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Another Mega historical play ‘Ajinkya Yodhha’ to be staged soon

Ajinkya Yodha Marathi Play
Ajinkya Yodha Marathi Play

We had seen in the past Marathi play ‘Janata Raja’ based on Shivaji Maharaj staged in a big way. Now, Punjab talkies will present a grand story of Shrimant Peshwe Bajirao Ballal in an equally magnificent way through their historical play ‘Ajinkya Yodhha’. Based on the creative idea of Sanjay H Pande and directed by Varuna Madanlal Rana , the shows of this Mega historical play will be staged in a big way soon. Abhay Sodye will be the executive producer and assistant director of this mega play.

Popular Marathi singers Adarsh Shinde, Nandesh Umap and Vaishali Made have rendered their voices for the songs in this play, with the title song rendered by Adarsh Shinde. Music is composed by Aadi Ramachandra and Vineet Deshpande, while the most important costumes are designed by Poornima Oak. We are all aware of the history of Bajirao Peshwa and his heroic deeds and therefore it will be big treat to watch the live performances of artistes on stage. At the same time, it will be a big challenge before the makers to present this play.

‘Shubham Karoti Kalyanam’ will offer a fresh face to Marathi Cinema

Debut Film Shubham Karoti Kalyanam
Actress Tejal Bhalerao

Last year, we saw a surprise in the form of Rinku Rajguru through the film ‘Sairat‘ and she won the hearts of millions of film viewers. Now, one more fresh face will be introduced through forthcoming Marathi film ‘Shubham Karoti Kalyanam‘, produced by Deepa Bhalerao under the banner of Vishwakarma Chitra and directed by Shailendra Singh Rajput. She is Tejal Bhalerao.

Tejal Bhalerao is making her acting debut through this film, but according to the makers of this film, she accepted the challenge of performing with other experienced artistes like Ashwini Ekbote, Siya Patil, & Naresh Bidkar. And hence there are big expectations from this new face. The film ‘Shubham Karoti Kalyanam‘ presents the journey of a girl, who struggles to acquire education .The story of ‘Shubham Karoti Kalyanam‘ film also revolves around an important social issue of child labour and hence offers a strong message. The film is now all set to release on 8th December 2017.

प्रेम रंगात रंगणाऱ्या राधेची प्रेमकथा ‘राधा प्रेम रंगी रंगली’

Marathi Serial 'Radha Prem Rangi Rangli'
Veena Jagtap & Sachit Patil , Marathi Serial ‘Radha Prem Rangi Rangli

प्रेमाचं स्थान प्रत्येकाच्या मनात वेगवेगळ असतं पण तरीही प्रेमाचा रंग प्रत्येकाला हवाहवासा वाटतो. एकमेकांच्या प्रेमात आकंठ बुडालेल्या प्रेमिकांची कथा आपण आजवर अनेकवेळा बघितली आहे पण ‘राधा प्रेम रंगी रंगली‘ या मालिकेच्या माध्यमातून अपघाताने लग्नबंधनात अडकलेल्या प्रेम आणि राधाची कथा प्रेक्षकांना बघायला मिळणार आहे. एकासाठी लग्न म्हणजे केवळ एक व्यवहार आहे आणि दुसऱ्यासाठी लग्न म्हणजे संसार ! कसा रंगेल या प्रेमकहाणीचा करार ? महाराष्ट्राची लाडकी अभिनेत्री कविता लाड – मेढेकर, शैलेश दातार, सचित पाटील, वीणा जगताप, अक्षया गुरव, निरंजन नामजोशी, गौतम जोगळेकर, ऋग्वेदी प्रधान, अपर्णा अपाराजीत मालिकेमध्ये प्रमुख भूमिकेत असणार आहेत.

राधा ही आजची कार्यक्षम, स्वाभिमानी आणि स्वावलंबी मुलगी आहे जिचं आपल्या कुटुंबावर खूप प्रेम आहे. तर प्रेम व्यवहारचातुर्याने वागणारा, वडिलोपार्जित व्यवसाय सांभाळणारा आणि ज्याचं लग्न, कुटुंब, प्रेमं याच्यावर मुळीच विश्वास नाही असा मुलगा आहे. अशी दोन परस्परविरोधी स्वभावाची ही दोन पात्र लग्नबंधनामध्ये अडकतात आणि त्यांच्या आयुष्याला वेगळीच कलाटणी मिळते.
राधा प्रेम रंगी रंगली‘ मालिकेचे दिग्दर्शन वीरेंद्र प्रधान करणार आहेत. आघाडीचे कलाकार आणि वेगळा विषय यामुळे आम्हाला खात्री आहे ही मालिका प्रेक्षकांना नक्कीच आवडेल. तेंव्हा बघायला विसरू नका प्रेम रंगात रंगणाऱ्या राधेची ही कथा, ‘राधा प्रेम रंगी रंगली‘ २४ नोव्हेंबरपासून सोम ते शनि रात्री ९.०० वा. कलर्स मराठीवर.

