मराठी चित्रपट महामंडळाच्या सदस्यांसाठी इंडस हेल्थप्लसचा उपक्रम
अखिल भारतीय मराठी चित्रपट महामंडळाच्या सदस्यांसाठी इंडस हेल्थप्लस प्रतिबंधात्मक आरोग्य सेवा कंपनीने नुकतेच एक अनोखे शिबीर आयोजित केले होते, या शिबिराचे उद्घाटन मुंबईच्या मा. महापौर स्नेहल आंबेकर यांच्या हस्ते करण्यात आले.
या आरोग्य शिबिरात सिरम बिलिरुबिन, सिरिम क्रीएटीनाईन, ग्लायकोसायलेटेक, हिमोग्लोबिन, संपूर्ण कोलेस्ट्रोल, एमआय, पल्मनरी फंक्शन, आहार तज्ञ अशा विविध चाचण्यांचा समावेश करण्यात आला होता.
सिनेसृष्टीतील अनेक अभिनेते, अभिनेत्री, कॅमेरामन, दिग्दर्शक, निर्माते आणि स्पॉट बॉईज अशा एकूण १२० जणांनी या शिबिरात आपली आरोग्य तपासणी करून घेतली. अखिल भारतीय मराठी चित्रपट महामंडळाचे अध्यक्ष विजय पाटकर, तसेच संचालक मंडळ इंडस हेल्थ प्लसचे जॉईन्ट मॅनेजिंग डायरेक्टर पर्णल देखणे , गव्हनींग कौन्सिलमंदार नाईकवडी व या उपक्रमाचे समन्वयक लिड मिडियाचे विनोद सातव, प्रमुख पाहुणे पु. ल. देशपांडे प्रकल्प संचालक मा. आशुतोष घोरपडे हे देखील उपस्थित होते.
प्रमुख पाहुणे आशुतोष घाटपांडे यांनीदेखील या अनोख्या उपक्रमाचे कौतुक केले. व अशा विषयांवर काम करण्याची इच्छा व्यक्त केली. महामंडळाचे अध्यक्ष विजय पाटकर यांनी देखील आपल्या भावना व्यक्त केल्या.
‘Dholkichya Talawar’ combines dance with humour
Only few days ago Colors Marathi channel presented a new serial ‘Assa Saasar Surekh Bai’ starring most popular artistes like Mrunal Dusanis and Santosh Juvekar . And, it is certainly offering good entertainment. It is certainly pleasant , to notice the smile of the face of Mrunal, all the time, in this serial. Otherwise, she gets all serious type of roles, where, she is made to suffer in the screenplay. Hope, that does not happen in this serial.
Now, Colors have also introduced an entertaining celebrity reality show ‘Dholkichya Talawar’. This show offers variety, combining dances with humour. The dances are presented by versatile Marathi actresses like Neha Pendse, Shruti Marathe, Bhargavi Chirmule ,Manasi Naik, Megha Ghadge and others along with other talented new artistes like Ashwini kasar and Gayatri Soham.
The initial episode was found very interesting, which offered the traditional Marathi folk culture. With good performances by male artistes like Abhijeet Chavan, Arun Kadam and others, through a skit. The show is anchored for the first time by singer duo Aadarsh Shinde and Nandesh Umap, who are also doing a good job.
Looking at the introduction of these new programmes, one expects Colors’ channel to replace their old shows like Asava Sundar Swapnancha Bangla’, ‘Majhe Mann Tujhe Jhale’, and ‘Kamala’, which are really testing the patience of home viewers. Also on ‘Star Pravah’ channel , their serial ‘Runji’ which has moved off the track, needs to say good bye. One expected this serial to revolve around the central character; but, that’s not happening.
