Now, Atul Kulkarni speaks Arabic…
Do you want to learn Arabic language? Ask Atul Kulkarni. Recently, the Mr. Perfectionist Marathi actor learned Arabic language, to enable him to render some of the dialogues in this language, in his forthcoming Marathi film ‘Happy Journey’. “La alaime gidar kala malhain an alhain shai majhul ” (No, I am busy right now), and “Aana erja savi telephone ant. Bah salaam” (I will call you, once I am back) are some of the lines he spoke in Arabic on the sets of this film.
Atul is portraying a businessman called Niranjan, who is back from Dubai after spending years in business over there. Niranjan, well versed in Arabic, is in constant touch with his business fraternity and friends there and converses with his Dubai pals in the language over phone. These scenes of Atul talking in fluent Arabic have been shot for ‘Happy Journey’.
Speaking about his encounter with the language during the shooting, the National Award Winner star said, “I spent hours in learning the language as I wanted perfect diction and scene coming live, and for this purpose took help of Shamim Sayyed, an Arabic language expert.
“Whenever I got time, I listened to the dialogue and rehearsed for the scene. The dialogue has about 10 to 12 sentences in Arabic language. The mannerisms of the language, accurate diction, style of talking the language, were the factors I focused on. Sayyedji helped me a lot in this effort,” Atul added.
The film is produced by Everest Entertainment led by Sanjay Chhabria. The film, directed by Sachin Kundalkar, has noted Marathi actress Priya Bapat and Pallavi Subhash in lead roles. Many youngsters from various fields of technology are associated with the film. It has helped the production in getting a fresh look to the film. State-of-the-art production design, music and costume designs are set to be unique features of the film. This has created a buzz about the film, not only in the industry but among the cine-goers too. The film is set to release in next few months.
Renuka busy completing another Marathi film ‘Te Aath Diwas’
We have already heard that Surabhi fame Renuka Shahane has made a comeback to films, through a Marathi film ‘Bhakarkhadi 7 kms’ which is due for release soon. And now, we understand that she is busy completing another Marathi film ‘Te Aath Diwas’ (Those Eight Days), which is story of eight days; set on the backdrop of a woman who leaves her little daughter behind in India to leave for US to pursue her career. When her daughter’s marriage is due, she returns to India after two decades.
Renuka Shahane plays the central character of this woman, in this film which also has other artistes like Tushar Dalvi, Atul Todankar, Suhas Paranjape, Avinash Masurekar, Aaroh Velankar, Aashay Kulkarni and Deepali Murchikar. The film is directed by debutant Shyam Dhanorkar and written by Shashank Kevale.
Asha Bhosale sings title song for new Marathi film ‘Natee’
Producers Girish Bhadane and Neeta Deokar are making a Marathi film ‘Natee’ which is a biopic on the life of an actress. Directed by Yogesh Jadhav, the screenplay and dialogues of this film are also written by him, on the story of Neeta Deokar. Recently, after completing the shooting schedule at three different locations i.e. Pune, Mumbai and Bhor, they recorded the title song in the voice of popular singer Asha Bhosale on the music of debutant Nikhil Mahamuni.
The film stars Teja Deokar in the title role, in the company of Subodh Bhave, Ajinkya Deo, Nagesh Bhosale, Kishori Shahane & kishore Kadam. Cinematography is by Suresh Deshmane.
Ankush Chaudhary’s action film ‘Jarab’ from 6th Sept.
After celebrating the success of his film ‘Duniyadari’, the tall and dashing hero of Marathi films – Ankush Chaudhary is now all set to return with an action film ‘Jarab’,which is all set to release on 6th September 2013, all over Maharashtra.
‘Jarab’ is the first offering from Producer Dharmesh Shingvi , who is a businessman from Lasalgaon, Nashik. The film is directed by Prakash Panchal with the music by Kedar- Anand. In this film, along with Ankush there will be Sai Lokur ,Sanjay khapre, Priya Gamre, Vidyadhar Joshi, Dr.Girish oak and newcomer Prathik Bhandari from Nashik.
