4 Marathi films to compete with each other this week
Simultaneous release of four Marathi films is not new to Marathi film industry, which has witnessed as many as five to six films released on the same day. This week will witness four Marathi films namely, ‘Lathe Joshi‘, ‘Dry Day‘, ‘Mithun‘ and ‘Ipitar‘. Known for their unusual subjects, Marathi films are also watched by many non Marathi film lovers. Among these four films, ‘Dry Day‘ has managed maximum theatre screens in Mumbai & other parts of Maharashtra, while ‘Farzand‘ which is in its 7th week , is still running in about 23 cinema halls in Mumbai and Thane regions So, it remains to be seen, which film would attract crowds at the cinema halls.By the way, three more Marathi films are set for release simultaneously, next Friday.
‘Lathe Joshi‘ as indicated through its title, is about a person working on Lathe machine and not ready to accept the change in technology. Whereas his son who is into hardware engineering has a different view. The film stars Chittaranjan Giri, Ashwini Giri & Om Bhutkar. The film is directed by Mangesh Joshi, who has already received compliments from many known personalities from Marathi film industry, for handling this subject.
The second film ‘Dry Day‘ is about a break up between Ajay and his girlfriend and how his friends help him to overcome the depression. Written and directed by Pandurang Jadhav the film stars Rutwik Kendre, Monalisa Bagal and Kailash Waghmare in lead roles. Now, talking about the other two films, ‘Mithun‘ is a coming of age love story, ‘Ipitar‘ presents the tale of three mischievous collegians who always run into trouble and are underestimated by their parents. ‘Mithun‘ is directed by Prakash Janardhan Pawar and stars Vishal Nikam, Amruta Dhongde, Jayant Wadkar & Sanjay Khapre, while ‘Ipitar‘ directed Datta Tarde stars Bharat Ganeshpure, Milind Shinde, Prakash Dhotre, Vijay Gite and others.
First look of ‘Aakrandan’ unveiled
Atrocities on women are on the rise in our country, who have become target of sexual abuse. Forthcoming Marathi film ‘Aakrandan‘ will not only highlight such crimes, but will also remind one and all about their social responsibility to stop such crimes. The first look of this film was unveiled recently at the hands of Mr. Ramdas Atrhavale, Minister of Social Justice, Government of India, in presence of dignitaries like Rajkumar santoshi, Al Haj Hajrat Zahid Hussain Chisti and others. The film will be released all over Maharashtra on 7th September 2018.
Produced by Govind Aher and presented by Vivek Pandit this film is written and directed by Shashikant Deshpande , who has also written the screenplay and dialogues along with Milind Inamdar. The strong star cast of this film comprises of Upendra Limaye, Sharad Ponkshe, Milind Inamdar, Ganesh Yadav, Bal Dhuri along with Vikram Gokhale, Smita Talwalkar, Amita Khopkar, Pradeep velankar, Uday Tikekar, Bharat Ganeshpure, Tejashree Pradhan, Vilas Ujavane, Pallavi Wagh & Sneha Biranje. Cinematography by Damodar Naidu and editing by Manoj Sankla are the other credits.
‘Kay Zala Kalana’ to present newcomers Swapnil-Girija on 20th July
Swapnil and Girija are popular names in Marathi film industry. But now, newcomers Swapnil Kale and Girija Prabhu are also joining this Marathi film industry through their debut film ‘Kay Zala Kalana‘ , which is all set to release on 20th July 2018. Produced by Pankaj Gupta under the banner of Shree Dhanalaxmi Productions this film based on a love story is directed by Suchita Shabbir. According to the director, the story of ‘Kay Zala Kalana‘ film demanded young collegians and the new lead pair perfectly suited in their requirement. They are playing the characters of Sharya and Pallavi in this film.
