After ‘Hirakani’ Sonalee gets ready with ‘Vicky Velingkar’ coming Friday
With about 12 years of experience on big screen and two dozens of films, actress Sonalee Kulkarni was seen very recently in Marathi film ‘Hirkani’ based on history. And now, coming Friday her next Marathi film ‘Vicky Velingkar’ is all set for release. Sonalee is playing an interesting title role of a comic book artiste and a watch seller, who gets entangled in a murder mystery. The teaser and trailer of this film which were out on social media received mixed reactions from Marathi film lovers but one thing is sure that they would want to watch this film for a change.
In Marathi action filled suspense films are rarely seen. And, it all depends how the film receives treatment from the writer-director. For this film, the director of this film is from Bollywood, having done films like ‘Mickey Virus’, ‘7 hours to Go’ and ‘Solid Patels’. Moreover, other popular artistes like Sangram Samel, Spruha Joshi, Gaurav More, Vanita Kharat, Jui Pawar and others are part of the film’s star cast. More importantly, this film is produced by big names like GISSIMS, Anuja Chauhan Kudecha, Ritesh Kudecha, Sachin Maruti Lokhande and Atul Janardan Tarkar all coming together with other team of co producers.
So, it remains to be seen how our film lovers would respond to this new style of action filled suspense thriller this Friday?
‘Tattaad’ to release with a big bang on 21st Feb 2020
With its unique name forthcoming Marathi film ‘Tattaad’ will be released with a bang on 21st February 2010. With this film Prime Flicks will be entering the Marathi film production by presenting this film in a big way. Till now, Prime Flicks have produced web series like ‘Pending Love’, ‘Bhaadkhau’, ‘Thrkistan’, Ghost Leela’ and now with ‘Tattaad’ they will be entering Marathi film industry, which they call a Buzz World.
Produced by Rakesh Bhosale, Susheel Deshpande and Pritam Mhetre, this film is written and directed by Rahul Gautam Owhal. Till now, the names of the artistes in this film haven’t been disclosed. But, looking at the new production and presentation network coming into Marathi film industry, there is a lot of curiosity about this film.
सुबोध भावे आता पुन्हा एकदा नव्या इनिंग साठी सज्ज
अभिनेता आता पर्यन्त सुबोध भावेने मराठी रंगभूमी, चित्रपट आणि दूरचित्रवाणी अशा सर्वच माध्यमात आपली स्वतंत्र ओळख निर्माण केली आहे. अभिनयासोबतच चित्रपट दिग्दर्शक, निर्माता म्हणूनही त्याने प्रेक्षकांच्या मनावर आपला ठसा उमटविला आहे. सुबोध आता पुन्हा एकदा नव्या इनिंग साठी सज्ज झाला असून तो ‘आटपाडी नाईट्स’ या चित्रपटाच्या माध्यमातून प्रस्तुतकर्ता म्हणून आपल्या चाहत्यांच्या भेटीला येत आहे.
मायदेश मिडिया निर्मित, नितीन सिंधुविजय सुपेकर दिग्दर्शन ‘आटपाडी नाईट्स’ या चित्रपटात ‘काहे दिया परदेस’ फेम अभिनेत्री सायली संजीव या चित्रपटात मुख्य भूमिकेत असणार आहे. एका मध्यमवर्गीय कुटुंबाभोवती गुंफण्यात आलेल्या ‘आटपाडी नाईट्स’ची कथा एका संवेदनशील विषयावर अतिशय वेगळ्या अंदाजात, खुमासदार शैलीत भाष्य करणारी असल्याचे समजते. ‘आटपाडी नाईट्स’ चित्रपट लवकरच प्रदर्शित होणार आहे.
अभिनेता म्हणून दमदार वाटचाल सुरु असताना त्याने चित्रपट दिग्दर्शनात पाउल टाकले आणि ‘कट्यार काळजात घुसली’ या अजरामर संगीत नाटकाला चित्रपटरुपात प्रेक्षकांसमोर आणण्याची कामगिरी उत्तम निभावली. तर ‘पुष्पक विमान’ या चित्रपटातून निर्माता म्हणून पदार्पण करत एक वेगळा विषय प्रेक्षकांपुढे आणला. यानंतर आता चित्रपट क्षेत्रातील अजून एक शिखर सर करण्यास सुबोध भावे सज्ज झाला असून प्रस्तुतकर्ता म्हणून ‘आटपाडी नाईट्स’ हा त्याचा पहिला चित्रपट असणार आहे.