According to Ankush, this is a Bond style of film, where he plays a Corporate officer, who is on an investigative mission. His leading lady Sai also plays a Corporate Officer in this film. Sanjay Khapre will be seen in the role of a dashing Police officer, while Vidyadhar Joshi will appear with a totally different look. Prathik plays the chief of the Corporate house in this film and Priya Gamre plays a catholic girl, who is friend of Sai Lokur.
There are four songs in this action filled film out of which one is an item number.
Marathi Box Cricket League to be played at Lavasa
Maharashtra Kalanidhi have organised Marathi Box Cricket league (MBCL) at Lavasa on 28th and 29th May 2014. Announcement about this tournament was made in Mumbai, recently. There will be eight teams participating in this event with the names like ‘Mast Pune’, ‘Dashing Mumbai’, ‘Phataka Aurangabad’, ‘Shiledar Thane’, ‘Shoor Kolhapur’ , ‘Classic Nashik’, ‘Kohinoor Nagpur’ & ‘Ratnagiri Tigers’. And, those who own these teams are : Ms. Poonam Shende, Amey Khopkar, Pankaj Jain, Uttung Thakur, Amar Patil, Ankit Magre, Pankaj Bhoir & Sushant Shelar respectively.
According to the organisers, every team will have a female artiste and there will be Marathi celebrity participants like Mahesh Manjrekar, Medha Manjrekar, Chandrakant Kulkarni, Neha Pendse, Sanjay Jadhav, Subodh Bhave, Kranti Redkar, Manva Naik, Amruta Khanvilkar, Siddharth Jadhav, Poorva Pawar, Ajit Parab, Shashank ketkar, Vishal Inamdar and others.
Digital poster for Marathi film ‘Baburaola Pakada’
Marathi films are going worldwide. Now, besides presenting quality films, attention is also paid to film’s marketing and promotion. Forthcoming Marathi film ‘Baburao la Pakada’ will have their film’s poster in Digital form, making it more attractive to offer the first look.
This is for the first time that a Marathi film is going the Hollywood and Bollywood way, as far as the promotion of the film is concerned. The digital poster of this film has been designed by Mr. Jitendra More of Honeybee Media, who run the popular portal www.marathimovieworld.com. This digital poster can very well be seen on the homepage of www.marathimovieworld.com.
Very soon, the poster with the promo will be released on Youtube and other social networking sites, to present the first look of this film, considering the rising net viewers. It is expected that Marathi film lovers will welcome and find this kind of promotion innovative . film is all set to release on 25th May 2012.
‘Tu Tithe Mi’- a new subject on Zee Marathi
Trust is the foundation on which post marriage life forms a shield. . A crack in this shield can make the marriage crumble. ‘Tu Tithe Mi’, a new serial coming on Zee Marathi, is an attempt to deliver a message that even a smallest seed of mistrust, if not uprooted, can grow into a dangerous weed that can suck the life out of a marriage. ‘Tu Tithe Mi’, is a story of Manjiri and Satyajeet’s marriage and the tests it has to undergo in days to come.
Manjiri is from Pune and has been brought up in Maharashtrian middle class values. She swears by the principles set by her family. Manjiri is a well educated, cheerful, kind hearted girl who is the apple of her father’s eye. Otherwise, a forward thinking girl, she socializes with girls and boys alike in her college. Her father trusts her blindly and she holds this trust in high regards. However it is this trust that is shaken, when her father doubts her of having an affair with a college friend .
Instead of paying much attention to her innocence, the father in a fit of rage, decides to get Manjiri married to Satyajeet. Manjiri consents to the marriage with the hope that one day she will win back her father’s trust. Satyajeet is a self made businessman. Highly practical and ambitious, he believes that no one is worth trusting. He has never encountered the warmth of a woman’s love in his life till he marries Manjiri.
Manjiri enters his life like a welcome breeze and makes him emotionally vulnerable. His emotional vulnerability eventually clashes with his intrinsic nature of doubting people………..he hears things which were not said, sees events that never happened. He starts believing that his wife is either hiding something from him or is blatantly cheating behind his back. Manjiri who is unaware of this growing mistrust continues to believe that her husband dotes on her and she in turn loves him boundlessly. Until one day Satyajeet breaks her illusion. She soon realizes that Satyajeet is doubting her.