On ‘Zee Marathi’, ‘Honaar Suun Mi Hya Gharchi’ is also testing the endurance of the home viewers, with wastage of time, on Pintya’s marriage, now. But, their other serial ‘Dil Dosti Duniyadari’, which is targeted on youth audience, has gained popularity, with the presence of the character of Aashu, played by Pushkraj Chirputkar, who is very popular among young and old. Incidentally, the title song rendered by Arya Ambekar for this serial, has popularized so much, that youngsters have started using it as ringtone, on their mobile phones.
Aarya Ambekar to make her debut in acting
Aarya Ambekar is a popular singer in Marathi. After being the finalist in the Zee Marathi’s music reality show ‘Sa Re Ga Ma..’ in 20018, the little champ has now grown to become a beautiful young girl.
Incidentally, as a singer, Arya has rendered her voice, in some of the recent Marathi films like ‘Rama Madhav’, ‘BalGandharva’ and ‘Goshta Tichya Premachi’. We are also hearing her voice in the title song of ongoing popular serial ‘Dil Dosti Duniyadari’.
Aarya is now all set to make her debut in acting, almost on the lines of another singer Ketaki Mategaonkar. Arya has been selected to play lead role in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Rangila Re’, shooting of which will begin soon, after finalizing other artistes. Produced by Amit Dhupe, the film will be directed by Parag Bhavsar. ‘Taani’ fame producer Ajay Thakur is the creative head of this film. Music of this film will be provided by Pravin Kunvar.
In the recent past, Arya has been receiving offers from many Marathi film makers; but, she was looking for a good role and script. In ‘Rangeela Re’ she has found the role of her choice.
‘Nilkanth Master’ offers an Audio Visual delight
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Rating: ★★★
Studio/presenter: Cozy Homes, Akshar Films Pvt. ltd. Producer: Meghmala Pathare Director: Gajendra Ahire Music: Ajay Atul Director of Photography: Krishna Soren Editor: Ballu Saluja Genres: Drama Censor: U/A Duration: 120 Min. Cast: Omkar Govardhan, Pooja Sawant, Adinath Kothare, Neha Mahajan, VIkram Gokhale, Kishore Kadam, Rahul Solapurkar, Mangesh Desai, Pradeep Velankar |
Films based on Pre independence struggle, have become a common sight nowadays, in Marathi cinema. In the recent past, we saw it, in films like ‘Viti Dandu’ and ‘Sandook’. Now, Gajendra Ahire’s latest film ‘Nilkanth Master’ is also set on the backdrop of pre independence movement, during 40s coinciding with Quit India Movement. So, obviously, there are few similarities observed about the oppression by the British Raj, in this film too. Moreover, this film also has village backdrop in its story.
Vishvanath ( Omkar Govardhan) the protagonist in this film, is a young man from a village, who cannot find time for his beautiful childhood friend Indu (Pooja Sawant), as he is more committed to India’s freedom movement. So, Indu’s efforts in pleasing her beloved, by singing and dancing in the fields with picturesque locations , goes in vain. Viswanath joins the camp of young freedom fighter Vyankatesh( Adinath Kothare) . During one risky operation and encounter with Police, Vyankatesh dies and the responsibility of giving the sad news to his wife Yashoda( Neha Mahajan), falls on Vishwanath.
So, Vishwanath who is also on the target of Police, moves to Yashoda’s village and takes shelter at a senior freedom fighter Inamdar’s ( Vikram Gokhale) house. He is given the task of teaching little children and called as Nilkanth Master. But, at this place, Vishwanath comes across Indu, who is now married to a lunatic person. She can’t resist the temptation of coming closer to Vishwanath to fulfill her sexual desire. But, Vishwanath avoids her and instead, moves along with Yashoda, from one place to other, keeping her in dark, about her husband’s death. Besides, escaping from Police chase, he also wants to move Yashoda to a safer place, as he knows that the Police would torture her.
The entire second half of the film is about the Police hunt for two of them and both of them dodging the police, by changing places. Though, there are many interesting happenings in this half , the film moves with its limited content towards climax. The director has tried to mix the love story of Vishwanath and Indu, during Vishwanath’s mission for country’s freedom. However, in the process, he has offered beautiful songs & picturesque locations to offer audio visual delight, through the film.
