Marathi actress Pritam Kagne on Cloud 9
Pritam Kagne, who made her debut in Marathi films in 2013 with ‘Navra Majha Bhavra‘ has performed in a number of films since then, including the award-winning film ‘Halal‘ with National award-winning director Shivaji Loten Patil. In this film, she played the central character along with Priyadarshan Jadhav and Chinmay Mandlekar. Produced by her brother Amol Kagne, this film was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, Goa Film Festival, Pune International Film Festival and Godrej Film Festival. Pritam also acted in Bollywood feature film ’31st October’, which was released in 2016.
Now, her latest Marathi film ‘Ahilya‘ directed by Raju Parsekar is in news. Just two days ago, Pritam received a big surprise in the form of awards received on the same day. And, she shared this happy news with her friends on her social networking page. “Feeling proud and very happy and with immense pleasure I am here sharing this lovely post, Friends with a surprise to me, I have received two awards in one single day, The Sanskruti Kala Darpan Award (Impressive performer female) & Dadasaheb Phalke Award (Promising actress of the year) on 11-5-2019 & our film ‘Ahilya‘ movie got Award as the best social film “.
Shantipriya is keen on doing Marathi films
Popular Bollywood and South Indian film actress Shantipriya who was at the top during 90s , having done films opposite top heroes of that time like Akshay Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Rohit Roy, Prasanjit Chatterjee. Besides her Hindi films, Shantipriya had also done hit Telugu and Tamil films. Later, we saw this renowned actress on small screen with popular projects like ‘Dwarakadhish Bhagwan Srikrishna’ and ‘Mata Ki Chowki’.
Now, after watching the progress of Marathi films with its friendly environment and systematic presentation of subject, she has been high praise for the same. If offered a good role , she is willing to do a Marathi film. So, after Madhuri Dixit, Urmila Matondkar and few others, another Bollywood actress is likely to make her debut in Marathi. But, how good is she with Marathi language, it remains to be seen.
‘Judgement’ will show Tejashree Pradhan’s big fight against injustice
At present, there is a lot of talk about Tejashree Pradhan‘s role in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Judgement’, which is now set for release on 24th May 2019. The film stars Tejashree Pradhan in the lead role with Mangesh Desai, while ‘Shree Partner’ fame Shweta Pagar plays a prominent role in this film which is directed by Samir Ramesh Surve. Based on Neela Satyanarayan’s novel , the story of this film revolves around a daughter who fights for injustice against her mother , by challenging her own father.
Recently, a song from this film rendered by Javed Ali and composed by music director Naval Shastri was released on social media, which inspires every daughter’s effort to fight injustice. Incidentally, the film presents the strong emotional bonding between the mother and daughter. The other artistes of this film are, Satish Salagare, Kishori Ambiye, Mahendra Teredesai,Shalaka Apte, Vijay Bhanu, Shilpa Gandhi, Pratik Deshmukh, Nilesh Deshpande and child artiste Chaitra Bhujbal.
Are some Marathi film makers avoiding the press shows?
It looks like that some Marathi film makers have set a new trend of not holding press shows before their film’s release, for the reasons best known to them. Some film makers combine the press show and premiere on the day before the film’s release or on the first day of the show. In such cases, how is it possible to publish the reviews in time ? This week, a PRO of the film ’66 Sadashiv’ clearly mentioned to all film critics that there will not be any press show of this film, perhaps to avoid repeated inquiries.
To confirm, whether the other two films releasing simultaneously, had also avoided press shows, MMW spoke to a senior film journalist, who confirmed that he had not received invite for the press show from these two film makers also.
By the way, besides ’66 Sadashiv’ written and directed by Yogesh Deshpande, two other Marathi films which are also lined up for release on coming Friday are, Ek Hota Pani directed by Rohan Satghare and and Reema Amrapurkar directed ‘Purushottam’.