Manjiri and Satyajeet’s marriage is then put through the toughest of tests. Manjiri tries her best to resolve the issues to earn her doubting husband’s trust. But, does she succeed? Starring Mrunal Dusanis (‘Mazhiya Priyala Preet Kalena’ fame) as Manjiri, and Chinmay Mandlekar as Satyajeet, ‘Tu Tithe Mi’ begins from 16th April 2012 at 7pm only on Zee Marathi.
Zee Gaurav 2012 awards presented
The Good Night Advance sponsored Zee Gaurav awards were presented on Friday at Bhavans College lawns, Mumbai. Two great personalities from Marathi films and stage, namely Mr. Rajdutt and Ms. Sudha Karmarkar were honoured with Lifetime achievement awards on this occasion. At the same time, veteran actress Sulochana didi, who has completed seven decades of her film career was conferred with Amrut Gaurav Puraskar, while evergreen actor Sachin Pilgaonkar was felicitated with Goden Gaurav Puraskar, on his completing 50 years in this industry. Popular Music duo Ajay Atul received the Special Gaurav Puraskar’Marathi Paul Padate Pudhe’ , for their entry into Bollywood.
This year, in the film’s category, popular film ‘Shala’ received as many as 6 awards in different categories. The best actor and best actress award in films went to Subodh Bhave and Sonali Kulkarni ( Sr.). In the experimental plays section ,’Sangeet Kone Eke Kaali’ bagged 4 awards, while Poonam Chavan and Amol Redyz won the best actress and best actor awards in this section. In the Professional plays section, ‘Lagnabambaal’ bagged as many as 4 awards, i.e. For best story, best direction and best play and best comedian( Anand Ingale) . Nandita Dhuri and Chinmay Mandlekar were declared as best actress and best actor respectively.
Music launch of ‘Matter’ in flash mob style
Flash Mob is a new trend set in Mumbai where a group of 100-150 assemble at any given place and they perform for few minutes inviting the attention of people around. In the same style, Music of the new film ‘Matter’ was launched at populated place like Kalachowki in Central Mumbai, where the group danced singing the songs of this film. This was followed by official release of the music CD at Mall in Thane at the hands of popular film director Mahesh Kothare.
Present on the occasion were Producer Poonam Shende, director Satish Motling, Music director Abhijit Kavthalkar, Nanu Jaisinghani of Video Palace, Santosh Juvekar, Sushant Shelar and Megha Dhade. There are total 11 songs in this film and in some of them the popular artistes Jitendra Joshi, Santosh Juvekar, Sushant Shelar, Megha Dhade, Yogini Chouk and Ruma Bondre have themselves rendered their voices.
New serial ‘Uncha Majha Zoka’ soon on Zee Marathi
Zee Marathi will soon offer a new period serial ‘Uncha Majha Zoka’ which is based on the subject of child marriage that existed during late 19th century. The story of this serial revolves around one such marriage of a 11 year old girl from a village in Satara, who was married during her studying and playing age to a young educated and reformed youngster double her age. But, the youngster decided to offer education to the girl. He himself offered her training besides arranging a teacher to teach her.
The girl, was criticized by the elderly women at home, in absence of her husband. But, in spite of all these hurdles, she completed her education and remained like a shadow with her husband for next 27 years till his death. Even after his death, she devoted herself to social service. This is a real story of Ramabai Ranade wife of Justice Mahadeo Govind Ranade, Great scholar and Social reformer. The life of Ramabai and her work will be presented through this serial for the first time on small screen.
Produced by Picolo Films and directed by Viren, ‘Unch Majha Zoka’ stars Sharad Ponkshe, Kavita Lad, Shailesh Datar, Shilpa Tulaskar with child artiste Tejashree Walawalkar and Vikram Gaekwad. Veteran actor Shrikant Moghe makes a special appearance through this serial.