Pooja Sawant looks beautiful as a village girl, while she sings and dances in the rains, on her own choreography. She has also looked stunning, in rich costumes, after her marriage to a rich but lunatic person. Her performance is noteworthy, in this film. Omkar Govardhan is a young talented actor and he has portrayed the committed freedom fighter, with total commitment. Neha Mahajan shows promise, once again, in her third film, through her challenging role. She expresses very well, through her eyes. Vikram Gokhale, Kishore Kadam, Rahul Solapurkar, Mangesh Desai, Pradeep Velankar and others, have limited scope in this film. But, Ajay Atul’s music is impressive. Looking at the perfect sound design and good cinematography, ‘Nilkanth Master’ appears, technically well presented film.
Hemant Dhome is back to script writing with ‘Poshter Girl’
Known for his wonderful timing for comedy, Hemant Dhome has succeeded in inviting the attention of audience, while performing on stage and also in front of the camera. But, not many people are aware of his identity as a scriptwriter. Hemant has already written script of films like ‘Satrangi Re’(2012) and ‘Kshanbhar Vishranti’ (2010), in the past. But, he had maintained a low profile as a writer.
Now, Hemant is back to script writing after a gap of 3 years, with new Marathi film ‘Poshter Girl’, which was launched recently, with muhurat . Luckily for Hemant, he has found the support of a big names like Pushpank Gawde & Hadi Ali Abraar , who were behind the production of ‘hit Marathi film ‘Poshter Boyz’. In fact, Hemant was so impressed by the film ‘Poshter Boyz’ that he wrote the script of a new script and suitably titled it as ‘Poshter Girl’. He then discussed about it with his wife Kshitee and later with friend Pushpank and Hadi Ali Abraar, who liked it.
Later, they engaged Poshter Boyz director, Sameer Patil for this project. But, the best thing to happen to this project was that Viacom18, who were till now into distribution and marketing of films, have themselves decided to produce this Marathi film for the first time. And, that’s a big news for Hemant Dhome. Amitraj is the music director of this film.
MarathiMovieWorld spoke to Hemant, to know more about this film. According to Hemant, through this film, he wanted to pay respect to women. “In this film ‘Poshter Girl’ Sonalee Kulkarni plays the central character and the story of this film revolves around her. I don’t want to disclose much about this rural based film; but, I can only say that behind this successful woman in this film, there are many men. I am myself playing one of the characters in this film, along with Aniket Vishwasrao, Jitendra Joshi, Hrishikesh Joshi, Siddharth Menon, Sandeep Pathak, Akshay Tanksale and others.” he said.
Finally, ‘Highway’ to declare open on 28th August
At present, the Mumbai-Pune expressway is under repairs, due to heavy landslide, as a result of which, commuters are facing hardships, due to heavy traffic jams. But, one failed to understand, what was the technical problem in the opening of Marathi film ‘Highway – Ek Selfie Aarpar’ on 24th July 2015. Its opening was postponed . But now finally, this ‘Highway’ will be declared open on 28th August 2015; perhaps, before the Mumbai Pune Expressway will be fully operational.
One is compelled to believe, the real reason for postponement could have been Salman Khan starrer ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ which was released during Eid on 17th July 2015 and was expected to do good business. But makers of Highway gave a reason of ‘technical glitch’ for postponement of release. Now producer Vinay Ganu has categorically announced that their problems have been addressed successfully and their movie will release on 28th August 2015, positively.
Highway is produced under the banners Aarbhat Kalakruti and Karpus Films and is directed by ‘Deool’ fame Umesh Kulkarni. Writer-Actor Girish Kulkarni is playing prominent role and has been ably supported by Renuka Shahane, Mukta Barve, Sunil Barve, Huma Qureshi, Tisca Chopra, Satish Alekar, Kishor Kadam, Chhaya Kadam, Nagraj Manjule, Nandkishore Choughule, Vidhyadhar Joshi and others.