’66 Sadashiv’ looks like a family entertainer, from its film’s poster, while ‘Ek Hota Pani’ is clearly about the most important social issue, i.e. conservation of water. ‘Purushottam’ is based on the work done by Dr. Purushottam Bhapkar and so can be termed as a biopic.
सोनी मराठीच्या ‘सेलिब्रिटी मॉम्स’चा हटके स्टाईल ने मदर्स डे
आंतरराष्ट्रीय मातृदिन किंवा मदर्स डे ! आजची तरुणाई या निमित्ताने आईशी कनेक्ट होत हा सण साजरा करताना दिसते..
या निमित्ता ने सोनी मराठी ने ऋचा बर्वे, सीमा घोगले, गौतमी देशपांडे, मुग्धा गोडबोले, शीतल क्षीरसागर, आदिती शारंगधर, उज्वला जोग, पूर्णिमा अहिरे, विमल म्हात्रे, प्रज्ञा जावळे, राणी गुणाजी, रसिका धामणकर आणि मयुरी वाघ या सर्व आया आणि लेकीं च्या जोडीला मुंबईतील ‘एनरिच अकॅडमी’ या स्पामध्ये ट्रिटमेंटचे खास गिफ्ट दिले. या सर्वांनी सौंदर्याची निगा आणि काळजी घेणाऱ्या खास ट्रिटमेंट्स घेऊन रिलॅक्स केले.
या संधीचा फायदा घेत , या सर्व सेलिब्रिटी आई आणि मुलींनी , एकमेकांसोबत भरपूर वेळ देत , एकमेकांना अजून जाणून घेण्याचा प्रयत्न केला … कुणी नवा हेअरकट केला, तर कोणी हेअरवॉश केले, तर कुणी नखांवर सुंदरशी नेल आर्ट काढली. लेकिंनीही आपल्या मम्मासारखे ग्लॅमरस होऊन मिरवले. हा सुंदर मिलाफ घडवून आणल्याबद्दल सर्व सेलिब्रिटी मॉम्सनी सोनी मराठीचे विशेष आभार मानले आहेत.
‘मिस यू मिस्टर’ या आगामी चित्रपटात सिद्धार्थ चांदेकर आणि मृण्मयी देशपांडे यांची मध्यवर्ती भूमिका
सिद्धार्थ चांदेकर आणि मृण्मयी देशपांडे यांची मध्यवर्ती भूमिका असलेल्या ‘मिस यू मिस्टर’ चे पहिले पोस्टर आज प्रकाशित करण्यात आले. समीर जोशी दिग्दर्शित हा चित्रपट २१ जून २०१९ रोजी संपूर्ण महाराष्ट्रात प्रदर्शित होत आहे.
समीर जोशी यांनी दिग्दर्शनाबरोबरच या चित्रपटाचे लेखनही केले आहे. बस स्टॉप (२०१७), मामाच्या गावाला जाऊया (२०१४), मंगलाष्टक वन्स मोअर (२०१३) असे गाजलेले मराठी चित्रपट जोशी यांच्या नावावर आहेत. त्यांनी ‘बे दुणे दहा’, ‘प्रीती परी तुजवरी’ आणि ‘एक नंबर’ या स्टार प्रवाहवरील टेलिव्हिजन मालिकांचे दिग्दर्शन केले आहे.
‘मिस यू मिस्टर’ हा एक कौटुंबिक मनोरंजनात्मक चित्रपट असून तो नातेसंबंधांवर बेतलेला आहे. या चित्रपटात इतरही अनेक आघाडीचे मराठी कलाकार दिसणार आहेत. त्यांत राजन भिसे, सविता प्रभूणे, अविनाश नारकर, राधिका विद्यासागर आदींचा समावेश आहे.
Spruha Joshi and her family take part in Pani Foundation work
Spruha Joshi is known for her intense acting skills and thought provoking poems in Marathi entertainment industry. But, her contribution to social work is not known to many of her admirers. On the occasion of Maharashtra Day, Spruha along with her mother and aunt visited Dhondbar village in Sinnar taluka place and took part in labour work undertaken by Pani foundation in this drought prone area.
