Varsha and Kishori come together in the Marathi play ‘Piano For Sale’
Both Kishori Shahane Vij and Varsha Usgaonkar were popular actresses of Marathi film industry during late 80s and 90s. They have performed variety of roles in the lead opposite top actors of that period. Now, for the first time both of them will be seen together on Marathi stage in the play ‘Piano For Sale‘ The original English play written by Meher Pestonjee has been converted and directed in Marathi by Ashish Kulkarni.
Presented by Chaitanya Girish Akolkar and produced by Digital Detox this Marathi play will be staged all over Maharashtra and also abroad from 1st December 2018. With a new subject for Marathi stage and with the presence of these two actresses known for their own style of delivering dialogues, this play will be a real treat for Marathi stage lovers. And therefore, there are big expectations from these two actresses, as far as their performances are concerned.
Dealing with water conservation ‘Ek Hota Pani’ to release soon
Now days in Marathi films we find new writers and film makers presenting important social issues through their films. One such most important issue of water is being handled in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Ek Hota Pani‘, which has also highlighted the importance of water conservation. The shooting of this film is complete and presently the post production work is in progress. Recently, the new face in the film Sriya Mastekar completed her dubbing work at a studio, in presence of writer of the film Ashish Ningurkar and director Rohan Satghare.
The story of ‘Ek Hota Pani‘ film is set on the backdrop of a drought affected village. Prominent singers like Rohit Raut, Anandi Joshi & Hrishikesh Ranade have rendered the songs in this film on the music of Vikas Joshi. Produced by Vijay Tiwari & Dr. Pravin Bhujbal with cinematography by Yogesh Andhare, the film stars Hansraj Jagtap, Upendra Date, Anant Jog, Jayraj Nayar, Ganesh Mayekar, Ranjit Jog, Sriya Mastekar, Ashish Ningurkar, Ranjit Kamble, Trisha Patil, Shital Kolhapure, Shital Shingare, Anand wagh, Nana Shinde, Anuradha Bhavsar, Dr.Raju Patodkar, Varsha Patankar, Radhakrishna Karale, Dipjyoti Naik, and child artiste Chaitra Bhujbal.
‘Ani .. Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar’ stands tall in competition with other films
Gone are the days when Marathi films celebrated Silver Jubilee at popular Single screen theatres like Plaza, Bharatmata ( Mumbai) & Prabhat, BhanuVilas( Pune). Now, with the spread of Multiplex network, Marathi films are really finding it difficult to find screens. However, 9 years ago, when there was strike of Hindi film distributors, Marathi film like ‘Mee Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy‘ did a very good business, with availability of screens even at multiplexes.
Two years ago, when Marathi film ‘Sairat‘ was released, it did very good business, with housefull shows. The popularity of this film spread so fast that more and more multiplexes started offering their screens for this film. And this gave a big scare to Hindi film makers. In fact, Bollywood film maker Rohit Shetty did admit during a function of Marathi film that he went to see Film ‘Sairat‘ to see what was so special about this film.
Now, with the release of ‘Ani .. Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar‘ we once again noticed full house shows during the first week and with the ‘word of mouth’ publicity, the film attracted good response wherever it was released. Watching the response to this film, the theatre owners offered more shows to this film at multiplexes. Bollywood film ‘Thugs of Hindostan’ with big names lost its business in competition with this film especially in Mumbai and Pune. Best example is of City Pride Radhakrishna theatre at Ratnagiri. In this cinema theatre ‘Thugs of Hindostan‘ was released with three shows with only one show @ 12 noon for ‘Ani .. Dr.Kashinath Ghanekar‘. But, in just for days, i.e. on Tuesday ‘Ani .. Dr.Kashinath Ghanekar‘ was allotted 3 shows of prime time with only one show @12 noon for the Hindi film. Isn’t this a big victory for Marathi films in Maharashtra? In short, ‘Ani .. Dr.Kashinath Ghanekar‘ stood tall in competition with other films this Diwali.
सोनाली कुलकर्णी ची प्रमुख भूमिका असलेला ‘माधुरी’ चित्रपटाचा ट्रेलर लॉंच
मुंबापुरी प्रॉडक्शन निर्मित, उर्मिला मातोंडकर प्रस्तुत, स्वप्ना वाघमारे जोशी दिग्दर्शित आणि सोनाली कुलकर्णीची प्रमुख भूमिका असलेल्या ‘माधुरी‘ या चित्रपटात ट्रेलर नुकताच प्रदर्शित करण्यात आला.