Director Suchita has herself written the story of this film, with screenplay written by Kiran Kulkarni and Pallavi karkera. The dialogues are also penned by Suchita along with Rahul More. Besides Swapnil and Girija, the film also stars Arun Nalwade, Sanjay Khapre, Vandana vaknis, Kalpana Jagtap, Shraddha Surve, Hemali karekar, Suyash Jhunjharke, Ravi Phaltankar in supporting lead roles. With prominent singers having rendered the songs in this film, the music is provided by Pankaj Padghan. Editing by Rajesh Rao and cinematography by Suresh Deshmane are the other credits.
‘परी हुँ मैं’ या मराठी चित्रपटातून ग्लॅमरस विश्वाची सफर
टिव्ही जगताच्या ग्लॅमरस आणि टीआरपीच्या विश्वाची सफर घडवणारा ‘परी हुँ मै‘ हा मराठी चित्रपट लवकरच प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीला येत आहे. स्वरूप रिक्रीएशन्स अँड मिडिया प्रा. लि. प्रस्तुत आणि योगायतन फिल्मस निर्मित ‘परी हुँ मैं‘ या चित्रपटाची निर्मिती डॉ. राजेंद्र प्रताप सिंग आणि शिला सिंग यांनी केली असून संजय गुजर हे चित्रपटाचे सहनिर्माते आहेत तर रोहित दास शिलवंत यांनी चित्रपटाचे दिग्दर्शन केले आहे. चंदेरी दुनियेचा हाच विषय लेखिका इरावती कर्णिक यांनी ‘वेगे वेगे धावू‘ या एकांकिकेमधून मांडला होता, त्यावर आधारीत हा चित्रपट आहे. आधी एकांकिका, मग दीर्घांक म्हणूनही याचे सादरीकरण झाले असून त्याचे दिग्दर्शनही रोहित दास शिलवंत यांनीच केले होते.
अभिनेते नंदू माधव, देविका दफ्तरदार, श्रुती निगडे, फ्लोरा सैनी यांच्या प्रमुख भूमिका असलेल्या ‘परी हुँ मै‘ या चित्रपटाची पटकथा मच्छिंद्र बुगडे, रोहित दास शिलवंत आणि संकेत माने यांची असून संवाद योगेश मार्कंडे यांचे आहेत. अभिषेक खणकर आणि सचिन पाठक यांच्या गीतांना संगीतकार समीर सप्तीसकर यांनी स्वरबद्ध केले तर शंकर महादेवन, अमृता फडणवीस, जिया वाडकर आणि मंदार पिलवळकर यांचा आवाज गीतांना लाभला आहे. चित्रपटाला पार्श्वसंगीत अनुराग गोडबोले यांनी दिले आहे, तर संकलन नितीन राठोड, कलादिग्दर्शन नरेंद्र भगत, डीओपी रोहन मडकइकर आणि प्रोजेक्ट हेड भूषण सावळे, हर्षदा सावे आहेत. अत्यंत हटके विषयामुळे चर्चेत असलेला ‘परी हुँ मैं‘ येत्या ७ सप्टेंबर रोजी संपूर्ण महाराष्ट्रात प्रदर्शित होणार आहे.
Music of forthcoming film ‘Be Eke Be’ unveiled
The music of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Be Eke Be‘ was unveiled in Mumbai recently. Present on the occasion were the producers Vikas Bhageria, Poornima Vawhal-Yadav, Mahendra Kabra and Anita Maheshwari of Hema Foundation, Director Sanchit Yadav, Music director Vilas Gurav, Singers Hrishikesh Ranade, Sagar Sawarkar, Rahul Suhas. Jeetendra Singh, actors Sanjay Khapre, Santosh Ambre and other dignitaries from the Marathi film fraternity.
