Kay Kay Menon to open his innings in Marathi films
Popular Bollywood actor Kay Kay Menon is all set to open his innings in Marathi cinema that too in a film which is to be directed by actor turned director Lokesh Gupte. Produced by Devi Satori Productions this film titled ‘Ek Sangaychay…Unsaid Harmony‘ also stars Rajeshwari Sachdev in the lead role opposite Kay Kay. Recently, the poster of this film was unveiled on social networking sites.
We are all aware that both Kay Kay Menon and Rajeshwari Sachdev are very particular about selection of films. And therefore, their coming together in this Marathi film has raised a lot of curiosity about this film’s subject. According to the makers, the story of this film is on a sensitive subject revolving around human relationship. Other highlights of this film are, cinematography by Pushpank Gavde, lyrics by actor-lyricist Jitendra Joshi, music by Shailendra barve, art direction by Nitin Kulkarni , sound by Ressool Poketti & costume designs by Chaitrali Lokesh Gupte.
‘Ek Hota Pani’ to highlight drought situation in a village
Water is so precious! Especially, when a village faces drought situation. Till now, our Marathi films have presented various issues faced by villagers living in the rural areas. The forthcoming Marathi film ‘Ek Hota Pani‘ will highlight the drought situation in one such village, with a message as to how important it is for the villagers to save water in their day to day life , instead of waiting for the worst situation.
Produced by Vijay Tiwari & Pravin Bhujbal for New Talent Search Movies, the recording of a song for this film was held recently. The song was recorded on the voices of Rohit Raut, Hrishikesh Ranade & Anandi Joshi in presence of music director Vikas Joshi and director of the film Rohan Satghare. Written by Ashish Ningurkar with cinematography by Yogesh Andhare, the film stars Hansraj Jagtap ,Upendra Date, Anant Jog, Jairaj Nair, Ganesh Mayekar, Ranjit Jog, Sriya Mastekar, Ranjit Kamble, Trisha Patil, Shital Kolhapure, Shital Shingare, Anand wagh, Nana Shinde, Anuradha Bhavsar, Dr.Raju Patodkar, Radhakrishna Karale, Deepjyoti Naik & child star Chaitra Bhujbal.
Teaser of ‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai-3′ unveiled
After achieving success five years ago and its sequel two years ago, the third part of the film ‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai‘ is all set for release by this year end i.e. on 7th December 2018 . The Teaser of this much awaited film ‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai-3‘ was launched all over the state today. The Teaser gives an idea of the journey that moves ahead in the life of the hit couple of the film featured by popular stars Swapnil Joshi and Mukta Barve.
Speaking on this occasion, director Satish Rajwade said, “We did not expect Mumbai Pune Mumbai (MPM) to be successful to such an extent. MPM has now become a cult, setting a trend of one of its kind love story and has become a habit with the audience. People are now more curious about the lives of Gautam and Gauri and relate themselves with the happenings in the lives of the couple. While shooting for ‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai’, we did not expect that we will go for a sequel. But, during the making of its second part we realized that there was a room for the third part as well. It would not be appropriate to reveal any more details about the film, but I can surely say that the third part too will prove to be equally successful.”
Everest Entertainment who are presenting this film, have many hit Marathi films to their credit. ‘Mee Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy‘, ‘Shikshanachya Aaicha Gho’, ‘Hapus‘, ‘Ideachi Kalpana‘, ‘Tukaram‘, ‘Aajach Divas Majha‘, ‘Happy Journey‘, ‘Coffee Ani Barach Kaahi‘ , ‘Time Please’ , ‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai -2‘ , ‘Baapjanma’ , ‘Aamhi Doghi’ and others.
Actor Sumedh Mudgalkar will soon be seen in a Romantic Music album
With his handsome looks the so called chocolate boy Sumedh Mudgalkar could find the lead role of young Krishna in the ongoing Popular big budget TV Serial ‘Radha Krishna‘. And this enabled him to attain name and fame in this entertainment industry. Today, with the popularity of this serial, he has become the heartthrob of millions of young girls. His followers on the social networking sites is the best example of his popularity.
It may be recalled that Sumedh had worked in Marathi films like ‘Ventilator‘, ‘Manja‘ and ‘Bucket List‘. But, his real potential was judged by the makers of ‘Radha Krishna‘ who offered him this most important lead role, which has taken him to popularity heights. Sumedh will now be seen in a romantic music album. And his fans are eager to see him in this new looks.