‘Tu Hi Re’ music launch had a fragrance of a talcum powder
The occasion was music release of the forthcoming Marathi film ‘Tu Hi Re’ directed by Sanjay Jadhav. Time was 7.30 pm on Monday 3rd August and the location was ‘The Club’, Andheri. But, for the next one hour the invitees and media persons were only made to watch continuously, the A.V. of the first look and a specially made advertisement, where the leading lady of the film Saie Tamhankar was seen sprinkling the popular Talcum powder brand. With the repeated run of the ad, it gave a feeling , as if the fragrance of the talcum powder, had spread across the hall.
With the chief guest Sachin Pilgaonkar arriving late, the function was delayed; but, thanks to the brilliant anchoring by Pushkar Shrotri , who made the tired audience happy, with his timely pranks, on the film and people involved in it, especially those connected with the music of this film. After all, it was their day. But, the music was played so loud that it gave a feeling of a disco. Those who gave live performance, by singing the songs from this film, were Adarsh Shinde, Bela Shende, Urmila Dhangar,Vaishali Samant & Sayali Pankaj.
After Pushkar Shrotri interacted with all the three music directors Amitraj, Pankaj Padghan , Shashank Powar and lyricist Guru Thakur, he invited director Sanjay Jadhav and lead artistes of the film Swapnil Joshi, Tejaswini Pandit, Saie Tamhankar & Sushant Shelar one by one, to narrate their individual experiences about the film. But, it was Tejaswini Pandit, who is playing a glam girl in this film, invited all the attention. She looked gorgeous, in her decent pink costume, perhaps, specially designed for the occasion. The music CD of the film was then released at the hands of Sachin Pilgaonkar, who surprisingly did not give any speech. The CD contains five songs. The hosts also announced a Dreamflower Girl contest, till the release of film.And, the winner will get a chance, in the next film of Sanjay Jadhav.
Among those dignitaries present on the occasion were Producers of this film Mrudula Padval Oza,Shital Manere, Ashish Wagh, Utpal Acharya,Sanjay Ghodawat, Hindustan Unilever Executive Nandan Sundaram , besides other celebrity guests, like Nishikant kamat, Gajendra Ahire, Swapna Waghmare, Mrinal Kulkarni, Subodh Bhave, Girija Oak, Priya Bapat, Bavesh Janavlekar – Deputy Business Head at Zee Talkies and the artistes of TV serial ‘Duniyadari’. ‘Tu Hi Re’ is all set to release on 4th September 2015. So, the countdown has begun.
‘Phuntroo’ – Marathi’s first science fiction launched with muhurat
Known for his hit Marathi film ‘Shala’. Film maker Sujay Dahake is now making Marathi’s first science fiction film, suitably titled ‘Phuntroo’. The new look of leading lady of the film , Ketaki Mategaonkar has already flashed on the social networking sites, receiving good response from her fans.
Now, the film was launched officially with muhurat performed by producer Krishika Lulla, who is making her debut as a producer for the first time in Marathi, after giving a successful Bollywood hit ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’ recently. Ajay Thakur is the co producer of this film. The film will be directed by Sujay Dahake, who has himself written the story of this film.
Besides being a science fiction, the film will also present a love story, supported by music. Along with Ketaki, the other artistes of the film are Mandar Deodhar, Shivraj waichal, Shivani rangole, Ruturaj Shinde, Anshuman Joshi and Rohit Nikam.
9x to present ‘Jhakaas Heroine – Season 2′
Last year 9x Jhakaas presented their first season of ‘Jhakaas heroine’ in seven episodes, to decide the winner among the ten shortlisted aspiring young Marathi actresses. They had received 3500 entries from all over Maharashtra , for this reality show. This year, we understand that, they want to make it still bigger. This year the Season 2 will be hosted in mid September 2015 . But, the entries and registration for the same begins from 3rd August 2015.