‘Dashakriya’ receiving response from American Radio channel

Marathi Movie 'Dashakriya'
Manoj Joshi, Milind Phatak in Marathi Movie ‘Dashakriya

Marathi film ‘Dashakriya‘ which won 3 national and 11 State awards was released last Friday. But, the film received opposition from section of society, which felt offended with some scenes in the film. At some places in Maharashtra, despite police protection, some shows of this film could not be held due to protests . The worst affected place was Jalgaon, where shows of this film had to be cancelled.

However, according to the producers of  ‘Dashakriya‘ film, at other places, the film received very good response, with audience coming in support of this film. The film has also received positive response from an American radio channel radiochai.com. On 20th and 21st November as per Indian time, between 9.30 pm to 1.30 am a detailed programme on this film was broadcast on this channel giving all the information about this film’s story to Americans and NRI’s. And this has boosted the morale of the producers and director of this film.

Marathi film ‘Barayan’ to release on Birth anniversary of Swami Vivekanand

Marathi film Barayan
Marathi film ‘Barayan

Posters of the films indicate a lot about the film’s subject. Recently Producer Daivata Patil and director Deepak Patil launched the poster of their film ‘Barayan‘ raising curiosity among the Marathi film lovers. One thing is sure that it has to convey something about education and youth. In the recent past we have seen many such Marathi films successfully managing to convey the theme through their posters, which invite the attention of audience.

The poster of ‘Barayan‘ film also makes everyone think about the artistes of this film, which is not disclosed. But, the number 12 on the poster certainly suggests that it will be released on 12th. So, makers of this film have announced the release date of this film on 12th January 2018. Moreover, it is being released on National Youth day, which is also birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, the idol of many youths in India.

Tributes paid by Google Doodle to Chitrapati V.Shantaram on his 116th Birth Anniversary

V Shantaram
V Shantaram

Legendary V. Shantaram had created his own place offering many sensible films on social issues. Incidentally, his production Company Rajkamal Kalamandir has completed 75 years. So, to pay him tributes on the occasion of his 116th Birth anniversary on 18th November 2017 , V.Shantaram Motion Pictures Foundation President Mr. Kiran Shantaram, with the help of Google Doodle have introduced a link ‘A Colossus of Indian Cinema‘ on their website to present a Virtual Exhibition on his life journey.

V Shantaram google doodle image
V Shantaram google doodle image

So, the film lovers will be able to view everything they wanted to know about the legendary actor- filmmaker and his films. The scripting and presentation of this exhibition has been made by Film Scholar and Documentary film maker Sanjit Narvekar. Another gift offered to film lovers on this occasion is the Online edition Hindi and Marathi version of V. Shantaram‘ the autobiography of V.Shantaram in e book form will also be released by Book Ganga

Marathi film ‘Ghat’ is about the friendship of Manya & Papya

Yash Kulkarni in Marathi movie 'Ghat' still
Yash Kulkarni in Marathi movie ‘Ghat‘ still

Every 14th November, people should seriously think whether the proper upbringing of every child is ensured? Today, we find that due to circumstances, many children are deprived of their childhood freedom and are required to do something to earn for their family. Forthcoming Marathi film ‘Ghat‘ presents the story of two such children Manya & Pappya, who are close friends. Directed by Raj Gorde, this film is set to release on 15th December 2017.

Yash Kulkarni, who appeared in popular films like ‘Avtarachi Goshta‘ and ‘Ranjan‘ will be playing the character of Manya, while the role of his close friend Pappya is played by Dattatray Dharme. The other important artistes of  ‘Ghat‘ film are, Mitali Jagtap, Umesh Jagtap & Riya Gavli. The film’s music has been composed by Rohit Nagbhide, while the cinematography is by Amol Gole. National award winner Mahavir Sabannavar has done the sound designing of this film and editing is by Sagar Vanjari.

