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.
Sharad Ponkshe to play a villain in ‘Aakrandan’
Known for his memorable performances through variety of roles on stage, television and big screen, actor Sharad Ponkshe will now be seen as a strong villain in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Aakrandan’, which is due for release on 29th November 2019. Produced by Govind Aher and presented by Vivek Pandit’s Vande Mataram Films, this film is directed by Shashikant Deshpande.
Speaking about his character of Rajabhau in the film Aakrandana, Sharad Ponkshe says, “I am playing the younger spoilt bad brother of a Village Sarpanch, who is into all wrong doings. He has terrorised people in village with his atrocities on women and illegal acts. I have used my own style to portray this villain differently. Through this film the makers of this film have handled a very sensitive subject of caste politics.”
In this film along with Sharad Ponkshe many versatile artistes are performing in this film. They are, Upendra Limaye, Vikram Gokhale, Milind Inamdar, Ganesh Yadav, Bal Dhuri, Tejashree Pradhan, Amita Khopkar, Pradeep Velankar, Uday Tikekar, Bharat Ganeshpure, Vilas Ujavane, Pallavi Wagh & Sneha Biranje. Director Shashikant Deshpande has himself written the story of this film. And has written the screenplay and dialogues along with Milind Inamdr. Bollywood’s Damodar Nayadu is cinematographer of this filmwith editing by Manoj Sankla.
Award winning directors combine to offer ‘Institute of Pavtology’
‘Institute of Pavtology’ is the unique name of forthcoming Marathi film, shooting schedule of which was launched recently. Directed by award winning director duo – ‘Ranga Patanga’ and ‘Video Parlour’ fame Prasad Namjoshi and ‘Redu’ fame Sagar Vanjari are coming together for the first time to offer this film, which is produced by Neha Gupta, Prasad namjoshi and Navalkishore Sarda.
The film is based on the story of Environmental Researcher Santosh Shintre and at present the shooting of this film is going on in and around Pune . Highlight of this film is that 140 artistes will be part of this film, including some well known artistes. The director duo have decided to release this film in April next year and according to them it will offer a lot of entertainment.
However, they have not disclosed the reason behind this title of their film and the names of the artistes have also not been disclosed. But, they are confident that the subject handled in this film is new and has not been taken by any film maker so far.
Sangram Samel to star in ‘Vicky Velingkar’
Known for his memorable role in the film ‘Braveheart’ and few Marathi serials ‘Undga’ ‘Lalit 205′ and Marathi plays like ‘Ekach Pyala’, ‘Kusum Manohar Lele’, Marathi actor Sangram Samel will now be seen in an important role in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Vicky Velingkar’ which is getting ready for release on 6th December 2019. Sangram will be sharing the screen for the first time with actress Sonalee Kulkarni.
Speaking about this film, Sonalee says, “I am really delighted that I got an opportunity to work in this film. I have worked with Sangram for the first time and I really enjoyed working with him. In this film, Sangram plays a very close friend of Vickky and his friendship is like helping his friend through his heart.In the film Sangram plays a hacker.”
Actually ‘Vicky Velingkar’ is a salesperson of watches and she comes across a strange experience. How she overcomes all these problems is what the story of this film is all about. In this film Spruha Joshi is also playing an important character of Vidya along with other artistes like Vinita Kharat, Ketan Singh, Jui Pawar, Gaurav More and Rama Joshi.
Produced by Arjun Singh Baran and Kartik Nishandar this film is directed by Saurabh Varma.
‘Girlz’ break open the cage to experience their new world
Since the time of its launch, forthcoming Marathi film ‘Girlz’ has generated a lot of curiosity among the film lovers. Then we saw the poster release followed by release of its teaser . And now, the trailer of this film has just been released to raise more interest among the film lovers. With this film Vishal Deorukhkar the director of two previous hit films ‘Boyz’ and ‘Boyz 2 ‘, is also expected to make a hat trick of his success and producer Naren Kumar is very hopeful about this film’s success.
Story of this film written by Hrishikesh Koli revolves around three girls namely Matee, Rumi and Magie, who come from different background. But, when they come together , their growing friendship changes their way of looking at life. Defining friendship this film is therefore expected to entertain the film lovers. According to the makers the film’s highlight is the conversation and dialogues exchanged among them which they indicate as ‘Girlz Talk’.
The film stars Ankita Lande, Ketaki Narayan, Anvita Phaltankar in lead roles along with prominent artistes like Devika Daftardar, Parth Bhalerao, Atul Kale, Amol Deshmukh, Sulbha arya & Kishori Ambiye and others. Prsented by Everest Entertainment and Kayra Kumar Creations, the film is all set to release on 29th November 2019.