Aniket Vishwasrao declares Ashok Saraf as his Guru
Every year on the auspicious Guru Pournima day, many successful artistes from the film industry remember their Guru by paying tributes to them. Some visit them personally to seek their blessings, while some others express their feelings through the new trend of social networking sites. Actor Aniket Vishwasrao expressed his feelings for his Guru on social networking site through a letter.
Aniket has addressed this letter to Ashokmama i.e. Ashok Saraf who is popularly known with this name. In this letter, Aniket has stated that ever since he started watching films, he has considered Mr. Ashok Saraf as his real hero. And since then he has considered him as his Guru. According to Aniket , Mr. Saraf is the best comedian he has seen so far, with a perfect timing for comedy. Incidentally, Aniket had an opportunity to work with the legendary Marathi actor in the film ‘Lapun Chhapun’.
“After working with him in second film ‘Aandhali Koshimbir’ Ashok Mama had praised my comedy in this film and this compliment was more than an award for me.” says Aniket proudly.
Trupti Toradmal to make her acting debut in Marathi films
Daughter of renowned Marathi writer- actor Late Madhukar Toradmal, Trupti Toradmal will be making her acting debut in Marathi films through forthcoming Marathi film ‘Savita Damodar Paranjpe‘. Based on a true story this film is a cinematic version of popular Marathi play ‘Savita Damodar Paranjape‘. The film is produced by popular Bollywood actor John Abraham and is directed by Swapna Waghmare Joshi.
The lead role in this film played by Trupti was earlier played by Late actress Reema Lagoo in the play with the same name. Trupti has worked very hard to modulate her voice according to different situations in the screenplay, to play this important role. Having been experienced with theatre, this role was a big challenge before Trupti and the makers of this film feel that she has given her best. Trupti herself is very much satisfied with her role.
Ashok Shinde and Nivedita Saraf launch music of ‘Dostigiri’
Both Ashok Shinde and Nivedita Saraf have been associated with Marathi films for more than 30 years now. They have performed lead roles in many films. Now, they play important character roles in films and TV serials. Recently, both of them together launched the music of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Dostigiri‘ in the capacity of guests of honour. Incidentally. Both Ashok and Nivedita are playing on screen parents of the young lead hero of the film Sanket Pathak.
Overwhelmed by the presence of his on screen parents for the launch of his film’s music, Sanket said, “ It is a memorable moment for me, as my on screen parents are present to bless me on this happy occasion. While shooting for this film, I found very good friends in my co stars Akshay Waghmare, Vijay Gite, Pooja Jaiswal & Pooja Malekar.”
Speaking about the intense friendship shown in this film, Nivedita Saraf recalled her friendship with her co star Ashok Shinde, which she said has lasted for about 30 years now. “It is my privilege to shar the dais with him on this happy occasion,” she added. Also present on the occasion were music directors Rohan Rohan along with Prajakta Shukre, Minal Jain and kavita Ram. The film will be released all over Maharashtra on 24th August 2018.
New Marathi film ‘Rakta’ launched with muhurat
Emotions combined with action has been the new trend in Marathi cinema. And going with this trend is the story of new Marathi film ‘Rakta‘, which was launched with muhurat recently in Mumbai. The film presents the story of a mother and her son. The one liner of the film’s story is that a mother can take care of even 10 children but the ten children together cannot take care of their mother.
The hero of this film is Vishwas Mhatre who treats versatile actor Nana Patekar as his idol. Gauri Wankhede is the lead actress of this film, who has been selected through audition. Producer Chintu Singh is very much excited about his film’s subject and is confident that his film besides offering entertainment will be on par with a south Indian action film. Also produced and directed by Payal Lohi, the film will be shot at the locations of Ratnagiri and Goa.
‘Pipsi’ is all set for release on 27th July
The trailer of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Pipsi‘ was shown to the media persons before the press show of a Marathi film recently, indicating that the film was all set for release on 27th July 2018. Produced by Vidhi kasliwal , written by Saurabh Bhave and directed by Rohan Deshpande, this film presents an emotion based story of two children Chaani( Maithili Patwardhan) and Baalu( Sahil Joshi) who live in a remote village in Maharashtra.
Incidentally, the film has been screened at various international film festivals and has received good response for the past few months. The two child artistes have also won awards for their performance at the state awards. Recently, at the Prague Int Film festival the film won the Special Jury award, thus raising big hopes from this film. The film also stars Ajay Jadhav, Atul Mahale, Abhilasha Patil and Pooja Nayak in important roles.
Song making video of ‘Kaagar’ displays dance skills of Rinku Rajguru
After the release of ‘Sairat’ Rinku Rajguru attained popularity heights in Marathi film industry. After a short break, Rinku is now returning to big screen through her forthcoming film ‘Kaagar’, which will be released soon. A song making video of this film with Rinku Rajguru as centre of attraction has become viral on social networking sites. In this video Rinku has displayed her dance skills, which will surely invite the attention of her fans.
Produced by Sudhir Kolte and Vikas Hande and directed by National award winning director Makarand Mane, ‘Kagar’ has Rinku Rajguru in the lead role. There is no doubt that Rinku is excited about this film’s release, as she has herself announced that the film will be release soon. However, the name of the male lead has still been kept a big secret. And, this has raised the curiosity of her admirers.