Speaking about her visit, Spruha said that last year she had visited Pokhar village in Purander taluka . Appreciating my work, this year my mother and aunty decided to accompany me in this mission this year. “ I am glad that I could be part of this mission undertaken by Pani Foundation to counter drought situation.
Though my contribution is very small, I am feeling proud that I am part of this programme to make Maharashtra drought free.
Mukta’s next film ‘Bandishala’ to release on 21st June
Playing a Lady Cop is not new to Marathi film industry. But, who is playing the lady Cop is important, to generate interest among the film lovers. In Marathi film and television industry, Mukta Barve has already established herself as a versatile actress, having played different characters skilfully. Now, Mukta will be seen as a dashing lady Cop through her forthcoming Marathi film ‘Bandishala‘, which is due for release on 21st June 2019.
Bandishala Marathi Movie
Produced by Swati Sanjay Patil, Written by Sanjay Krishnaji Patil and directed by Milind Lele ( Manya Sajjana’ & Kurukshetra’ fame) this film presents Mukta Barve in a central character of Madhavi the Lady Cop along with Vikram Gaikwad, Asha Shelar, Sharad Ponkshe, Hemangi Kavi, Ashish Zunjarrao, Savita Prabhune, Ajay Purkar, Umesh Jagtap, Pravin Tarde, Anand Alkunte, Ananda karekar, Madhav Abyhyankar , Ashwini Giri and others. Cinematography by Suresh Deshmane & music by Amitraj are the other credits.
Poster of ‘Welcome Home’ was released on social media recently
Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukhtankar are two prominent names in Marathi film industry. Together, they have directed many award winning sensible films for the past 24 years. Their last film ‘Kasav’ in 2017 also won National award for best film. Now, the duo is getting ready to release their next film ‘Welcome Home‘ , which is also based on an important issue . Poster of this film was released on social media recently.
Welcome Home Marathi Movie
Starring versatile actress Mrunal Kulkarni in the lead role , the film is ready for release on 14th June 2019. Produced by Abhishek Sunil Phadtare, Vinay Bele, Ashwini Sidhwani & Deepak Kumar Bhagat, the film also has a big team of popular artistes in important roles. They are , Sumeet Raghavan, Spruha Joshi, Subodh Bhave, Jitendra Joshi, Dr. Mohan agashe, Uttara Bavkar , Seva Chouhan , Siddharth Menon,Milind Phatak, Iravati Harshe , Deepa Shriraam, Ashwini Giri, Renuka Daftardar, Shruti Atre, Shrikant Kinjavadekar & Pranjali Shrikant. Cinematography by Dhananjay Kulkarni and music by Parth Umarani are the other credits.
‘Baalaa’ set on Cricket backdrop releases timely
Cricket is considered to be the religion of people living in India. So, much is the craze of cricket. After we saw Cricket based films like ‘Iqbal’ and ‘Lagaan’ in Hindi, there were some films like ‘Well Done Bhalya’ and ‘Shikshanachya Aaichha Gho’ in Marathi too.
Presently, the IPL-20 Cricket matches are going on and the World Cup Cricket is just few days away. So, the timing is perfectly suited for a film based on cricket. Presented by Rakesh Singh and directed by Sachindra Sharma , new Marathi film ‘Baalaa ’ has been released this Friday.
Written by director Sachindra Sharma himself, the film stars Mihiresh Joshi in title role of a boy who is passionate about the game of cricket and who holds a dream of becoming a cricketer to his heart. The trailer of this film clearly indicates that his Police Inspector father wants his son to become a top police officer, but the boy is keen on playing cricket despite opposition from father. Whether the boy fulfils his dream ?
To find out, one has to watch this film, which also stars Upendra Limaye, Kranti Redkar, Vikram Gokhale, Suhasini Mulay, Kamlesh Sawant in lead roles. Former India Cricket Captain Late Ajit Wadekar will also be seen in this film as a cricket coach .