The film talks about the state of education and the attitude of society. Sanchit Yadav has not only directed the film but also written the story as well as the screenplay too. In all, there are five songs in the film. Out of these, the prayer song Yam Vaidika Mantra and the song ‘Janseva Hi Ishwar Bhakti‘ are rendered by Hrishikesh Ranade. Sagar Sawarkar has sung the song ‘Kaav Kaav Chiv Chiv‘ and ‘Hututucha Khel‘ , which is about the sports of Hututu. All the three songs have been penned by Sanchit Yadav. The powada is penned by Abhijeet Kulkarni has been sung by Rahul Suhas. Abhijeet Kulkarni has also penned the title track which has been crooned by Jitendra Singh. All the five songs have been composed by music director Vilas Gurav.
The story of ‘Be Eke Be‘ revolves around a teacher who imparts knowledge selflessly to his students. It talks about the travails of a teacher who chooses to spread his knowledge honestly. According to Director Sanchit Yadav, the story of the film is very realistic and he has tried to infuse color into it with lyrics and music.
The key roles in this film are played by Sanjay Khapre, Jaywant Wadjkar, Sanchit Yadav, Poornima Wavhal Yadav, Santrosh Ambre, Atul Merchande, Arun Nalawade along with big team of child artistes like Saahil Sitare, Pratham Sitare, Vaidehi Ovhal, Snehal Bhatade, Sagar Gurav, Sanchit Nirmale, Parth Deshpande, Arthav Kharvarkar, Sairaj Kametkar, Swapna Jadhav, Samisha Slape, Prachi Mestry, Pooja Photfade, Neha Pawaskar, Avishkar Shetye etc. Dialogues by Abhijeet Kulkarni, choreography by Santosh Ambre and camera work by Atul Jhagdale are the other credits.
‘सूर नवा ध्यास नवा’ कार्यक्रमाच्या ऑडिशन्समध्ये ५०० हून अधिक मुलांचा सहभाग
‘सूर नवा ध्यास नवा–छोटे सुरवीर‘ कलर्स मराठी वरील या कार्यक्रमाच्या ऑडीशन्स संपूर्ण महाराष्ट्रात पार पडत आहेत. रत्नागिरी, कोल्हापूर नंतर पुण्यामध्ये या ऑडिशन्स नुकत्याच पार पडल्या. पुणेकरांनी कार्यक्रमाच्या ऑडिशन्सला उदंड प्रतिसाद दिला. मुलांचा उत्साह आणि त्यांची तयारी वाखाणण्याजोगी होती. सगळीच मुलं प्रचंड तयारीने आली होती. कार्यक्रमाच्या ऑडिशन्समध्ये ५०० हून अधिक मुलांनी सहभाग घेतला. पुणे येथील इ. एस. सेकंडरी स्कूल, ४८६ सदाशिव पेठ, न्यू इंग्लिश स्कूल कॅम्पस, टिळक रोड येथे या ऑडिशन्स पार पडल्या. या कार्यक्रमाचा शुभारंभ ऑगस्ट महिन्यामध्ये होणार आहे.
कार्यक्रमाचे परीक्षक असणार आहेत आपल्या सगळ्यांचा लाडका अवधूत दादा, शाल्मली खोलगडे आणि महेश काळे. कार्यक्रमामध्ये सूत्रसंचालकाच्या भूमिकेत कोण असेल हे सध्या गुलदसत्यात आहे. ‘सूर नवा ध्यास नवा‘ छोटे सूरवीरच्या पुणे केंद्रावर पार पडलेल्या निवड चाचणीतून मुंबईतील मेगा ऑडीशन्ससाठी आठ स्पर्धक निवडण्यात आले. श्रीनिधी देशपांडे, नंदिनी गायकवाड, ईशिता मोडक, अक्षय चारभाई, धिरज शेगर, चैतन्य देवडे, आदी भारतीया आणि अभिषेक कांबळे यांची निवड झाली आहे. पुणे ऑडिशन्सला आलेल्या बऱ्याच स्पर्धकांनी त्यांच्या उत्तम सादरीकरणामुळे मने जिंकली परंतु या आठ स्पर्धकांना मुंबईला येऊन मेगा ऑडिशन्स मध्ये त्यांचे गाणे सादर करण्याची संधी मिळाली. आता ऑडीशन्स नागपूर मध्ये रंगणार आहे.