The trailer of ‘Me Shivaji Park’ generates a lot of interest
Film maker Mahesh Manjrekar’s next Marathi film ‘Me Shivaji Park‘ has generated a lot of interest , ever since the trailer of this film was released on social networking sites. The name ‘Shivaji‘ has also proved lucky for the film maker, after making a hit film like ‘Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy‘.
Though the theme of this film ‘Me Shivaji Park‘ hasn’t been revealed, but the happenings shown in the trailer suggest a lot. With all big names like Vikram Gokhale, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Satish Alekar, Ashok Saraf and Shivaji Satam coming together, the film has already generated curiosity, since the day it was announced.
The shooting and post production of this film is now complete and it is all set to release on 18th October 2018. And this is certainly a good news for the month of October. With one Lavani already out on social sites, now we also come to know that Mr. Shivaji Satam is playing a Parsi gentleman . Moreover it is about some mystery involving these morning walk group of senior citizens. So, obviously it is the topic of interest.
Two Marathi films lines up for release coming Friday
Every year, the Pitru Paksha used to bother many film makers while releasing their films during this period. But, after watching the success of films released during this period, now during this ongoing Pitru Paksha we find two Marathi films for simultaneous release coming Friday. ‘Boyz-2‘ which is a sequel of hit film ‘Boyz‘ is releasing along with ‘Hrudayat Something Something‘, thus creating a good competition between themselves.
While ‘Boyz-2‘ will be targeting the young audience, with a team of young successful artistes all set to win the hearts of their fans, ‘Hridayat Something Something‘ also has a young lead stars like Aniket Vishwasrao, Sneha Chavan & Priyanka Yadav to entertain the youngsters. But, the highlight of the film is presence of one big super star of Marathi and he is Ashok Saraf . While ‘Boyz-2‘ is directed by Vishal Devrukhkar , ‘Hrudayat Something Something‘ is directed by Pravin Raja karle. So, let us wait and see which film succeeds in inviting more crowds at theatre windows on coming Friday.
‘Kachha Limbu’, ‘Muramba’ & ‘Ringan’ share honours at Jio Filmfare awards
Ever since the separate Filmfare awards for Marathi films have been introduced, the ‘Black lady’ has been the big attraction for Marathi artistes. In the 4th Jio Filmfare awards held on Thursday evening two Marathi films namely: ‘Kaccha Limbu‘ and ‘Muramba‘ shared maximum honours in different sections. While ‘Kaccha Limbu‘ bagged 4 awards including the best film, best director (Prasad Oak) and best actress ( Sonali Kulkarni) awards, ‘Muramba‘ bagged 5 awards including the best actor ( Amey Wagh), best supporting actress ( Chinmayee Sumeet) and best debut ( Mithila Palkar) awards.
The award for best supporting actor went to Girish Kulkarni for his performance in the film ‘Faster Fene‘, while the best debut ( male) went to Abhinay Berde for his performance in the film ‘Tee saddhya Kaay Karte‘. In the Critics award section, ‘Halaal‘ bagged the best film award, while the best actress and best actor awards in this section went to Irawati Harshe( Film: Kasav) and Shashank Shende( Ringan). Film ‘Ringan‘ also bagged four more awards for best child actor( Sahil Joshi), best debut in direction ( shared between Varun Narvekar & Makarand Mane) , best story ( Makarand Mane) & best playback singer( Adarsh Shinde) .
Anchors Amey Wagh and Suvrat Joshi entertained the audience at the NESCO venue at Goregaon and the Lifetime achievement award in Music was conferred upon veteran music legend Hridaynath Mangeshkar.
नागराज मंजुळे दिग्दर्शित करणार ‘झी महाराष्ट्र कुस्ती लीग’चा प्रोमो
झी टॉकीजच्या विद्यमाने महाराष्ट्रातील मातीतल्या या खेळाला प्रोत्साहन देण्यासाठी खास ‘झी महाराष्ट्र कुस्ती लीग‘चे आयोजन करण्यात आले आहे. या लीगचा थरार २ नोव्हेंबर ते १८ नोव्हेंबर या कालवधीत पुण्याच्या बालेवाडीत रंगणार आहे. या बहुचर्चित ‘झी महाराष्ट्र कुस्ती लीग’ बरोबर सुरवातीपासूनच महाराष्ट्रातील वेगवेगळ्या क्षेत्रातील दिग्गज नावे जोडली जात आहेत .त्यातीलचं एक महत्वाचे नाव म्हणजे दिग्दर्शक नागराज मंजुळे.