ट्रेलरमध्ये पाहायला मिळते की सोनाली कुलकर्णी एका तरुणीची भूमिका साकारत असून सध्या तरुण पिढीवर उद्भवणारे अनेक चांगले आणि वाईट प्रसंग आणि त्या प्रसंगांना त्यांनी कसे सामोरे जाऊन त्याचे कशाप्रकारे निरसन करू शकतो ह्याचे प्रदर्शन ट्रेलर मध्ये होत आहे. सोनालीसोबत शरद केळकर, संहिता जोशी, अक्षय केळकर आणि विराजस कुलकर्णी यांनी साकारलेल्या पात्रांची झलक देखील ट्रेलरमध्ये पाहू शकतो.
मुंबापुरी प्रॉडक्शन आणि मोहसिन अख्तर यांचा पहिला मराठी चित्रपट ‘माधुरी‘, सोनाली कुलकर्णीचा हटके लूक, संपूर्ण स्टारकास्टचा तगडा अभिनय या सगळ्या गोष्टीने परिपूर्ण असा ‘माधुरी‘ चित्रपट ३० नोव्हेंबर रोजी प्रदर्शित होत आहे.
Music of ‘Sarva Line Vyasta Aahet’ released
The title of the film ‘Sarva Line Vyasta Aahet’ is very familiar with our daily life, while using the phone. And therefore, the a Marathi film with this title has certainly raised curiosity among film lovers. Recently, music of this film was released in presence of some of the artistes from this film along with music director Pankaj Padghan , choreographer Umesh Jadhav, Dilip Mestry, editor Ashish Mhatre and DOP Sameer Athlye. There are total five songs in this film.
Presented by Amol Utekar, produced by Stelaria Studio and directed by Raghunath Mestry the film stars Mahesh Manjrekar, Siddharth Jadhav, Saurabh Gokhale, Sanskruti Balgude, Smita Shewale, Hemangi Kavi, Neetha Shetty Salvi, Kamlakar Satpute, Madhavi Soman, Priyanka Mungekar, Sandhya Kunte, Satish Agashe, Shivaji Redkar, Hitesh Sampat & Gaurav More. Screenplay and dialogues by Ganesh Pandit Shripad Joshi and lyrics by Shrikant Bojewar are the other credits of this film, which will be released early next year on 11th January 2019.
Is Priyadarshan Jadhav really scared of Ghosts ?
Every individual is scared of something. Some people are scared of Lizards, cockroaches, while some are scared of darkness. But, do you know what actor Priyadarshan Jadhav is scared of ? He is scared of Darkness. Incidentally, Priyadarshan was shooting for a Marathi film ‘Majhya Baikocha Priyakar‘ directed by Rajeev S Ruia. During one such schedule, he was shooting a scene in darkness, where he was to picturise some scenes on ghosts.
Priyadarshan Jadhav who is part of this film was also present on the sets. But, as he noticed complete darkness, he started feeling scared. His reaction became the topic of discussion and the news spread out that Priyadarshan got scared of ghosts. Now, only Priyadarshan Jadhav himself can clarify on this episode. Others can very well watch his reaction during this scene, when the film will release on 23rd November 2018. The film’s music has been composed by Vivek Kar, Raju Sardar & Prabhakar Naravade.
‘Aai Tu, Baba Mee, Honar Ga…’ Song from ‘MPM-3′ released
‘Aai Tu, Baba Mee, Honar Ga, Kuni Yenar Ga‘ song from the forthcoming Marathi film ‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai-3‘ sung by Hrishikesh Ranade, Aanandi Joshi, Saee Tembhekar, Jaydeep Bagwadkar, Varsha Bhave, Yogita Godbole and Mandar Apte which was released recently, has been presented on the music of Nilesh Moharir meaningful lyrics by Devyani Karve – Kothari and Pallavi Rajwade. The film ‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai-3‘ is ready to release all over Maharashtra on 7th December 2018.
This song features the entire star cast along with the popular duo in lead role sets the mood of the film and also depicts the third important stage in life of the young couple played by Swapnil Joshi and Mukta Barve. The song sung at the traditional Dohal Jevan ceremony, which is also called Baby Shower. According to the film’s director Satish Rajwade, ‘The Baby Shower’ has a long standing tradition not only in Maharashtra but all across the country.
‘वाजे पाऊल आपुले’ आणि ‘टिळक आणि आगरकर’ नाटकांचे पुन्हा रंगमंचावर आगमन
१९६७ मध्ये रंगमंचावर सादर झालेले प्रख्यात साहित्यिक विश्राम बेडेकर लिखित आणि दिग्दर्शित, दाजी भाटवडेकर, अरविंद देशपांडे, सतीश दुभाषी, दामू केंकरे, जयंत सावरकर व मंगला संझगिरी यांच्या अभिनयाने पावन झालेल्या ‘वाजे पाऊल आपुले’ तसेच लोकमान्य टिळक आणि गोपाळ गणेश आगरकर यांच्या मैत्रीच्या मर्मबंधावर आधारलेलं ‘टिळक आणि आगरकर‘ या नाटकांच्या पुनरुज्जीवन होत असल्याचे संस्थेचे प्रमुख कार्यवाह डॉ. बाळ भालेराव, नाट्यशाखा कार्यवाह प्रमोद पवार, व उपाध्यक्ष जयंत सावरकर यांनी जाहीर केले.