Shital Upare is also member of ‘Monsoon Football’ team
Miss india heritage International Shital Upare who made her acting debut through Marathi film ‘IPL- Indian Premacha Lafada‘ four years ago, is making a comeback through forthcoming Marathi film ‘Monsoon Football‘ directed by Milind Uke, who had directed Hindi film ‘Pathshala‘ in the past. Incidentally, Shital was busy with her modeling assignments besides doing a film from South.
Shital Upare herself has made announcement about being a member of the ‘Monsoon Football‘ team, in which she plays the role of Babli a housewife who is passionate about the game of football like her other housewives played by ‘Chak De India‘ fame Sagarika Ghatge, Vidya Malavade & Chitrashi Rawat. Award winning ‘Halal‘ fame actress Pritam kagne is also part of this film in parallel role.
Writer Ashish Ningurkar announces his next film ‘Ek Hota Pani’
Two years ago, he was seen at press shows of Marathi films, as a freelance Journalist. Those days, he used to share his lyrics with his colleagues, besides discussing the subjects he had in mind for Marathi films. At that time, nobody thought that in two years time he would be part of two films.
Ashish Ningurkar, who looked confident with his subjects, did find well wishers to support his ideas and his first film ‘Rairand‘ as a writer on the subject of child labour, saw its release not only in theatres but also at various film festivals last year. At some film festivals, this film also won awards and appreciation.
Now, Ashish is coming up with his next film ‘Ek Hota Pani‘ as a writer, which is directed by Rohan Satghare. Ashish has made official announcement of this film on his official networking page, sharing the first poster of this film. Produced by New Talent Search Movies, this film presents many well known artistes, as declared by Ashish. And, the title of this film clearly suggests that this will be his second film dealing with another important social issue.
Singer Savani Ravindra makes her debut in acting
Marathi playback singers turning towards acting is not new to all of us, as Ketaki Mategaonkar has been doing this balancing act successfully. Now, another popular singer from Marathi Savani Ravindra has also made her acting debut recently, through a web series ‘Galimaar’ on youtube , produced by Aditi Dravid. In this web series she has performed with popular television actor Suyash Tilak.
Speaking about her acting debut, Singer Savani Ravindra says, “I have always given top priority to singing and have been rejecting acting offers coming to me. But, when my old friend Aditi Dravid approached me with this offer, I could not say ‘no’ to her. It was all because of our good friendship. Moreover, Suyash has been my friend since my college days and hence there was no tension while acting. Actually, it was a good experience and I enjoyed it.”
Akshay Kumar releases trailer of Marathi film ‘Chumbak’ presented by him
We are all aware that Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar will be presenting Marathi film ‘Chumbak’ which is directed by Sandeep Modi. Recently, he released the trailer of this film at a grand function at PVR Cinemas Juhu. Official announcement has also been made about the film’s release on 27th July 2018. Besides Akshay Kumar, also present on the occasion were lyricist turned actor Swanand Kirkire along with artistes Sangram Desai, Sahil Jadhav, writer Saurabh Bhave , producers NarenKumar and National award winning director Sandeep Modi.
Speaking on this occasion Akshay Kumar said that this film speaks about what one should opt in the life. “First you make your choice and then that choice helps you settle down in your life.” After watching this film, Akshay feels that his decision of presenting this film is most appropriate. Swanand Kirkire, who is playing the most important character of Prasanna Thombre in this film, said that playing this role was not only a big challenge, but it also offered him an experience of learning new things. “My life has changed after playing this role.” he concluded. Director Sandeep Modi seemed to be extremely satisfied with the performance given by Swanand Kirkire and was all praise for him.