Multi starrer ‘Dhurala’ to throw light on Political scenario in Rural Maharashtra
At present the political situation in Maharashtra has already exposed the greed of politicians to grab power. For the past one month the people in Maharashtra witnessed the worst happenings in which many top leaders were involved. Now, through forthcoming Marathi multi-starrer film ‘Dhurala’ Marathi film lovers will get to see election fever and involvement of politicians especially in rural Maharashtra.
Writer Kshitij Patwardhan and Director Sameer Vinwans two big names in Marathi film industry are coming together to offer this political based film which as a big star cast comprising of renowned artistes like Ankush Choudhari, Sai Tamhankar, Siddharth Jadhav, Amey Wagh, Umesh Kamat, Alka Kubal, Sonali Kulkarni and others. So, with the current ongoing murky political situation in Maharashtra , it will be interesting to see what the writer – director duo have in store for the film lovers. But, the teaser of this film just released , has raised big hopes from this film.
School girl Kasturi Kulkarni gets an international award for her science based film
Kasturi Kulkarni the 10th standard student of Deccan Education Society’s English Medium School is in the news. Kasturi has bagged the 3rd prize at the Prestigious International Science Film of India competition held in Kolkatta. The competition was held under the auspices of Indian Government’s initiative to spread and test the knowledge of Science among school and college students. When Kasturi came to know about this competition, she decided to make films on relevant subjects. First she made a film ‘Aajibaicha Batwa’ starring Seema Chandekar, which was based on traditional haling therapies as medicines. Now, this time she made a film ‘Symbiosis’ based on fungus formation around the tree.
Her film ‘Symbiosis’ was selected for screening at this prestigious festival, where there were entries from students from 60 different countries across the world. And Kasturi was awarded third prize for this film. Since childhood days Kasturi was passionate about acting and had joined Producer- director Raju Bhosale’s workshops which were based on science related subjects. Incidentally, Kasturi has not only acted in Raju Bhosale’s forthcoming multi-starrer Marathi film ‘Berij Vajabaki’ but has also worked as assistant director for this film. This film which was made last year, when Kasturi was studying in 9th standard is now due for release on 13th December 2019.
‘जवानी झिंदाबाद’ चित्रपटाचा टीजर सोशल मिडीयावर प्रदर्शित
प्रेक्षकांमध्ये चित्रपटांबद्दल उत्सुकता निर्माण करण्यासाठी कधी गाणी तर हटके स्टारकास्ट, कधी वेगळा विषय तर कधी मार्केटिंग स्टेटर्जी कारणीभूत ठरते. ह्याच बरोबर चित्रपटाचे टाइटल सुद्धा कधी कधी खूप महत्वाचे ठरते. आता पर्यंत अनेक इंग्लिश, इंग्लिश-मराठी, हिंदी-मराठी असे टाइटल असलेले चित्रपट आपल्याला पहायला मिळाले. असेच एक हटके टाइटल असलेला ‘जवानी झिंदाबाद’ हा मराठी चित्रपट लवकरच आपल्या भेटीला येणार आहे.
‘जवानी झिंदाबाद’ म्हटलं की आपल्या नजरेसमोर तरुणाईचा जल्लोष, उत्साह येतो. नव्या दमाचे कथानक असलेल्या ‘जवानी झिंदाबाद’ या चित्रपटाचा टीजर नुकताच सोशल मिडीयावर प्रदर्शित करण्यात आला आहे. शिव कदम दिग्दर्शित, महाराष्ट्र मोशन पिक्चर्स व एम के एंटरटेनमेंट प्रस्तूत ‘जवानी झिंदाबाद’ या चित्रपटाची निर्मिती नितीन उत्तमराव साठे यांनी केली असून सहनिर्माता नरेंद्र चंद्रकांत यादव (पाटील) आहेत. एका सत्य घटनेवर आधारित या चित्रपटात हृदयस्पर्शी प्रेमकथा बघायला मिळणार आहे. आजपर्यंत मोठ्या पडद्यावर न आलेल्या संवेदनशील विषयाभोवती गुंफण्यातआलेला आहे.
या चित्रपटातून अभिषेक साठे हा नवा चेहरा चित्रपटसृष्टीत पदार्पण करत आहे, तर अभिनेत्री केतकी नारायण नायिकेच्या भूमिकेत दिसणार आहे. याशिवाय यतीन कार्येकर, आसावरी जोशी, मधू कांबीकर, पूर्वा शिंदे, सचीन गवळी, अभ्यंग कुवळेकर यांच्या महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका आहेत. या चित्रपटाची कथा नितीन उत्तमराव साठे यांची असून पटकथा लेखन आणि दिग्दर्शन शिव कदम यांनी केले आहे. येत्या १३ डिसेंबर रोजी संपूर्ण महाराष्ट्रात प्रदर्शित होणार आहे.