अष्टपैलू साहित्यिक, नाटककार विश्राम बेडेकर यांनी लिहिलेल्या विनोदी ‘वाजे पाऊल आपुले‘ या तुफान गाजलेल्या लोकप्रिय नाटकाचे प्रयोग येत्या २४ नोव्हेंबर पासून सर्वत्र सुरु होत असून ते संपूर्ण नव्या संचात येत आहे. जयंत सावरकर हेच या नाटकाचे दिग्दर्शन करीत असून त्यात त्यांनी तेव्हा केलेलीच भूमिका ते आताही या नाटकात करीत आहेत. लोकप्रिय अष्टपैलू अभिनेते अभिजित चव्हाण या नाटकातली भगवंत ही मध्यवर्ती भूमिका करीत असून त्यांच्या जोडीला पूर्णिमा तळवलकर सुशिलाची व्यक्तिरेखा साकारत आहेत. सोबत अंशुमन म्हसकर, अमेय बोरकर आणि दिपकार पारकर हे गुणी कलावंत आहेत.
‘टिळक आणि आगरकर‘ हे नाटक आज २०१८ मध्ये पुनश्च रंगभूमीवर येत आहे मात्र थोडं वेगळ्या स्वरुपात. त्याचे अभिवाचनाचे प्रयोग प्रथम होणार आहेत, त्यानंतर हे नाटक नव्या संचात संघातर्फे सादर केले जाणार आहे. लोकमान्य टिळक आणि गोपाळ गणेश आगरकर यांच्या मैत्रीच्या मर्मबंधावर आधारलेलं हे नाटक दिग्दर्शित करण्याचे शिवधनुष्य पेललं आहे ‘लोकमान्य एक युगपुरुष‘ या चित्रपटाचे संवादकार कौस्तुभ सावरकर यांनी. ‘टिळक आणि आगरकर’ नाटकाच्या अभिवाचनात सहभाग घेणाऱ्या कलावंतामध्ये गोपाळराव जोशी(उन्मन बाणकर), गोपाळराव आगरकर(अंगद म्हसकर), यशोदा आगरकर(मिथिला मुरकुटे), बळवंतराव टिळक(कौस्तुभ सावरकर) तसेच ‘श्री. नाट्यरंग कर्जत’च्या नवोदित गुणी कलावंतांचाही सहभाग आहे.
Four Marathi films to be released simultaneously this week
Releasing three or four films together is not new to Marathi film industry. During the past few years we saw this happen and also witnessed how their business affected due to sharing of cinema halls and that too while competing with Hindi films. But that doesn’t seem to bother Marathi film makers. This Friday four Marathi films have announced their release simultaneously. So, only God knows what will be their fate in this competitive world.
‘Ek Sangaychay…Unsaid Harmony‘ starring Bollywood actor Kay Kay Menon and directed by Lokesh Gupte deals with a social issue, while writer director Girish Vishwanath presents an emotional bonding of a teenager with her pet dog through his film ‘Vanilla Strawberry and Chocolate‘. There is another film ‘Naal‘ on a sensible subject presented by National award winning film maker Nagraj Manjule , which is directed by Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti, while Avadhoot Gupte presented film ‘Gat Mat‘ directed by Nishit Shrivastava and based on youngsters also stands in the race.
Only last week we saw a Marathi biopic ‘Ani Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar‘ drawing full house at many theatres and even scoring over a big banner Hindi film. Therefore, this film is expected to continue with its success this week too. So, it remains to be seen how these four films will succeed in inviting audience at the cinema halls where they are released.
Bappida will sing for Sanjay Jadhav’s film ‘Lucky’
Renowned Music director and singer of Bollywood Bappi Lahiri, popularly known as Bappida has completed 45 years in this film industry. During 70s , 80s and 90s he offered some of the best compositions through various films. It may be recalled that a Marathi director Raja Thakur offered Bappida his first chance as a music director through his film ‘Zakhmee’ in 1975. In 1990 he made his debut as a music director in Marathi with the film ‘Dokyala Taap Nahi’.
Now, Bappida is returning to Marathi films after long time as a singer through Sanjay jadhav’s forthcoming Marathi film ‘Lucky’ in which he has rendered a song along with Vaishali Samant. Composed by Amit Raj, recording of this song took place recently. Overwhelmed by this gesture, music director Amit Raj felt that it was a big blessing for him. Speaking on the occasion Bappida said that he always wanted to be part of Marathi films, but could not find time due to his busy schedule in Hindi. Now, at Sanjay Jadhav’s request, he has been part of this film.