‘पिस्तुल्या‘, ‘फँड्री‘ व ‘सैराट‘ यासारख्या चित्रपटातून आपले सामाजिक भान दाखवून देणारे दिग्दर्शक नागराज मंजुळे आता झी टॉकीजसाठी ‘झी महाराष्ट्र कुस्तीलीग’चा प्रोमो दिग्दर्शित करणार आहेत आणि मुख्य म्हणजे यात ते अभिनय सुद्धा करणार आहेत.
पैलवानांनी शड्डू ठोकल्यापासून चितपट करण्याच्या शेवटच्या क्षणापर्यंत वाढणारी ही उत्कंठा ‘झी महाराष्ट्र कुस्ती लीग‘मुळे आता साऱ्या महाराष्ट्राला लागून राहिली आहे. नागराज मंजुळे ‘झी महाराष्ट्र कुस्ती लीग’ चा हा थरार प्रोमोच्या माध्यमातून प्रेक्षकांपर्यंत पोहचवणार आहेत. या प्रोमोबद्दल नागराज मंजुळे यांनी सांगितले की,” घरात बसून छोट्या पडद्यावर क्षणक्षणाला उत्कंठा वाढवणारा कुस्ती हा खेळ पाहण्याची मजा काही औरच असेल. ‘झी महाराष्ट्र कुस्तीलीग’शी संलग्न होऊन त्याचा प्रोमो दिग्दर्शित करताना मला खरंच खूप आनंद होत आहे. माझ्या कामावर आजवर प्रेक्षकांनी भरपूर प्रेम केले आहे आणि त्यांना हा प्रोमोसुद्धा आवडेल अशी आशा व्यक्त करतो “
Kalyan Girl Pratiksha Sable is inviting all the attention
We have seen many new faces entering Marathi entertainment industry from far off places like Nashik, Sangli, Solapur, Vidarbha regions of Maharashtra, thus breaking the monopoly of Mumbai and Pune during the past few years. And we should also not forget the places like Navi Mumbai, Karjat, Dombivali & Kalyan from where budding artistes have travelled to Mumbai in crowded local trains. The celebrated television actress Pratiksha Sable is one of them.
An alumni of CRM Oak High School and Birla College Kalyan, Pratiksha is all set to rise in the Marathi entertainment industry. Pratiksha Sable has already won lot of acclaim for her TV Shows like ‘Aakashjhep‘ with Subodh Bhave and then she ventured into theatre with a social drama and a bio-pic ‘Jyoti Savitri‘ for which she won a Best Actress nomination in 2015 from ZEE MARATHI and award from Sanskriti Kala Darpan.
Pratiksha Sable has performed in Marathi film ‘Angaigeet‘ with Arun Nalavade in 2016. Last year she made her debut in film direction and writing with message based short film ‘Pledge- The Self Commitment‘ for which she bagged Best Short film in Mumbai Asian Short Film Festival and Best Sound . It was also screened in Goa Short Film Festival to much acclaim. Her forthcoming film include the much appreciated in the Festival Circuit ‘Copy‘ which has received awards as the best film in Sanskruti Kala Darpan 2018 and Maharashtra Rajya Chitrapat Mahotsav, Best Debut film -2018. It’s now all set to receive acclaim at the Dehra Dun Film Festival 2018 at the hands of Ramesh Sippy, the much acclaimed director. In short, this girl from Kalyan is inviting all the attention from Marathi film industry.
Girish Kulkarni’s unusual appearance in ‘Boyz 2′ item song
Known for some of his variety of roles in films like ‘Valu‘, ‘Vihir‘, ‘Pune 52‘, ‘Highway‘ in Marathi and Hindi films like ‘Ugly‘, ‘Dangal‘ & ‘Kabil‘, talented Marathi actor Girish Kulkarni will now be seen in an unusual role in forthcoming much talked about film ‘Boyz 2‘, Girish Kulkarni has performed in a ‘Todfod‘ kind of item song along with Suvarna Kale, which was seen as the highlight of this film. This song is targeted at young audience and is rendered by popular singers Mugdha Karhade, Ganesh Chandanshiv & Prasanjit Kosambi.
‘Boyz 2‘ will focus on the story of the schoolboys who are now into college life. So, the audience will once again witness the mischief of Sumant Shinde, Parth Bhalerao & Pratik Lad in part 2 also. Directed by Vishal Deorukhkar the film is presented by Eros International and Everest Entertainment in association with Avadhoot Gupte. The presenters have also planned to distribute this film at international level, when it will be officially released on 5th October 2018.