Dance skills of Rinku Rajguru
Music of ‘Chumbak’ receives good response .
Popular Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar who is presenting forthcoming much talked about Marathi film ‘Chumbak‘ had himself released the trailer of the film generating curiosity among Marathi film lovers. Now, with the release of music of this film has also been receiving good response. Renowned Marathi actress Vibhavari Deshpande is making her debut as a lyricist through this film, having written the title song of this film, which has been composed by Amar Mangrulkar .
Amar Mangrurkar also recorded this song in the voice of Bollywood singer Divya Kumar .And, with this preparation ‘Chumbak‘ is now all set for release on 27th July 2018. Starring well known lyricist Swanand Kirkire in the lead role, the film also stars Sangram Desai from Kolhapur and Sahil jadhav from Pune in equally important roles. Produced by Naren Kumar this film is directed by sandeep Modi.
Teaser of ‘Dostigiri’ launched
Teaser of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Dostigiri‘ which was launched recently on social networking sites, has been receiving good response from youth, because of the hard hitting dialogues inviting all the attention. The film salutes the unconditional friendship during college days. And therefore, the film is set to release on 24th August 2018 to coincide with the international friendship day. Even otherwise, as per the latest trends, the films are more targeted on youngsters.
According to the producer Santosh Pankar the one liner dialogues penned by Manoj Wadkar in this film will become popular among today’s youngsters, as they will be easily remembered. Directed by Vijay Shinde, the film stars Sanket Pathak, Akshay Waghmare, Vijay Gite, Pooja Malekar, Pooja jaiswal in lead roles. Made under the banner of Morya Movies Creations and presented by Arihant Movies Creations the film has music by Rohan Rohan are other credits of the film.
सुबोध भावे लिखित ‘पुष्पक विमान’ येत्या ३ ऑगस्टला प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीला
वर्षाच्या सुरुवातीला ह्या वर्षात ये रे ये रे पैसा, गुलाबजाम आणि न्यूड सारखे चित्रपट देणाऱ्या झी स्टुडिओज् ची प्रस्तुती असलेल्या सुबोध भावे लिखित आणि वैभव चिंचाळकर दिग्दर्शित चित्रपट ‘पुष्पक विमान‘, ३ ऑगस्टला प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीसाठी सज्ज झाला असून या चित्रपटाच्या निमित्ताने सुबोध भावे आणि मोहन जोशी हे कलाकार रुपेरी पडद्यावर एकत्र झळकणार आहेत. तसेच अभिनेत्री गौरी किरण या चित्रपटाच्या निमित्ताने मराठी चित्रपटसृष्टीत अभिनय क्षेत्रात पदार्पण करत आहेत हे विशेष. या चित्रपटाची पत्रकार परिषद नुकतीच पुण्यात पार पडली यावेळी चित्रपटातील सर्व कलाकार, झी स्टुडिओज् चे शारिक पटेल, मंगेश कुलकर्णी उपस्थित होते.
मंजिरी सुबोध भावे, अरुण जोशी, मीनल श्रीपत इंदुलकर, सुनिल फडतरे आणि वर्षा पाटील यांनी चित्रपटाची निर्मिती केली असून झी स्टुडिओज् ची प्रस्तुती आहे. चित्रपटातील संवाद आणि पटकथा चेतन सैंदाणे यांचे असून, कथा सुबोध भावे यांची आहे. पटकथा व दिग्दर्शन वैभव रा. चिंचाळकर यांचे आहे. चित्रपटाचं संकलन केलंय आशिष म्हात्रे आणि अपूर्वा मोतीवाले सहाय यांनी. संतोष फुटाणे यांचे कला दिग्दर्शन असून चित्रपटाला संतोष मुळेकरयांचे पार्श्वसंगीत आहे. नरेंद्र भिडे आणि संतोष मुळेकर यांची संगीतबद्ध केली असून शौनक अभिषेकी, आनंद भाटे, जयतीर्थ मेवुंडी, विनय मांडके आणिनकाश अझीझ यांनी स्वरबद्ध केली आहेत तर समीर सामंत आणि चेतन सैंदाणे यांनी शब्दबद्ध केली आहेत. कार्यकारी निर्मात्याची धुरा रत्नकांत जगताप यांनी सांभाळली आहे.
‘Adam Tadam’ wins ‘E Natyashodh’ one act play competition
The second ‘E – Natyashodh Multilingual One Act Play competition‘ was dominated by Marathi plays. The first prize was won by ‘Adam Tadam‘ presented by Dombivali’s Swami Natyagan and written- directed by Rajesh Shinde, while the second prize was won by ‘Anaesthesia‘ written by Dr. Chandrashekhar and directed by Srinivas Narvekar. The special Jury award went to Bangalore’s Hindi play ‘Panchi‘, while the Critics award went to Marathi one act play ‘Dehasakta‘ directed by Nashik’s Poonam Patil.
The competition was held in four languages, Marathi, English, Hindi and Gujarathi and 24 entries were technically eligible out of which 9 one act plays were shortlisted for the final round. According to Ravi Mishra , head of Astitva, the intention of this competition is to preserve the one act plays and to enlighten the new generation with the technical aspects.