कलर्स मराठीवर ‘घाडगे & सून’चे एक तासाचे विशेष भाग

Marathi serial  'Ghadge & Suun'
Chinmay Udgirkar and Bhagyashree Limaye, Marathi serial ‘Ghadge & Suun

घाडगे & सून‘ मालिकेमध्ये गेल्या बऱ्याच आठवड्यांपासून अक्षयचा कियाराला शोधण्यासाठी सुरु असलेली धडपड आता संपली आहे. कियारा आणि अक्षयची भेट झाली असून अमृता आणि अक्षय कियाराबद्द्लच सत्य घाडगे परिवारापासून लपवत आहेत. अमृताला ही लपवाछपवी मनापासून पटत नसली तरी देखील ती अक्षय आणि कियाराच्या प्रेमासाठी तसेच अक्षयसोबत सुरु झालेल्या नव्या मैत्रीच्या नात्यासाठी हे सगळ करण्यासाठी तयार झाली आहे. पण, अक्षयचा कियाराला स्वत:च्या आयुष्यामध्ये आणण्यासाठी सुरु असलेला प्रयत्न जर माईना कळला तर ? असे आणि अनेक प्रश्न प्रेक्षकांच्या मनात आहेत.

अमृताचे मामा मनोहर घाडगे सदन मध्ये आपले बस्थान बसवणार आहेत, मामाचा असं करण्यामागचा हेतू अमृताला आणि अक्षयला कळला नाही. कियारा नुकतीच अक्षयला भेटली असून आता अक्षयसमोर अजून एक अडचण समोर आली आहे आणि ती म्हणजे कियाराच्या आयुष्यात आता अर्जुन नावाच्या मुलाचा स्थळ तिच्या वडीलांनी आणलं असून अक्षय कसं कियाराला परत मिळवेल ? अर्जुनच्या येण्याने मालिकेला कुठलं नवं वळण मिळेल ? या सगळ्या गुंत्यामधून नात्यांना एक वेगळीच रंगत येणार आहे. हे जाणून घेण्यासाठी पहा ‘घाडगे & सून‘ १३ नोव्हेंबर ते २३ नोव्हेंबर पर्यंत कलर्स मराठीवर.

Arun Nalawade & Shashank Shende to come face to face in ‘Happy Birthday’

Marathi movie 'Happy Birthday'
Arun Nalawade and Shashank Shende , Marathi movie ‘Happy Birthday’

What do you expect when two experienced and popular artistes come face to face on screen ? In the past, we have seen such combinations through films like ‘Pinjara‘, ‘Sarkarnama‘, ‘Valu‘, ‘Deool‘, ‘Natasamrat‘ and many other films. With the presence of such versatile artistes, the director takes up the challenge to extract the best out of them, to present the best war of words between them. Now, in the forthcoming Marathi film, ‘Happy Birthday‘ the Marathi film lovers will witness one such pair in the form of ‘Shwaas‘ fame Arun Nalawade & ‘Ringan‘ fame Shashank Shende. Incidentally, both their films won National awards and therefore there are big expectations from their forthcoming film.

Happy Birthday‘ presents the story of a sixteen year old boy suffering from Thalassemia, a genetic blood disorder. Produced by Dilip Kolte , this film is directed by Narayan Gondal, who has presented his vision, giving cinematic form to this story. The film is all set to release on 24th November 2017.

Amruta Fadnavis is back as a singer in Marathi with ‘Pari Hoon Main’

Amruta Fadnavis Singer Image
Amruta Fadnavis Singer

Amruta Fadnavis, who made her debut as a singer in Marathi films through the film ‘Sangharshayatra‘, is back as a singer in Marathi, through forthcoming Marathi film ‘Pari Hoon Main‘. The song titled ‘Chandana Bilori Kalya…’ penned by Abhishek Khankar has been composed by music director Samir Saptiskar. According to the lyricist and music director, this lullaby style song which was recorded recently, needed the kind of voice and Amruta’s voice fitted into this requirement. Amruta Fadnavis too is full praise for this song and is confident that the audience would appreciate it.

According to the producers Dr.Rajendra Pratap Singh, Sheela Rajendra Singh and director Rohit Shilwant, this song presents the emotional bonding between mother and her daughter. The film stars Nandu Madhav, Devika Daftardar, Shruti Nigde, Flora Saini in lead roles. Bhavik Patel is the executive producer of this film, while Bhushan Savle is Project head.