Ruturaj Dhalgade
Music: Shubhankar Shembekar
Cast: Spruha Joshi, Siddharth Chandekar, Dr. Mohan Agashe, Mangesh Desai, Vinod Malgewar
‘Pindadaan’ presents mystical but predictable love story
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Rating: ★★½
Genres: Love Story, Drama Censor: U/A Duration: 120 min. Studio/presenter: Saarrthi Entertainment, Blue Fox Entertainment Producer(s): Nalini Patil, Uday Pictures Director: Prashant Patil Writer: Avinash Ghodke Music: Sagar Dhote Cinematographer (DOP):Bunty Deshpande Cast: Siddharth Chandekar, Manava Naik, Paula McGlynn, Prasad Pandit, Sanjay Kulkarni, Madhav Abhyankar, Farida Daadi Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke |
Foreign actresses performing prominent roles in Marathi films, is not new to us. In the past, we have seen Billiana Rodonich, Stacy Bee and Suzanne Bernert playing suitable roles in Marathi films. Now, Canada born Paula McGlynn also makes her debut in Marathi, through latest released film ‘Pindadaan‘. But, the story of this film seems to be the only reason to offer her this role of Ana.
The film revolves around Ashutosh Devkar( Siddharth Chandekar) , director of documentary films, attached to Chanel 6 in London. On a special assignment given by his chief, Ashutosh arrives in India to make a film on the post death rituals i.e ‘Pindadaan‘, along with his camera person cum editor friend Ruhi ( Manava Naik) , from his London office . When they arrive in India, they proceed to a place in Maharashtra, on the banks of a river , where such rituals are performed.
The private vehicle driver Tukaram( Sanjay Kulkarni ) engaged by them not only acts as guide, but acts as a waiter in a hotel, which is converted from a old palace into a hotel. In short, Tukaram is all in one, to help them. But, Ashutosh forgetting his work, falls in love with a young foreigner lady Ana (Paula McGlynn) , whom he meets on the banks of the river, during early morning hours and nights. Ruhi, who is in deeply love with Ashutosh , is ignored by him, in spite having sexual relationship with her.
Not happy with the behaviour of Ashutosh, Ruhi decides to return back to London, when she notices some strange happenings. Rudra Baba, the local priest ( Madhav Abhyankar) who silently observes Ashutosh and the change in him, finally speaks, revealing the truth .
Director Prashant Patil has tried to develop Avinash Ghodke’s story into cinematic form. But, he has failed to generate that desired impact, required from such subjects. Even the story is not very appealing, as we have seen such themes in many films of the past. The screenplay of ‘Pindadaan‘, also gives clues about the happenings to follow, right from the beginning of the film. However, good performances by Siddharth, Manava, Paula, Sanjay Kulkarni & Madhav Abhaynkar are worth appreciating. Siddharth has a different look, but, Manva has cleverly used the right accent, to suit her NRI status; while Paula does her best to speak Marathi . Though the film is limited to around 2 hours length, you still feel that something went missing in the screenplay.
There was not need to have so many songs in the film, as they take away the interest of the audience from the happenings to follow. Music is just average. But , the background music and sound designing is impressive, with good support from art design. Bunty Deshpande has done his best to capture the day and night scenes, especially on the banks of the river. All in all, ‘Pindadaan‘ presents mystical but predictable love story. And hence, this film has turned out to be just an average film, with nothing extra ordinary to deserve better rating.