Last year, Prarthana Behere won the contest and got an opportunity to work in the lead role in the film ‘Mitwa’ . Now, it remains to be seen, who will get an opportunity to play lead role opposite Swapnil Joshi, in the forthcoming Marathi film of a big production house ? Incidentally, Swapnil himself is the producer of this 13 episode show, with Arjun Singh Baraan and Kartik Nishaandar of GSEAMS. So, those young Marathi aspiring actresses may log in their website www.jhakaasheroine.com
Last week Colors channel paid tributes to well known Marathi lyricist Jagdish Khebudkar, who remained associated with Marathi film industry for 50 years, since 1960. His songs from the film ‘Pinjra’ were super it , which helped in the film’s success. Therefore, in this programme, popular Marathi actresses presented the dances on the songs based on his lyrics, besides his grand daughter also performing on one of his songs, This wonderful musical programme was anchored by Prasad Oak and Kadambari Kadam .
Popular TV actress Mrunal Dusanis did make her comeback on television through her new serial ‘Asa Saasar Surekh Bai’ on Colors channel during the week. Her entry was also appealing; but, we failed to understand, as to why she was wearing long Party designer clothes, while attending office and that too while riding a scooter. But, her pairing with Santosh Juvekar suits well; as noticed in initial episodes.
In another new serial of Zee Marathi ‘Nanda Soukhyabhare’ , Rujuta Bagwe has found a good central character of Swanandi ; but some female viewers have started comparing her with Shubhra played by Swarada Thigale of ‘Majhe MannTujhe Jhale’. However, others feel that the serial would go ‘Runji’ way, presenting a typical Saas Bahu drama.
Mahesh Rajmane’s ‘Unmatta’ will be a Sci-Fi horror film
Some filmmakers are passionate about making horror films. Pune based Mahesh Rajmane is one of them. Last year Mahesh made an action packed adventure n horror film ‘Mukkam Post Dhanori’ with all new comers. Now, he is busy in the making of another Sci Fi genre action horror film titled ‘Unmatta’, which in Sanskrit means intoxicated, insane or crazy.
MarathiMovieWorld spoke to Mahesh Rajmane, who was more than happy to talk about his forthcoming film. “In fact sci-fi horror is a genre, which is rarely seen in Indian Cinema. My film is not futuristic , its subject is scientific. In terms of action, we are choreographing very high quality of action sequences, which involve martial arts like Judo and Wing Chun. We are sure to bring high quality martial arts in Marathi films, for the first time. In short, ‘Unmatta’ falls under philosophical horror category, a genre crafted by Masters like HP Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe.” he said.
Speaking about his passion for films with such a subject, Mahesh said, “I had seen the film ‘Alien’ by Ridley Scott during my college days and was highly influenced by it. It was this film, which made me fall for science fiction horrors. But, my drive to actually work on a Sci- Fi horror genre initiated almost one and half year ago, when I had very detailed horror experience, in my dream. Since then, I had been working on this script. It took almost a year of writing and re-writing, to be convinced that this script can now be actually converted into a movie. I then discussed the script with our team and they really liked it. That’s how ‘Unmatta’ was born. The film will be subtitled in English , as we wish to reach wider audience, across India.”
So, ‘Unmatta’ will be a science fiction movie, that’s what we understand. Primary Language of this film will be Marathi, though the makers are also going to shoot this film in Hindi too. The film will be targeted at youth, and the work on screenplay is already over. At present Mahesh is busy with special effects work , since there will be lot of work in this area; but at the same time he is busy with fight choreography scenes. He is also busy with auditions and is also looking for co producers, as the present budget is tight. According to Mahesh, his lead characters (a female and a male) should be extremely fit and able to do difficult fight sequences. In all, there will be five main characters (2 female and 3 male), all of whom should be college students in the age group of 18 to 25 yrs age. So, those deserving talented artistes may try their luck.