36 shortlisted for Avika Entertainment’s ‘Mr & Miss Contest’ final round
Avika Entertainment’s ‘Mr & Miss Contest’ has been receiving very good response. From the 500 contestants who took part in this competition, the preliminary rounds have short listed 36 contestants for the final round which is to be held on 21st November 2019 . While the first round was held at Road House, the second was held at Belapur’s Mr. House. Many prominent personalities like Santosh Juvekar, Amardeep kaur, Akshay Patil , Model Priyanka Shinde, Shital Amitkumar, Industrialist Dr. Sanjik Kumar, Mrs. India Earth Winner Kiran Rajput, Mrs. Heritage International 2019 Vidya Ghare, fashion Model Dinesh Rajpurohit judged the initial rounds.
Producer Sachin Narkar, Model Divya Saurabh Kedar, Dr. Sneha Deshpande, Zafar Pirzada, Dev Agnihotri, Surhud Wardekar were present as special guests. Now, for the final round to be held on 21st November 2019 , the following prominent personalities will be judging the winners. Those who have been invited as special guests are, Mrs. India Globe Ilakshi Gupta, Miss Navi Mumbai Kavita Mishra, Producer-director Ravi Jadhav, veteran actor & film maker Vijay Patkar , actor Aniket Vishwasrao, Sonalee Kulkarni & Prajakta Mali. It may be recalled that such contests open the doors for young aspirants to get noticed by the film and TV serial makers and therefore receive good response.
Mohiniraj Gatne finds another challenging role in new TV serial
Having played the role of Isha’s father convincingly in the popular TV serial ‘Tula Pahate Re’ and also the role of a Sarpanch in award winning Marathi film ‘Koti’ Mohiniraj Gatne has suddenly come into limelight. Today home viewers are talking about his natural way of acting. Every actor wishes that he finds variety of roles and Mohiniraj popularly known as Raj is no exception. And his wish has been fulfilled by Kothare Vision through their new serial ‘Prem Poison Panga’.
In this serial he is playing a responsible father of two children, who as a family head always feels that his family lives a happy life and therefore tries to be adjustive with every member of the family. Speaking about this serial, Mohiniraj says, “The subject of this film is different and it is being presented by a reputed banner . I liked the subject and therefore immediately agreed to play this role, when it was offered to me. Luckily for me, this serial is receiving good response from the home viewers.”
This serial is being telecast from Monday to Friday between 8.30 to 9 pm.
Mrunmayee Deshpande to direct ‘Mann Fakira’ based on Marriages and beyond
Three years ago while unveiling the first look of her film ‘Anuraag’ Mrunmayee Deshpande had announced that soon she will be directing two Marathi films. Incidentally, ‘Anuraag’ was presented by her own production company Mrunmayee Deshpande Creations along with producer-director Dr. Ambarish Darak. One of the two names announced by her that time was ‘Atharavaa Oont’. But later, we didn’t hear much about her progress in direction, though we knew that she played a key role in assisting Dr. Darak, during the making of ‘Anuraag’.
Mrunmayee had inclination towards direction since her college days and she had even directed a play and won the best direction award. And she has been working very hard to achieve her ultimate goal, besides performing variety of roles on big screen through films like ‘Katyar Kaljaat Ghusali’, ‘Natasamrat’, ‘Mokala Shwaas’, ‘Anuraag’, ‘Farzand’ and the most latest ‘Fatehshikast’ .
Now, we understand that her dream has come true. Mrunmayee will be making her debut in direction through forthcoming Marathi film ‘Mann Fakira’, which stars Suvrat Joshi, Sayali Sanjeev, Anjali Patil in lead roles. Having already proved herself as the most talented actress on stage, television and big screen, this is a big opportunity for Mrunmayee to prove her mettle in the creative field direction. We wish her all the best.
‘IPC 307 A’ to present Sachin Deshpande in lead role
Sakar Raut who directed ‘Sangharshyatra’ and ‘Shivya’ will now be producing his Marathi film ‘IPC 307 A’ under the banner of Arth Studioz. Directed by Swapnil Deshmukh this film will present actor Sachin Deshpande in lead role. Sachin who had made his debut in acting through Marathi serial ‘Maaylek’ is a known face on small screen. Now, with this big screen offer and that too in the lead role, he has achieved something noteworthy.
There are other important artistes also there along with Sachin in lead role, but their names haven’t been announced yet. But, one thing is sure that as indicated through the title of this film, it will be a crime thriller which will remind the audience of the existing law. Till now, there have been many films on the lives of mafia and criminals. Now, how different will be this film, will be known only after its release soon. According to the makers, though this film is based on mafia , it will have emotional touch.